mason Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 Its been a while since posting anything of any substance on here, in a way that is good as its a testament to how well The Little Layout Company is performing. I only ever build layouts for myself when its for our trade stand. But on visit to Tim Horns place i picked up a small 2.6 x 1 feet photo scenic board.As usual my mind started thinking what can i build and once i had the board home i thought that its time to go back to basics, where the little layout company started, with small micro boards, minimal track and lots of detail. It wasnt long before i had a few lengths of peco bullhead and a point on the board, wired for dcc and a cobalt digital motor running the point. The next phase was what do i do next, how will the scenics work and how can i get a few elements of industry, greenery and detail into this small space. A rummage through a few boxes ( as a businesss building layouts i have a lot of odds n sods boxes ) I found a Bachmann building a scalescenes half printed kit, a model railway scenery wall kit and a few chunks of rubberised horse hair. The backscene was an off cut from a job so that went in straight away. At this stage i was only a few hours into the build and it felt great being back on the micro layout builds again so i cracked on. sleeper grime was aerosoled on the track work and while drying i made up the wall kit. I want this to stand proud of the backscene to give it depth and a slight angle so this was packed out with 1" of foam. then i had the thoughts of what to do with the gap on the top. Rubberized horse hair, of course, brambles. A bit more rummaging found the right shades to match the backscene trees and foilage. using peco layering spray i added different colours and statics to build up the foliage on the horse hair and then they were stuck in place. Once the sleeper grime track base coat was dry i used dcc concepts fine N ballast just lightly ballasted in and then the usual pva mix to seal, once dry the track was weathered with an airbrush using railmatch roof dirt and weathered black then the chairs brushed with dark rust.# the foreground scenics were an easy job, sleeper grime base coat with fine silver sand sprinkled on then repeat a few times until you have a noce uneven gravel and mud base. deluxe materials aqua solution was used for the puddles. I used a Chris Nevard technique using das clay and stippling it into the ballast and track for the covered areas in front of the gates. Lots of barrels and pallets and odd junk help to make the scene. Im pretty pleased for around 10 hours work. 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Crisis Rail Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 Mason's back! It's been a while - such a fast worker nowadays Neil - plenty of good images here with your trademark work that's instantly recognizable - is this a keeper? Just wondering who you got the hoppers off? - lol - nicely weathered. Ian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 Hi Ian it has been a while hasn’t it. The business has taken over from personal projects but I wanted to do a little something I can play about with. I think it will be a keeper, the advantage of this is can be extended with Tims super boards. The hoppers are of course Cavalex Models and just outstanding, weathered and detailed in house at little layouts. I must get more to make up a decent rake. what have you been upto recently? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 Looks very good Neil, I'm working on plans for my next 4mm Project after I've finished my 7mm Bala Town, but keeping Seven Mills Sidings for my Blue Diesels. Good to see you back mate. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason Posted March 3, 2019 Author Share Posted March 3, 2019 Hi Andy hope your keeping well since I last came over, I bet the workshop looks different now 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crisis Rail Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 (edited) 14 hours ago, mason said: Hi Ian it has been a while hasn’t it. The business has taken over from personal projects but I wanted to do a little something I can play about with. I think it will be a keeper, the advantage of this is can be extended with Tims super boards. The hoppers are of course Cavalex Models and just outstanding, weathered and detailed in house at little layouts. I must get more to make up a decent rake. what have you been upto recently? CRINNAN Micro on here Neil. Time is in short supply nowadays. Ian. Edited March 4, 2019 by Crisis Rail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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