saxokid Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) This is my latest six road traction depot Colmore.. wil be mixs of Br blue through to trainload freight sector... 37,47,56,20,60 ect... Its got fuelling point and offices, sidings for waiting diesel locos. Depot has catwalk area for loco inspection and repairs. This wil be Colmore "North depot" and cross the way wil be Colmore "east depot" for loco and rolling stock major repairs... Edited April 20, 2020 by saxokid 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 My concrete hard standing for the depot is made from A4 plastic sheets, and super glued in place between the rails. Ive cut channel lines in with Stanley knife to show concrete sections and cracks ect.. Filled in with rusty track grime mixs.. 11 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 Ive used three base colours for the concrete here.. Tamiya acrylics Deck tan xf-55 wooden deck tan xf-78 Neutral grey xf-53.. Ive overlayed the paints and each tie once dry used red scotch pads to gently rub down 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 Now ive used both airbrush and then filled in with dry brush finish, on the depot hard standing.. Main colours are Humbrol matt paints mixed . matt 26 brown matt 29 brown matt 33 black. Then once dry ive dry brushed in using make up brush Track grime and rust effects from the Vallejo range these are acrylics... 8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 Fun part now adding and making kits for the insides of the depot building.. 1st one is standard Knightwing depot catwalk,but with thin brass tubing and LED"s for lighting. These wil be wired to the main yard lighting towers shortly... 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 The concrete hardstanding looks good saxokid. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tom shaw Posted April 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 1, 2020 Some good tips on the hard standing, thanks. Regards, Tom 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
porkie Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Superb work. Really love the hardstanding sections. This is something I still have to do on my layout. The trick with a knife is a great idea which I am definitely going to try. Cheers Phil 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 17 hours ago, sb67 said: The concrete hardstanding looks good saxokid. Thanks Steve ive enjoyed building this hard standing... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 11 hours ago, tom shaw said: Some good tips on the hard standing, thanks. Regards, Tom Thanks Tom for your kindness, hope you find these pictures and info useful... many thanks neil.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted April 2, 2020 Author Share Posted April 2, 2020 8 hours ago, porkie said: Superb work. Really love the hardstanding sections. This is something I still have to do on my layout. The trick with a knife is a great idea which I am definitely going to try. Cheers Phil Yer realy works treat scoring with knife,and then carefuly filling in cracks with track grime, rust effects or even little grass scenic... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted April 2, 2020 Author Share Posted April 2, 2020 Few more updates on the build of the depot and adding of yard lighting towers.. Ive also added phone mast in the back ground,and my scratch built fuelling point.. 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DRS Crewe On A Mission Posted April 3, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 3, 2020 Wow, really excellent work here mate. Thank you for letting me know about this new thread. It's brilliant. Just a thought. The hard standing in the depot area, have you glued it directly onto your baseboard or is it glued to something else underneath that means it can be removed if you ever wanted to? I will be following with great interest. Keep up the excellent work. Thank you. Kind Regards, Danny. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted April 5, 2020 Author Share Posted April 5, 2020 On 03/04/2020 at 01:19, DRS Crewe On A Mission said: Wow, really excellent work here mate. Thank you for letting me know about this new thread. It's brilliant. Just a thought. The hard standing in the depot area, have you glued it directly onto your baseboard or is it glued to something else underneath that means it can be removed if you ever wanted to? I will be following with great interest. Keep up the excellent work. Thank you. Kind Regards, Danny. Cheers Danny glad you like this my frend... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DRS Crewe On A Mission Posted April 6, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 6, 2020 22 hours ago, saxokid said: Cheers Danny glad you like this my frend... It's a really realistic depot. The signs on the front and side of the depot look excellent. I think it just shows that sometimes the smallest bits of detailing can make a big difference to a building, shed etc. Kind Regards, Danny. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffP Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 On 01/04/2020 at 06:49, sb67 said: The concrete hardstanding looks good saxokid. It looks so good it could be the remains of a demolished shed in real life. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparxD428 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Looking very good Neil. Like the way you've done the hard standing, really looks top notch. Cheers, Stu 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 18 hours ago, DRS Crewe On A Mission said: It's a really realistic depot. The signs on the front and side of the depot look excellent. I think it just shows that sometimes the smallest bits of detailing can make a big difference to a building, shed etc. Kind Regards, Danny. Yes your right there Danny detailing bring modelling to life like.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 9 hours ago, SparxD428 said: Looking very good Neil. Like the way you've done the hard standing, really looks top notch. Cheers, Stu Are thanks Stu your very kind sir Ive realy enjoyed making this hard standing,very much like my Banks road depot .. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 9 hours ago, JeffP said: It looks so good it could be the remains of a demolished shed in real life. Yer your right there Jeff my frend 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 Always the best part of any depot is getting the "lighting right" think ive nailed with this one now... 12 1 3 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 Ive started painting up depot workers and detailing catwalk area... 14 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 I must have been asleep and missed this one mate, I know it's part of the bigger set up, but as a stand alone area it really is exceptional. Love that lighting too. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Andrew P said: I must have been asleep and missed this one mate, I know it's part of the bigger set up, but as a stand alone area it really is exceptional. Love that lighting too. Yer ive been busy making this new part of my growing layout here in the New house. Realy pulled out all the stops with this depot build Andy.. Ive also started back on my DRS modern flask depot... Edited April 6, 2020 by saxokid 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcanman Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Love all the detailing work around the depot. Great work! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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