NittenDormer

Now I know why the original Scalescenes kit has the parapet wall in A4-size lengths. Even with an assistant, it's hard to hold 3 feet of wall in place while the glue sticks. The final bit needed regluing, helped by some suitably heavy books.

Today is the viaduct parapet. The viaduct is about 3 feet long, so the original model addresses the fact that A4 paper isn't this long by having refuges every 2 arches. I decided I didn't want refugees, so have laminated 3 thicknesses of mount board to the required length and glued multiple cover sheets along it. One finished, the second underway. Because I am a glutton for punishment, I decided I didn't like the standarstandns either, so have been carving the edges at the joints. It is slow but satisfying. You will also seen how short these sections are. Each printed sheet has 2 full length sections, 4 shorter approach wall sections and some refuge sections. Having used the long sections already, it seems a shame to waste the 4 approach sections. I draw the line at using the refuge bits though - they are only about 2cm long. The paper is printed at 110% so the capping stones have a nice side edge on my thickness of card.

Back to the positives... Golf courses are so much nicer to run around without golfers getting in the way.

True or false, that's way better than the ones the Railway Magazine trots out each Christmas.

Gluing the deck edge (?) to the ledge/top of arches. Looks straight enough, although the viaduct foundations may have shifted slightly since it was built in the late 1800s.

Viaduct finally finished and in place, now tracklaying. Thank goodness for tinned tomatoes.

Agree, but also I'm outraged at the speed with which you progressed these between posts. I never knew Bankhall had a coaling tower, where was it?

It's a worrying reflection on my viewing choices that, for programs I choose to watch, the charities don't hope to make much from "only £x per month will make a difference", it's "remember us in your will" is likely to be a better earner.

Literally for months now I have been struggling to scratchbuild/adapt a Scalescenes viaduct. Not following the instructions has resulted in many pauses and an a abandoned attempt. Finally it is starting to take shape, although I am still worried that a vital piece won't fit right at the end.

Chimnea surely? Chiminea only to Dick Van Dyke.

But it does allow the limited and probably reduced capacity delivery network to prioritise more important deliveries. On that note, 120 nerf bullets arrived today.

In light of the current crisis (currently in 14 day home isolation as son coughed and felt hot last week, he was back to normal within 24 hours, so unlikely to be covid-19), the railway support platform in the garage has reverted to its other function, a table-tennis table.

F-UnitMad beat me to it. Eau d'Model Exhibition is its own beast. Old layouts smell... old. Deformed, sun-bent plastic?

There is a Kirkpatrick Fleming near Lockerbie. Always makes me think of a Conan Doyle character.

No hesitation, repitition or deviation

One, two, three...

I've parked in a Lanarkshire (?) Park and Ride (Newton?) and taken the train in, doesn't work out much cheaper, but feels like getting more for your money.

To get back to the use of English, try watching Sky News on mute with subtitles. The mangling is a joy to behold as the Tyler tries to keep up.

My solution to this was: plan the track, print out draw platform with pencil.

I haven't found 1mm and 2mm card, I use mountboard, either from Hobbycraft or a picture framer's offcuts, and bodging. It appears to be 1.3mm thick, so a triple thickness is the same as 2x2mm, which helps for scalescenes walls, buttresses etc.

That is a fun way of hiding the levers! Dare I suggest hinges and a remote control for opening the roof?

For the last month or so, I've been experimenting with building a truss bridge. The side girders are made out of 1.3mm mountboard, once that was done I attempted the smaller cross girders from strips of cereal box. The zigzags on the cross beams are 1mm wide and were pretty fiddly. The whole structure felt very rickety until the upright diagonals went in, now it feels surprisingly robust, although I still wouldn't like to drop it. A quick coat of Halfords grey primer and it's origins are less noticeable. Here it is temporarily crossing Shoebox Gorge: Still got some buttresses to build for either end, but I feel childishly pleased with myself (as befits someone playing with trains!)

This takes me back to all those Beano and Dandy strips, although at that time, the standard reward was only a fiver.

I am always interested in any Waverley Line subjects, also good to see someone else modelling at my kind of pace. Lovely footbridge work.

To be specific: 1) Why do some (but not all) stone viaducts have brick arches? 2) Why do some viaducts have semi circular arches, while others have a distinct 'corner' between arch and pier? Also, does anyone know any good fairly low, urban, northern viaducts? Its all very well having Google, but if you don't know what to search for, its harder to find! Thanks