Popular Post Oncomin5torm Posted April 16, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted April 16, 2022 (edited) This is my mojo bringer backer build. I got covid a month ago now, and I tried to do some work on my 8x2 layout and found it just took it out of me too much, so it really got me down when it came to getting back to any modelling. I saw a free online micro layout magazine or blog and saw something I liked and thought I could do similar. The gentlemen who build the one I have based mine on used a box file for theirs, I decided to use the same, but opened the front to allow for a small road to be included in front of the layout. Using an old baseboard I had in the shed I set about building the micro layout out of scrap. I have opted for an integral fiddle yard on this build, rather than my usual detatchable ones, it just makes life a big easier when it moving it round and connectivity. I lined the scenic side with foamboard, which I like to do for ease of installing scenic items into it rather than drilling holes everywhere. For point control I was trying to use wire in tube, which sadly just didnt work right, again, so I've wired the switch up just to control the polarity of the frog and the point is now controlled via a wooden dowel on the rear of the layout. The fiddle yard is big enough to hold a small cassette which is made from foamboard, and the correct height to but up against the scenic section, it will have small bits of balsa applied to either side so I can lift it easier. The next step was creating a little bit of height in the plan, as currently it is very flat, to do this I made a wooden frame out of coffee stirers, which I then clad in 4mm scale corrugated metal sheet I got from a now closed model shop. I actually ran out so used more coffee stirers to make a shoddy repair job done by the lads in the yard. Here is Ruston No.4 with a battered and used 5 plank wagon coming out of the little lean to shed. The switch at the rear has been boxed in using card formers and had sculptamould applied over the top and dirt textures applied, at the same time I also did the ballasting, I used a geocenics cinder ballast, one word of warning is use a spray of IPA not water as that stuff is severely hydrophobic. Using some plasticard I made a length of fencing to box in the yard, after some discussion with social media, I decided it blocked too much of the view so opted to cut it down and expand out onto the front of the layout on the road area, as if the scrapyard was using that end of an old road for their own uses. The fences have been painted up now and I think they look great. sorry it was all blasted in 1 go, but its been a few weeks since I started this and at the time it was heavy going just doing this after the exhaustion of covid. I dont intend on exhibiting it, but it could be easily. The layout is named Scrapnook as it is a small scrapyard and will be a micro inglenook, of sorts, it will hold 5 wagons total, and in a configuration of 3-2-2 in each siding, so offers lots of trials and fun to work out. Edited August 16, 2022 by Oncomin5torm 17 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bandit Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 A good way of getting your mojo back - thoroughly recommended! I have a feeling that you might have based it on my box file in said e mag. Out of interest which one? If I am right, I am much flattered. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sweet pea Posted April 16, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2022 I think it's a good thing looking at other members layouts and gaining inspiration to build a little micro layout like this one. Lovely micro layout with plenty going on. 👍 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted April 16, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2022 Excellent little layout, hope it's helping with your recovery. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Andrew D Posted April 16, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2022 Brilliant little project! Good idea to strengthen the cassette with balsa. I made a similar cassette for my boxfile layout but it warped and kept causing derailments - hope you get better luck. I think you will as you seem to know what you're doing far better than I do! 🤪 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oncomin5torm Posted April 17, 2022 Author Share Posted April 17, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, The Bandit said: A good way of getting your mojo back - thoroughly recommended! I have a feeling that you might have based it on my box file in said e mag. Out of interest which one? If I am right, I am much flattered. I seem to have lost my copy of the e-mag and cant remember where I saw it online. The Micro Model Railway Dispatch was the e-mag I did take some screenshots of the pages I wanted, the layout was called Bleak Moor Loco Shed. Edited April 17, 2022 by Oncomin5torm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oncomin5torm Posted April 17, 2022 Author Share Posted April 17, 2022 (edited) I've done a bit more scenic work, but its currently got wet glue all over it. Once thats dry I will take a photo. I think today is going to be a day of making scrap loads, and weathering stuff down to make it look like its rusted Edited April 17, 2022 by Oncomin5torm 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oncomin5torm Posted April 18, 2022 Author Share Posted April 18, 2022 I managed to get a fair bit of scenery down over the last 2 days. I made a small tree to more hide the fiddle yard entrance. Made from seafoam, scatters, and flocks spray glued on to the seafoam, as its a small tree I didnt bother with foam bits first, especially as I am modelling the early/late autumn season which is why its got some leaves turning. Under the tree I have crushed up some actual dead leaves to give the appearance of already fallen leaves, they were from the Little Leaf Company, glued down with watered down modpodge matt. I am also improving an old Hornby brakedown crane as a project for the big layout so it left me with bits and bobs that would have been thrown in the bin otherwise, so I used them on here. Old axles from the crane Random widget?? Rooted in the scrap box, found part of a wills varigirder pack I had made up, so weathered it a little (it needs a little more) and tossed a load of grass clumps down as if it had been there a while. As this is a scrapyard I wanted to have bits of scrap and stuff lying round, so again I raided the scrap box, and the old crane project. The far right is a removeable wagon load which needs a bit more spoil in there too. I also got a sand tippler from the Statfold show last weekend, which I have started weathering. Just washes for the outside, I don't fancy braking the airbrush out currently, and powders inside to indicate the level of use its had. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sweet pea Posted April 18, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 18, 2022 It's great to see you are utilising its of a scrap bits from your scrap box, ideal for modelling different types of wagon loads. The layout is looking very good. