Owd Bob Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 Nice CME a later 80 RAF model with the lights through the grille! Now if Marc could just swap the Moggy Minor in the great pics on the previous page for a pre-pro '48 Sage Green 80" to go along side the Brockhouse trailer. I must try and sneek an old Landy in mine somehow 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted April 5, 2018 Author Share Posted April 5, 2018 Had to make it just a bit bigger all round, so i added 12" on one end and a tapering 10" down to 5" piece along the front, at last i can use the only set of points i have. Its now two and half foot deep by five feet long. I can't afford to go any bigger! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 All the track is now stuck down and the buildings in their final positions, although only the fueling point is stuck down permanently in place as of yet. I laid all the track on a single layer of 5mm thick foam board and to give more higher/differing levels in the track bed i've also used some 2mm thick cork sheet to build it up in a few places. I've created at least 10 isolated stretches/sections in the track by cutting it and then using those clear plastic isolating joiners. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 (edited) Looking good Bob, looking forward to seeing some pics of your loco's on there. :-) Steve. Edited April 11, 2018 by sb67 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 Steve you don't know just how tempting it was to pose the loco's the other day when i took those pics, But i'll resist temptation & wait until a bit more detail has been added, i started painting up the tunnel mouth last night...time to stick it all on tonight! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 I've got a lot done over the last week or so during the evenings and the very wet spells. I started by making & fixing the ply made backboard and end, i finally painted up my home made car filler tunnel mouth and then cast some more car filler walling to include some steps going down behind the shed area to break up the flat boring end/wall. Some more brick paper walling has been glued into place on the banking, a short stretch of wooden fencing made from off-cuts of 2-3 mm thin ply and MDF which was given to me by a friend who makes NG 16mm scale garden rail wagons, and was made to fill the short fall/lack of brick walling paper. I made a start on the concrete fly-over at the other end as well by using 5mm thick foam board to form the basic shape. A full tube of flexible gap/crack filler was used to smooth out the track bed sides and shape/level off a few areas......Phew! I'm now going away for a week from this Friday to recover ...only joking as it was pre-booked last year and it now interferes with my modeling......Yeh right! Porthmadoc here i come The steps will be loosely based on these at Bury Bolton street Station. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 Looking good Owd Bob I have a Landrover somewhere in my modelling boxin fact, I've exhibited it on Poynton Sneer sidings....Just don't think I've got any photographic evidence For some inexplicable reason, I quite like a Morris Minor on a layout 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 I have a soft spot for Moggies as well Marc, i had two in the '80's that i restored. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 I went to the locally held 'O' gauge North show yesterday and picked up a few much needed ready made detailing bits, last weeks evenings i made up some tree trunks out of 'Wilko' garden wire, i copied them from an article i saw in the Sept' 2017 edition' of the 'Model Rail' mag' so i've got plenty more stuff to do and finish off this coming week! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CME and Bottlewasher Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 I went to the locally held 'O' gauge North show yesterday and picked up a few much needed ready made detailing bits, last weeks evenings i made up some tree trunks out of 'Wilko' garden wire, i copied them from an article i saw in the Sept' 2017 edition' of the 'Model Rail' mag' so i've got plenty more stuff to do and finish off this coming week! 2011-03-17 16.47.49.jpg 2011-03-17 16.48.22.jpg 2011-03-17 16.49.44.jpg 2011-03-17 16.50.29.jpg Very nice OB! May I ask who makes the security/chain link fencing? I did a resto on an old Honda MC, three cars, rolling restos, Frogeye, and two MGB GTs.....great fun. ATVB CME 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 Cheers CME, my car resto' days are very nearly behind me, we've just one more old banger to finish off over the next few years at the rate we can both now go and afford to go at and i'm in no hurry to have another heart attack! But don't be surprised if it do's finish me off The laser cut posts and chain link fence was an ideal find and will cover/fill a lot of gaps for me, the firm is as on the label in the pic' 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CME and Bottlewasher Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Thanks, OB, I think they advertise on line/Ebay? Take care re the restos, as you know theyre always harder than they first look. ATVB CME Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted May 9, 2018 Author Share Posted May 9, 2018 Only done a few bits and pieces this last week or so but i'm getting there a bit at a time, i made some cappings for all the walls out of thick card which were cut and scored to show mortar lines etc, the rear stone walls and steps have been roughly painted up, i made two under arch shed type fronts which are roughly knocked up and painted and not stuck in at the mo', i got some S.R. concrete single panel fencing at the recent 7mm show which i've altered to resemble modern concrete panel fencing, some thick card has been stuck down around the shed and other places to form the concreted base/paved areas. