RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted January 8, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 8, 2023 The train is reversed out of the plaform and then brought back in to the goods yard, and the vans are then unloaded: 11 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 Once unloaded the train is reassembled to return the empties. It has to wait for an incoming passenger service... 12 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 ... before it gets the green light to leave. 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted February 19, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 19, 2023 Inspired by the buildings at Tamdhu and Benromach, I have started on a half relief representation of a distillery, to fill the gap at the back of the boards next to the grain elevator. 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post rhnrhn Posted February 19, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted February 19, 2023 (edited) The buildings are constructed using 2 layers of 2mm thick card board, and the chimney is the Gaugemaster / Faller kit. Edited February 19, 2023 by rhnrhn remove page join 22 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted February 26, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2023 The distillery walls were painted with satin wood paint, which also acted to seal the cardboard. The colour is "Altweiß" or "Antique White" which gives them a very slightly grey complexion. Once dry this was then treated to several coats of matt varnish to dull the sheen and to provide a key for weathering. Although the walls of the real buildings at Benromach are completely whitewashed, I found this to be rather stark on the models. Looking closer at photos of the prototype suggest that the walls are brick painted white, which of course is not what I have reproduced. So to break it up a little, I have fitted lintels, sills and masonry for the arch using strips of heavy paper painted stone grey. Irritatingly, there is a blemish next to the corner of the archway which seems to have arisen from a crease in the card. I will attempt to conceal this with a sign... 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted February 26, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2023 The window frames were left overs from a kit that was bashed for another project. Glazing is the clear plastic from some Ratio Packaging, glued to the back of the frames with Deluxe Materials Glue and Glaze. The double door / gate was made using Evergreen Styrene Strips, mounted on card. 10 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted March 26, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 26, 2023 The distillery buildings now have roofs, They were made up on a base 1mm card covered in Scale Model Scenery laser cut tiles, which have been painted with Revell Olive Grey acrylic. Guttering is a combination of Ratio gutters and 1.5mm Evergreen rod for the down pipes. The Vent at the top of the Hop drying kiln was created using Evergreen 0,5mm and 1mm Styrene Sheet, together with 2.5mm Square Profile for the uprights and 1.5mm half round for the roof "ridges". It was painted using Revell Tar Black and Gunship Grey. 14 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted March 26, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 26, 2023 One thing that I am not sure about is the positioning of the sign on the Kiln Building. My first idea was to place it in the centre of the lower section, as in the picture above, but I am wondering whether it looks better slightly offset, as pictured here. For now it is secured with blu-tak until I make my mind up... Any suggestions? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post rhnrhn Posted March 26, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted March 26, 2023 Here it is in situ.... 26 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post rhnrhn Posted April 2, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 2, 2023 After only four years of ownership, I have finally got round to reading my camera's handbook regarding its focus bracketing function together with the composite imaging tool that is included in the associated software for the laptop. So I have been experimenting.... 24 1 4 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post rhnrhn Posted April 16, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted April 16, 2023 Time to give the station a name, and some signs... 32 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted May 1, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 1, 2023 (edited) Night time - having now installed and wired up the lighting, it's time to test it and see how it photographs. Must remember next time to black out the windows at the back of the grain silo so that they don't light up the wall behind: Edited May 1, 2023 by rhnrhn 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted May 1, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 1, 2023 (edited) For the grain elevator, distillery, signal box and station building I used battery powered LED cables attached to supports fashioned from coat hangers. The supports were then inserted through holes in the baseboard and held in place with screws & washers attached to the "hooks" formed on the end of the hangers: Edited May 2, 2023 by rhnrhn 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulzer71 Posted June 8, 2023 Share Posted June 8, 2023 On 16/01/2022 at 10:19, rhnrhn said: Evergreen Board and Battening Hi , do you have a link to the one you used as I notice there are several with different spacing Tia Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted June 8, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 8, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, sulzer71 said: Hi , do you have a link to the one you used as I notice there are several with different spacing Tia Dave Hi Dave The spacing is 0.100 inch. I used Evergreen Reference 14543 which is for a sheet 300mm x 600mm / 12" x 24". It is also available as Reference 4543 in smaller sheets 150mm x 300mm / 6" x 12". Here is the relevant link to the Evergreen Website: https://evergreenscalemodels.com/collections/040-1-0mm-opaque-white-polystyrene-board-and-batton-siding/products/4543-040-x-100-opaque-white-polystyrene-board-and-batten-siding?variant=34634434514 I purchased mine from modellbau-universe.de in Germany: Strukturplatte, 300x600x1,0 mm, Raster 2,5 mm, 1 Stück · Evergreen · 514543 (modellbau-universe.de) (can't get this to paste as a link I am afraid...) Regards Richard Edited June 8, 2023 by rhnrhn links... