calvin Streeting

using this idea makes it a bit easyier.. and i also build mine of board on a card template .. and then glue card with point rodding in place.. less aching back leaning over layout  

glue small bits to make fixing easyer

of board build (stools are to compensate for foam track bed)

nice adjustable...  

hi do you press/stamp cobbles in when wet, or carve when dry?

nice..  looks like navvies have been busy carving up that hill.. 

now paints all dry cleaned the rails and shunted all the coaches, trucks, and loco's back into place  realy should print of rest of canopy 

YAY  Proper looking .. looks lie they will get ALL (erm 2 or 3 ) channels...  

nice tidy little scene full of character

and 1 more photo atm,  i am happy with that, not perfect (i can see bits) but works. 

DAM missed black line on back of signal.... lol

ok so after a lot of think about what is next and what has to happen for that to happen etc... The main aim here is to add static grass to a embankment, pump house back yard, and old canal warehouse hard standing, needless to say still not reached the grass stage

Step 1

glue down  and solder drops onto the  yard entrance track, wharfe entrance and coach sideings. and coat with a spray of matt black.

while that was drying, i got distracted and drew and printed some parts for "queen anne's back yard" 2 brew kettles, and water holder, with fire door, and wood store. they make thier own ale, not sure if its any good.

then came the balasting, i dont mind doing this as kalms the brian. but i did realise i needed to sort out hte hed shunt tempoary platform (added when station was alltered and a new plaform  1 and 2 came with the line out of the cutting. also added some stools for point rodding that will go to a main lever frame on the gorund at the end of woodern platform.  

this is old school match stick and wood glue building  painting in matt black as i go. the surface will be woodern coffee sttiring sticks

it dons't 100% follow same hieght as main platform, but i dont mind a step, to show adaption over time

and thus layed all the balast i wanted atm, you can see where i will go to hard standing and coach shed (treacle grit pot) and cobbles for wharfe entrance.(diff slepper partern will be under cobbles.)

and after 1 pot of copydex water and whashing liquid, a lot of time with a 100m syring i got it glued down and once dry masked of and sprayed with dark brown for grime, (hopeing this colour will work with desial, electric and steam.  also some point rodding printed of and in place ..

next pva and dryed dirt for areas under platform and embankment, in prep for the erm grass.. (oh yea )

Will the old body fit a new chassis as I understand the gift problem got a few of those my self

I dont think thats going to fit in the tunnel

Love it ... nice details

There is alot you can do with lights.  See my layout and nicely done kmp

4 hours ago, Alister_G said:

Moreover, it works, and has made a marked difference to the running.

I was surprised how better they are with stay alive.. welcome shoe horning all that in. how many more locos have you got to do. ?

very nice. love the many levels, to create some great views.  

2 hours ago, Jamiel said:

they work well  ver well

nice  

this photo came up on my google chrome cast and the colours / feel reminded me of this layout

best way to read any manual, is the same method as reading academic papers, use the 3 step system

1. Read main title/abstract to make sure its what you are looking for

2. Read the bold headings etc, just to learn what can be done, but not how. and if something is intresting read it then, or if don't understand  google keywords. i think of this like finding out what tools are in the tool box, not how to use them. but you know what can be done with it

3. When needed (aka i know it can do X) read relevent section to find how. as now its relevent its more likely to be remebered

dont read whole manual like you are revising for exam, you only need to know what it can do, not how.

use this button "go to last read post"  

6 minutes ago, Alister_G said:

I'm seriously considering adding the keepalive to the Dapol ones now.

yep snap.. i need to find a good source for micro size (large uf) caps.. what size did you use? mine was a 47,000uf @ 16v  gave the loco a good 2 sec backup

glad you found the problem..  

do you find the stay alive gave smother running?

 i did on my 0-4-0 shunter.. allowed for a lot smother slow running. and now want them in ALL my locos

i do like a proper old school technical drawing, and after a bit of googleing found a fair few from that company  They made A LOT of loco's some very quirky and or spercific designs, it was actually a fun/intresting thing to google.

1 hour ago, The Johnster said:

Sorry, those jerky mechanical movements don’t cut it for me, and having figures in motionless poses looks far more realistic no matter how long it’s taking to unload that crate.  This sort of thing only draws attention to itself.  

Yep I agree ... was more pointing out they do exist:)

12 minutes ago, Tony Teague said:

Surely with the miracle of DCC it should now be possible to install moving figure

yep remeber seeing them on inet once... cannot remeber where? eg