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bandit Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Your layout is looking great! Yes it was my box file Bleak Moor Quarry in The Dispatch. I’ll be really interested to see the finished result. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oncomin5torm Posted April 18, 2022 Author Share Posted April 18, 2022 1 hour ago, The Bandit said: Your layout is looking great! Yes it was my box file Bleak Moor Quarry in The Dispatch. I’ll be really interested to see the finished result. I liked a lot in The Dispatch, but as soon as I saw yours It just took my my breath away, and it got my creative juices flowing, so thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bandit Posted April 18, 2022 Share Posted April 18, 2022 Very kind indeed. Thank you. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oncomin5torm Posted April 19, 2022 Author Share Posted April 19, 2022 Last night there was some unscrupulous goings on at the yard. To be fair that is an SMD which requires 2.3v to 3.5v to run and its only running off a 3v battery pack so I think its giving off a lot of light considering. I have spent a bit of time before work adding some powders and pigmets to the layout to give it a more used and lived in look. Most are from the MIG range but also the Humbrol stuff too. I've aimed for the usual track marks where vehicles and people would likely walk the muck, and added rust, soot, soil, rubble, to the track area to indicate where unloading would happen, and where they may have had random bits of scrap dust fall out of the wagons when being unloaded. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sweet pea Posted April 19, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 19, 2022 Very atmospheric that night time shot. The pigments you have applied definitely give the layout that look of being used and busy. 👍 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oncomin5torm Posted April 19, 2022 Author Share Posted April 19, 2022 8 hours ago, Kevin Johnson said: Very atmospheric that night time shot. The pigments you have applied definitely give the layout that look of being used and busy. 👍 Thank you, its been an enjoyable build, still lots of tweeks to do and add (as there always is) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oncomin5torm Posted April 21, 2022 Author Share Posted April 21, 2022 A busy little morning today. I painted up these 2 little Modelu figures I had leftover from another project last year. We have a (now 1 leg amputated) driver in the Ruston, and a fella (formerly a shunter I believe) admiring a pile of scrap at the rear by the lean to shed. The Ruston was formerly R3706 Army 802 War Department, the story goes that after the war the loco was surplus to requirements so was sold on to private ownership, being renumbered into 4 as it was their 4th loco which sadly then passed into the hands of the reprobate owners of ScrapNook who have neglected the poor old girl who is in a bit of a need of some TLC now. I fitted a stay alive unit to the loco last year, following a guide in the December 2019 issue of Hornby Magazine (Issue 150) which means I have been able to run this little tiny thing (half the size of an 08 loco) without the extra pickups provided by the match truck. Said match truck will now be fitted with couplings on both ends, and be used on the shunting puzzle that is ScrapNook maybe with an old car engine rusting away on top. I weathered the Ruston using a stiff brush and following a technique I've used before, stipple drybrush onto the bodywork the Lime Green ( 70.827) by Vallejo, for the cab roof I applied a slightly heavier stipple drybrush Black Grey (71.055) by Vallejo which I also used on the lower black portions. The next step was to use a thinned down black enamel wash to flow into the shut lines and recesses, this is my favourite bit of weathering to be honest, it can elevate a sparkling clean model into something used but not abused as everything gets a little dirty. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Holmes Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 I'm really pleased that the Micro Model Railway Dispatch is influencing other modellers. This layout is looking great! When you get this little layout finished pleased email me (MMRDeditor@gmail.com) and we'll see about featuring it in a forthcoming issue. Ian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sweet pea Posted April 21, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 21, 2022 More nice railway modelling. Those little Rustons do look great on micro layouts like this one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oncomin5torm Posted April 21, 2022 Author Share Posted April 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Ian Holmes said: I'm really pleased that the Micro Model Railway Dispatch is influencing other modellers. This layout is looking great! When you get this little layout finished pleased email me (MMRDeditor@gmail.com) and we'll see about featuring it in a forthcoming issue. Ian The Dispatch really did inspire me, really got my mojo back because of it. Thank you I will Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oncomin5torm Posted April 21, 2022 Author Share Posted April 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Kevin Johnson said: More nice railway modelling. Those little Rustons do look great on micro layouts like this one. Little stunners arent they. I had a W4 peckett in 2020, sold it on as I wasnt getting much use out of it, something I have come to regret. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Sweet pea Posted April 21, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 21, 2022 I regret selling my Rustons so I think a new one is overdue now. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 What a great little layout, must look up the online magazine. Martyn 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oncomin5torm Posted April 21, 2022 Author Share Posted April 21, 2022 21 minutes ago, Kevin Johnson said: I regret selling my Rustons so I think a new one is overdue now. New Job on the horizon, maybe I can splash out a bit on a W4 Peckett. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Holmes Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 16 minutes ago, mullie said: What a great little layout, must look up the online magazine. Martyn Here's the link.... https://micromodelrailwaydispatch.com. all the issues are just a click away. Ian 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oncomin5torm Posted April 22, 2022 Author Share Posted April 22, 2022 12 hours ago, RailroadRich said: Another one to this club. Sold my GrantRail one for a big profit (as I fitted a load to the match wagon & customised it) but regret selling it now especially given the RRP! 😄 Oh for sure, my little W4 peckett cost me £60 2nd hand, due to it missing its whistle, but I sold it and now that one is out of current production. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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