westerner Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 (edited) Western Empress powers up as it passes the dairy on the last leg of its journey with the down South Devonian. Sometime earlier Warship Elipse accelerates awy on the up Paddington express whilst the Bubble car stars to shake and rattle its way down to Slapton. Edited May 6, 2012 by westerner 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwr Posted May 6, 2012 Share Posted May 6, 2012 I just love this layout Paul. R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 (edited) Mickey it's Alan by the way, although it is nice to be compared to the creator of Penhydd. Edited May 6, 2012 by westerner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 I just assumed that's the Geoff you meant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted May 6, 2012 Author Share Posted May 6, 2012 (edited) Oh alright then. where's me camera? edited to show I'm not upset. Edited May 6, 2012 by westerner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted May 11, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 11, 2012 The stream by the way is Realistic Water. How did you get on with this product Alan as the instructions state its not meant to be brushed on.You're supposed to pour it apparently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted May 20, 2012 Author Share Posted May 20, 2012 Sorry about the delay Robin I've been away for a week.. You are correct you do pour it. The first time I used it on the old layout i poured it a bit too deep and although it looked and felt as if it had set it hadn't, so when I put some boats on it (it was a harbour scene) after a week they more a less glued themselves to it. I did manage to get them off but with some difficulty. Although not so important for the stream I took great care in only putting a minimum on, and then gave it a week and then added a bit more. I did this three or four times. This time it dried quickly and non sticky. Some of it ran over the rocks so they had to be re painted to get rid of the shine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted June 16, 2012 Author Share Posted June 16, 2012 A couple of shots of D6331 leaving Wencombe for NA with the evening milk train where it will be added to the London bound train. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted June 16, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 16, 2012 Alan, the photos in your post today are among the best you have taken. I particularly like the top shot. What type and grade of ballast have you used for your mainline? Cheers, Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukedog Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Alan, the photos in your post today are among the best you have taken. I particularly like the top shot. What type and grade of ballast have you used for your mainline? Cheers, Jeff Yes I certainly agree with Jeff. Getting the camera down to track level certainly adds a lot more realism to your photographs. (much prefer some steam motive power though!) Cheers! Frank Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Good to see that the driver of D6331 has moved that wiper blade to a better position for visibility. That's something often seen on prototype photos Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted June 16, 2012 Author Share Posted June 16, 2012 Thanks chaps for kind comments. Jeff the ballast is Woodlands scenic about a fifty/fifty mix of fine and medium. The colour was the light grey which didn't look quite right so I sprayed it with Humbrol dark brown acrylic from and aerosol. reas where locos are likely to stand have ben spryed with smokey black. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted June 16, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 16, 2012 Thanks chaps for kind comments. Jeff the ballast is Woodlands scenic about a fifty/fifty mix of fine and medium. The colour was the light grey which didn't look quite right so I sprayed it with Humbrol dark brown acrylic from and aerosol. reas where locos are likely to stand have ben spryed with smokey black. Thanks Alan. I thought there was a fine element in it, as I'm convinced "medium" is overscale for OO. I also use Woodland Scenics and found the "grey blend" was quite a good mix, especially when treated with a bit of grime. Cheers, Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westerner Posted June 17, 2012 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 17, 2012 (edited) Now the layout has some back lighting I can now take decent, if somewhat guess work, photos from the backscene side of the layout.This is one of the slapton local leaving Wencombe for Slapton. Edited June 17, 2012 by westerner 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted June 17, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 17, 2012 (edited) Alan, that last photo is an absolute cracker! Even the cloudy sky in the background matches the current June situation. Sorry to keep asking questions, but what did you use for the coarse grass. Is it basket liner, or something more subtle? Jeff Edited June 17, 2012 by Physicsman 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted June 17, 2012 Author Share Posted June 17, 2012 Keep asking Jeff. Your correct it is Hanging basket liner which I bleached and then painted with a very watered down tamiya Flat Green. Not sure i'd bother with the bleaching nowadays (it actually teurned the hanging basket liner yellow. still it helps with the sun bleached look of it. Looking at the photo I must get round to put the etched wipers i have somewhere hidden awy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted June 17, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 17, 2012 Thanks Alan. I'm still at the baseboard stage of my layout, with track to be purchased over the summer. So I'm going through my favourite layouts on the Forum looking for ideas and things I've not seen before. Hence all the questions. I was very happy with the scenics on my old layout, but I know they can be improved, especially with the grass textures. A static-grass applicator will be an experiment worth pursuing, but good-old hanging basket liner is an excellent rough-grass implement! Thanks, Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 I have begun to cover some of the hanging basket liner with static grass see posta bout a page or two back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pushpull33 Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 Hi. Very envious. there is some really good modeling going on here. the scenery is a real credit to you very well thought out. Colin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 Thank you Colin I feel all Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 Mickey it's actually 11ft 6 x 8ft 6. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 If you look at the track plan on page 1 of the tread you'll notice it is more of an ovoid shape in the scenic section thus allowing reasonably sweeping curves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karhedron Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 If you look at the track plan on page 1 of the tread you'll notice it is more of an ovoid shape in the scenic section thus allowing reasonably sweeping curves. As well as easing the curve radius at the corners, avoiding the sudden change from straight to curve banishes any hint of trainset. If you look at Iain Rice's books, he usually uses the same sort of geometry on his continuous run plans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 That last pic is a cracker, I had to look twice to see if it was real or model, more pics like that please, and how about an almost overhead shot along the line please, All the best Andy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted June 21, 2012 Author Share Posted June 21, 2012 Andrew there are a couple of overhead shots of the station area on Page 12 of the thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now