Tricky

I don’t mind at all in you sharing credited photos, and thanks for asking, and also thanks for your kind comments .

No probs.

Hi Rich, I fear the photos are long gone. But I'll have a look back and see...

At long last I have managed to gain access to where the backscene was stored. I’ve plonked it on at the moment until such time as I can fix it properly. It’s all looking a bit sad and in need of some TLC. But the point is, not having this in place has been holding me up from being able to do anything meaningful but now I can crack on with proper restoration work and finally position the buildings. I shall also be sorting out the mill gantry, and possibly still do something with the quay wall - still not happy with the scenic arrangement…

Laser cut 0.8mm ply.

Yes….you are indeed telling me what I really already knew! I may replace the wooden boarding with a brick arch and then under-sling the brackets.

You may be wondering if I have renagued on my promise to keep Tewks progress ticking over - fear not dear reader! I have quietly been working away on a few things, namely: The Mill has new windows, boarding over the opening, a loading platform with fancy ‘cast iron’ brackets and a hoist beam. The building has yet to be permanently bedded in but I can’t do that until the backscene comes out of store and is fitted. I have also fitted a row of my 3D printed bollards along the quay edge. These help quite a lot to give the scene a Victorian/Edwardian industrial look. I have got all my rolling stock out and have made a start on going through them one by one and repairing etc as needed. Lastly I have started to draw the level crossing gates which will go over at the right hand end. I think once the said backscene is in this will enable me to position all of the low relief buildings as well along the back wall.

Thanks - that’s a super photo and really good colour too for 1939. I’m committed now with the shrubbery so it stays!! The other option might be to move the mill…?!

A simple job but somehow seems to have made quite a difference - I simply added the stone edge to the quay and began infilling the tracks with mountboard offcuts. To my eye it all now looks more ‘meant’ and unified. I hope you agree! A coat of varnish water helps too!

Inbetween other ‘stuff’ I have managed to add some more greenery around the mill/water area. Not entirely convinced but we shall see when the overall scene develops. I don’t think earth and shrubbery would have been allowed to bank up against the mill wall in this way. Any opinions?

I recently finished this little display diorama which will shortly be listed on eBay.

More arty shots from a little display diorama I’ve recently finished.

I have long fancied Barnoldswick as a possible layout. Complete with open cab with bunker screen….

Managing to keep things just about ticking along on Tewks - got a coat of varnish on the water and filled in behind the wall with celotex. This will enable me to add some overhanging vegetation over the wall which will help to blend it all in and make it look a bit more believable. I’ll then be able to fix the mill in place.

The dock wall is in, complete with an abundance of greenery and water-line slime. Next up a few coats of gloss varnish. Steady as she goes…

What scale is this please? I have been looking for Edwardian motor vehicles in 1:43.5. Super photo.

Lest anyone should fear I have already slipped in my resolve to maintain some sort of progress on Tewks, I have managed to put together the revised water’s edge which I’m very pleased with. The wood piles need bedding in. I made a section of wall from my laser scraps box which was nice to begin using them after they’ve been hanging around for a while! I shall paint the brick and weather it before fitting. After which, I can begin to add varnish water. As an aside, I also dug out all of my rolling stock (which only amounts to about 25 wagons) to go through them one by one and repair/refurbish/restore as needed.

My problem was that it wasn’t reliable and the batteries were too large. However, I am sure technology has moved on since then and indeed I don’t think I used the best there was even back then. It was also a pain having to keep recharging, although again, I’m sure technology has also improved there too. In summary, I wouldn’t let my experience cloud your judgement!

That’s very neat and puts mine to shame! I suppose I could replace joins with choc blocks? Any idea why the controller doesn’t come on?

Ah yes, I knew I’d seen it somewhere! Thanks @Compound2632!

Ah yes, I knew I’d seen it somewhere! Thanks @Compound2632!

Without wishing to hijack anything, would anyone happen to have dimensioned drawings of Midland wooden notice boards?

Modest progress today, not worth a photo but progress none the less! On a secondary note, does anyone have dimensioned drawings of Midland Railway wooden notice boards?

I then started the row of upright timbers and rail as seen in the photo of the mill, by chopping up a few lengths of square maple, sticking down to graph paper with double sided tape, adding the rail and resin bolts. A coat of primer last and it will be ready for painting tomorrow. The last job today was to cut another wedge-shaped bit of ply to fill in the gap between baseboards, as the track here is on a gradient.