Guest Jack Benson Posted February 12, 2021 Share Posted February 12, 2021 What a lovely layout, stations on a large curve are so attractive. Thank you for sharing your achievements, much appreciated. Stay Safe Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted February 20, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 20, 2021 Ty Jack. Much appreciated. I have focused a lot of my time building kits and have neglected the layout. However, i hope to rectify that soon! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted May 14, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 14, 2021 Although I may have been neglecting to update this page, I have however been busy updating part of my layout. A problem arose than few if any of my kit built loco's could navigate the tight radius curves through the station and into the tunnel to the fiddle yard. One fix was to remove all the flanges off the centre wheels or, extend the layout slightly and put in wider radius curves. I chose to re-build the end of the layout! Current status of re-build: Baseboard extended 24" (now 13' 6" x 8'), new track laid, ballasted and weathered, power feed connected, platforms built using 18mm ply, faced with plasticard stonework and styrene edging. Top of platform coated with Wilko's deep gap filler, Wilko's filler and PVA mix. Ready to rub down and weather accordingly. Gaps in the top coating are formed so I can bed in the station building salvaged from the previous location. New LMS lamps from Gaugemaster and LMS fencing from Scale Model Scenery are in the to-do box ready. This has also created space for more cottages/terraced housing as I am swapping the station building to the other platform (nearest camera) 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Always the better solution, no matter how painful it is in the short term. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted May 24, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24, 2021 Updated pics showing progress so far. Platform tops rubbed down, then added Woodland Scenics fine ballast. Looked a bit too coarse to topped off with some chinchilla sand from Amazon, glued down the same as ballast, then painted with watered down Wilko's Storm Cloud. Fencing is from Scale model scenery and definitely looks finer than the usual offering from Ratio. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted July 1, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 1, 2021 A few pictures showing current projects on the go. I am now adding additional housing behind the terraced houses and waiting room. I am using the Scalescenes Terraced Houses, the Lock Keepers Cottage and Row of Cottages kits, but facing them with Slaters styrene sheets to blend in with the station and provide relief. Guttering and downpipes are styrene half-round and round rod. Front doors are from York Modelmaking. Rear door are Scalescenes with the middle panels cut out and mounted behind again providing some relief. Window sills and lintels are Evergreen styrene 1.5 x 2.5mm bar. The windows are the black window frames which are usually used for printing on the transparent plastic sheets, however, I mount the sheet on thin card and cut the frames out, gluing micro-scope glass behind. On the lock keepers cottage, the roof tiles use York Modelmaking self adhesive roof tiles. the mounting board is coated in Shellac for when i bed it into the scenery. Still some work to do on the terraced houses as I am only half way there!! A bit of fettling and working out is needed if not using the standard printed sheets, but is doesn't take too long to fathom out. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted August 4, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 4, 2021 (edited) Just completed the terraced houses. More detail here; Edited August 4, 2021 by ianLMS 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted September 1, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 1, 2021 (edited) Working 2 projects simultaniously right now so plenty going on. One is a hybrid kit/scratch/rtr Jubilee. I had some parts left over from a mixed bag of stuff i got off ebay and one of the items was a tapered boiler and firebox looking very much like a 3A off a Jubilee with a short firebox. Possibly a K's kit but not sure. It maybe off a Black 5 but it lines up nicely with the drawing i have of a Jubileee. However, its all i had along with cab sides from a JE etch. So using a Jamieson 5XP kit as a template, i scratchbuilt a footplate and cab roof from sheet brass. For the chassis i purchased a cheep DCC ready Hornby rebuilt royal scot. The other project is bedding in my scalescenes terraced houses with slaters plasticard facing and the scalescenes lock keepers cottage as the Station masters house. I am currently making the garden walls, and will then plant the veg patch and turf it in due course. Mrs Station Master is a keen gardener and wanted an ornamental pond!! Edited September 1, 2021 by ianLMS 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryD1471 Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 3 hours ago, ianLMS said: Working 2 projects simultaniously right now so plenty going on. One is a hybrid kit/scratch/rtr Jubilee. I had some parts left over from a mixed bag of stuff i got off ebay and one of the items was a tapered boiler and firebox looking very much like a 3A off a Jubilee with a short firebox. Possibly