TrentValleyRailway

Bristol Model Railway Exhibition 2022 highlights
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Great to see in person and always interesting to see such a great interest in the fiddle yard and behind the scenes sections. 

Some more of the layouts to share including the modern image Deadmans Lane

A very busy Saturday with some areas feeling more spacious than others which were very crowded. Great range of layouts exhibited with highlights of some of them below 

More inspirational layouts at London Festival of Railway Modelling 2022

8 hours ago, TrentValleyRailway said:

Great day out on Friday and plenty of space between layouts and traders that it didnt feel crammed in. Blair Atholl a stand out amongst many great layouts and managed to get some footage of every layout (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCThlKoIXJyqF6ho_bj0A3bA) with thanks to everyone involved and the organisers of the show.  

In other news, now the exhibition has concluded a huge congratulations to all involved and hoping for more of the same next year 

Model Rail Scotland is back... 

Great day out on Friday and plenty of space between layouts and traders that it didnt feel crammed in. Blair Atholl a stand out amongst many great layouts and managed to get some footage of every layout (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCThlKoIXJyqF6ho_bj0A3bA) with thanks to everyone involved and the organisers of the show.  

very grateful for all involved today for putting on the show and providing the highlights reel from the layouts below.

no Warley National this year but here is Warley Local instead, enjoy.

Highlights of all the layouts from the show 

more inspiration for when i get back to the Trent Valley layout...

for those that were unable to attend or didnt get around all the of them, highlights from all the layouts below.

Another excellent year for the Great Electric Train Show - first highlights are the Making Tracks West Coast Main Line layout by Pete Waterman and Railnuts group.

On 04/05/2021 at 11:00, ISW said:

Matt,

 

May I ask which ballast you used for the mainlines? It looks about the right 'colour' for my own layout, if the black bits were removed. I'm hoping you 'added' the black stones as your own 'mix' and that the remainder of the ingredients would be suitable.

 

Ian

hello, 

I then went on to weather up the track rails and ballast so the darker stones are now not as much of a stand out.

For the ballast on the mainline it is Hattons modern grey blend - fine

thanks.

Some pictures of progress from last few months...

A detailed look at the track laying for the inclines and transition from inclines to the scenic section. The track is code 75 and is pinned down on the inclines whilst the transition to the scenic section track is glued down with copydex. Part 2 will eventually follow looking at the track laying on the main lines and container depot for the scenic section.

On 07/04/2021 at 17:13, ISW said:

Matt,

 

That's a big improvement. Can I ask what static grass you used 'before' and 'after'? 

 

Ian

Hi Ian,

before I used summer green grass mixture between woodland scenic and green scenes long fibres. After I mixed in some spring of both brands mentioned previously and added some darker scatter over the top of the static grass. Much more realistic to have lots of different colours now and a fade of colours on the embankments. 
 

thanks, 

Matt

During recent work for the embankments I made the grass area on top of the tunnel area more realistic in colours and to some extent making it look more weathered with the before 

and after below

What a difference scenery and a backscene makes from this ... 

to this - which is a still not finished as yet