Nutbrook Posted December 10, 2021 Author Share Posted December 10, 2021 (edited) Been a testing day today. Catenary is up in this section now and a few more details added. Its not till you zoom right in on these sort of pictures that you can see things that arnt not quite right. Note the cobweb of hot melt glue on the bank on the right hand side (now removed) Edited December 13, 2022 by Nutbrook 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordonwis Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 6 hours ago, Nutbrook said: Been a testing day today. Catenary is up in this section now and a few more details added. Its not till you zoom right in on these sort of pictures that you can see things that arnt not quite right. Note the cobweb of hot melt glue on the bank on the right hand side (now removed) A bit like this one (similar scene too!) where I set up one of the two boards of my layout temporarily for a photo shoot and completely failed to notice the church tower was not on the church! By the way I can't believe this photo is 6 years ago now! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordonwis Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 By the way I feel humbled by your scenery, but I don't have the space to have fully blown baseboards so my Paspels layout is built on sheets of 3in thick thermal board sitting on a 3mm ply base. But in fact it works very well. What you can see in my picture is the bottom sheet which is the base level of the layout (so that I could do the river as you can see) and two more sheets which gives a good impression of height but is incredibly lightweight and the board is easily cut (and instantly looks like Alpine rock, but if left flat also looks like reinforced concrete / manually treated rock face ) with even a cheap kitchen knife and also easily painted. The paint you can see is one pass of basic grey primer from Wilko. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutbrook Posted December 11, 2021 Author Share Posted December 11, 2021 Thanks Gordon, I think multi level scenery is more realistic especially if modeling in Switzerland's mountainous terrain. My layout starts 100mm up from the main framework and the line goes up as well as down, I have plans for a large bridge and a river to be built in the future. Believe it or not this is the most I've done on scenery on any indoor layout, I normally get some track down and run trains, but I've committed to this long term project and I'm quite enjoying learning new techniques, much of what I've learnt from great guys posting tips on this forum. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutbrook Posted December 28, 2021 Author Share Posted December 28, 2021 (edited) Started phase 3 the week before Christmas, not far off complete now. Bit of plastering to do Edited December 13, 2022 by Nutbrook 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutbrook Posted December 28, 2021 Author Share Posted December 28, 2021 (edited) Testing, the lower tunnel exit. The tunnel mouths on the curves are 5mm wider than the ones on the straights to allow for the overhang on the coaches. Need to add some black card inside the tunnel. Edited December 13, 2022 by Nutbrook 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutbrook Posted December 28, 2021 Author Share Posted December 28, 2021 (edited) GE 4/4II 622 Arosa summits the line with a Glacier Express Service as it exits Thor tunnel. The hillside is all the new bit. the viaduct is just a card template atm, just to give me some ideas/ thoughts for the future. Need to add some trees me thinks. \ Edited December 13, 2022 by Nutbrook 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gook the Goblin Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Looking really good Steve. The bridge will look great too. I would be pleased to know your source for trees. Nigel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutbrook Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) On 30/12/2021 at 21:53, the Goblin said: Looking really good Steve. The bridge will look great too. I would be pleased to know your source for trees. Nigel I got the trees from Malcs Models (my local model shop) Just short of 7 quid for 10 trees, they also do a much bigger bag for 20 quid, here is the label on the bag. Edited December 13, 2022 by Nutbrook 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gook the Goblin Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 Thanks Steve, they look quite good. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutbrook Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) Happy first birthday Nussbach, was just over a year ago when I started the framework and things have moved on a bit, although there is still loads to do. Couple of shots from phase four which I started just after the new year and is nearing completion. This phase includes two parallel tunnels, the left one being the mountain line whilst the right one is the outer oval which leads to the yet to be completed fiddle yard. Edited December 13, 2022 by Nutbrook 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutbrook Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 (edited) Piccy from todays testing session Edited December 13, 2022 by Nutbrook 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutbrook Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) Time to bring this thread up to date a bit. Not much happens on the railway over the summer months apart from running sessions as other outdoor projects take priority during the warmer weather. However, a recent illness gave me a stay in hospital followed by 3 weeks off work at home. So not being too incapacitated I cracked on with the mountain on the other side of the valley. Here's some pictures for the past few weeks. Edited December 13, 2022 by Nutbrook 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutbrook Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) Few more to bring up to date. Edited December 13, 2022 by Nutbrook 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Keith Addenbrooke Posted December 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 12, 2022 Sorry to hear of the hospitalisation. Hope all is well now. On the other hand, nice to see the progress - there are quite a lot of mountains to build, so good to know the project progresses, Keith. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutbrook Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 Alls well now, thanks Keith, different meds are having things under control. Just noticed all me previous piccys have disappeared, with just a link thingy, which when I click on it doesn't open anything up. Is this normal on older threads 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted December 12, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2022 21 minutes ago, Nutbrook said: Alls well now, thanks Keith, different meds are having things under control. Just noticed all me previous piccys have disappeared, with just a link thingy, which when I click on it doesn't open anything up. Is this normal on older threads No Steve, unfortunately it was the backup crash lost a load of photos from the last couple of years. The only way to reinstate them is to add them again. I’m slowly working my way through the older threads and replacing the gaps. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutbrook Posted December 12, 2022 Author Share Posted December 12, 2022 22 minutes ago, PaulRhB said: No Steve, unfortunately it was the backup crash lost a load of photos from the last couple of years. The only way to reinstate them is to add them again. I’m slowly working my way through the older threads and replacing the gaps. Thanks for the info Paul, I'll try and edit some of the originals back in. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutbrook Posted December 23, 2022 Author Share Posted December 23, 2022 (edited) Bridging the gap The center piece to the Nussbach (in me head) is to have a large bridge between the two mountains at the highest point on the railway. Having given it much though and putting it off many times I decided to crack on with it and hope for the best. Here's how I did it. The gap to fill Firstly I drew a plan of the bridge on card and cut it out, many adjustment until I was happy with it. Next I copied the card bridge so that I could now have an identical copy on each side of the foamboard, this prevents the cutting wire from drifting when cutting. Cutting the foamboard using a hot wire cutter, slowly does it. The foam board is 25mm wide, so two pieces width, at this point they are pinned together using cocktail sticks in the waste bits to be cut out. Edited December 23, 2022 by Nutbrook 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutbrook Posted December 23, 2022 Author Share Posted December 23, 2022 This is the bridge cut out, I also cut the single arch off as I wasnt happy with it. I scribed the stonework into the foamboard using the scriber in the picture. Also I made two bridge sides 10mm wide and 15mm high. So the bridge side's are added and here's the reason why, the track sits on 6mm board and the track is about 8mm high. Photos from google earth show that the rail top is level with the top of the bridge, so creating this trench brings the rail to the top of the bridge. After painting and a bit of weathering it was fitted into the layout. There's still much to do like adding the walkways and railings etc A river will be added underneath in the future 11 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Frutigen Posted December 24, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 24, 2022 That’s really nicely done. What are you thinking of doing instead of the single arch that you discarded? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutbrook Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 1 hour ago, Frutigen said: That’s really nicely done. What are you thinking of doing instead of the single arch that you discarded? Good question Keith. Think it will be two smaller arch's as that part is on a curve and the arch's on the RhB are straight. I will build the landscape up as well so the depth will be much less. Steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutbrook Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share Posted December 24, 2022 This is a photo of the RhB bridge I was using as a guide. Whilst its not an exact copy (it was never ment to be) it gave me something to work to and to fit into my railway. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutbrook Posted January 15, 2023 Author Share Posted January 15, 2023 The other end of the viaduct is intact and trains are running. These smaller arch's are necessary due to a curve at this end with the last arch bridging the line which climbs up towards the bridge. Another shot from other end 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutbrook Posted January 15, 2023 Author Share Posted January 15, 2023 Last week was this layouts 2nd birthday and things are progressing at a steady pace. This has been mainly a winter project, although it does give me a good train fix throughout the year when I need it. Here Croc 414 heads a birthday special The railings on the bridge are a temp fix to see how things look Whist GE4/4 III heads uphill towards the summit with an Glacier Express service 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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