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Any more progress on this ???

Hi all ,

Sounds good , count me in .

Hi ,

Some fantastic prints on show , can I ask which model printer you have please as I'm seriously thinking of splurging out on one .

I know its an Anycubic photon ( a brand I have seen recommended on many youtube videos ) but I have seen two different models on Amazon and am not sure which one would be best ?

Is yours the Photon S or Photon Zero ?

3 hours ago, TechnicArrow said:

The layout could also do with a small amount of carefully-yet-randomly placed clutter; a handful of rotting sleepers, old rail ends lying in the 4 foot, a depleted pile of ballast, barrels and pallets... 

I was actually thinking the same after looking at the latest pics I took  , needs a bit of "junk" to add that suggestion of human activity.

Well its been a while since I last posted any updates , not a great deal of progress made although I have slowly been adding more foliage .

Thoughts are turning now to the backscene and and I'm trying to decide between an enclosed box type with  three sides

or just a two sided one ( back and fiddle yard exit side ) .

Hi mate , just a quick question is the Plasticard a Slaters product ?

Looks good whatever it is !

Hi David ,

Thanks for the good feedback , as regards the fiddlestick , pretty simple really the wiring is just a feed from the fiddle track and a feed from the scenic section , with some crimp washers on the ends , I use a couple of little nuts and bolts to join them and my controllers leads have croc clips on them , clip onto the bolts and toot toot !

As for alignment I just use a screw to keep it aligned and a plastic bolt with a wingnut to keep them together , the block of wood just helps to keep everything square . Pretty much a bodge job as you can see ,  but as its just for dining table use its fine.

Well we have had a break in the rain here in Derby today so I took the opportunity to get out in the garden to set up a little production line.

I have been making Seafoam bushes , as can be seen , just the bare Seafoam sprayed brown and grey and different Javis scenics scatters used for leaves.

Also took some more pics of the latest progress while outdoors in better light .

As usual comments , questions more than welcome , cheers.

A bit more work done tonight on another element of the layout , I decided the crossing type gate looked a bit old fashioned so deiced to go with something a bit more modernish .

I had the rest of the excellent Knightwing security fencing kit left over from last years Cakebox challenge so tried a few different setups and settled on this . The stop boards were made up in a graphics program and printed out . Just needs bedding in its final position and blending into the groundwork.

Portakabin just about finished , and here it is on the layout , just needs fixing down.

The blinds are made using the back side of wet n' dry paper and the company logo is just printed on normal paper and glued on.

Thanks for looking as usual , comments orquestions more than welcome .

Hi everyone , over the past day or two I have been working on this for the foreground of the layout .

It's the Knightwing Portakabin office and I must say its a great little kit , it even comes with a pair of cute dustbins !

Joking aside it is a lovely model and looks the part once painted and given a bit of grot , just need to add the glazing and some window blinds.

Who left that there ?

I have finally got round to bedding in the shunters cabin , I have also added a shed from the Wills garden shed kit to add a bit more interest to this area .

As you can see I have also started filling in the foreground section using card fro a concrete hardstanding , this still needs a bit of weathering to tie it in with the rest of the scenery and I need to fill in the gap with a bit more of the sand based ground cover.

As usual comments , questions more than welcome .

Fantastic job , I'm going to presume you have done a lot of " armour " modelling ?

I have always liked the stylised weathering of the armour modellers , although like most things it has its detractors , personally I think it looks great !

On 30/04/2019 at 04:23, Stoker said:

The ballast is a really nice mix too, is that a mix you made yourself or one you bought?

 

Hi , yes the ballast is a mix I did myself as I started out with just Woodland Scenics plain grey ballast , to me it just didnt look right so ended up with a mix of a darker fine granite chippings from Javis scenics , the Woodland Scenics stuff and some buff coloured ballast also from Javis scenics.

10 hours ago, Crisis Rail said:

I use real crushed slate and brick dust from abrading house bricks together for natural scatter  - A good thread this for learning from someone who has obviously experimented in different techniques - that's what this forum is at its best.

