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    cornish trains jez

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    Tractor looks great, as they always do when they are grubby. The weathering looks superb. Keep up the good work. I'm sure I would be talking for all on here when I say we all look forward to seeing your next project.

     

    Thanks mate! As I don't own an airbrush I have to dry brush and build up all of my weathering and this is my first go at weathering powders. Since these photos were taken, I have blended the smoke stains a little more into the roof which has given a more realistsic look.

    Next project is 37181 which I intended to start about 6 months ago. Still not got round to it!!!

     

    Best regards,

     

    Jeremy

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    Looks great Andy! I was thinking of having non operational ones on my layout of Par but you have shown here that a superb semaphore signal can be produced and fully operational. When the time comes, think I'll have a bash at building some operational ones.

    Best regards,

    Jeremy

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    cornish trains jez

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    Very nice, thats Par alright! What sort of season do you reckon it will be set in, there has been a lot of talk of seasonal modelling lately.. High summer? (Which I guess includes all sort of weather..)

     

    Thanks mate! I haven't thought about a particular season yet but I think I will go for late Spring as Par will have a tree lined backdrop and this will set the layout off nicely with plenty of "greenery" as a backscene. Best regards,

    Jeremy

    cornish trains jez

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    Two entrys in one week :O I see married life is kicking in :lol:

     

    Great stuff Jeremy - The HST looks mighty fine and you have modelled a good length too...should be fun to operate and along with long clay trains snaking through the background will be awesome.

     

    Is that a toothpaste 50 I can see in the background?...

     

    Thanks Pete! Yes, that is 50030 Repulse awaiting its next turn of duty. I must admit, there has been a bit more modelling taking place since I got married!

    Best regards,

    Jeremy

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    cornish trains jez

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    Good start Jeremy - do like a nice n grubby tractor me :D

     

    Front end detailing lookin' nice to with the ploughs...and it looks lower too which helps...

     

    Won't comment on the fixing as haven't done that to any of my stock yet...but I will sit back and note the tips given above...

     

     

    Thanks Pete! I've enjoyed working with the powders and will definitely use them again hopefully improving my skills as I go.

     

    Best regards,

     

    Jeremy

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    cornish trains jez

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    ...pop it in the post to the 2mm Association and have its paws turned down :D

     

    Lookin' good Jeremy - as Mark says, once the track bug bites its hard to work with Peco again...did you start ballasting Par yet? :O

     

    I can see this layout is starting to turn that 'dark side' in you....

     

    Thanks Pete! I have already ballasted one board out of the three for Par. Think I'll keep that as my final N gauge project and use easitrac for all future projects....... maybe St Blazey depot.....!!!!

     

    Best regards,

     

    Jeremy

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    cornish trains jez

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    Looking good Jeremy and the latest aquisition looks very nice too. ;)

     

    The 2mm FS easitrac makes an huge difference over the standard PECO track work in appearance.  Now you've started will your rendition of Par follow a similiar course?  :)

     

    Finally, the kitchen floor looks spotless although I think the cat isn't to 2mm FS standards!!!! :D

     

    Cheers,

     

    Mark

     

    Thanks Mark. I have thought about changing the track on Par to Easitrac, and whilst it does look so much better, I'm not sure if I have the heart to rip up the old track.

     

    My wife had just cleaned the floor so I jumped on the opportunity to get the layout out! Jack (the cat) likes to keep an eye on the layout progress!

     

    Best regards,

     

    Jeremy

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    cornish trains jez

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    Welcome to the club Jeremy :)

     

    Looking good so far...watching with interest...

     

    Andy - Maybe that's not the kitchen...perhaps its the Railway Room and Jez hasn't told his wife yet the kitchen has recently relocated to the loft :D

    Thanks Pete! It's going to be a challenge. Ordered up my track yesterday so hopefully it will arrive next week and I can start threading the rails onto the sleepers and getting it into position on the board ready for fixing.

    Best regards,

    Jeremy

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    cornish trains jez

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    Welcome to 2FS... or FS160 or whatever....

     

    > so my wife doesn't realise that I am filling the house with railways

     

    umm... isn't building it in the kitchen a bit counter productive then?

     

    > which system I am going to use for the fiddle yards

     

    Modules are probably the most space-efficient and require just a flat-ish surface on which to shuffle them. Then you just need to decide how to arrange the alignment and feeds - bulldog clips or some sort of plugin arrangement. Having two modules attached simultaneously at double track spacing is a bit more of a puzzler though.

     

    What will you use for the overhead wires?

     

    Regards, Andy

     

    Hi Andy,

    Umm...yes, building in the kitchen isn't the best idea. I was asked "shouldn't you finish your other layout first?" !!!

    I think I will have a bash at the modules idea for the fiddle yards with the plug-in arrangement for the connector wires. I intend to use DCC so hopefully will provide smooth running.

    For the catenary, I will be using the excellent Somerfeld swiss outline masts. I used these on my previous swiss layout and they look superb once they are up, albeit really fiddly to install!

    Best regards,

    Jeremy

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    cornish trains jez

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    I assume your modeling to 1:160 scale in which case check out http://www.fs160.eu/fiNeweb/standards/HANDB.php will you track be 9mm ?

     

    welcome to the dark side   :senile:

    Hi Nick,

    I will be modelling to 1:160 scale but to N scale clearances for the turnouts (when I eventually attempt these)as TomE has used on his superb "Ropley" layout.

    I'll check out the fs160 website. Thanks for the link!

    Best regards,

    Jeremy

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