CoombeTown Posted August 10, 2022 Author Share Posted August 10, 2022 Taking advantage of the recent heat I've managed to prime, paint and glue in position all the concrete bases for the point rodding on the first board. My plan is to now focus on the land form next to the bridge so that I can lay the ballast up to the point over the weekend. This will hopefully give a small area that has a complete feel to it and a bit of a boost. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted August 11, 2022 Author Share Posted August 11, 2022 Further progress this morning. Sculptamold is now down around the bridge across the baseboard joint. Hopefully this will be dry by the time I finish work, it's not exactly cold in the room! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 More progress so far today. Embankment painted and dirt down for the track. I also got around to finishing the underframe on the 16 ton wagon, which has now had a coat of matt black paint. Hopefully some further progress later on this evening. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted August 12, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 12, 2022 That Jaguar (?) is in a pretty dodgy configuration! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 16 minutes ago, Graham T said: That Jaguar (?) is in a pretty dodgy configuration! Any landing that you can walk away from.... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 Harrier FRS.1. Flies vertically, nobody said it had to be the right way up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted August 12, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 12, 2022 True 🙂 Feeling rather ashamed at my lack of recognition skills! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted August 12, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 12, 2022 11 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Any landing that you can walk away from.... Also true! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted August 12, 2022 Author Share Posted August 12, 2022 Well I got a little overexcited and started ploughing through with progress. Rust colour, (weathering powders and decal fix), there's a bit of magic coming. followed by static grass on the embankment, and then the end of the sample bag of ballast! It's only taken 3 years, but it's starting to look like a railway! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 4 hours ago, Graham T said: True 🙂 Feeling rather ashamed at my lack of recognition skills! Importantly, you at least knew that it's one of ours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted August 12, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 12, 2022 Nice! Getting some static grass down always seems to make a huge difference 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 17 minutes ago, DRoe96 said: Well I got a little overexcited and started ploughing through with progress. Rust colour, (weathering powders and decal fix), there's a bit of magic coming. followed by static grass on the embankment, and then the end of the sample bag of ballast! It's only taken 3 years, but it's starting to look like a railway! Looking good, and I'm glad I'm not the only one who takes a sideways move into wagon building for a bit of inspiration or just good old avoidance! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted August 12, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 12, 2022 1 minute ago, MrWolf said: Importantly, you at least knew that it's one of ours! A touch more difficult when chasing submarines. But let's not take yet another thread off the rails! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schooner Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Graham T said: ...submarines... 1 hour ago, Graham T said: ...rails... :) Edited August 13, 2022 by Schooner Wait, what? 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted August 13, 2022 Author Share Posted August 13, 2022 8 hours ago, MrWolf said: Looking good, and I'm glad I'm not the only one who takes a sideways move into wagon building for a bit of inspiration or just good old avoidance! Cheers Rob, wagons are good and now I'm eyeing up an Enparts Mink D... but for now I should probably finish some track, or a wagon, or a plane. Who knows! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted August 13, 2022 Author Share Posted August 13, 2022 8 hours ago, Graham T said: Nice! Getting some static grass down always seems to make a huge difference 🙂 Thanks Graham, it does make all the difference. It's nice to have a little patch that looks like something while you're doing the slow stuff everywhere else. Just to remind you that it can get close to something! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted August 13, 2022 Author Share Posted August 13, 2022 And just that small patch, makes such a difference. Couldn't resist posing an engine and having a mini-running session this morning. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted August 13, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 13, 2022 Wot no bus? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted August 13, 2022 Author Share Posted August 13, 2022 17 minutes ago, Graham T said: Wot no bus? Not sure the road is wide enough! Definitely need something to hide the corner of the backscene. Any thoughts on a reasonable agricultural vehicle to hide it? I was thinking maybe a sheep truck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted August 13, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 13, 2022 Why not a small tree or bush? MBR do some cracking ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 https://www.gaugemasterretail.com/magento/springside-sprv54.html Currently out of stock here, but worth hunting for one if you want a period cattle truck. A tree or two on the embankment will help disguise the dead end at the backscene, it worked well on the Warren Branch thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted August 13, 2022 Author Share Posted August 13, 2022 Thanks both, the plan is to put hedges along the either side of the track anyway, but I will look at maybe adding a tree on the embankment run as well. My concern is more the view straight down the track, although I may be stressing over nothing when more of the layout is complete. The view below shows the view I am concerned about 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 That's why I had suggested a cattle truck, on the backscene side of the bridge, blotting out the backscene join and disguised perhaps by a skinny tree on the bank. Photo: Heritage machines. Or for an even bigger viewblocker, a pantechnicon. (Plainer liveries are available!) Photo: The movers and storers show. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoombeTown Posted August 13, 2022 Author Share Posted August 13, 2022 Thanks Rob, they look perfect for the job, will have to keep an eye out. Looking at the Springside website the kit is now out of production completely. I've had a look at RTI and Langley Models as well, neither produce something suitable unfortunately. Cheers, Dom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Sorry about that, so much for the "available to order" then! It's an unfortunate consequence of the rise of RTP that so many useful kits and components have disappeared. It's taken me two years to find a GWR pattern yard oil lamp, nobody does one since Dart ran out of stock. A bit of patience and £3 off eBay, so you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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