RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 19, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 19, 2021 21 minutes ago, Alister_G said: Forgive my not knowing, but are they meant to be metal or wood? That's a very good question - I've no idea! I'm going for wood though, in which case I will indeed give them that green wash. Thanks. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 19, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) I got myself a new toy today. I know it's the wrong livery, but I've been struggling to find a pannier, so grabbed this one while I could. It will get repainted at some point. Edited April 11, 2022 by Graham T 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 20, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) The gates of the cattle dock have now had a wash of dark green, which has improved them I think. I also ran the same wash along the drainage channels. Time to stop fiddling about now and get it fixed on the layout; it will get some more weathering anyway when I set the scenery in place around it. In the background you can see where I'm planning to put the weighbridge and office. Edited April 11, 2022 by Graham T 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 20, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) Building the cattle dock was becoming a bit of a chore, if I'm honest, so I was glad to finally be able to get it nailed down to the baseboard this afternoon. Now I can start having some fun again! I've ballasted the area between the dock and the next siding, but most, if not all, of that will get covered in Das. I also cut some card for the roadway, and now need to fashion some thicker card formers to go underneath it, and form the base of the landscape in this corner. The grey card at the front is a temporary fascia so that I've got something to build the landscape up to. I'll replace it with something permanent later, but I'm not sure what yet. Suggestions would be very welcome! So, time to cut some card formers and get the hot glue gun flashed up Then I can put card strips over the formers, and finally glue paper towels on the top. Then - the static grass... Edited April 11, 2022 by Graham T 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Most of my landscape formers on the outside edge of the board were cut from 3mm MDF, when I ran out of that, I used 3mm hardboard. It was all bits of drawer bottoms and wardrobe backs from el cheapo self assembly bedroom furniture that had been thrown out. You can buy the board new, but there's something satisfying about liberating items out of skips. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 20, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2021 Thanks Rob, that was the sort of thing I had in mind, but good to have it confirmed. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 20, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) Well I must say that was fun And much more suited to my skill level - no accuracy or finesse required! Edited April 11, 2022 by Graham T 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 That's certainly a lot less messy than attacking lumps of polystyrene with a bread knife, bayonet and sandpaper as I did. So yes, you have applied accuracy and finesse. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 20, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2021 The idea of taking sandpaper to polystyrene fills me with dread - I'm one of those people who can't stand the noise it makes. Whereas burning my fingers with a hot glue gun hardly bothers me at all... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 20, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, MrWolf said: That's certainly a lot less messy than attacking lumps of polystyrene with a bread knife, bayonet and sandpaper as I did. So yes, you have applied accuracy and finesse. Strange how layouts develop. In that photo things look pretty horrendous, and now in recent photos of A on C it looks absolutely great now that you've got the greenery going in (which is partly what's inspired me to make a start on my scenics, I should add). 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 I thought that picture might be a bit of encouragement, it also shows bits of my MFI landscape formers. 13 minutes ago, Graham T said: The idea of taking sandpaper to polystyrene fills me with dread - I'm one of those people who can't stand the noise it makes. Whereas burning my fingers with a hot glue gun hardly bothers me at all... You can't hear the squeaky styrene when your other half is working the vacuum cleaner hose over your shoulder. It was the only way to keep the stuff under control. I can't get on with hot glue guns, not very controllable and carry on drooling the glue out even though you released the trigger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 20, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) My other half doesn't live with me full-time, and if she did I can't really picture her helping out with the hoover! As for the hot glue gun, perhaps I've just got lucky with mine. No drips, but it does like to leave very fine tendrils - almost like spider web (now there's an idea). But I've found that dabbing the tip of the gun onto the baseboard once you've applied the glue gets rid of the dangling threads problem. Edited October 20, 2021 by Graham T 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 As the railway room also doubles as my studio and her music room and study, I suspect that she was looking after her own interests as much as mine. I was struggling to hack and hoover with any degree of finesse... