Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted June 6, 2020 Author Share Posted June 6, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, GEOEng03 said: Looking good. Really like the weeds and grasses around the relay boxes. Does the Wills kit come with railing as well or is that sourced from another kit/scratch built Like the rock cutting as well, is this pre made or from a mould. Cheers Hello and thank you very much for your comments. The Wills kit does not include the railings, I have cut down some white plastic fencing and painted it yellow. The rock cutting is a layer of mod rock and then some poly filler spread on top. Once dried I get a Schreiber and etch out any rock features I see in the poly fillers rough surface. Then I paint it and add foliage. Edited June 7, 2020 by Powerhaul 70 Pey Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 Hello everyone. I have cut the board to accommodate the other tunnel portal which is behind the service station on the left and white pub, The Swan on the right. I need to attach the retaining walls, edging stones and paint it. From here it is a 1 in 75 down gradient/slog which ever way the train is going probably through some farmland. My idea from here is that the 56 takes a sharp curve and will pass through a seaside bay which I am looking forward to attempting! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted June 10, 2020 Author Share Posted June 10, 2020 Tunnel portal retaining walls and coping stones fitted. The next job here is to form the landscape around the tunnel. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted June 11, 2020 Author Share Posted June 11, 2020 Repair time. The yellow steps on one of the bogie frames on my Bachmann Colas Rail 70 fell off and I couldn't find them so I ordered a new bogie frame from Bachmann as you can't just get the steps. It arrived today so I have fitted it. Once again great service from Bachmann regarding availability of spares, price was £7 and prompt delivery. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 On 10/06/2020 at 19:56, Powerhaul 70 Pey said: Tunnel portal retaining walls and coping stones fitted. The next job here is to form the landscape around the tunnel. Lots of nice work here again thanks neil.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 5 hours ago, saxokid said: Lots of nice work here again thanks neil.. Many thanks Neil. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted June 13, 2020 Author Share Posted June 13, 2020 Hello. Some contours of the land have been formed by the tunnel portal. Not too much room here but I can fit my Metcalfe farmhouse and barn in. . . Just! Not sure which configuration of building to have yet. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted June 14, 2020 Author Share Posted June 14, 2020 Good afternoon. A quick coat of paint was applied to the plaster bandage whilst escaping from the sunshine to cool down. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 Finally got my hands on some Metcalfe builders sheets and some lengths of flexi track from Ashton Model Centre in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan so I have put some cobblestone in the ginnel between the terraced houses. I have also layed tarmac sheets for the T junction to end the road. I have also been trying to complete the road bridge over the railway with red brick sheets. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 Good evening. Managed to get in the garage for a hour or two. Applied a cobblestone surface to the low relief mills. I need to make a banking coming down to track level, fit security fencing and apply vegetation. Completed the red brick on the main road bridge into town which spans the 4 tracks from the station. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted June 18, 2020 Author Share Posted June 18, 2020 Fitted 2 nice plugs, 1 to the main bus wires (left plug) and 1 to programming track disguised as the disused siding. More work done to the pub car park and service station. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted June 21, 2020 Author Share Posted June 21, 2020 I have some trees that I have made and the layout is currently suffering from a lack of vegetation so I think they will look good here around the pub beer garden to which the tunnel portal is below. The pub is still closed and may reopen on the 4th July. The first two lengths of flexi track have been laid which will pass from the mill scene. Hoping to have a girder bridge going over a murky canal somewhere here. I want to avoid too much straight track and have some gradual winding railway lines. Also reduces the amount of joints. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack374 Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Those trees look great Pete, definitely add to the realism. Top work with all the buildings and scenery! Jack. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 8 hours ago, Jack374 said: Those trees look great Pete, definitely add to the realism. Top work with all the buildings and scenery! Jack. Thanks for the comments and likes Jack, much appreciated. Those trees are the woodland scenics tree armatures and fine leaf foliage. I have plenty armatures left but I have run out of foliage so I need to get more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 Good evening. I have formed the banking from the mill to the track bed using MDF contours and then layers of modrock across them. Needs a brown undercoat tomorrow when dried out. The photo below is a bit of a rough mock up of what I am trying to achieve in this area. Hoping for a compact red brick industrial setting with the railway passing over a murky canal on a girder bridge in between the buildings. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 Good afternoon. In the end I went with a red brick wall by the mill as I thought it would be more authentic than steel security fencing. A coat of brown paint has been applied over the modrock banking. A bit more progress on the canal scene with some boards cut and loosely placed with more buildings that survive from yesteryear. I will keep plodding along! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted June 23, 2020 Author Share Posted June 23, 2020 A quick paint of the canal so I can see more clearly what this area is going to look like. Having googled canals, this is more like a sea colour and canal water is almost brown in colour so a 2nd coat is definitely needed. A more overhead view. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackB95 Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Really like the look of this layout. Great use of imagination and skill mate. Keep it up! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 1 hour ago, JackB95 said: Really like the look of this layout. Great use of imagination and skill mate. Keep it up! Thanks for your kind comments they are much appreciated. Plenty to be done yet, I just hope I don't lose my modelling mojo. My drive is to get the 2 pairs of tracks connected to each other then I can run trains and to end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 Here we go, I've plucked up the courage to upload a quick video of Durrington Central. The video was done a week or two ago so a little more progress has been made since. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 Hello everyone. Not too much to update but I did manage to form some land contours on the right side of the tunnel portal. I was thinking of having these railway cottages here instead of the farm buildings and the farm buildings on the other side of the tracks as there is more room. I intend to get a static grass machine soon. I've never used one before but looking at other layouts the results can be amazing. I am really pleased with the mill/canal scene below. The mill building on the left side has been sunk into the ground and the ground cobblestoned. Started the walls around the girder bridge etc, attempted some graffiti that you can just make out under the bridge. Needs messing up with weeds and vegetation against the walls and buildings. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted July 1, 2020 Author Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) Good evening. Not much progress since my last post. Tonight I went to B&Q for some wood. Began to put some edging along the edge of the boards to hide wiring, rough edges etc. This will be painted black at some point. I also have some 6mm MDF sheets for the backboards needed to the right. I will try to fit them tomorrow then paint them blue for now. More buddleia and ragwort made. Tedious process. Edited July 2, 2020 by Powerhaul 70 Pey 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 Managed to fit and paint 2 more back boards. I may have a back scene but undecided yet. I am not sure that the 3mm hardboard I got for the facias are the best material as they had bowed since yesterday so I have put some more screws in and if they bow again then I will get something a bit more substantial and try again. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 Two new coaches arrived today. I think I will have rakes of 6 coaches due to the length of fiddle yard sidings. I will have a rake of 6 maroon and a rake of 6 blue/grey for rail tours, this way I can run what ever I want and claim it's a rail tour. Hopefully I can crack on with some jobs on the layout at the weekend. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Powerhaul 70 Pey Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 Durrington Central featuring Colas Rail 70805 on a short rake of JGA Tarmac hoppers and 50040 on a rail tour "Hoovering up around the north west" 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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