37114 Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 Its when your other half gets to the statement first,its then "shock and ore" Indeed although she is very supportive so no complaints there! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 (edited) Tonight's progress has been on the scrap mountain. Creating each piece and weathering on an individual basis has been somewhat laborious for what is a small pile of scrap, albeit I am happy with the result. I am going to build a false centre to the pile to make the scrap go further. Another cheat to help fill the yard is a lorry delivering a scrap car. An Oxford Diecast Ford Transit recovery truck and an Austin A40 was dug out of the cupboard for some work. The Transit looked rather garish with its Silver wheels and Eddie Stobart style chevron bumper, so both were repainted black and white respectively. A winch was essential for loading dead cars and came from an Airfix Bedford army truck I converted to a gritter. The A40 was weather with rust patches added based on photos from an old copy of "Practical Classics". Both had new number plates, the A40 because the ones supplied were for a very late car which would have been too new to scrap, while the transits disappeared when the bumper was repainted. Edited October 1, 2014 by 37114 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 37114 Posted October 10, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 10, 2014 (edited) I decided the other night to make a start on creating the scrap mountain on the layout having accumulated what I thought was a lot of scrap - how wrong I was. To boost the size of the mountain I created a structure which could be best described as a pyramid cut in half vertically. This turned out to be a double edged sword, as while I saved some scrap, it was essential to build a sufficiently thick layer of scrap to hide the pyramid core which I barely managed. Thus it was back to the scrap box and the stash of corrugated Iron stash to make more scrap, the amount of scrap in the pile being double that originally envisaged and shown in my last post - see photo 1 and 2. The 3rd photo shows the Ford transit recovery truck in place, like all of the vehicles it is permanently attached to the layout to speed up setting up at shows. Behind the Transit is a repainted Hornby skip, the poor weathering of the original requiring a full repaint. The chosen colour scheme is of Hemmings waste a now departed Bristol industrial waste contractor who seemed to have skips every where in Bristol when I was growing up. An unusual job they had was the provision of skips for the carriage cleaning sidings at Malago Vale which had no road access. The skips were mounted on a converted lowmac "muck wagon" and tripped to Kingsland Road sidings for emptying. While looking for pictures of the Hemmings logo, the only ones I could find were a couple taken by "Rivercider" of this working, one of which features a class 45 hauling the single wagon. I couldn't find a good broadside picture so the logo was drawn from memory via MS paint and kept on file should I model the "muck wagon". Also obvious in the pictures is the layout now has ballast, weathering awaits when the glue is dry.... Edited October 10, 2014 by 37114 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Scrap pile looks great Rob, very much like a mini version of the mountains at EMR Swindon! Hemmings, now there's a Bristol brand! I hadn't realised they'd gone, but the name definitely sets the layouts location fantastically. I need to find a South Wales haulier running Scania R 6x2s on steel to suitably set my layout nicely jo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Hi Rob, This is really coming together, the scrap pile and old Transit look great. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 Scrap pile looks great Rob, very much like a mini version of the mountains at EMR Swindon! Hemmings, now there's a Bristol brand! I hadn't realised they'd gone, but the name definitely sets the layouts location fantastically. I need to find a South Wales haulier running Scania R 6x2s on steel to suitably set my layout nicely jo Hi Jo, I hadn't realised Hemmings had gone until I researched the logo, bought by SITA in 2006. Re your steel lorry, Owens of Newport do/did lots of steel work and I think they run a few Scanias worth a search on flickr 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 Hi Rob, This is really coming together, the scrap pile and old Transit look great. Cheers Peter. Thanks Peter, still lots to do but it is getting there! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d winpenny Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Coming along well looking great David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted October 11, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 11, 2014 Hi Rob The scrap pile looks great! Does look like it was just "chucked" there rather than "placed" and difficult to get right without looking wrong. You've done it correct from what I can see. The whole scene is coming along nicely. Do you have any exhibitions booked? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 Hi Rob The scrap pile looks great! Does look like it was just "chucked" there rather than "placed" and difficult to get right without looking wrong. You've done it correct from what I can see. The whole scene is coming along nicely. Do you have any exhibitions booked? Thanks Richard, the pile was worth the effort in the end. Re shows, the only one booked is Cheltenham in April 15, it has been offered to a couple of others but nothing definite in the diary. The timescales mean it is touch and go for finishing the upper level in readiness for Cheltenham so will focus on finishing the lower level first and fit a temporary back scene behind the arches if necessary. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted October 11, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 11, 2014 Thanks Richard, the pile was worth the effort in the end. Re shows, the only one booked is Cheltenham in April 15, it has been offered to a couple of others but nothing definite in the diary. The timescales mean it is touch and go for finishing the upper level in readiness for Cheltenham so will focus on finishing the lower level first and fit a temporary back scene behind the arches if necessary. I'll see you at Cheltenham as I will be there with Orchard Road. Will drop you a pm! