Karl Posted August 20, 2023 Author Share Posted August 20, 2023 (edited) A bit more landscaping work done this afternoon. I am going for an early autumn look so there is plenty of berries and heather starting to appear, although some of this is lost to the background that is the garden. Just some phone snaps like the others in some lovely light this afternoon. Edited August 20, 2023 by Karl 8 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sweet pea Posted August 21, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2023 Karl the work and modelling you have put into the micro layout build is just brilliant. I love the colours of the rock faces and cottages. The foliage work is spot on, well done.👍 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted August 21, 2023 Author Share Posted August 21, 2023 32 minutes ago, Kevin Johnson said: Karl the work and modelling you have put into the micro layout build is just brilliant. I love the colours of the rock faces and cottages. The foliage work is spot on, well done.👍 Thankyou very much. The natural light helps quite a bit I think, there is still quite a lot of work to do. The rocks/rock faces are just a layer of dark grey spray paint, then a pass over with a light grey spray paint followed by numerous washes of different shades of grey, brown, yellow, black and a small random wash of red. Then lots of re-going over. I can't really take any credit for the cottages as these are Bachmann Scenecraft and apart from where I have wiped spillage of a wash off them are straight from the box. The foliage is a mix of primotrees birch trees (cut up to give me bushes) and bushes. With the grasses, berry flock and heather being from the WorldWar Scenics range of static grasses and heather clumps built up in layers. I want to add a few more bushes and trees in to the scene and then it'll be on to the river and creating the cottage gardens. The station building has had some washes but requires much more work yet. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted August 21, 2023 Author Share Posted August 21, 2023 (edited) A tiny bit more landscaping tonight of Bracken and trial placing some seafoam trees ahead of flocking. Edited August 22, 2023 by Karl 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dunalastair Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Seafood trees? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted August 22, 2023 Author Share Posted August 22, 2023 43 minutes ago, Dunalastair said: Seafood trees? I didn't see that autocorrect error! Seafoam. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sweet pea Posted August 22, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 22, 2023 Karl seafoam is excellent stuff to model trees and bushes with. The trees look just right on the edge of the rock face. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted August 22, 2023 Author Share Posted August 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Kevin Johnson said: Karl seafoam is excellent stuff to model trees and bushes with. The trees look just right on the edge of the rock face. I agree re: sea foam although this will be the first time I've used it and spent some time doing it properly with flocks and sprays. The bushes in the rock faces and along the top are actually Primotrees Birch trees that I've cut up having bought the wrong size for use on the model (they were more 0 gauge scale!). Very happy with the Peco announcement of Welsh Pony and Palmerston for use on this too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted August 25, 2023 Author Share Posted August 25, 2023 Autumnal colour is definitely arriving at Tanyglaslyn, some quick phone snaps as the glue dries in the evening light in the garden. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold Andrew D Posted December 15, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2023 Absolutely stunning, Karl 👍 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted December 19, 2023 Author Share Posted December 19, 2023 On 15/12/2023 at 08:44, Andrew D said: Absolutely stunning, Karl 👍 That's very kind Andrew. Progress on this has stalled since I put those last photos up but given the forecast for the Christmas break from work I may find plenty of time to add more to it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted December 26, 2023 Author Share Posted December 26, 2023 A little bit of work over the Christmas break but some unforgiving phone photos and room lighting. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted December 26, 2023 Author Share Posted December 26, 2023 Plus starting the set up on this... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted December 28, 2023 Author Share Posted December 28, 2023 (edited) With the ballast having to be patched up and drying the Dremel was used to extract the sections I want from the slate processing building for this next project. Some nasty phone snaps attached. The plan is a small Canal side wharf with the fiddle yard also on the same board but with potential for future expansion. It's another 22ltr baseboard build! Edited December 28, 2023 by Karl 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted December 29, 2023 Author Share Posted December 29, 2023 (edited) With the resin water still drying on the other side but the station nameboard now in place and the water tower plumbed in 3 cruel phone photos of the first trial of a Double Fairlie through Tanyglaslyn. Hopefully this weather will break and I'll be able to get it outside again. Edited December 29, 2023 by Karl 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted December 29, 2023 Author Share Posted December 29, 2023 Dry fitting of building for spacing out on the as yet unnamed next project... Phone photo with background removed. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted January 1 Author Share Posted January 1 Quick phone snap of the progress on the now named Porth Nadolig with the stone effect paper starting to appear on the main building. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 (edited) A preservation scene with Hunslet 2-4-0STT 'Linda' picking up the glint arriving at Tanyglaslyn above the slate workers cottages. Edited January 8 by Karl 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted January 9 Author Share Posted January 9 Colour version of this is within the Get Britain Modelling thread, a pair a 10-12-Ds powers through Tanyglaslyn. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted January 10 Author Share Posted January 10 Thought I'd add one that just shows the whole of the board in one view. 6 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted January 21 Author Share Posted January 21 (edited) Some more progress on Porth Nadolig, not too much visual progress but all the point motors finally work, two of the four would only work in one direction. No idea what was wrong with one, totally stripped from the board and wired in an independent circuit with the same wires and it worked, refitted and it worked. The other turned out was some damaged peso wiring looms. Anyway all works now. So beside that, progress since last time is the building have had windowsills and window frame added and some quoins added to them. Canal boat arrived and given a base coat of black. Edited January 21 by Karl 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted January 28 Author Share Posted January 28 No real visual progress as mainly been doing the lighting today and giving the base some basic colour, that keeps seeping into the Cork. Anyway the only visual change is the door framing on the Slate processing building to hide the crude cuts when cutting down to size, surprising level it turned out when gluing the wooden strips on it. Any door will be on the inside but I'm not sure it needs it actually. Anyway, clearances being checked by Blanche and some Nigel Brooks rubble trucks. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl Posted January 29 Author Share Posted January 29 Best get a move on Porth Nadolig with the Quarry Hunslets still shunting slate up in the galleries. 😂 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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