Locksley Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 Managed to make a ton of progress last night, I got the entire board undercoated with Plasticote Black spray, then got the track airbrushed and weathered, and got the ballast down too! The black sand makes absolutely perfect cinder ballast, and it means you can paint the track first without having to paint over it all as you would if you were using natural sand, plus I only used about £2 worth of a tub. I applied a layer of Matte Mod Podge to the area around the track, then the sand was sprinkled over everywhere needed before taking a bit of time with a brush to move it around. I then misted IPA over the whole thing and dribbled a mixture of the Mod Podge, water and washing up liquid over it all. I'm really pleased with the look of the track, I made a point of laying card around it to make it look more sunken into the ground and it's worked really well. The whole area will get some further airbrushing weathering and drybrushing. I also got 2 more backscene boards put together, as well as propping up the height of the first one slightly to match up with the top of the stairway. I just need to print 2 more walkways and some vents then these can be weathered up. 4 1 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locksley Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Down_Under said: Thanks Locksley, I have the scalescenes factory complex/boxfile and was trying to work out how to tone it down and add another dimension to it. Good thing I guess is that you can print it off as many times as you like and weather it until you get it right. Cheers J Yep, that's exactly what I did with mine, as the boxfile is already weathered somewhat you can be a bit lighter with the effects just to tone everything down. Edited August 23, 2019 by Locksley 5 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D2000 Posted August 24, 2019 Share Posted August 24, 2019 This is turning into a really nice photo plank, nice modelling skills. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locksley Posted August 27, 2019 Author Share Posted August 27, 2019 Got a good chunk of progress made over the bank hol weekend, despite spending a decent bit of Sunday trying to find a parking space at the seaside... The Scalescenes concrete is down and looks rather good, though still needs weathering in. It's not 100% correct for the location as from Google Earth it looks more like it's just tarmac but I do like the look of it. I also picked up a Hornby 0-4-0 Peckett on Saturday as Rails had them at 30% off, my plan is to weather and sell it on but unfortunately I'm going to have to take it back and swap it for another. When my dad picked it up from the shop for me he said they test ran it but it was quite jerky and had a limp, I really wish they'd have just swapped it for another at this point but the thought was that a bit of a run in would sort it. Once I got it home and gave it a test run it was just abysmal, but I took it down to our clubrooms yesterday to see if running in did help. Nope. And to top it off after about 20 mins of running the thing abruptly stopped and it turned out the right hand side coupling rod had cleanly snapped in half! Something I don't think I've ever seen happen before, so there was obviously something seriously wrong. I'm aiming to call into Rails after work tonight and get it swapped. It's a shame as it looked bloody lovely on the layout! My dad also brought his Bachmann 40s along so we got a couple of posey snaps of those. As you can see I've also added the grassy area at the front which makes a really nice foreground for photos. This is just a Polak 'Wild Meadow' grass mat I've had for a little while which is far more realistic than anything I could make myself. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locksley Posted August 27, 2019 Author Share Posted August 27, 2019 My Photon didn't get much as much of a rest as I did over the weekend lol. That's all the walkways complete, as well as the vents that are on a couple of the backscene panels, and a few pipe connector pieces and brackets for the pipe bridge. And I finally got another couple of backscene sections in place, which makes it far easier to photograph stuff. My old Bachy 57 looks surprisingly at home Still to do is the pipe bridge itself which is all printed out after a bit of trial and error, it's a bit flimsy but I'm hoping the Plastruct piping will reinforce it all. I'm also in the process of modifying the downpipe slightly to fit a little better and then I can print off 6 of those. Really I need to get all that done before I can get the final 3 backscene boards in place as I need to figure out what height the pipework brackets need to go at. Gotta say I'm really enjoying this layout, it's the first sort of serious railway modelling project I've done for years. 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted August 27, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 27, 2019 If you were to use brass rod/tube on the pipe bridge it would be somewhat stronger? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locksley Posted August 27, 2019 Author Share Posted August 27, 2019 8 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: If you were to use brass rod/tube on the pipe bridge it would be somewhat stronger? Mike. I think the plastruct stuff should be stiff enough to make it more rigid, if not then that may be the best route. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sweet pea Posted August 27, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 27, 2019 Great pictures Alex and fantastic modelling throughout. