RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted June 6, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 6, 2022 (edited) On 11/01/2022 at 18:13, SHerr said: I’ve also used the Peco cabin - 1 bit of advice, paint the door before you complete the porch, I didn’t and you can’t have it in a different colour as you can’t get in to paint it! Duly noted... Thanks for the tip Edited June 6, 2022 by rhnrhn 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted July 10, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2022 A picture of the completed signal box with modified interior and lighting. 8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted July 10, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2022 For the lighting I have used a battery powered LED strip, which I have cut into sections, with each section used to light a different building. Once installed the sections will be re-connected in parallel to the battery box... 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted July 10, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2022 (edited) The landscape towards the scenic break is formed from expanded polystyrene insulation using a hot wire. The edging is constructed from 5 mm thick softwood, which also acts as a guide for the hot wire when forming the contours. The polystyrene will be coated with wall filler to provide a smooth hard surface. But first I want to finish painting the overbridge before I glue it in place, as well as install the platform surfaces. Edited July 10, 2022 by rhnrhn 16 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium D5158 Posted July 10, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2022 Well done, this layout is progressing really well. I look forward to your continued progress. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted August 21, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2022 The station platform now has a surface, made from 1mm thick cardboard. The edging stones are fabricated from thin card strips 10 mm wide and scored 2mm from one edge. The strip is cut into individual stones each 10mm wide, which are then bent at right angles along the score and glued in place. The platform surface is painted using Faller Roadway Paint and the stones using Revell Stone Grey. The joints between the stones were highlighted using dark brown weathering powder. 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted August 21, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2022 Wooden strip was used to create a locating guide for the buildings. Inside this guide a hole was cut to feed the lighting wires through. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted August 21, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2022 Having finished painting te road overbridge it was glued in place. Wallfiller was then applied to provide a a hard surface for the polystyrene landscape form. Here is a picture showing this, with the fiddle yard in its stowed position. I will need to bear this arrangement in mind when it comes to positioning trees etc. ;-) 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted October 24, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2022 Scalescenes recommend using some sort of fixing agent like a spray varnish on one's home printed roof tiles. I didn't so when I left the window open and the rain got in the Goods Shed and Station Building found themselves subject to the wrong kind of weathering... 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted October 24, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2022 So the roofing has been replaced on both of them with some Scale Model Scenery Laser Cut tiles, painted with Revell acrylic paint. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted October 24, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2022 I have finally finished painting and glazing the Grain Elevator, and have installed a base for the unloading shed with laser cut card grids representing the top of the unloading chute. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted October 24, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2022 The onloading she has been modified, so that the base of the posts are embedded in a concrete foundation and the gantries have been replaced with elements from a laser cut kit for a Locomotive shed working platform. The kit was also used to provide the external staircase. 14 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted November 14, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 14, 2022 (edited) Having painted the white wall filler surfaces of the landscaping dark brown fencing was added and a base layer of static grass applied. The grass is made up of Woodland scenics light green for the cuttings and medium green for the rest. A mix of 2mm and 4mm lengths was used. The wire and post fencing is from ScaleModelScenery, the wooden fencing is PECO. Edited November 14, 2022 by rhnrhn 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted November 14, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 14, 2022 (edited) Additional static grass was then applied to the cuttings, longer 7mm length light green mixed with 4mm Straw. Again Woodland scenics. I used Woodland scenics Clump foliage to represent small bushes / bracken, which also serves to conceal the base board joins. The trees are from Noch. Edited November 14, 2022 by rhnrhn 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Looking good, nice to see more Scottish stuff. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted November 20, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 20, 2022 More trees, bracken and ground cover. In addition to the clump foliage I am also trying feligree to represent bushes... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted November 20, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 20, 2022 There was quite a lot of "overflow" from the static grass application. I have been collecting this with a vacuum and saving it as a mixture of different lengths and shades, which I am now reapplying around the base of some of the buildings to represent weeds. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted December 4, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 4, 2022 More weeds, this time applied using 2mm & 4mm static grass to the sidings' / yard's ash surface... The grass was applied using puffer bottles, with hairspray as the adhesive, so as not to lose the underlying ash surface which was made using fine black quarz sand. 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted December 4, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 4, 2022 (edited) I wanted to use the "lamps on wooden 'telegraph' poles" type of lights for the platform and yard lighting. To achieve this I converted some layouts4u Lamposts, 3 of the OO Scale ones for the platform and 2 of the O Scale for the yard, However the posts on these lamps with a diameter of 1.5mm are for my eye too thin. So I have clad them in 1/8" diameter Evergreen Plastic Tube. First thing to do is ream out about a 6mm length of the tube so that it will go over the sleeve at the base of the lamp: Edited December 4, 2022 by rhnrhn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted December 4, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 4, 2022 (edited) Then I cut two slots in the side of the tube, using a pin drill and knife, to accommodate the lamp arms Edited December 4, 2022 by rhnrhn 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted December 4, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 4, 2022 Then a slit was cut along the length of the tube, so that it could be slid over the lamp. Once in place the slit was glued and the assembly clamped with masking tape. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted December 4, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 4, 2022 Once the glue had set any gaps were treated with Plasto Filler and then the lamps were sanded with emery to prepare them for painting. 10 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post rhnrhn Posted December 19, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2022 Where needed foot Irons and telegraph insulators for the lamp posts were sourced from some Ratio Telegraph poles. The posts were painted using a mix of 2:1 Revell Tar Black and Revell Leather Brown, which once dry was then subjected to a dry brushing of Revell Gunship Grey. Gunship grey was also used for the Lamp holders and foot irons. The lamposts are mounted through brass tubes to the baseboards and held in place with a little blue tak. (I want to be able to remove them if necessary)... 19 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted January 8, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 8, 2023 Happy New Year. Time to run some trains... A grain train has arrived in the main platform, its locomotive is uncoupled so that it can run around and uncouple the brake van from the rear. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted January 8, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 8, 2023 The brake van is then deposited in a siding and the loco goes back via the release crossover to couple back to the grain vans. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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