Derekstuart Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I particularly like the one with the Brush 4 and railbus in the shed with the Drewry sitting outside. I don't think anything truly says "bygone era of railways" than a depot full of locos sitting waiting for their next allocation (compared to now where the few remaining locos only ever sit on shed in exceptional circumstances- usually because the shed has gone!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted January 23, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2015 Thanks Derek There are so few proper depots left. I've tried to make the depot one that you can work,as a lot you see modelled are all dead end roads. On mine which is called Glandford,a loco would arrive on the fuel point then carry on through after fuel for stabling or go into the main shed for repairs or an exam. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derekstuart Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 Yes, I know what you mean- it is set out as a REAL TMD would be. I think a lot of people model a TMD (either as a whole layout or part of one) thinking that it will be really small etc. Even a relatively small stabling/ fuelling point can be quite big. I did notice that you have built it so that it "flows". If a real TMD worked the same as most models, they'd have to shunt it god knows how many times to fuel, service and park. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted January 24, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 24, 2015 I have tried to portray the depot as being a recent addition to the area by using granite ballast rather than cinder common in yards and steam sheds. So being a product of the modernisation programme it should have been designed with some thought I would have liked a through depot but if I had done that I would have no yard at all. Its always the same when you envisage your layout you always assume you can fit Tees yard into what reality says you can build Berney Arms!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derekstuart Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I think you have achieved a good balance between putting enough into it to make it feel like a proper TMD, yet not so much that you've tried to fit in something the size of Stratford Heavy Depot into the space. I don't really know enough about the depots to say anything more scientific than that, except to say that it looks right to me. I did in fact work briefly at a small-medium TRSMD, which was attached to a heavy (carriage) works and you really do get a sense of scale when you're walking around it... maybe several seconds going past on the train, but 10 minutes on foot from one end to the other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandtraction Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 As you can see the locos are crying out to be weathered. There's still a lot of details to add to the depot such as dummy lighting towers and point levers Class 16s eh ?? Someone has a sense of adventure! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted January 28, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28, 2015 Its a 15 actually. There are 4 of them. looking at my loco fleet,I think i need some more blue ones , looking in books blue was quite widespread in east anglia by 67. Shame there isn't much RTR pre TOPS blue available Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted February 1, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2015 Done a bit more over the weekend, posed a few bits of stock and overly clean road vehicles on it. This part of the layout fills a dormer window. It's supposed to represent the remains of a branch to Blakeney which is now a siding for grain loading. What do other people use for road markings? I have the woodland scenics pen and flexible guide but the pen seems to blot all the time 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I used cut vinyl road markings on North Street from an ebay seller. Top quality and easy to apply then weather, but I'm not sure apart from the odd yellow line and the white centre markings that they'd be suitable for the period. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted February 1, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2015 Cheers Pete, I'll have a look. Your right this period didn't have as much lineage on the road but junctions and parking bays need them Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derekstuart Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Russ Jim S Wright has a good article about road linings on his p4newstreet site. Btw those embankments look really realistic with a mixture of coarse and fine materials of various shades. I don't know what I'm doing wrong, but I can never seem to replicate this look. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted February 1, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2015 Thanks Derek, I mix the fibres in the applicator, the bankside is made from plaster then painted earth colour Ive ordered some of those markings off eBay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted February 1, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2015 A few more of what will be Glandford station, apologies to any residents of the area as in the real world Glandford is a very nice sleepy hamlet in North Norfolk Notice some joker has set the destinations on the railcar to cumbrian ones. Not totally unprototypical as when Heaton first got 156s they still had Norwich area blinds in. I remember setting one to Sheringham when working a whitby service, so I'm assuming this unit has been transferred from Carlisle 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derekstuart Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 I particularly like that first one there- the way you've done the colouring of the stone setts in the road and even more so the pavement- both look like they've been down for several decades and have differing patterns of wear and dirt on them. You are a clever chap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted February 1, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2015 Cheers Derek, the setts were covered in filler then smoothed off and then weathered with model mates sand brown spray dye Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted February 1, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2015 A few more of the yard,still need to tidy the ballast and clean the rails 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted February 1, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2015 The next stage is to build a flint church and a coaster then form the river and landscape on the other side of river from the warfe . then there are loads of signals to make Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted February 19, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 19, 2015 The Church is finished, and the river bed has been stained waiting to get the coaster done before I can add the water. Here are a few pictures of the Church, I've also posted these on the Metcalf Church thread where I have described how I made it 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Hi Russ, I found your thread before Christmas and then lost it - RMWeb is a big place! To make absolutely sure I don't loose it again I have become "a Follower" so hopefully I'll keep more up to date in future . It's all looking very good Russ. Regards, Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted February 19, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 19, 2015 Thanks Brian, still a long way to go with it 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted February 19, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 19, 2015 Done a bit more this evening, still have to add the water and reeds near the shore. river bridge has now been completed and the result i wanted i have got with the church peering over the embankment 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Like the bridge very well built the layout is really great and I am enjoying your updates. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted February 19, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 19, 2015 Like the bridge very well built the layout is really great and I am enjoying your updates. Thanks,I was a bit unsure about using the peco girders at first but when they are painted they don't look too bad. If I had another couple of feet I would have built a swing bridge but I had to curve the bridge to make it fit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Love the church scene Russ. Excellent corner-filler. Reminds me how much I miss a layout that actually has corners. Must build a roundy! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted February 20, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 20, 2015 Cheers Pete, the curves are a bit tighter than I would have liked but its the old thing whatever space you have you always need a bit more Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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