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 I'll see you at Cheltenham as I will be there with Orchard Road. Will drop you a pm! Looking forward to it, Mike always puts on a good show, the Cheltenham area does seem to have a good few D and E modellers /enthusiasts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Nice to see another "scrapyard" theme scrap pile looks very life like looking forward to more now... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60091 Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Hello Rob Great progress on the layout. It's really looking good. Sad to see the A40 arriving at the scrapyard. That was our first family car - 1960. Same colour scheme too. Regards Alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 Hi Alan, My friend who helped out this week said the same about the A40. I hope I don't get lynched by mini enthusiasts at shows, there are 5 in the scrap pile, can't wait for the Austin 1300 from Oxford to come out, a couple of those will go in the yard as well. Thanks Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 37114 Posted October 11, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 11, 2014 One of the features I have never got right on previous layouts was creating corrugated Iron panels and fences, partly because the Wills panels are quite thick, so don't lend themselves to anything other than cladding. I was really keen to have some corrugated iron fences on the layout, especially round the wasteland and part of the scrap yard so a solution was required. A friend recently provided the exceedingly simple answer; Wills produce clear plastic corrugated glazing of exactly the right thickness! The panels are sprayed with grey primer then weathered by dry brushing a variety of Humbrol 26,29, 33, 70 and 186, starting with the darkest colour first. Rust spots were added using 186 on a small brush flicked at the panels. Once complete a framework as built using U section plastruct beams, these are yet to be weathered. Photos 1-4 show the results which I think works quite well, the only downside being the panels are slightly transparent so the framework shows through slightly. At the end of this evening activities I decided to put some stock on to see how it is coming together, it also provided an opportunity to put my new class 03, 03121 next to its fellow Bath road shedmate - photos 5-7 I have also recently added the lights to the layout. My original plan was to use some rather smart looking adjustable LED cabinet lights for the layout but a test revealed the light was very poor as they gave a very defined spot light. Back to drawing board has seen some end of line fluorescent tubes added from B&Q 2 of which were just the right length for the layout, photo 8 shows the light they give out in the darkened garage. 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 Looks very life like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobster Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Very nice Rob, first class modelling there. Cheers, Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
60091 Posted October 12, 2014 Share Posted October 12, 2014 Hi Rob More excellent photos. I ticked the like box but should also have added craftsmanship/cleaver for the corrugated iron - I've been making notes! I'll let you off with the Austin 1300. After the A40 it was a Morris 1100- dark green. Dad never believed in buying anything too powerful. Alan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 37114 Posted November 6, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 6, 2014 It has been a while since the last update as progress has slowed due to work and holidays but over the last 4 weeks some progress has been made: - Ballasting - The ballast has been weathered, this being something I had never done before and was achieved with a mix of aerosols, washes and dry brushing. The areas around the ballast has been in-filled with a sandy/dirt mix, this needs some further weathering. - Cement terminal - I have made a barrier out of rail to segregate rail traffic from road traffic next to the cement siding. Due to the inevitable knocks it will receive while the track is being cleaned it has been soldered for strength. I have also made a bunded diesel tank for by the entrance to the yard which is awaiting further weathering. - Retaining arches - The parapet has been added to the top of the arches, I need to finish the bridge pillars and some weathering to blend all the individual pieces together still: 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 Hi Rob, The lastest pics look good, but can I make a suggestion. The fence round the scrapped cars hides your good work on them. What about a chain link fence. You would still be able to see the cars. Just a thought. Ballasting looks spot on. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted November 8, 2014 Author Share Posted November 8, 2014 Hi Peter, It is a good point you raised and I see what you mean from the photos I have posted, as it wasn't something I had noticed before. I went out to the Garage this morning and had a look from the normal viewing position, and the mini's are much more visible than my previous photos which were taken at track level (see photo below). I hadn't decided on the fencing for the rest of the terminal, partly because a wall or more corrugated fencing would hide both wagons and the scrap panel, so will go down the route of chain link fence as you suggest. Thanks 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonas Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 You're doing a great job on this layout; the car pile looks excellent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37114 Posted November 8, 2014 Author Share Posted November 8, 2014 You're doing a great job on this layout; the car pile looks excellent. Thanks Jonas, it is certainly letting me practice new skills and techniques. I will add to the car pile in the fullness of time, some of the new Oxford Diecast 1100s will end up in there for sure. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
P.C.M Posted November 8, 2014 Share Posted November 8, 2014 No worries Rob, The last pic really does look pretty good. I will be interested in seeing how the chain link fence works out. Cheers Peter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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