Steve Purves

Done a bit more this morning. Some point levers and a lighting tower from TPM, a few bits of rail, a repaint of the station and some lamp posts made from gardening wire. 20140601_112222 by Steve Purves, on Flickr 20140601_113410 by Steve Purves, on Flickr 20140601_113811 by Steve Purves, on Flickr

Between duties 20140531_063830 by Steve Purves, on Flickr

Bit more done... 20140531_063830 by Steve Purves, on Flickr

Thanks David, I've just been on to your thread to have a look and got a few ideas... I think I'm going to try and source a container, skip and portaloo for a little cameo down the front, anol with a pile of rail and sleepers at the back, by the walling...

some news paper ad a lemon zester I think... maybe a bif of cling film (pallet wrap) lying in the gutter and against the fence. Great idea, thanks!

A question... what kind of yard clutter do you think you would find in a yard similar to this... are boxes/drums/pallets too cliche?

9 days to go... A package turned up yesterday from N Brass Locos, containing the pallisade fencing and gates for the low level and posterboards for the station area. I have been waiting for these to arrive so I can start laying scrub/bushes around their base and finish of the scenics for the low level. The fences are not cheap but are a requirement of the modern railway. A quick coat of primer and they were 'planted' they will be given a top coat of a slightly lighter shade of grey now they are in situ (excuse the finger marks) Untitled by Steve Purves, on Flickr Untitled by Steve Purves, on Flickr

Bit of a micro update... Having picked up an airbrush (gravity fed, 0.3mm needle) and a compressor (with tank and trap) for a reasonable £45 I set to toneing down the ballast. This week will be hopefully chock full of progress now... Untitled by Steve Purves, on Flickr

Thanks for the encouragement... I am waiting on the arrival of an airbrush to paint the whole of the station building/platform area. Then it will all be dirtied up a little (not too much because its a new build) Steve

Thats it... Done... I have entered Apa Park into the N gauge Society Annual Model Making Competition, To be held at the AGM/exhibition on the 7th of June... Come and see Apa Park at its public debut, come and have a play See linky... http://www.ngaugesociety.com/index.php?page=AGM That gives me 2 weeks and a few days to 'furnish' the whole layout with people, clutter, signage, fencing, lamposts, benches, bushes and weathering <gulp> Easy... (that requires mail ordering all of the above, including an airbrush/compressor) Happy Days!

Done a fair bit today. Replaced the placeholder Apa Park building with the final edition. Apa Park building and station concourse by Steve Purves, on Flickr Also done some more work on the concourse. This is now to a stage that I am happy with. Apa Park building and station concourse by Steve Purves, on Flickr wanting something a little different from the peco bufferstops and whilst I had my scratchbuilding head on I decided to have a go at some modern style bufferstops Apa Park building and station concourse by Steve Purves, on Flickr Apa Park building and station concourse by Steve Purves, on Flickr

Getting there... Apa Park by Steve Purves, on Flickr

A couple of gratuitous shots... Apa Park by Steve Purves, on Flickr Apa Park by Steve Purves, on Flickr

Bit the bullet last night and made a start on the station building and the problem of how to fence the platforms. Using plasticard, remember that medium, used a lot before scalescenes was discovered, I knocked together some corrugated walling just over a scale 8 foot high. I think this would be about right. The corrugated work will be painted in 90s brown shades. Work remaining includes walling for the other plaform, framework on the glass fronted entrance hall, fascias and guttering around the roof and finally paint. Apa Park Station by Steve Purves, on Flickr Apa Park Station by Steve Purves, on Flickr

Started tonight by repainting the sky... Apa Park - repainted sky by Steve Purves, on Flickr And then started to add a little greenery... Apa Park - greenery started by Steve Purves, on Flickr

Any viewer of this hread have a spare micro toggle point switch? I hqve no spares and a duff one just cost me a point motor

I don’t know if this has been done before but I thought I would share anyway. I was fitting point motors last night to Apa, and whilst holding the motors central with a piece of mounting card (vice a clothes peg) couldn’t find anything to centralise the point blades. This is the result, I chopped some offcuts of layout wire (standard size) and put either side of the blades. The thickness was just enough to offer a little retention when the layout was upturned. Now I just need to find a suitable power supply free or very cheap!!! Points by Steve Purves, on Flickr Happy Days Steve

I tried our Ironing board under Apa Park, It was the right size and height but I didnt trust the mechanism for keeping it up and taking the weight of layout/stock, it was also a little bit wobbly, which again comes down to trusting it not to topple or collapse. Now thats just teasing! do share!