RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted November 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2020 (edited) Next steps....3mm cork down, bit of terrain made from ready mixed filler with a bit of paint added. I've also added the 3mm ply I use at baseboard joints to give a more consistent and stronger foundation for track joints. You can see in later photos the bit of board left in as a bridge has gone - levels didn't work out. Edited November 15, 2020 by Gilbert 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted November 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2020 (edited) Track levels being tested. One point worth making is that I used Cobalt PMs with their right angle adapter and it was very tight fitting in their locations during the planning of the "water feature"... Edited November 15, 2020 by Gilbert 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted November 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2020 Next step was to plan the road and foam board pavement...to say everything was "selectively compressed" would be charitable. I had spent some time researching the Wisbech and Upwell and had a range of scenic elements I wanted to include. Rails in the roadway was one of them. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted November 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2020 (edited) It lives.... so work on the joint went ahead Edited November 15, 2020 by Gilbert 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted November 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2020 The road bridge - DPM butchery 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted November 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2020 The shops are MDF kits by Petite Properties - nice projects in their own right 9 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted November 15, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2020 2 minutes ago, Gilbert said: The shops are MDF kits by Petite Properties - nice projects in their own right. Inevitable question - what did you use for the wall covering(s)? Looks very good. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 I have been looking at Petite Properties. They certainly take all the hard work out of scratch building. None of the dull measuring and marking out. Only downside I can see is that I have no use for them. I have thought though that a couple could be incorporated into the initial design of a layout as you have. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Have to say that the road overbridge at the back of the scene just behind the rail overbridge brilliantly disguises the "water meets backscene" joint. I have a strong urge to steal that idea, although no idea where to use it yet! The petite properties shops are just so modelogenic (is that a word?!) Although I saw this in the FB thread, am thoroughly enjoying seeing this all again! Steve S 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 That bridge certainly drew my attention. It's a great piece of picture composition that stops a layout edge looking like a geological model of a slice of strata. I am planning on hiding my river with a sharp bend and overhanging trees as per the real location. Hopefully it will work! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted November 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2020 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said: Inevitable question - what did you use for the wall covering(s)? Looks very good. I'm not a great fan of printed finishes but I think the downloaded brickpapers from Scale scenes are very good. I used some of PP's own brickpaper on some of the buildings on Penmaenbach (Summer 2019) but while I've kept the wall finishes I've re-done the paper roofs with laser cut tiles painted and weathered. I've built some arches for the next project but my personal jury is still out and I'm 99% certain to use a painted and weathered finish Edited November 15, 2020 by Gilbert 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted November 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2020 (edited) 33 minutes ago, MrWolf said: I have been looking at Petite Properties. They certainly take all the hard work out of scratch building. None of the dull measuring and marking out. Only downside I can see is that I have no use for them. I have thought though that a couple could be incorporated into the initial design of a layout as you have. I've used them as background buildings previously and I think they work well. Edited November 15, 2020 by Gilbert 8 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted November 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2020 Some pictures of the below board workings.. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted November 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2020 Track and ground cover painted and roads fitted. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted November 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2020 A locomotive! 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted November 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2020 (edited) Lights fitted...Mark 1....some small changes were made later Edited November 15, 2020 by Gilbert 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted November 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2020 Fiddle yard and wagon storage - layout will be run from the front even at shows. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted November 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2020 (edited) Ballast and roads in place. Masking the backscene could have gone better... Edited November 15, 2020 by Gilbert 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted November 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2020 Rule 1 being tested... 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted November 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2020 I decided I wanted some signature structures and set about making a GER loading gauge. As usual photos were hard to come by until after I'd completed it...... I used some dimensions from an article in MRJ on a SR version plus some sketches from the photos I did find. It was soldered up from BH Code 75 rail. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravy Train Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Hi, that’s a simple idea but very nice, great to see it come together and has a Ricey feel to it. Peter A L 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted November 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2020 (edited) I found a better picture of the loading gauge. Its being held in some tweezers in this picture. Another signature W&U structure is the water tank at Wisbech. This model is about 3/4 size but looks the part. Strip wood base with Grandt Line NBW plastic parts and a styrene tank with Archer rivets. and here's the yard office - prototypical W&U as modelled by Hornby and repainted by me. Signs by Scalescenes from one of their Hornby Magazine freebies. Edited November 15, 2020 by Gilbert 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted November 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2020 An image from the intensive "testing" phase.... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted November 15, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 15, 2020 Scenery coming together...I thought about adding a crane (based on Framlingham) but there was simply not enough space to fit it in sensibly 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 5 hours ago, Gilbert said: I've used them as background buildings previously and I think they work well. I rather like that workshop! Which gives me yet another idea that I don't have room / money / time for! Something similar will have to appear in one of my paintings instead. That's usually how I get it out of my system! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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