RMweb Gold Donw Posted January 31, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2016 Coming on a treat Jeff. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted January 31, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2016 Coming on a treat Jeff. Don Thanks Don. I've done a bit more work this afternoon. Most of the main section of Fell is now plastered and painted. I'll post another pic or two later. Jeff 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted January 31, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2016 Scott, the brown emulsion in question is under the B&Q brand and is called: Chocolate Torte Hope that helps. I think it's a good base colour - though 99% of it will be covered once the vegetation "sprouts"!! Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted January 31, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 31, 2016 Thanks Don. I've done a bit more work this afternoon. Most of the main section of Fell is now plastered and painted. I'll post another pic or two later. Jeff The fell needs to look big witness any photos of the S&C the landscape dominates the trains. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post Physicsman Posted January 31, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2016 As promised, a few photos. They're marginally different to yesterday's! Jeff 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben pez Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 What a difference a bit of base colour makes,really coming along now! You wont know what to do with yourself when its finished! Ha! Although i know a layout is never really 100% finished Cheers Ben 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
67A Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Hi Jeff, Its been bugging me for days, your fell reminded me of something then all of a sudden I could see it "Jabba the Hutt" lying down of course. Looking good all the same mate, its going to dwarf the trains just like the real thing! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted January 31, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2016 Hi Jeff, Its been bugging me for days, your fell reminded me of something then all of a sudden I could see it "Jabba the Hutt" lying down of course. Looking good all the same mate, its going to dwarf the trains just like the real thing! Jabba the Hut?!! Mike, have you been spraying locos with solvents today and forgotten to use your spraying booth?!! Seriously, the Fell height comes in at just over 200 feet (to scale!), so I hope the "dwarfing effect" is sufficient. And to think, I've used less than half the plaster this time compared to KL. Cheers, Jeff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted January 31, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 31, 2016 (edited) What a difference a bit of base colour makes,really coming along now! You wont know what to do with yourself when its finished! Ha! Although i know a layout is never really 100% finished Cheers Ben Ben, the shocking thing is - or is it a good thing (??) - the creation of the Fell is just the start.... Stone walls, vegetation, rock outcrops, tunnel portal, road underbridge, platforms..... OK, I'm giving up! (NOT really) Jeff Edited January 31, 2016 by Physicsman 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted February 1, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 1, 2016 It's difficult for me to express quite what I mean here, but looking at the last set of photos, and the second one in particular, makes me wonder if you could grade the colouration in such a way as to leave the most distant peaks at about the colour they are now. If you look at real photos, then the distant tops of the fell (when not obscured by cloud) do appear more brown or maybe even slightly purple than anything else, and you would only see lighter greens and other colours in the immediate foreground. This sort of shows what I mean: But I'm sure you have your own photos that are more representative. Al. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Beautiful shot, but then, that's the north country, magnificent. Judging from the 'plastered' shots, this layout is certainly going to have the 'wow' factor. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Build middle walls to 3mm scale and top ones to 2mm scales as well for perspective. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted February 1, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2016 It's difficult for me to express quite what I mean here, but looking at the last set of photos, and the second one in particular, makes me wonder if you could grade the colouration in such a way as to leave the most distant peaks at about the colour they are now. If you look at real photos, then the distant tops of the fell (when not obscured by cloud) do appear more brown or maybe even slightly purple than anything else, and you would only see lighter greens and other colours in the immediate foreground. This sort of shows what I mean: NwSettleCarlisleWideValley-F731.jpg But I'm sure you have your own photos that are more representative. Al. That's actually not too difficult to achieve - good idea. The base covering of "fine turf" can be adjusted to a more "earthy" colour at the top, with gradation down the slope. I tried this on KL - NOT that you'd notice any difference!! Jeff 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted February 1, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2016 Build middle walls to 3mm scale and top ones to 2mm scales as well for perspective. Hi Andy. That's a good suggestion, and I might slightly reduce the height and width of the walls as they ascend the slope. It'd probably look ok from the operating well, but there are numerous side-view vantage points where the shrinking wall might look a bit odd. Jeff 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 And have 2mm sheep........ Mm, lamb chops. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
