Bo-Bo Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Hi JRB your model railway layout is looking really nice, the modelling theme is nicely done. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JSModels Posted December 5, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 5, 2019 Not as much progress tonight - got one more street lamp installed (but not yet wired up), and got some holes drilled for the fibre-optic stars, but the main thing was getting some trees installed: They're not glued yet; I need to dust them with snow, and do the snow on the ground before I plant them permanently. One more thing - I mixed up some acrylic filler (caulk) with some white acrylic paint to do the snow on the roofs, etc*. I've applied some to a spare building, and am going to see how well that dries and adheres by Saturday. If it's successful I'll use that method. If not, I have some white Das clay that I could use, though I think that would take a lot longer. *I'm kind-of following the techniques used in this video for the snow effects, adapting them slightly to use the materials I already have. I will be using the airbrush with the white paint around the buildings as he's done, too. Hopefully that'll make the foliage in front of the house look suitably 'frosty', and less summery! A bird's eye view of the state of play: JRB 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted December 6, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 6, 2019 That's superb! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted December 7, 2019 Share Posted December 7, 2019 Excellent piece of modelling, well done 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JSModels Posted December 7, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 7, 2019 Started off today with the airbrush; I blended in the bottoms of the buildings, around the platform, and the tops and bottoms of the rocks. Also softened the joint between the top of the hill & the dark blue sky. Then applied the snow to the entire layout, working in sections, and snowed up the trees ready for final planting. Round the back I tidied up the lighting wiring, installed all the fibre-optics for the stars (though not hooked up to LEDs yet) and wired in the last street light. Even had the train running round at one point! All that's left to do now is: Touch up the snow in a couple of places I've missed; Glue the trees in; Fit LEDs to the fibre-optic stars; Paint the base black; Add some figures (don't have any yet, but hopefully should have soon) And then, I think, it'll be finished. At least for this year. JRB 8 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 A truly lovely little layout 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clagsniffer Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Absolutely love this I have to say. Superb scenic skills on show, lovely atmospheric lighting. Will be a shame that it only comes out once a year with the tree, I’d be proud to have that on display all year! Would love to see a video of it running in situ! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JSModels Posted December 8, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 8, 2019 39 minutes ago, Clagsniffer said: Absolutely love this I have to say. Superb scenic skills on show, lovely atmospheric lighting. Will be a shame that it only comes out once a year with the tree, I’d be proud to have that on display all year! Would love to see a video of it running in situ! Clagsniffer, It's been requested that I bring it out for our next club open day, even though that's in April! So that will be twice next year. I'll shoot a video of it running later today, hopefully. JRB 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JSModels Posted December 8, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 8, 2019 This morning I got everything off my list done. With the exception of some figures, this layout is the first one I've ever built that could be called finished! I'm overjoyed with how it's turned out. There are areas I don't like so much, and things I'd do differently if I ever built a similar one again, but overall I'm really chuffed. I didn't have any figures, and it looked pretty barren without, so I made one: I also gave the stock a light dusting of white through my airbrush: As requested, here's a very short video: Unfortunately I couldn't reshoot it after weathering the stock, as my phone battery died, so that will have to do! JRB 14 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Holmes Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Perfect. There's little else to say. Excellent modelling and vision has produced something to be very, very proud of. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry1975 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 This looks brilliant, very well done, I feel a chill just looking at it, brrrrrrrr. Love the snowman too. Jerry. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JSModels Posted December 13, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2019 I picked the almost completed layout up from the club last night, and today attached all the figures that had been very generously given to me by another member; one Model Scene/Peco pack of 5 passengers, and a Woodland Scenics set, A1894 'Snowball Fight' which was perfect! So now, it's FINISHED!!! We're setting it up properly (with the tree in place) tonight, so I'll update with a couple of those pictures later, but for now, that's all folks. Thank you to everyone that reacted and/or commented in this thread, it really is appreciated. JRB 11 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnicArrow Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 I'm already looking forward to seeing it complete with tree, it's such a perfect winter scene. So perfect that the train seems very plain and under-detailed in comparison to your work; I wonder what it would look like with a more "realistic" one, still christmas-decorated of course! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JSModels Posted December 13, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2019 13 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Holmes Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Superb. No other words to describe it. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry1975 Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Absolutely lovely, really nice, give yourself pat on the back, well done. Jerry. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff P Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Lovely work! Jeff 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Posted December 15, 2019 Share Posted December 15, 2019 Fantastic - really great little layout 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dufus Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Well done. Absolutely brilliant. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Delightful! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JSModels Posted December 23, 2019 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 23, 2019 (edited) I submitted this image a few days ago for the 'Christmas Photo Competition' on the Hornby website (advent calendar day 14): It's been submitted on the page for the train set, so is shown without the 4-wheel coach. JRB Edited December 18, 2022 by JSModels Replaced image 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoking gun Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 Lovely photo, very good modelling. I think I'll copy this for next Christmas. Merry Christmas, Martin 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JSModels Posted January 2, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 2, 2020 (edited) I won! Edited December 18, 2022 by JSModels Replacing images 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMoonRabbit Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Congrats Jrb, I saw Hornby posted it on their Instagram. Very deserving win. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestTom Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 (edited) Very well-earned, it's full of atmosphere. To think the starting point was a basic train set... Edited January 3, 2020 by HonestTom 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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