Leeb

Hi Lee,

 

Thanks for the explantation, as I said I think you've done a great job. What brand/colour scatter do you use?

 

Cheers

 

Ben A.

So sorry i have took so long to get back to you been busy,

I  used woodland scenic scatter,

I used fine turf green 

Fine blended green

Blended Earth

used some other brand but cant seem to remember what it was but in all honesty it all mixes well any way.

Its down to lighting and personal preference really, just have a mess about trying the different combos if it does not look right add some more pva glue and paint mix and try adding different colours i found the thickness of the  scatters built up works well.

Thanks

Lee

Hi there,

 

Nice layout, thanks for posting.

 

How have you represented evergreen/fir/spruce type trees?  They are very effective.

 

cheers

 

Ben A.

Thank you for the kind words

The trees are brought from china (Ebay) they look ok but need a second coat of scatter to hide the metal pronges, so all i did was mix a PVA mix of water glue and a dark paint brown or green together so it was very runny.

I then dipped the trees in the mixture and sprinkled alot of the green colour scenic scatter over the trees making sure it soaked up all the glue, i went back to some of the trees about 30 minutes after and sprinkled more scatter to give a complete secount coat the the trees that need it.

Hope this help thanks

Lee

Had the neibour around found out he loves trains

Hello all

Got the 9fs working double headed and used all the rolling stock had a great few hours here's the video.

Lee

Howdy do all,

Decided to clear up what I don't need from the layout and put them in the for sale section on another forum might go on eBay there are points, point motors, rolling stock, I managed to sort my best runner out , it was as good as dead, would not work properly it would just lock up randomly this happened for 5 years I tried everything but nothing would work, so in desperate times I got the WD40 and squirted it all over everything I could see including the inner motor around the gears you name it got it, after reverse and forwarding it for 20 of mins it sorted out .

Tried it this morning and yeah it was great happy days I say

Lee

Thanks for the kind comments had a quick play so here is the footage .

Enjoy

Lee

Thank you all,

Planted bushes the last trees and generally darkened some of the colours they was too bright, some photos look at bit too dark but it's better in person seems to all blend in nice.

Also finished off the front board and white starting a nice little waterfall that flows of the edge.

Lee

Nice detail love it

Hi all,

Thanks for the comments

Been busy on the layout last week started planting the trees, making a platform on the left side near bridge , wiring the shed storage area fitting the points and finally testing the track out.

Testing is going well with a few minor tweaks with some of the trains and track but all in all its going ok, will get a better video of the storage area once the training is completed by my little camera girl ( She either talks through it or its at a 45 degree angle )lol.

Quickly done this its over due to show some running trains guys

https://youtu.be/2bPhi_vMuos

Enjoy

Lee

That is the best video angle I have ever seen, how the heck did you do that? it's totally blown me away wow.

Lee

Ok cool that sounds a nice move

Hi,

No way was going to ask if you are in the Wolverhampton area, then I seen the graffiti on your video lol not going to believe this but I think we might be neibours.

Lovely layout nice one.

Lee

Hi all,

Decided to have a change and start building the bridge, it should blend in nicely once the colours are added.

Lee

Hello all,

Finally done the job I really hate and got the ballast down, I used fine ballast this time compared to what I used on the last layout it looks much better and more to scale, so happy days.

Also added more green to the sides and redone the grass to the middle I was not happy with the first results.

On the last picture there's is a bit of moving about I now know what I will be doing to that area but will leave that till another day.

Thanks for looking

Lee

That's a nice size layout there, can't wait to see this develope .

Lee

Lovely trackwork there anough to keep you busy playing on the layout

I love how it goes outside nice work so far

Very nice

Lovely work nice pictures

These pictures look real good show well done

That's lovely week done

What a great size layout looks awesome

Lee