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locksley Posted August 27, 2019 Author Share Posted August 27, 2019 Snuck off on an early lunch (shh!) and managed to get the faulty Peckett swapped. The chap in Rails test ran two more locos, both of which had a very slight limp but nowhere near as bad the first. I'm sort of suspecting that may be why they were 30% off in the first place... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 26 minutes ago, Locksley said: Snuck off on an early lunch (shh!) and managed to get the faulty Peckett swapped. The chap in Rails test ran two more locos, both of which had a very slight limp but nowhere near as bad the first. I'm sort of suspecting that may be why they were 30% off in the first place... Mine barely ran at all and is currently on its way back to Hattons for a replacement, which I've asked them to test-run before despatch. I've always bought engines from my local model shop before so that I can see them run before buying and I think I'll go back to doing just that in future. The only reason I didn't this time is that when the Black W4 Pecketts came out the shop were charging £10 more than Hattons but this time they've met Hattons price, so I would have not only got my Peckett a fornight sooner but would have saved £4 postage. Are the pipe sections in one of your previous photos 3D-printed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locksley Posted August 27, 2019 Author Share Posted August 27, 2019 4 minutes ago, Ruston said: Mine barely ran at all and is currently on its way back to Hattons for a replacement, which I've asked them to test-run before despatch. I've always bought engines from my local model shop before so that I can see them run before buying and I think I'll go back to doing just that in future. The only reason I didn't this time is that when the Black W4 Pecketts came out the shop were charging £10 more than Hattons but this time they've met Hattons price, so I would have not only got my Peckett a fornight sooner but would have saved £4 postage. Are the pipe sections in one of your previous photos 3D-printed? Sounds like a dodgy batch then perhaps? Yes, the pipe sections were drawn up to (hopefully) plug into some Plastruct tubing. They printed really nicely. Once the tubing arrives I'll get some better pics up. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locksley Posted August 28, 2019 Author Share Posted August 28, 2019 The pipe bridge is assembled and ready to be installed tonight as it's just loosely placed for now. Rather pleased how well it's come out despite it being a bit rough around the edges, although I'm even more surprised that the Plastruct tubing actually fit with the 3d printed parts. Once stuck down it shouldn't be as wonky hopefully, and the crash barriers need height adjusting for the terrain. I've also got two thirds of the drainpipes printed off which will cover the joins between each section of backscene, the pipe brackets that will continue the pipe run along the side of the building are all painted up and ready to be stuck on, the only 3d prints I now need to do are another stairway and a couple of rooftop AC units for the lean-to building on the far right hand side. I'm going to focus on getting the final 3 backscene boards complete tonight as I have everything I need to finish them and then the whole lot can be glued in place. 9 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyModelRailway Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Really nice modelling Alex. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locksley Posted August 29, 2019 Author Share Posted August 29, 2019 The new Peckett is certainly a much better runner than the last however there's still something just slight iffy with it. I thought it would be a good idea to invest in a rolling road rather than waiting until I can get down to the clubrooms to run stuff in, so I gave the Peckett a good hour or so in each direction which improved things a little further but still not completely satisfactory, even after stripping the bucket load of grease on the chassis and relubing with some Gaugemaster oil. I decided this morning to try holding the controller leads directly to the wheels and seeing what everything looked like on the underside while running. From what I could tell it appears that the although the wheels are running true, the main gear on the driving axle was quite significantly off kilter so I grabbed a screwdriver and managed to just ease it back towards being square. A quick test run before work showed quite an improvement, i think a little more tweaking and it may be ok. I certainly hope so as I have a crew on their way from Hardy's Hobbies who I'm sure would be disappointed to find their loco AWOL I also stripped and re-weathered my 57 as the original weathering was done years ago and it was prtty rough. IPA did a decent job of getting rid of a good amount of the old paint, with only the bogies and bufferbeams really needing a respray with black. I kept it simple this time with just a few passes of chocolate brown and a dusty khaki colour before a matt coat. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyModelRailway Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Great to know your exchanged peckett is improving with your own input Alex. There should really be no issues with a new engine but in case the pecketts seems to have the same problems. great pictures. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locksley Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 So it turns out I got my calculations for the length of the backscene slightly off. Maffs never was my strongpoint. No matter, I can pop a smaller section of backscene in at the end. Other than that though I'm rather pleased with how it's looking. The backscene just needs the drainpipes painting up and adding between each section which should hide any gaps, then I can think about painting the road markings and weathering the ground work up. I've decided I probably won't build another board to join onto this one, I'd rather just do something entirely seperate, probably a proper shunting plank with some operational interest. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkea1 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 On 23/08/2019 at 07:22, Locksley said: Managed to make a ton of progress last night, I got the entire board undercoated with Plasticote Black spray, then got the track airbrushed and weathered, and got the ballast down too! The black sand makes absolutely perfect cinder ballast, and it means you can paint the track first without having to paint over it all as you would if you were using natural sand, plus I only used about £2 worth of a tub. I applied a layer of Matte Mod Podge to the area around the track, then the sand was sprinkled over everywhere needed before taking a bit of time with a brush to move it around. I then misted IPA over the whole thing and dribbled a mixture of the Mod Podge, water and washing up liquid over it all. I'm really pleased with the look of the track, I made a point of laying card around it to make it look more sunken into the ground and it's worked really well. The whole area will get some further airbrushing weathering and drybrushing. I also got 2 more backscene boards put together, as well as propping up the height of the first one slightly to match up with the top of the stairway. I just need to print 2 more walkways and some vents then these can be weathered up. Excellent model so far! The wagon shown in this post with the Austerity. Is that based on some of those used at Stocksbridge? Also, is it scratchbuilt or a 3d print? Cheers Alastair Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locksley Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 2 minutes ago, clarkea1 said: Excellent model so far! The wagon shown in this post with the Austerity. Is that based on some of those used at Stocksbridge? Also, is it scratchbuilt or a 3d print? Cheers Alastair Thanks Alastair, it is indeed based on this one: https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/stocksbridgewagons/e295c089 I drew it in Tinkercad using an existing wagon chassis I had as a base and then approximated the rest from the photograph. It was printed on an Anycubic Photon. Came out rather well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkea1 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 1 minute ago, Locksley said: Thanks Alastair, it is indeed based on this one: https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/stocksbridgewagons/e295c089 I drew it in Tinkercad using an existing wagon chassis I had as a base and then approximated the rest from the photograph. It was printed on an Anycubic Photon. Came out rather well. Thanks - I started scratchbuilding one years ago and never got it finished. Alastair 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locksley Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 2 minutes ago, clarkea1 said: Thanks - I started scratchbuilding one years ago and never got it finished. Alastair I do offer them for sale on my Etsy store if you fancy one I'm hoping to get round to doing more examples of some other Ingot carriers too once I get this photo plank finished. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 If you fancy having a go at making on of these, I'd buy one. It's a hot metal ladle, from Stanton iron works. I have a drawing somewhere, so let me know if you're interested. This steel-themed photo plank of yours has reignited my interest in iron and steel industry models. I have several locomotives that currently have no layout to run on... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 48 minutes ago, Ruston said: If you fancy having a go at making on of these, I'd buy one. It's a hot metal ladle, from Stanton iron works. I have a drawing somewhere, so let me know if you're interested. This steel-themed photo plank of yours has reignited my interest in iron and steel industry models. I have several locomotives that currently have no layout to run on... Dave Where is this photo taken as next to it is a Coil X built by WH Davis in the early 1970's for Lackenby. These were almost certainly delivered new by rail as were the tall box version for scrap. https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/bsclackenby/e3f7d7f85 Mark Saunders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 4 hours ago, Mark Saunders said: Dave Where is this photo taken as next to it is a Coil X built by WH Davis in the early 1970's for Lackenby. These were almost certainly delivered new by rail as were the tall box version for scrap. https://PaulBartlett.zenfolio.com/bsclackenby/e3f7d7f85 Mark Saunders It is at the Chasewater Railway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 1 hour ago, Ruston said: It is at the Chasewater Railway. Thanks Dave! It is now a must visit location to measure the differences between them and the HS series. Mark Saunders Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sweet pea Posted August 31, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 31, 2019 Hi Alex your photo plank is looking great. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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