Wayne 37901 Posted March 6, 2013 Share Posted March 6, 2013 Hi Marc, Just seen your update of this showing the photos and I must say it's looking very good. I'll look forward to seeing more. All the best Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted March 7, 2013 Author Share Posted March 7, 2013 Cheers Wayne,Long time no see - must fix that!I'm currently still working on J Cashmores buildingIt seems to have been corrugated asbesdos,from what I can tell from online photosbut I suppose it could be corrugated iron?Anyhow, I'm only reproducing a small part of it....It being so huge and all! I'm hoping that this weekend, I'll get to make some more progress with thefold-down fiddle casettes too - and finally get to make up my mind, on which of several options to choose re design....More laterHope to catch up soon...Where have you been? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 Finished my Cashmores main building on the weekend...All painted & ready to "plant"But I've lost my pot of Games Workshop "Bleached Bone" paint...... I use that in a mix of grey, for concrete...and Cashmores sits on concrete sectional floorI can't quite get the colour I'm after....Still, I'm sure I will - right before I find that missing pot- GW don't seem to produce that colour anymore Also been experiment with oily, filthy colours & textures for the yard floorAnd after building "Wales, Rails, Rain & Steel" I decided I like to model puddles Again, I have used Gordon Gravetts method, which he describes in his 7mm modelling book - vol1Basically, you spray one side of some clear plasticard,turn it over, so the shiny, clear side is uppermostand carefully bury it, slightly below ground level....Will post more pics shortly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted March 11, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 11, 2013 Finished my Cashmores main building on the weekend... All painted & ready to "plant" But I've lost my pot of Games Workshop "Bleached Bone" paint... ... I use that in a mix of grey, for concrete... and Cashmores sits on concrete sectional floor I can't quite get the colour I'm after.... Still, I'm sure I will - right before I find that missing pot - GW don't seem to produce that colour anymore Also been experiment with oily, filthy colours & textures for the yard floor And after building "Wales, Rails, Rain & Steel" I decided I like to model puddles Again, I have used Gordon Gravetts method, which he describes in his 7mm modelling book - vol1 Basically, you spray one side of some clear plasticard, turn it over, so the shiny, clear side is uppermost and carefully bury it, slightly below ground level.... Will post more pics shortly Hi Marc There is a conversion chart on the Games Workshop website. I've not looked, but may help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted March 11, 2013 Author Share Posted March 11, 2013 Hi Marc There is a conversion chart on the Games Workshop website. I've not looked, but may help. Hi Richard, Thanks for that - I haven't seen it before Very useful I did find a supplier of the older paints, on ebay BUT they were charging £5.99 a pot!!!! Rediculous, as they were £2.25 from GW last time I looked..... As I've probably said many times, I do like the Games Workshop colours I find them very easy to work with, incredibly easy to mix & blend and although they have some bizzarre names, there are some really useful colours in the range Just looked up the name for the replacement colour.... ... and it's an odd one, which I've forgotten already! Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 46444 Posted March 11, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 11, 2013 Evening Marc, I know what you mean when you talk about GW paint. Really lovely paint to use and is rich in colour and pigment. However, a few years ago my local model railway shop-sadly now closed was taken over by a military modeller. We got talking about paint and I said I used GW. He told me to try Vallejo acrylics and I was stunned. They are in another league altogether. Well worth trying Marc if you haven't tried them. Because they are aimed at the military/aircraft modeller there are some good colours available. They have an high pigment content and are really good for coverage but can be thinned for washes etc. I believe Mikkel is a user of them. I use them for general purpose paint and for spraying. They are water soluble and don't require a specific thinner. I think Ian Allan sell them in their shops. If not here's a link though never used this company before: http://www.snmstuff.co.uk/vallejo-model-color/ Hope that's of some use? By the way-enjoying reading about the progress on Cashmores. Cheers, Mark Just realised that link says snmstuff Thankfully no chains, whips or dodgy masks!