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted July 2, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 2, 2023 Green and Maroon at Achnabroad: The Guard waits for the solitary passenger to board: While at the distillery, barrels are being loaded on to a lorry - which doesn't bode well... 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted July 2, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 2, 2023 Although quite how a N registered lorry managed to arrive here at the same time as the green diesels, I don't know... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted July 30, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 30, 2023 I have been trying out rolling stock construction, painting and weathering using some of the Parkside range of kits. My guess was if I build some stock from kits, (re-)gauging it to EM should be straightforward. In fact the only bit of mofication was to pull each wheel on the supplied axles 1mm outwards, which using my wheel pulling / pressing tool was quite straigtforward. The wheels that come with these kits have quite narrow profiles so they are quite easy to adapt. Furthermore since they cost no more than £12 each, prospect of making a hash of the weathering was not quite as daunting as it would have been with an RTR model which these days are approaching three times that amount... First some Vans: (apologies for the "Ready-Brek" Glow - an unintentional result of the focus stacking :-() BR 12T Pallet Van (diagram 1/211) BR 12T Van Plywood Sides (diagram 1/213) BR 12T Van Plank SIdes (diagram 1/208) 11 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted July 30, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 30, 2023 Followed by some wagons... BR Shock Absorbing Open Wagon (diagram 1/050) BR 13T Wooden Open Wagon (diagram 1/039) And finally a 7 Plank Open Wagon assembled from a Dapol Body and matching chassis: 10 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted July 30, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 30, 2023 Here they are in a train, waiting for the signal to leave Achnabroad, behind a pristine* D8123: (* Although for a first attempt I am happy with the wagons, I am still daunted by the idea of weathering something expensive like a locomotive!) 18 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
27105 Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 On 16/04/2023 at 17:20, rhnrhn said: Time to give the station a name, and some signs... Just catching up with this excellent layout. Please can you tell me what you used to make your station signs including paint and lettering? Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold rhnrhn Posted July 30, 2023 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 30, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, 27105 said: Just catching up with this excellent layout. Please can you tell me what you used to make your station signs including paint and lettering? Mark Hi Mark, thank you for the kind words! Regarding the signs, I started by purchasing the "Station Signs and Posters Set S06 (Scottish Region)" as a download from Scalescenes: https://scalescenes.com/product/r001a-station-signs-and-posterboards/ I used this for the posters and timetables etc. I was also going to use it for the station name boards and associated signs, but I found the blue that Scalescenes used in the download to be too light for my liking, so after a bit of a search I found this on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scottish_Region_of_British_Railways_totem_Redvers.png Using a sample of this blue (which is RGB Red 0, Green 140, Blue 233) and the Font "Trebuchet MS" (Bold setting) I then concocted my own signs in MS PowerPoint, which I then printed out and attached to the buildings and signposts. Hope this is of help! Richard. Edited July 30, 2023 by rhnrhn hyperlinks 1 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
27105 Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 45 minutes ago, rhnrhn said: Hi Mark, thank you for the kind words! Regarding the signs, I started by purchasing the "Station Signs and Posters Set S06 (Scottish Region)" as a download from Scalescenes: https://scalescenes.com/product/r001a-station-signs-and-posterboards/ I used this for the posters and timetables etc. I was also going to use it for the station name boards and associated signs, but I found the blue that Scalescenes used in the download to be too light for my liking, so after a bit of a search I found this on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scottish_Region_of_British_Railways_totem_Redvers.png Using a sample of this blue (which is RGB Red 0, Green 140, Blue 233) and the Font "Trebuchet MS" (Bold setting) I then concocted my own signs in MS PowerPoint, which I then printed out and attached to the buildings and signposts. Hope this is of help! Richard. Hi Richard, Many thanks for your reply. Is the platform 'running in board' structure scratch built or a kit? Kind regards Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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