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CME and Bottlewasher Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 Great progress OB! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted May 11, 2018 Author Share Posted May 11, 2018 Did my eyes and fingers in last eve' cutting these cardboard cobbles out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CME and Bottlewasher Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 They look the part though Bob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted May 11, 2018 Author Share Posted May 11, 2018 Thanks once again CME. I soaked them in woodwork pva glue to harden them off and they have curled up a bit, they should stick down ok with some weight on 'em Here the two pieces are roughly in position, note i got rid of the brick arches and boarded them up instead 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
44690 Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Only done a few bits and pieces this last week or so but i'm getting there a bit at a time. It might only be a few bits and pieces, but it's progress. Coming along nicely. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted May 18, 2018 Author Share Posted May 18, 2018 Every little helps and adds up Ian, so i've made some more cardboard cobbles this week and i also got a handful of dry lumpy garden soil which i crumbled into a bowl, i then picked out all the bigger chunks and bits of brick etc with tweezers, i stuck it down by painting the areas with two old tins of Humbrol dark Grey paint and then sprinkled the dry soil on to it. All the loose stuff was 'Hoovered' up last eve' after it had a full night and day to dry out, the effect is how i wanted it, and it's well stuck down. The natural colour of the soil might not need changing or painting over either. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
77philg Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Hi bob I would have used pva/water 50/50 mix + drop washing up liquid to do that job . would have dried clear and any loose bits just add some more . phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted May 18, 2018 Author Share Posted May 18, 2018 (edited) I would have done it that way but i made a right cock up Phil' by first painting all the board in a couple of cheap masonary paint sample pots thinking its a nice earthy base colour....but it's bloody water proof innit! and the PVA would'nt flamin' stick!! I should have more fun in sticking the ballast down as well then....Not!! Edited May 18, 2018 by Owd Bob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marly51 Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 (edited) I would have done it that way but i made a right cock up Phil' by first painting all the board in a couple of cheap masonary paint sample pots thinking its a nice earthy base colour....but it's bloody water proof innit! and the PVA would'nt flamin' stick!! I should have more fun in sticking the ballast down as well then....Not!! I made that same mistake a while back, Bob. Used some leftover Sadolin paint - it covered well, but had to sand it after!! I sympathise ☹️ Marlyn Edited May 18, 2018 by Marly51 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
44690 Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 I think if we're honest most of us have done it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owd Bob Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 After studying this site for ideas i made a start on the basic scatter materials this week, i've used the Javis grass stuff sprinkled onto brushed on P.V.A. The darker stuff went down first then the mid' Green second and lastly the light Green. Most of the Green stuff will probably not been seen when the Tree's shrubs and bushes are stuck on to cover the whole embankment. The rails have been given a rusty paint job, once the final coat of oily Black is put on very little will show of this either. Ballasting is looming next 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CME and Bottlewasher Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 After studying this site for ideas i made a start on the basic scatter materials this week, i've used the Javis grass stuff sprinkled onto brushed on P.V.A. The darker stuff went down first then the mid' Green second and lastly the light Green. Most of the Green stuff will probably not been seen when the Tree's shrubs and bushes are stuck on to cover the whole embankment. The rails have been given a rusty paint job, once the final coat of oily Black is put on very little will show of this either. Ballasting is looming next 2011-05-10 01.05.00.jpg 2011-05-10 01.06.06.jpg 2011-05-10 01.06.14.jpg Looking good mate! Will you be using static grass as well? ATVB CME Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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