SouthernBlue80s Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 I hope you are all well. I have found time to start my latest effort. Space is limited. like many on here. This will need to be stored under the sofa. The cover I will make for it is 5cm high in order to fit under the sofa - I have plans to mount the back scene inside the cover. So therefore, I will concentrate on the ground cover and nothing with be more than 2/3cm high. Bullhead track mounted onto a painted baseboard today. Hope to get fishplates, buffer stops down tomorrow and perhaps even paint the sleepers and rails. It will have puddles and perhaps hard standing. I have recently weathered 5 steel wagons 3 SPA, a BDA and a VTG ferrywagon. So perhaps that is a direction to take. Have not got a fixed plan with this. Will probably keep it quite minimal to show off my weathered stock. Anyway it will be my usual 1980s BR grime. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class40Danny Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 my cuppa tea this . following with great interest !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acklam Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 1980s, tick, grime, tick. another one to follow 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Cockburn Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Looks like an interesting concept, a bit "Inglenook-ish" in fact! So is the idea purely just to display rolling stock, or also to incorporate some shunting operations? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share Posted January 5, 2020 I have another shunting layout. I find it all a bit limiting after 5 minutes. Not knocking those that like a bit of shunting. I find I end up just set up dioramas on it most of the time. So decided to stick to that. If I ever have the room to build a large layout then it will be definitely be operational. If I ever felt the need I could wire it up and stick a fiddle yard on one end I guess. Progress today. Fishplates are on, track packed out where need be. A SPA someway to being finished. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share Posted January 5, 2020 Here is 31117 with some PW waggons in my existing yard to give a feel for what I am trying to achieve. Has anyone used microscope slides to create puddles? Did you inset them into the board or lay them on top and build ballast/dirt around them? 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 13 hours ago, SouthernBlue80s said: .....Has anyone used microscope slides to create puddles? Did you inset them into the board or lay them on top and build ballast/dirt around them? Hi there @SouthernBlue80s, I've not used microscope slides for this purpose myself. TBH - as someone who regularly uses them for their intended purpose - I wouldn't use them for puddles. They are rather thin and delicate. Of course, this is only a problem if you don't accidentally put any weight on them, or similar incident.... But they are also quite small, and not easy to cut and shape.... I've used clear plasticard for puddles, and I think it's quite effective. Simply paint one side dark brown or black, and flip it over, so the unpainted, shiny side is on the top The advantage over using glass microscope slides is that you can have larger puddles, and plastic card is easy to cut to nice irregular shapes As an example, here is a pic of my old scrapyard layout, where I used plastic card puddles They are slightly inset into the surface. I used photo mounting board as ground surface and cut away the top 1 or 2mm. The puddles were edged with DAS and then painted, weeds added etc Apologies if you've already seen this pic several times Looking forward to seeing this one progress mate 6 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 Looking forward to seeing the layout develop Steve, nice idea and one I've had on the back burner for ages so it will be good to see how it goes. I'm a fan of all your weathered stuff so another reason to follow with interest. I've used microscope slide for puddles, getting the idea from Gordon Gravetts book, I painted the back and sunk them in about 1mm and blended the edges with DAS clay. As Mark said they are small, very thin and if you break them be VERY careful to account for any shards as they could be lethal! Clear plasticard would be worth trying and I guess would give similar results, they certainly look the part in the photo. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 Marc and Steve Thank you both for your detailed puddle advice. Will post up progress soon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 You're welcome Steve, if you do go down the Microscope slide route, be so careful with them. I was too heavy handed at first and broke my first few dead easy and fortunately didn't come to any harm, but the slivers of glass looked deadly! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 I have some slides already so I will give them ago. However I prefer the plasticard way as it seems safer and bit more robust. I have made the cover so it can be stored under the sofa. And as you can see, I stuck an Nguage back sceen inside the cover. Perhaps I might use this with a freestanding low relief layer between the layout and the back sceen. However the back scene did not take properly - dodgy glue. Oh well never mind I will order another one. But at least it gave me an idea of how the concept might work. Next stage is painting the track, making walls and very low relief bank at the back. It just finding the time. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
4wDH Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 An interesting concept and one I will be watching with interest. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 Hello Steve, just put on a coupe of pics that might help with your puddle making. I did this today. Gloss paint on the back and managed not to break the slide! Then stuck it down flat on the board and went around the edge with some DAS clay. You do have to put them as flat as you can on the board as any uneven pressure will snap it. This is the state of play at the moment, when he DAS has dried I'll tidy it up a bit. Hope that helps. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted January 15, 2020 Author Share Posted January 15, 2020 What colour are you painting the underside Steve? Just a blackish mucky brown by the looks of things. Do you definitely need to use gloss - as most my paints are matt? Have you tried both? Thanks.... and your project is looking good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted January 16, 2020 Share Posted January 16, 2020 Thanks Steve. I did indeed use gloss paint, it was a mix of Humbrol Service Brown and Pale Grey, randomly mixed together. I've never tried matt paints but it would be worth a go, also different colours, it would be interesting to see what effects you get. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium JSModels Posted January 16, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 16, 2020 If you're painting onto the back of the glass slide, it's immaterial whether it's gloss or matt paint. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ess1uk Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 did this get any further? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 (edited) 8 minutes ago, ess1uk said: did this get any further? No. But it is not abandoned. It is sat under the sofa doing nothing. I will finish it at somepoint. I spent quite a bit of time fettling and redoing bits on Boxchester this year. Which after 10 years or so is finally at a point where It is finished. But I will spend the next year aiming to get Bedvale finished and then return to this. Have you got any projects on the go at the moment? Cheers Steve Edited October 11, 2021 by SouthernBlue80s 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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