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 Yes, I've got a couple of Valejo paints markThey are great....I do find several of the GW paints really useful though, in terms of the colours & tones... Anyhow, here is my low/ end - relief building, representing the huge affair at Cashmores Naturally, it's just too huge to model in anything like its entirety here, but my version of the building is only meant to represent a part of that structure...... EDIT: Made with mainly offcuts of Slaters corrugated plasticard (left over from my "Wales, Rails, Rain & Steel" layout)and painted with grey matchpot paint + GW greys, black, & rusty colours.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 I managed to get a bit of modelling done this weekendAt last, I wired the frogs on the layout!But I really enjoyed building my piles of scrap wheels My pal Dave (Wenlock) cast up a load of wheels for me, in some sort of dental acrylic materialOther wheels I've used are from old Airfix kits and terribly built examples I made, back in the 70's Anyhow, I collected a lot of bits, pieces and odds n ends over the last few months,thinking that you could never collect too much..... but I haven't used a tenth of the cr*p I collected.....Better make some of it into wagon loads this weekPhotos soonMarc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted March 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 25, 2013 You had better get on with this Marc - not too long to SWAG Day at Taunton! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 You had better get on with this Marc - not too long to SWAG Day at Taunton! I know, I know.... It may not be 100% finished but I'm getting there.... honest! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matto21 Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Hi Mark, this looks great! Can't wait to see more progress soon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted March 27, 2013 Author Share Posted March 27, 2013 I've been enjoying building the piles of wheels, and painting, rusting & weathering themPart of the piles is removable - so I can change the appearance / content of the scrap piles....... sounds odd, I know. But this is to enable me to change era;I can add or remove wagon wheels from different time framesand add or remove steam loco wheels etc....Pics of this to follow Here is a shot of some wagon loads of scap metal though...Not quite fifnished - I need to add some metallic colour, and some rusty weathering powderBut you'll get the drift, I'm sure They are made on offcuts of foam insulation board, and are removable (unloaded) from the wagons Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 46444 Posted April 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2013 Hi Marc, Any further developments on Cashmores? Be good to see some more work in progress Cheers, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted April 25, 2013 Author Share Posted April 25, 2013 Hi Marc, Any further developments on Cashmores? Be good to see some more work in progress Cheers, Mark Hi Mark, Yes, the build has been ongoing - sadly, I've not had much time to post piccies but I will do soon, honestly I have been adding som scenery, making more odds & ends of scrap & debris but I still need more! It's amazing just how messy it needs to look Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 46444 Posted April 25, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2013 Thanks Marc, That's good to hear. Look forwards to the photos and update. Cheers, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted May 20, 2013 Author Share Posted May 20, 2013 Yet more appologies folks!I know, it has been ages since my last promise to post some picciesLife has just been so busy lately....Anyhow, Cashmores scrapyard will be appearing at the show in Newporton the 1st & 2nd June - in the old Odeon cinema...It's a fascinating place to visit anyhoweven if you don't like model railways,you should pop along to this exciting new venueIt houses a railway museum and a museum of film & television....Enough rambling Smith!Pictures please...... Edit; The blue arrow denotes the folding fiddle yard and the blue X shows the position of the additional fiddle cassette..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted May 20, 2013 Author Share Posted May 20, 2013 Re the "main" fiddle yard - on the leftI designed the layout in the style of the "Vicarage study" style of layoutThis was described by either Iain Rice or Barry Norman I decided rather than to have a folding baseboard I would keep my main baseboard as 4 feet in length, but to add folding cassettes each end.....This way, the board is a tad over 4 feet, and still easily fits on the back seat of a car,but it is extendible to over 5 feet which I think enhances running....Anyhow, Cashmores site at Newport never had an overhead crane but they did at their site at Great Bridge I have taken some liberties here, and decided to site one at Newport....It acts as a view-blocker, although I had several designs in mind for this....Stubby and others will worry about me, if there's not a mirror on the layout! And they can rest assured - there is indeed such an item here.... Cashmores at Newport was famous for it's huge mountains of scrap metal,and when I visited in 1978 / 79 there was an enormous pile of wheels!Underneath the overhead crane, I have made a couple of piles wheels The contents of these piles of wheels is interchangeableso that I can change the period of the layout....Steam loco wheels to set the layout in an earlier period,and 16t wagon wheels and a couple of 08 and 03 driving wheels for a later setting I have made a couple of stacks of wagon bodies a la "Braunstone Gate" - thanks to Rouse 2037 for those donations! These sit behind the crane, to help discguise the fiddle They are removable, and can be replaced by stacks of other components eg. loco cabs etc Please note: In my hurry to get some shots taken yesterdayI didn't sit the pile of wheels in place quite correctly As the reflection in the mirror shows! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
