RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted January 19, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2015 that's a really cool and simple idea. I hadn't thought of that it woiuld save me a loas of hassle. I have some 30thou plasticard lying around. ill give it a go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted January 19, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2015 Hi Porthcressa followers my Loco weatherer Dan has recently launched a website of his work including repaints. Here's the link for you to have a look at. http://dansdirtydiesels.wix.com/dansdirtydiesels 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielson's shay no 3 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Lots of good videos and the layout tmd area looking good yes I have come into the 21st century I have a website 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted January 20, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 20, 2015 Lots of good videos and the layout tmd area looking good yes I have come into the 21st century I have a website Have done more work to the tmd area today will post some pictures soon. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 Looking forward to more now Phil... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted January 21, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 21, 2015 have been doing some more progress on the tmd area first off started by ballasting around the track then have drilled holes to put the fence posts in once they were set i ballasted around them and glue it into place. They are all slightly different heights. once the fence itself has been installed then i will trim them all to the correct height. then thanks to a great suggestion from rmwebber "class 66" i cut up some plasticard and put three layers down to create then concrete base of the TMD area. i used 30 thou plasticard and secured each layer together with crafters doublesided tape 6mm width. once i have done the whole area i will then paint the plasticard concrete colour. and then thanks to a suggestion from my friend mick i will use a pencil to creat some age 'cracks' in the concrete. the whol lot will be weathered and then sealed with dullcote. the final shot is down the tracks towards the yard. this was taken pretty much immediately after putting down the pva water mix hence why it looks flooded. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted January 23, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23, 2015 I had time to do a little more last night so here r a few progress pictures. I laid and secured the track next to the fence line behind where the tmd shed is going to go and ballasted the area and glued in place with the standard mix. I then painted about 2/3 of the fence posts (final third being where the pva water mix was drying) so the final third will be done tomorrow. I have painted them to represent wooden posts. I know in the modern railway it's not likely to be metal posts but I like the more natural wood Finally on the non inspection pit side I the tmd shed I have put down some plasticard to have a concrete centre to the road. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted January 23, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 23, 2015 I've done a bit more to the fence tonight. Ive now run out of metal fence so will need to order some more from ebay. Here's some pics of progress as can be seen from the pictures at the end once fixed in place the posts have been trimmed down to the correct height for me. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Very nice work phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted January 24, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 24, 2015 My new plasticard supplies arrived today so as I've run out of fence supplies (winging there way to me via post) so I decided to do a bit more work on the concrete plasticard base so I've put in the outside bit at the back near the outside track near where the fence will be. I then ballasted up to the edge of the concrete area. On the front tmd track (without the inspection pit I have used polyfilla to fill in the gaps between sleepers and between the plasticard and the railhead. This will then be painted concrete so that it looks like the non inspection pit lane is concrete based track. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted January 25, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 25, 2015 today i decided to start installing the droppers i will need to power sonera so drilled holes and solderend in the wires. heres a few shots of the wires in place before i started soldering them . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Realy coming along nice now Phill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted January 26, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 26, 2015 I have designed the logo for the brewery now and will be printing that off soon and attatching it to the brewery. As soon as I do I will be post some pictures. May get some work done on layout tonight if fencing arrives in post. Otherwise it'll be finishing off the droppers. Got about 65% of the ones in the pics done yesterday. Just as I was posting had ebay message saying fencing been posted today so looks like soldering tonight and fencing tomorrow. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Looking forward to pictures Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted January 27, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 27, 2015 Well everything is delayed by 24 hours. My daughter wanted to play Lego trains last night so we did that and tonight will be soldering. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted January 28, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 28, 2015 More fencing arrived today so will be doing more of that over next few days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Well everything is delayed by 24 hours. My daughter wanted to play Lego trains last night so we did that and tonight will be soldering. I enjoy doing that when the boy's home too, very addictive! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted January 28, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 28, 2015 I enjoy doing that when the boy's home too, very addictive! It's a great pastime. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted January 29, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 29, 2015 Have made some progress on the fencing tonight. Almost done now and decided to paint the edge of the top surface of Sonera and PORTHCRESSA. I've seen a lot of exhibition layouts painting the edges of their layouts in black so as I'm no real fan of black I decided to paint it blue. I'll take some pictures tomorrow or Saturday and then post them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted February 1, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2015 Here's some more updates on the fencing and tmd area. The fencing of the tmd is now complete. As can be see from the photos I have painted the edge of the layout and relevant sides blue, although it looks darker in the pics than reality, all the layout I've ever seen have had black painted in these kinda areas. I'm no big fan of black so that's why I chose blue. The last shot was taken a few minutes ago after Id finished tidying and sorting the area out. As can be see I've still to finish the inspection pit lane and surrounding plasticard areas. These are then gonna be painted concrete colour and given a weather and sealed with dullcote. It'll then be ready for the tmd shed. I would like to thank greatly in advance my friend mick who can scratchbuilding anything and is incredibly skilled at everything he does. He has very kindly said he will scratch build my tmd shed fir me to look like a miniature version of laira tmd. It won't be an exact copy but his version of my idea and I'm really looking forward to the results. This week, after getting over cold I've had this weekend, to get the droppers for Sonera finished and then to start work on the power distribution system underneath. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Looking good there Phil.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted February 1, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2015 (edited) Here's a couple of pics of the tmd shed that my good friend Mick is building for me. He's made some really good progress on it. Edited February 1, 2015 by hawkingetippyd 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satan's Goldfish Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Blue works, it's different. High 5 Mick for the shed from me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted February 1, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2015 He's a really great scratch builder. This has only taken a few hours so far. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium GWRPhil Posted February 3, 2015 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 3, 2015 (edited) Here's todays update from master scratchbuilder Mick on progress on the tmd shed for porthcressa Updated post to read mick. Sorry mick. My phones predictive text always wants to change mick to Nick for some strange reason. Maybe if anyone from Apple reads this feed they could look into that. Edited February 3, 2015 by hawkingetippyd 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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