 

Ian

Thanks for that , high praise indeed !

I think thats the key , experimentation , although I must admit not everything works , heres a pic of my first ever layout which I ballasted with bird grit from Wilko ! ( although the flash makes it look worse than it really was ) .

I must admit I surprise myself ( and my partner ) with some of the things I pick up or see lying about and think " ah , I could use that " .

End result after colouring with a mix of dark earth and white weathering powders , just need to trim some of the longer bits of basket liner " grass " ;

On 19/04/2019 at 20:34, ModellerChris said:

Great update. What have you used as ground cover at the back of the layout - where the figure is standing on pic 3 please? 

Thought  I would take a few pics just to show the stuff I'm using for this , obviously some of the gravel is far too big but the sand and some if the smaller stones give a great effect .

As can be seen just laid onto neat PVA and will be coloured when dry with a mix of weathering powders .

21 hours ago, luke the train spotter said:

The water effect looks a little flat to me so I’ve ordered some modge podge glue which is what Luke Towan recommends for creating small ripples on top of resin.

I was just wondering as I quite like the water as it is , but am I right in assuming that canal water is actually quite still as its not running water so to speak ?

Anyone know a bit more about this ,  do canals flow ?

Just to add not a criticism Luke of you wanting ripples just was interested in whether they would be still or flowing !

5 minutes ago, luke the train spotter said:

Looking good! What did you use to weather the gate?

Cheers , just a bit of weathering powder after priming and repainting it back to white to get rid of the "plasticy " look .

Been working on the end of the siding today , I thought it needed an excuse for loco's to stop at this point , so I decided to gate the siding  to protect the main works line beyond the scene ( so to speak )  the conceit being all drivers must stop and ask permission and go and wake up the gateman in the crew room !

The gate is a slightly modified Peco crossing gate ( although from what I gather from a thread on here any sort of gate would do , even a basic farm type gate , just depends on what the owners had available ).

As usual comments and questions more than welcome .

All painted up , just needs glazing adding ( will be opaque to hide the lack of a back wall ! )

This evening I have been working on this building for the layout , bashed from a Wills weighbridge kit with brass tube drainpipes and MDF for the slab roof , just needs paintand glazing to finish ;

18 minutes ago, ModellerChris said:

Great update. What have you used as ground cover at the back of the layout - where the figure is standing on pic 3 please? 

Hi , the groundcover at the back is just builders sand ,  my next door neighbours had one of those big Hippo type bags delivered last year to lay slabs in their garden so I mangaed to wrangle a few tubs of it.

The sand itself is a good mix of sand and grit so you get the contrast of larger stones within the sand to add that realistic look of rough groundcover . Its just layed onto neat PVA and once dry it was coloured with a mix of weathering powders to blend in with the ballast .

Hi James ,

Just had a quick look at a list of Yorkshire place names , http://www.daelnet.co.uk/placenames/index.cfm

How about ;

Thoralby Exchange

Coverham

Halton East

Have a browse , endless names to be had there

As its been a while since I posted any updates here is where I am with this layout .

I have been experimenting with hanging basket liner as groundcover for the embankments , the first ones I tried were from the Poundshop but some of the woolen fibres were a bit too nuclear green and just didn't look right  , I then got some from a local garden center and they were a much more natural looking colour , I also used some Wodland Scenics turf to add a bit more texture .

As can be seen I have also ballasted the track although it took a few attempts to get a colour I liked . I first used Woodland Scenics fine grey on its own , when dry it just looked too monotone so I decided to mix a few colours together to get some variation , the final mix is the Woodland Scenics grey and Javis fine granite chippings ( these I sieved as I thought they were a bit too big  ) with a bit of Javis brown ballast .

The seafoam foliage isnt final yet and was more to get an idea of the foliage needed todisguise the end of the pipe.

As usual question , comments etc are more than welcome ,

Cheers .