RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted June 18, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 18, 2023 Now that’s interesting. I hadn’t realised they were so versatile. Paul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted September 22, 2023 Author Share Posted September 22, 2023 Still plodding along with Shardlow at my usual glacial pace... Cattle dock in place - hope I don't demolish the fencing. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium RobAllen Posted September 23, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 23, 2023 This is great work. I’ve just caught up and am enjoying seeing your progress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted October 24, 2023 Author Share Posted October 24, 2023 So another month passes... "Dad, I want to come home from uni for the weekend; can you give me a lift?" "Dad, our flight arrives at Gatwick at 2am on a Sunday morning and there are no trains until after 5.45am - can you pick us up, please?" So just a bit of modelling on Shardlow. Most of the buildings have been constructed, though I can't find where I put that signalbox I made 40+ years ago... A little landscaping - the bridge is a Scalescenes kit. I was going to scratchbuild one but life is too short. And I forgot where I put the plans of a suitable one are. Usual method of strips of card from cereal packets to form the landscape; nothing mind shattering there. I feel it's imporant to place the bridge and roadway first, though, then build up the surrounding landforms. 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ramrig Posted October 24, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 24, 2023 Nice to see a little progress Peter. I know where you are coming from with daughters 😉, Just wait till you have grandchildren to contend with as well 🙈. Modelling time becomes even less 🤣. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted October 27, 2023 Author Share Posted October 27, 2023 Wilne Lane overbridge is now bedded-in. 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted October 28, 2023 Author Share Posted October 28, 2023 Whilst Shardlow is a single-line branch terminus, most single lines appear to have had their bridges built to double-track dimensions - hence the double-width one here. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted October 28, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 28, 2023 2 minutes ago, Peter Kazmierczak said: Whilst Shardlow is a single-line branch terminus, most many single lines appear to have had their bridges built to double-track dimensions - hence the double-width one here. Corrected for you! But the point is well made. Photos of West Highland or Far North lines prove the exception. Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 Haven't done much to Shardlow over the past month. Another view of Wilne Lane overbridge from the trackside. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted December 6, 2023 Author Share Posted December 6, 2023 (edited) Yes, I know PECO code 100 track looks very "heavy", but the whole point of this layout was to use up stuff I already had. Also, I have some old Tri-ang and Lima rolling stock that would have problems on the finer-scale track. I hope you can see from the photo (in the post above) that the running line on the left is slightly higher (and better ballasted) than the yard headshunt on the right. Edited December 6, 2023 by Peter Kazmierczak 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted December 9, 2023 Author Share Posted December 9, 2023 Just trying to get a "feel" for the positioning of some of the buildings on Shardlow. From left to right: Goods shed adapted from a Scalescenes goods warehouse - came as a free download in the Hornby TT Club magazine last year, so made it look more LMR by colouring the doors maroon, adding a chimney, etc... Station building - based on Worthington (on the Derby - Ashby line). I built this model some 40 years ago and have finally used it on a layout! Weighbridge - another (free) Scalescenes downloaded kit. I do recommend Scalescenes (no connection with the firm) as the colouring/design of their structures is spot-on. Coal merchants' offices - based on the ones at Matlock. Slowly it's all coming together... Sorry for the duvet; the baseboard was dumped onto the bed in the spare room for the photo. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted December 17, 2023 Author Share Posted December 17, 2023 And this is the other board... A basin of the Trent & Mersey canal will be on the left; grain warehouse next to it, scratch built on the one at Shardlow. LMS store in the foreground (Scalescenes free download); not sure where this'll go at the mo. I'm not one into using a computer programme to design layouts. I'm more of a pencil, paper and "does it look right" type... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted December 26, 2023 Author Share Posted December 26, 2023 Santa brought three Mainline cattle wagons in his sack for me this Christmas. One of his little helpers told me he'd got that for £5 each off eBay. Just the thing for Shardlow. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 Actually did a bit of modelling this morning, using Gaugemaster scatter. Made up a mix of PVA, acrylic paint and water, and applied to layout. Have to see what it's like when it dries... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted March 1 Author Share Posted March 1 Done a bit more, but not 100% if the scatter will adhere well. Might just put it onto wet paint. We'll see... Must get some Woodland Scenics to see how that fits in. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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