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 20, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2021 That finesse thing is a bit slippery, isn't it? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Could be worse, it could be a Ford Fiesta Finesse, something that I always considered a contradiction in terms.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 20, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2021 The RS, however, is a different kettle of fish, I hear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Apparently so, RS being short for Regularly Stolen. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 21, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2021 7 hours ago, MrWolf said: Apparently so, RS being short for Regularly Stolen. And then of course there was the Cosworth! I never had one, but lusted after the Escort version. Those and the early whale-tail Sierras were renowned for being (a) great fun, and (b) impossible to hang onto. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 21, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2021 (edited) Seeing as we're on initials, here's the only photo I have of probably the loopiest bike I ever owned. You might know that when the RD series first arrived in the UK they were soon known as "Road Death". Perhaps a bit harsh, but some say it was the 250LC that helped bring about the 125cc learner limit. I never had an LC, but did have a 350 YPVS, which I only crashed once The 350 was definitely the most fun motorbike I ever had. The 500 was great in a different way, and an utterly mad bike. I wish I'd kept it. Edited April 11, 2022 by Graham T 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 21, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2021 (edited) Getting back on track I've put thinner strips of cardboard on top of the formers now, using the hot glue gun again. The next stage is the paper towels on top of that; I might add some wet tile grout on top afterwards, I'll see how it looks when it dries out. You might be thinking, wasn't he going to put a couple of small buildings in that area? I am indeed, a small feed store in the corner, and a weighbridge office further along. Once the groundwork has set (and been grassed), I'll cut out slots for the buildings and bed them in. That way I'm hoping they'll look as if the landscape was there first (because it will have been, actually). And a question please... I'm assuming that the station forecourt would have been tarmac (Chuffnell Regis is notionally set in the 1930s or thereabouts), but how far would the tarmac have extended down towards the goods yard, and the cattle dock? Would it have transitioned into a dirt/cinder road at some point? That seems more likely to me than it being tarmac all the way round to the cattle dock. Answers/suggestions on the back of a used fiver please! Edited April 11, 2022 by Graham T 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
clachnaharry Posted October 21, 2021 Share Posted October 21, 2021 Your furthest away buffer stops seem to be a bit truncated... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 21, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2021 2 minutes ago, clachnaharry said: Your furthest away buffer stops seem to be a bit truncated... They are. The road will rise up immediately behind them, with a retaining wall, and then be at the same level as the platform. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Edward Posted October 21, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 21, 2021 4 hours ago, Graham T said: Getting back on track I've put thinner strips of cardboard on top of the formers now, using the hot glue gun again. The next stage is the paper towels on top of that; I might add some wet tile grout on top afterwards, I'll see how it looks when it dries out. You might be thinking, wasn't he going to put a couple of small buildings in that area? I am indeed, a small feed store in the corner, and a weighbridge office further along. Once the groundwork has set (and been grassed), I'll cut out slots for the buildings and bed them in. That way I'm hoping they'll look as if the landscape was there first (because it will have been, actually). And a question please... I'm assuming that the station forecourt would have been tarmac (Chuffnell Regis is notionally set in the 1930s or thereabouts), but how far would the tarmac have extended down towards the goods yard, and the cattle dock? Would it have transitioned into a dirt/cinder road at some point? That seems more likely to me than it being tarmac all the way round to the cattle dock. Answers/suggestions on the back of a used fiver please! Thanks for these photos: very helpful to get an idea how to form extra height in the odd corners of the layout! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 21, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2021 1 hour ago, Edward said: Thanks for these photos: very helpful to get an idea how to form extra height in the odd corners of the layout! I'm glad they were useful! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted October 21, 2021 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 21, 2021 (edited) The paper towel is now on as well. I'll probably add a thin skim of filler to it tomorrow, to get rid of the wrinkles. Edited April 11, 2022 by Graham T 5 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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