KoniTec

Apologies for the delayed reply, i took a break from modelling for a bit, been a busy year so far. Thank you for the offer anyway, much appreciated. How was your trip to the KWVR?

Hi all, sorry its been a while since I posted anything, life has been happening so I havent had chance. I have managed to get my platform now mostly finished. I used slaters plasticard for the cobbles, and laser cut coping, both painted to look like slightly dirtied stone. It needs some blending where i painted each part slightly differently, but im mostly happy with it. I have also added the path up the roadside and also added some more stone walling, however I did run out of it before finishing what I wanted to do (online shopping to be done over xmas). Il add pictures of those when I get some time.

So I bought peco lk-50 level crossing kit some time ago. I came to the conclusion that the standard length of the gates in this kit would not be enough to span my tracks with the spacing I have. So i bought a second kit and extended all 4 gates. I glued them in place today and think they look ok. I also made a start on the car park rear wall, and added the small stone wall around the cottage garden.

Made some progress now with the goods shed. The doors are removable so I can show it in different door open/closed combinations. I plan to put a basic interior inside, the guttering is ready to be attached but I want to get my windows in first so I dont risk breaking them off.

I can see your concern, it hadn't really crossed my mind to be honest, but essentially there will be various scenery bits to be added later such as fences, stone walls an shrubbery etc which should be enough to help prevent disaster. If after all the scenery is in i still feel it unsafe, then I'l add a small perspex wall at front of layout.

So im still yet to start my ballasting....but I have been making some small progress elsewhere. Platform top surface and coping almost ready to be glued down, and station cottage now has roof, windows and guttering. Trying my best to make more progress, and hopefully as the weather changes for the worst i will get more done.

Little bit more progress. Got the stone wall texture now up on the platform edge. This means i can now move onto ballasting...

Hi Tortuga Thank you for your likes and support. Sorry for the late reply, as you may know RMWeb has been down for a while, seems to be mostly back, apart from the images which im slowly re-adding to my posts again, however, I will answer your questions best I can: 1) The scenery section is 4 metres long, and comprises of 3 sections. The centre section is 2 metres long, with each end section being 1 metre long, this is so I can take both of the 1 metre sections off, up end them, and mount them face down on top f the 2 metre section. This makes it easier to transport for shows. Ive added the picture below to show it stacked. 2) The track is Peco code 75, and all but one of the points are large radius. And one of the points by the double slip that goes to the crossover is a medium radius, simply as that's what fit. 3) I believe that there was no double slip at Oakworth, looking at some very old black and white low resolution photos of when the second line was still in use, it looks like a crossover, however for ease of use for layout purposes, I used a double slip where the second line spurs off over the mainline into the goods yard. I'm trying to keep it as close to real as possible, but have made a few decisions like this to keep it practical. Hopefully this answers your questions. Many Thanks

Screwed down the platform wall, and added a subtle slope to the car park section behind the station building, down towards the front of the layout to better match the real location, and fit better with the sloped road section. The platform top is not yet glued down, but is mostly cut to the correct size.

As I currently have covid (again...) I made a start on my platform. Its the LX414-OO kit from www.scalemodelscenery.co.uk, which is a laser cut kit that requires glueing together. The reason im using this is because its flexible which i needed for my curve. Currently its just taped down until i get the positioning correct, and my smaller wood screws arrive.

Made some more progress. Got the rest of the front scenery brown base coat done, ready for static grass now. And finished spraying the sleeper grime. Ordered my flexible platform, so thats the next step, and picked up some ballast today ready for when the platform is in place.

Mod roc now all dry so moved onto painting. Used Hobbycraft brown ready mixed paint, but found it rubbed off the mod roc, so mixed with some wood glue (as didnt have any PVA to hand) and this is the result. Also made a start on the sleeper grime spray paint...

Made some progress on the landscape. Used a combination of fine aluminium mesh and insulation board covered with Mod Roc. However i did run out of the Mod Roc so this is as far as ive got until more arrives.

Update: Rear and side backscene boards are now in place. I made them removable so i can stick the backscene on at a later date. I have also made a start on my transition corner base boards, which will eventually have traverser boards at 90 degrees to the main layout at each end, making the layout a big C shape for use at shows.

Update: Wiring is now complete, all point motors (Gaugemaster PM-1) are also working and my 2 control panels have been mostly finished (just need prettying up a little) so work has begun on scenery. Ive started with the cottage which I am scratch building as I couldnt find anything suitable. Ive also built my sloped road section and garden for the cottage. I have also mocked up the goods shed in cereal box for now so i could get sizing correct before I scratch build that also.