Paul Lindsay-Scott

Lovely lining Peter. I haven't ventured beyond pressfix and methfix lining yet (as per my O2 tank) but despite all the best efforts of the MicroSol range, I still end up with boggly boiler band lining!

Cheers

Paul

New dates for 2013

I've started another blog about the grass, called, wait for it, "Brookford Grass".

Image by P L S, on Flickr

The loco shed has had another go today - chimneys and doors are on.

The chimneys were made from 60 thou plasticard, with lead flashing:
The lead flashing has been painted, having had a look round local buildings to see how it weathers. And the whole thing has been weathered, especially the roof, which of course is the main part of the model to be seen.


Image by P L S, on Flickr

So it's off the the Railway Enthusiasts Club, Farnborough with it, to check on installation on the new 7mm layout, "Netherley".

Cheers for now,

The O14 narrow gauge is now operating on Brookford - two foot gauge, currently running with a Simplex diesel (a Nigel Lawson etched brass kit with a cab added) and KBScale tippers. The KBScale Hudswell Clarke 0-4-0 well tank etched brass kit is now under construction, but may take a little time.

That's very kind. I must say it was a bit daunting to hack into the scenery to lay the narrow gauge track ! I used a Dremel with a cutting disk to cut through the modrock cleanly, but of course that covered everything with dust desppite the hoover nozzle nearby. So re-doing the scenic treatment around the new track was important so that it looked as though it had always been there. But I have found that the more times you add different textures and colours, and remove bits and add bits, the more natural variety you get, random just like in real life! Also the grass benefits from subsequent applications with spray glue or matt varnish as the adhesive.

Thank you. There are more pictures of the loco and the rest of the layout, including the previous loco shed that I built, in My Gallery Albums "Brookford" - there's a link on the right hand side. Plus there's a bit more blurb about Brookford in the other entries in this topic.

Welcome to the O14 fold ! I've just started in two foot gauge in 7mm scale too - have a look at my layout blog Brookford. Looking forward to seeing some motive power next !

Cheers

Paul

Aha ! I haven't been on here long, so my updates are very few so far! In fact not more than the toes on an amphiuma. Well indeed, the narrow gauge does seem to be spreading quite a lot, and there is the whole question of the "high level" baseboard, aka O14 micro layout. I'd quite like to go for a bit of 3D as far as the track plan goes, perhaps disappearing into a mine tunnel at the "throat" of the board, and climbing through various levels, appearing at various points. I remember seeing a photo of a NG micro layout which was a pit into which the track descended in ever decreasing concentric circles - perhaps something like that but going up rather than down, and not all on view?

Thank you for the comments. I'll try and put some more details on in due course.