exmoordave Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Hi Marc Looking really good - love the wagon tower!! Really looking forward to seeing it "in the flesh" at Minehead in August. All the best exmoordave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted May 20, 2013 Author Share Posted May 20, 2013 I have been busier than you may think.....I was pleased with how well the fiddle yard worked on "Wales, Rails, Rain & Steel"To save space, especially on points, I used a Peco Loco lift which is permanently wired-inThis keeps sound locos alive when moving them from one road to another,and you can have them ticking away in a siding which is not connected to the layout hence the need for no pointwork in the fiddle....Anyhow, I bought a second-hand loco lift, and EM gauged it....Using a cut-off disc, I cut it down the middle I then sat the 2 halves on a piece of EM track, and added some fillets, to give me correct spacing. These were glued in place with superglue,and reinforced after the initial ones had dried thoroughly...It isn't wired in yet - but I'll do that later, and will probably opt to use a phono plug & socket so I can use it on future layouts too..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted May 20, 2013 Author Share Posted May 20, 2013 Nothing for months, then a flurry of activity eh? Anyhow, last couple - for now.... Scenic items such as the crane, and some items of scrap are removable so I can change era, or just change the "look" of the yard....I have included some large-ish puddles of water in the scene Like I did on WRR&S - I used the Gordon Gravett methodi.e. - I sprayed some clear plastic sheet in black aerosolthen turned it upside-down, and inset into the scenery It's surprising how dusty these pools get and you need to keep them clean, or hairs & specks of dust can spoil the image....Also, I've made wagon loads removable, as I mentioned in an earlier post.....These are made using offcuts of foam insulation board as a base,this is topped with offcuts of plastic card, old wheels, any bits & pieces etc I well recall walking along the road with Richard Coleman, while he was building his superb micro scrapyard layout, and he kept stopping to pick up interesting looking bits of rubbish ahem, "items" for his scrap piles....Needless to say, I have been doing the same!Much to SWMBO's disgust Cheers againMarc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted May 20, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20, 2013 Great to see a few photos now Marc! Looking forward to seeing Cashmores at Minehead! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted May 20, 2013 Author Share Posted May 20, 2013 I'm looking forward to taking it to Minehead too RichardLast years' show was great Re the photos so far....Those of you who may also have visited or seen photos of Cashmoresmay have noticed that I don't yet have the fence behind the retaining wall....This doesn't seem to have been in place in early photos of the site,but was definately there when I visited in the late 1970'sI can well recall clambering over it..... :0Anyhow, I will install the fenceIt took me most of Sunday to make itAnd it was sunny outside!Cheers allMarc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Flynn Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Hi Well done Marc it look great ?,great scene? Hugh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 46444 Posted May 20, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20, 2013 Afternoon Marc, There's some lovely modelling and interesting techniques you've achieved on Cashmores. The weathering is really good-not overdone either. Subtle in a way to represent the look of a scrap yard with out turning it into a sea of rust! Those puddles are effective too and I can see a few shots being taken involving these. Keep the photos coming and I'm glad you've been busy. Cheers, Mark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielB Posted May 21, 2013 Share Posted May 21, 2013 Marc, I'm a bit late to the party, however Vallejo make a paint range called 'Game Colour' which is an almost pigment perfect match for the Games Workshop range and is far superior to the GW ones to boot. Something to look at perhaps? As always your layout is superb. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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