cheesysmith Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 As it is set into the blue era, you need some silver birch trees growing in what used to be the yard etc. BR wasn`t the best at keeping weeds and trees under control then. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted January 1, 2022 Author Share Posted January 1, 2022 A few hours more work today. Paint stage finished and the tunnel inners. Beginning to come together Next stage is weathering powder on the roads and ground cover. The bridge needs more weathering Then static grass. I will then have a basic landscape to run trains through. 40012 ran round today. Cheers Steve General views of progress so far. 4 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Great photo's Steve, it's looking fantastic, love the pics with the class 40 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted January 3, 2022 Author Share Posted January 3, 2022 3 hours ago, sb67 said: Great photo's Steve, it's looking fantastic, love the pics with the class 40 Have you a project on the go at the moment Steve? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 9 hours ago, SouthernBlue80s said: Have you a project on the go at the moment Steve? Still working on Docklands Sidings, I've recently built a Scale Model Scenery concrete hut and next up I want to improve some older Hornby 45t wagons, just looking through books etc to find some prototypes to work from. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted February 3, 2022 Author Share Posted February 3, 2022 Spent all day on the static grass. First pass is on. So that is the scenic board covered. I can now spend time on the buildings. And then all the fine detail. Including improving the grass. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted February 4, 2022 Author Share Posted February 4, 2022 A few more hours today, the grass is now 98% finished. I am going to build some railway cottages for the background. I want to create that more open 70s 80s feel when houses backed onto a yard and things were not so fenced off. So buildings are next. And then I can go for the detail. Tested 73122. 50037 33062 and 33053 all running well. I now have a basic landscape with which to run trains through. My resprayed blue 73 heading out of the tunnel. It's not what I would choose to build but seeing what I can do with limited space. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 45 minutes ago, SouthernBlue80s said: A few more hours today, the grass is now 98% finished. I am going to build some railway cottages for the background. I want to create that more open 70s 80s feel when houses backed onto a yard and things were not so fenced off. So buildings are next. And then I can go for the detail. Tested 73122. 50037 33062 and 33053 all running well. I now have a basic landscape with which to run trains through. My resprayed blue 73 heading out of the tunnel. It's not what I would choose to build but seeing what I can do with limited space. That is a quality model! And quality modelling! Reeks of the 70's..... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthernBlue80s Posted February 4, 2022 Author Share Posted February 4, 2022 Thanks. All the hours of basic work is done. Want to slowly get into building interest into it. Such as stuff like this from Boxchester. So along way to go yet. The buildings are going to take sometime mind. Cheers Steve 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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