67A Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 I done the perspective wall thing on Dent, in front of the tracks the walls show quite visible stones and behind the tracks its more blended and smaller in height, certainly looks right to me. You may have to wait till the Spring to populate the fell with any sheep, I tried Dart Castings this morning and they are 'temporarily out of stock' so the Spring should bring forth a fell full of sheep for sale eh! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted February 1, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2016 The main Fell area is now "completely" plastered - the bits I can reach (which means 99% of the area). It's also covered in a first coat of paint. I've done a bit of plaster work to the rear of the viaduct and on the approach to where the tunnel portal will fit. Maybe put another brown portrait or two on here later. Subject to re-stocking with another bag of Plaster of Paris, I'll continue the plaster work across the lift-out and overbridge. A suitable tunnel portal needs to be chosen. I used Blea Moor North last time - I still have the portal - so we'll see what I come up with. Jeff 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted February 1, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2016 Apologies for the lack of "running trains", in comparison to my other esteemed S&C layout-friends. You'll have to wait a while for trains, scenery, sheep and proper atmosphere. A mixed bag here, starting with something that's nothing to do with the S&C: the view from my study just after the sun had set. Threatening clouds and a wind gusting to around 60mph... a GOOD day on the S&C!!.... Then we have 3 views of the art-of-the-state in the Bunker at the mo: And finally, the tunnel portal I'll construct will be based on Blea Moor South (I used the North portal last time). Why? It's typical S&C and comes ready-made with a rock-cutting entrance - I'll put a smaller version in. Here's a Googled pic. Hope it's not copyrighted! (I've a collection of pics of the portal, from Google, by Mark Harvey - unfortunately copyrighted, so can't post, but very useful for the build): Jeff 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
67A Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 And finally, the tunnel portal I'll construct will be based on Blea Moor South I had a feeling that may have been your cunning plan when I saw the embankments, you can fool me mate! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted February 1, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 1, 2016 Must admit, I'd had that portal in my mind since first seeing the photo of the blue diesel and rock face when I was building KL. Not as "fussy" as the north portal with its water steps. I'll probably draw out the dimensions tomorrow and get cracking. Need to check if I've a sheet of dressed stone. Jeff 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Just caught up with this - the fell looks amazing! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted February 2, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2016 Just caught up with this - the fell looks amazing! Morning Lee - it's been a while since you've been on here. I'm quite pleased with the Fell, though some fine-tuning will be necessary once the walling starts to go in. I sometimes forget there's a fiddle yard behind it! Stay tuned! Jeff 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Physicsman Posted February 2, 2016 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 2, 2016 Update: I've plastered and painted the lift-out section, and that is currently drying. I've also made a series of measurements on photos of the Blea Moor south tunnel portal and converted these into scale dimensions. The good news is that I have adequate supplies of 4mm ply, stone-effect plastikard, rodding and plain plastikard. So I'll start construction tomorrow. There are practical constraints on building the portal - so don't expect a literal copy! I'm now looking forward to fixing it in place, hemming it in with some rock faces, completing the plastering in that area and running a loco through it. Here comes the chuffer train..... whooooo ooooooo!!!! Jeff 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben pez Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 Looking forward to the build of the tunnel portal jeff and seeing it in place The south end of blea moor tunnel in the rock cutting is one of many S&C stunning locations. Cheers Ben Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted February 3, 2016 Share Posted February 3, 2016 Morning Lee - it's been a while since you've been on here. I'm quite pleased with the Fell, though some fine-tuning will be necessary once the walling starts to go in. I sometimes forget there's a fiddle yard behind it! Stay tuned! Jeff I've been following on and off (mostly off) for quite a while (in the background) I've been busy on other things and have sadly been neglecting the model railway scene. I'm excited to see your progress though. Can't wait for grass 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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