spenc Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 Your layout is really coming along nicely now can I ask where did you get the bus from. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmthtrains - David Posted October 2, 2022 Author Share Posted October 2, 2022 (edited) The bus is a Tomytec one from Japan with a smidge of repainting. A lot of the Japanese vehicles are excellent (and right hand drive!) and only marginally out of scale at 1:150 David Edited October 2, 2022 by bmthtrains - David 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted October 3, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 3, 2022 Hi David, Wow, this is superb work. The road scenes/signage and buddleia look great! And well done with the ballasting! cheers Ben A. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold AndrueC Posted October 3, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 3, 2022 Looking great. I have a question about painting rails. Do you do any prep before applying the paint? I'm finding it very difficult to get the paint to adhere without just smearing. I'm using acrylic paint applied by brush. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bmthtrains - David Posted October 3, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 3, 2022 Thanks both! For rails I always use enamel paint for just that reason - acrylic doesn’t like sticking to unprimed metal. A fine brush with some Humbrol taken from the stirrer (a matchstick) rather than the tin as well so the paint is a bit thicker. Tonight I have made up the first of the N Brass portals with my own catenary etches on. It looks a little high given it’s near the bridge but there’s enough space for the imaginary support wire to dive down - the contact wire position is correct to clear the bridge. This is a unique portal on the layout as it is taller but also narrower than the rest so it has been hacked about a bit. If I have time tomorrow evening (and the energy) I will give this a coat of paint. David 16 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmthtrains - David Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 I’ve not had much time in the past 10 days for hobbies, but this evening I managed to build the second OHLE portal. This one has standard N Brass register arms but my own etches for the upright support arms to represent the UK1 equipment that was installed during the WCML upgrade. In the next few days I’m hoping to prime and paint both of the completed portals. David 12 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmthtrains - David Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 I’m having a bit of a backscene disaster. I used ID backscenes 501A summer sky on the layout, and the left one has rucked badly. No problem I thought, take it off and just get another one. Unfortunately it seems ID have changed the image used on the backscene, but kept the same number and the same picture of the old sheets on the outside of the tube. I now can’t make the sky on both boards match, and can’t replace the right hand sheet without ripping off all the scenery… As the only way of finding a correct set of sheets is opening the tubes and checking if they are the old one, I am not hopeful of finding what I need, so scenery ripping up may have to commence… David 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackB95 Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 21 minutes ago, bmthtrains - David said: I’m having a bit of a backscene disaster. I used ID backscenes 501A summer sky on the layout, and the left one has rucked badly. No problem I thought, take it off and just get another one. Unfortunately it seems ID have changed the image used on the backscene, but kept the same number and the same picture of the old sheets on the outside of the tube. I now can’t make the sky on both boards match, and can’t replace the right hand sheet without ripping off all the scenery… As the only way of finding a correct set of sheets is opening the tubes and checking if they are the old one, I am not hopeful of finding what I need, so scenery ripping up may have to commence… David That's very frustrating! You'd thing they'd acknowledge this issue and produce the newer version with a different product number. Hope you find what you need. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmthtrains - David Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 I’ve managed to contact the makers of ID backscenes and they said they changed the image a couple of years ago. Thankfully they can print the old one on demand so I’m hopeful I can carry on without too much scenery ripping up going on! Today I have added a few cars and people to bring the road scene to life. David 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold AndrueC Posted October 15, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 15, 2022 (edited) I do like the Pacercoach in the first image. I have an actual Dapol Pacer and it's very useful for finding any rough sections of track. Two coaches, and a small wheel at each corner with no suspension. Edited October 15, 2022 by AndrueC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMcKenzie Posted October 15, 2022 Share Posted October 15, 2022 Good news about the backscene👍, it would of been a real shame to have had to rip out that brilliant scenic work, it is really coming along nicely. All the best, Dave 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bmthtrains - David Posted October 15, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 15, 2022 The portals are now painted (not attached to the layout yet though) so I had another go with some focus stacked pics from my iPhone. The one with the portals in is a little off but they do give a much more realistic view of the layout. David 27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bmthtrains - David Posted October 17, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 17, 2022 A couple of quick snaps of the right hand board as I’ve spent an hour extending the grass embankment down to the left end. I’ve also added more trees and bushes, a fence at the rear, and mocked up the low relief building that will sit behind the edge of the ROC compound. When I get the left hand board out now the difference is startling - I forget how much further on the right board is! David 25 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgiesimon Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 developing really well, I am watching this layout with interest. Best wishes Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bmthtrains - David Posted October 22, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2022 There’s been a permanent way possession at Hunters Lane today, all in aid of getting the first two OHLE portals up. Network Rail worked hard so the afternoon’s Pendolino services could start running again. David 23 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanks522 Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Gets better and better! Love the last shot 👌 Graham Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmthtrains - David Posted October 23, 2022 Author Share Posted October 23, 2022 I’ve switched boards today so I can make a start on some of the basic land shapes at the other end of the layout, and mock up up some the scenes. Some engineers are checking if the signal gantry location is correct. David 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold AndrueC Posted October 23, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 23, 2022 Oh I do like those gantries. I'm going to need some for my layout eventually. I like the DCC Concepts ground signals but they only make sense in a few places. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmthtrains - David Posted October 23, 2022 Author Share Posted October 23, 2022 I’ve put up both boards for a few hours as I’m trying to decide whether to have one or two industrial units at the front. Two seem scenically correct but does block off more eye-level views of the layout. As I tend to take a more ‘helicopter’ view of the layout I am leaning toward having two. David 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amnesiac Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 (edited) I think 2 would look more realistic and somewhat reminiscent of the area around Rugby North Junction, too! Layout looks great also!! Edited October 23, 2022 by Amnesiac 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmthtrains - David Posted October 23, 2022 Author Share Posted October 23, 2022 That’s exactly where they are based on. The glimpses between them over a fence to the main line and the ROC will be very similar to north of Rugby. David 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Pelham Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 (edited) David, I don't know any town planners, but I can't imagine any saying "nah, we won't build there, it will spoil the view of the railway"... I think it's good to add some visual blocks in front of the track, it gives those realistic vantage points as you mentioned 'looking over the fence'; they can also be used to block views where you may not wish to see things that are unrealistic, but unavoidable in a model. Cheers, Mark Edited November 1, 2022 by Mark Pelham Missing word - doh! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackB95 Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 I'd agree that two are just right. Enough interest in the foreground to add extra realism, but at the same time not too much in the way to view trains. Amazing work as always! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmthtrains - David Posted November 5, 2022 Author Share Posted November 5, 2022 I’ve made a start on the far left of the layout today, adding the bridge and landscaping the embankment. I need to make the low relief buildings that will sit along the backscene before I can do any more here, then the rear grass area and the car park can be completed. David 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bmthtrains - David Posted November 5, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 5, 2022 With some of the scenery in place I’m also starting to get a feel of how the ROC car park will come together. David 20 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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