Andy_197011

Finished scratchbuilding a hotel for the station area, based on the Crianlarich hotel.

Glasgow to Malliag class 37 approaches Overtoun junction.

Spent plenty of time blending the foreground into the backscene.

Cleaned with IPA.

I think new brushes would have been a good idea.

Class 20 shunting the goods yard while a Class 37 arrives with a Glasgow bound passenger service. 

On 31/03/2023 at 09:10, Clive martin said:

Hi Andy your layout looks superb, it has the look of a railway in the landscape,you could have put down a lot more track in the space have,but in this case less is more,keep up the great work i look forward to seeing more updates!

Thank you for your kind comments.  I set out with the intention of it being a landscape with a railway running through it rather than loads of railway with little bits of scenery. 

Been greening up the area between the station and the goods yard. 

A bit more work in the goods yard.

Fresh grass and a new fence added at the entrance...

Time to strip down a cheap, poor running Hornby class 29 from 1978.

First deep clean in 45 years I suspect. 

Log loads made for the timber wagon.

A bit more progress behind the station. 

The house scene ready to plant behind the station. 

Another little project completed.

Excellent looking layout, well done.

OTA timber wagon kit completed. Cambrian kit. 

Trying out its spot behind the station..

Windows cut

Roofing underway 

Currently waiting for grout to dry in the goods yard area. 

I have undertaken my second scratch build building....

It is based on a typical Scottish sandstone semi.

Hi guys,

Just to jump in on this, i'm planning to use Smith 3 link couplings on my goods stock (Which i'm happy to modify), my coaches are all close coupled, what I am looking for is NEM plugs that can take 3 link couplings therefore avoiding having to modify my locos and coaches.

Does such a thing exist?

How the coal yard area looks as of this week...

Dummy Westinghouse point motors and cabling installed.

The signal box area tarted up a bit with fencing and a scratch built factory unit.

The station building started out as a cheap ebay laser cut kit, very chunky, so I changed the roof and added some stone base bricks.

The farm scene is progressed a little with a scratch built house and a Wills barn.

The platform was scratch built.

Two layers of 9mm MDF secured to the baseboard.

Platform edged with plasticard.

Then the platform was covered with individual 3x2 foot paving slabs (Cardboard).

The whole lot then had thinned decorators caulk wiped across the top.

This took about 6 hours over three days.

The overhead view.