Bryn

Dust.... lots of dust.

Pan on the boil as as we pass the Brush facility during the diesel gala at the GCR(N).

An evening at Scropton Crossing 6B67 66108 66158 30-3-2012 by Next B Exam, on Flickr Scropton Crossing d 30-8-2012 by Next B Exam, on Flickr

Many thanks, If you go to the photo of choice on Flickr, click "Actions" and then "View Exif Info" it should take you to this kind of page - http://www.flickr.com/photos/68367056@N05/7872568000/meta/in/photostream

6B50 66188 20-8-2012 by Next B Exam, on Flickr

6J55 DR73940 28-8-2012 b by Next B Exam, on Flickr

Great work Pete, looking forward to seeing this progress.

You have a great eye for colours and texture, great work Pete.

Nice to see you back in action, cracking weathering as per usual

That saddle tank is fantastic, what is the prototype? I shall we watching your entry into 3D CAD with interest

Looks good to me Pete, a well timed post as I've got some in filled track to crack on with shortly. Thanks for the detailed report and I hope the locos are ok.

Looking good Rich. Looking forward to seeing the AJ couplings in action, any chance of a a blog posting on how you approach these?

Thank you for the replies guys. Nick - It is still running, until I gum it all up with ballast! David - The etched fence is by BLMA, I imported some last year from America http://www.blmamodel....htm&itemid=710

Just a quick photo update to catch up on a few of the smaller jobs that are on going around the layout; First up is the fitting of chair plates, 2mm Scale Association part 1-092, to fix them I dipped the whole fish plate in thin super glue and held then in position with the tip of a pin until the glue set. Here we have one of 5 etched buffer stops, designed by our very own Chris Higgs. Once this has be primed and fixed in place cosmetic sleepers will be added to fill the gaps, these will be made up from cutting up some Eastrac plain bases. Location holes for the chain link fencing are going in now, the holes will be filled with scrap wire markers. The fence can then be added after the ground works have gone in. And finally, in a bid to save the now warped goods shed I have added some aluminum angle internally.... fingers crossed this might save the day

Jon, There is no need to pre soak the area with Kleer, just add a few drops near the side of the ballasted area and it soaks through. It behaves like very thin super glue, if that makes any sense.

I've got some miniature tubes to try, designed for under cupboard kitchen lighting. I'll hopefully have some shots of them shortly.

Must be the new stuff David, I've even used the older stuff on piles of coal about an inch high and it sets solid all the way to the core.

After following TomE's approach I've been playing with some test ballast examples. Above shows what I have finally decided on using on Colwyn, it's a 50/50 mix of Treemedus Earth power and Carrs fine ash ballast, all fixed with (still wet and slightly glossy) Kleer. I will do a more indpeth write up when it gets applied to the layout. Thanks again to Tom for the advice Another experiment was to prepare the plastic Easitrac sleepers to take paint more readily, this was done by brushing on a 50/50 wash of water and EvoStick wood adhesive (green bottle, red lid). It was a bit thick going on, but it did even out ok, even with 4 coats of red oxide primer the rail detail and chairs are not lost. All in all, a small victory for me. Hopefully progress can resume!

Never has a truer statement been made. If I had a penny for every foot long piece of pure scale track and test wagon chassis I've seen... Sadly it is the assumption that active 2FS modellers are the ones kicking up the fuss about "1:152 only" modelling, the reality couldn't be further from the truth. Pure 1:152 is the goal, but normally only achieved by the dedicated few. Every modeller is part artist and part engineer, sometimes the balance has to tip back and forwards to find a happy medium for a finished project. There is no point being micron perfect if it still looks like a bag of ****. 2FS - Modelling by any means necessary

Looking good Pete, it reminds me of Mark's winter scenes on Whitney. Keep up the momentum, it's almost there.

I've still got a bottle of Kleer somewhere, so I think I'll stay with your tried and tested method. What's it like around point mechanisms?

Great work Tom. I've been reading back through your blog for inspiration, I've just ordered some of that Treemedus earth and I've dug out my powders ready. Thinks for the tip off, it really does look great.

Looking forward to seeing this progress, not enough bang up to date stuff running on 2mm track IMHO

That point rodding looks the business, definitely worth the extra hours.

Looks great to me Pete, the viaduct makes a surprisingly good break before the fiddle yard. Looking forward to seeing this progress