westerner Posted November 23, 2023 Author Share Posted November 23, 2023 First lot of fencing done. The jig you see in the photo above is for 13 posts. The lines you see are where the wires go. at the end of the jig there is a notch where the wires are. Your chosen material is notched at one end and run to the other end and notched. When all the wires are in place the posts are threaded anderneath the wires and fixed with a spot of superglue here each wire crosses the post. unfortunately no photos of that process but a not very good one of the first fence in place. 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 A couple of buildings mocked to act as view blockers And a platelayers hut made but unpainted 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted December 1, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 1, 2023 Some progress on the fiddleyard. Grass now stuck down , but plenty more work to do, ballasting, fences and a bridge to build as well as finishing off the two buildings and painting the platelayers hut. 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 14 hours ago, westerner said: Grass now stuck down , How does the sector plate work now? I can't quite make it out. 🤷♂️🤔👍 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted December 2, 2023 Author Share Posted December 2, 2023 The middle section lifts out when I'm playing trains. 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted December 7, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2023 The stone building has been clad and primed, the branch track has been ballasted and the road had its first treatment of paint. 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted December 9, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2023 Building now painted, just the roof to fettle and stick down. 19 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted December 13, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2023 Some more progress on the fiddleyard diorama. Corrugated building now clad and primed, stone building finished. 3775 shunting the Forest Furniture sidings. F&F own the two buildings. 21 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 The scenic fiddleyard is such a great idea, looking really good 👍 2 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted December 17, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 17, 2023 Progress continues on the fiddleyard, amother wire lineside fence and a wooden one, and a first coat of faded green for the corrugated shed. 24 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted December 18, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2023 Tin shed now weathered and roof fixed down. 17 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted December 21, 2023 Author Share Posted December 21, 2023 Seasons greeting to all RMWebbers from Blackney. 14 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted December 21, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2023 Hi Alan, Merry Christmas to you. Lovely to finally meet up at Uckfield. Hopefully, we'll see each other next year. Best of wishes, Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 A Happy New Year RMWebbers Over the festive season I've been continuing work on the fiddleyard, mainly the bridge which like the rest of the scenery has been built out of leftovers from the layout proper and bits and pieces of plasticard etc.. Not finiished yet, not painted or stuck down. 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ray H Posted January 1 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 1 Happy New Year to you also. Where do you get your hanging Basket Liner from? It look so much better than anything I've managed to find. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 Ray H. the liner is made by Gardman and is 1.5m x 0.6m NOT the circles, bought in my local garden centre Farm Shop. I remove any of the sisally string bits and the depending on where on the layout its going give it a watery wash of some shade of green. In this case it was a wash the same colour as I painted the backscene which was Tamiya Flat Green. Hope this helps. 2 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted January 2 Author Share Posted January 2 Bridge primed and awaiting painting, bedding in and the backscene slightly re painted.. 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted January 7 Author Share Posted January 7 Basic painting on the brid=ge and supports done. Then bdetailing and bedding in. 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted January 7 Share Posted January 7 I'm beginning to miss photos of the old layout, which now forms the fiddleyard to this one... 🤔😉🤣🤣🤣 2 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted January 8 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 8 Just for F-U M and in case anyone else has forgotten what the rest of the layout looks like. 23 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted January 8 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 8 (edited) 18 hours ago, westerner said: Just for F-U M and in case anyone else has forgotten what the rest of the layout looks like. I'm sure you've told us this but is there any gap at all between the bridge and the painted tunnel, even if tiny, or is the bridge actually hard against the backscene? Edited January 9 by Hal Nail 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 It's about 2 inches. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted January 9 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 9 (edited) 14 hours ago, westerner said: It's about 2 inches. Ah OK. I didn't think the illusion could be that effective if there was no gap at all. There were some little cameo perspective models at Telford some years back. A window view onto a road disappearing off into the distance etc, but all in a foot or less of depth. Very clever because even if you have the basic idea, unless it is spot on, it just doesn't work. Edited January 9 by Hal Nail 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted January 14 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 14 More progress. Bridge intstalled and some extra scenery done, still more to do. 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 Scenic fiddleyard done so some pics. With cenre scenic centre section removed and sector plate in action. and looking towards the bridge with scenic section replaced. More pics tomorrow I hope. 13 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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