a K's kit but not sure. It maybe off a Black 5 but it lines up nicely with the drawing i have of a Jubileee. However, its all i had along with cab sides from a JE etch. So using a Jamieson 5XP kit as a template, i scratchbuilt a footplate and cab roof from sheet brass. For the chassis i purchased a cheep DCC ready Hornby rebuilt royal scot. The other project is bedding in my scalescenes terraced houses with slaters plasticard facing and the scalescenes lock keepers cottage as the Station masters house. I am currently making the garden walls, and will then plant the veg patch and turf it in due course. Mrs Station Master is a keen gardener and wanted an ornamental pond!! I always find it pleasing when someone works on a "fixer-upper" (Jubilee) in much the same way that I would do. I look forward to seeing the finished loco. As for gardening, I leave that to my wife as I have "brown fingers", being the opposite of green fingers. My hands are the kiss of death to horticulture. I'll stick to soldering! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted September 1, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 1, 2021 Im pretty much the same when it comes to gardening!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted September 13, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 13, 2021 Just completed the garden and rough ground around the terraced houses 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted September 22, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2021 Pond now filled with WS Realistic water and added a few lily pads. Plus added a little more vegetation around the terraced houses. 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted September 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2021 Need some goldfish in that pond now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted September 22, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2021 I was tempted to put some in!!! Need a 4mm scale gnome as well!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted September 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2021 Gno gnomes please! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted September 22, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2021 Found some!!!! https://www.langleymodels.co.uk/awd1/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=5344&search=Gnomes 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted September 22, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2021 Oh gno ... I'll stop now! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted May 24, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24, 2022 (edited) Some pics of the new station part of the layout i have been working on since finishing a couple more loco kits (Jamieson Black 5 on Hornby DCC chassis and a SEF Royal Scot). Platforms are made from 18mm ply coated with chinchilla sand, rubbed down evenly then painted with emulsion test pots from Wilko's. Footbridge is a laser cut kit from L-Cut Creative. LMS Fencing is from Scale model scenery. Figures are from various sources and yet to be placed. Barrows, seats and trolleys are Scalelink and another source i cant rememver. Luggage is from Slaters, Merit and some 3d printed ones off Ebay. Lamps are Gaugemaster (formerly DCC concepts design) Terraced houses are Scalescenes modified with Slaters plasticard exterior instead of the paper. Edited May 24, 2022 by ianLMS Detail addex 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tractionman Posted May 24, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24, 2022 (edited) great to see the photos, lovely period charm, somehow accentuated by the lack of trains! all the best, Keith Edited May 24, 2022 by tractionman 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted May 24, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 24, 2022 There will be trains one day!!!! Operation isnt my priority yet. Too much fun making stuff!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted June 18, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 18, 2022 (edited) Latest addition to the layout. I felt the car park was lacking something so built this nice little Anbrico kit of a Leyland TS8. With help from folks on the Road Vehicle thread, we decided that Ribble would be a suitable operator for my area in 1939. Glass is microscope slides. Very fiddly and time consuming and some dont fit perfectly, but i think they look better than the plastic strip behind the frames. First time i had airbrushed using Humbrol acrylics and so far, i am impressed with how it went. Humbrol 20 for the main parts and 41 for the "cream", although it looks white to me! Edited June 18, 2022 by ianLMS 8 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ianLMS Posted June 20, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2022 And the bus waiting at the station 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Flying Pig Posted June 20, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 20, 2022 On 18/06/2022 at 20:21, ianLMS said: Glass is microscope slides. Very fiddly and time consuming and some dont fit perfectly, but i think they look better than the plastic strip behind the frames. They look very good indeed. Truly flat and flush fitting windows make a big difference. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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