hybridangel77

yeah i do...know where i can get some lol?

Nice one Richard...it's good to have another extra scenic board if room permits. Is it going to be a scenic siding like mine?

Do you mean the concrete bridge i just built?....if so the structure was built using 5mm foam board then clad in 30thou plastikard and primed with Halford's grey primer then painted in concrete colour acrylic paint.

It's not talent mate i just have a good eye for things that's all.

Some more scenery shots.

Evening all I was not totally happy with the weathering job i did on the concrete bridge as i used powders and with powders i found i did not have much control as i would with an airbrush so i tackled to dirt with some baby wipes to try and wipe away most of the powder residue and just left it as it is in the picture as it now looks respectable without the need to get the airbrush out. I also started gluing down the ballast around the area so it does look very bright right now but there is still so much work to do with the general area before it will pass as representing something realistic.

When's the next layout outing Shaun...i would have come to see it at peterborough if i had known it was on. Terry

Hi all Over the last few days i have done a little more scenery work. I added these two support walls for the tunnel as i have seen this somewhere in real life and tried to copy it. I have also given the concrete bridge a weathering using powders but feel i have over done it so i think i will have to wash some of it off. The buffer stop at the entrance to the sidings where the shunter sits has been painted yellow and weathered. The rest of the buffer stops in the sidings will be the same colour as the others around the layout.

This is modeling at the very highest of standards Dave. Terry

Cheers Dave...i think i will start by gluing the bogies to a fixed position first and see how they are then.

Thanks Peter i will take a look at your thread to see how you did it.

My latest update on youtube.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR6o-JMeInA

Thanks Peter It was fairly simple to do and very effective, The ground works was formed using Das clay and formed it into rock/boulder looking shapes and hen scattered across the area and then doused in PVA glue then left to dry. Once dry i gave the whole area a base colour of green and brown and whilst the paint was wet i covered it in chinchilla dust for an added effect. Once all that dried i sprayed the whole lot in various shades of grey's and browns including a sand colour but in patches so it was not to uniform. Again once dry i added green scatter materials then added patches of dark green and brown long 6mm static grass and then i just covered the whole area with hair spray to lock it all in. The trees were made using sea foam trees sprayed in brown and then soaked in hair spray then dipped into green scatter materials. The ground bushes were made using metal Brillo cleaning pads just pulled apart and again sprayed brown and soaked in hair spray then dipped into green scatter materials. And lastly i just added some clear gloss in various places to make it look as tho the area was wet from rain water. I think that about covers it mate lol. Terry.

Thanks Shaun...hopefully it will look even better once the ballast is down and the track has been weathered.

Thanks mate...i do tend to concentrate very hard when it comes to the green side of the scenery as it can make a layout or ruin it so i think it needs to be spot on.

Evening all For the past couple of days i have been working on the scenery around the entrance to the concrete bridge.

Sorry to hear the sad news Dave....i lost my daughter a couple of years ago and was a very dark period in mine and my wife's life but i did find working on the layout to be a good way to take your mind of the worrying things in life plus it was nice to see complete strangers here on RMWEB to help me through the tough time which goes to show your never alone as there is a fantastic community here at RMWEB. Keep your chin up mate as there is always a light at the end of the tunnel...(no pun intended). Terry

Could not resist another shot of the Heljan class 26.

Also today a new loco arrived which i am so excited about as it is one that has been on my wish list for ages but not so easy to get hold of. Yes it's a Heljan class 14 Teddy Bear in BR blue and is a Hattons exclusive and was purchased and weathered from the weathering works. The loco still needs a decoder fitted but have put this off for now until i find what decoder is best for it as i have heard it is tricky to fit the decoder into the model and therefor if anyone knows what decoder is right and fits well please let me know.

Evening all Over the past few days i have been working on the scenery that joins the two mainlines together just before the new concrete bridge. It was done using newspaper soaked in water to form the landscape and then covered in plaster bandage before being painted in various colours of greys, browns and greens. I then went about covering it with different scatter materials including static grass and scratch made bushes using metal brillo pads soaked in hair spray and then covered in scatter materials. There is just the one large tree planted in this area as it is to small an area for more and as you can see from the photo the tree is leaning on a pot of paint until the glue dries.

Thanks for following my progress at Glebe Rd and glad to be able to help in any way possible. Terry

Well hopefully the photos in the magazine will do the layout some justice Pete.

Well i normally work fast but it has been slow for the past year but i seem to have picked up speed again.

I think it is the pinnacle of a model railways history...and they contacted me which i never thought would happen as i think the layout is not good enough to feature in a magazine.