THS92-GWR-NO

Hey Richard! How did the show go? Any photos for those of us who didn't get to see it?

Hi all! My appologies for not keeping things going, but the past 7 months has been pretty heavy in real life, so modelling has taken a backseat. There has been a lot of debate among friends in the modelling world about the yard layout. And here is one of the results, even with signalling. Signalling here has been to make platforms bi-directional, a lot inspired by what I found at Bishop's Lydeard on the West Somerset Railway last year. Signals has been categorised based on them bein for Harbour line, sheds, yard, mainline or branch-line. As for progress on the layout, this spring I realised that there was no way of getting my elevations and the viaduct to fly with rail alining. This led to the whole viaduct section being ripped. I have redone a baseboard for this, as a flat corner (non removable at the moment as I realised that one of the reasons I didn't get my mojo back was a lack of opportunity to run trains while working. This was becomming a serious problem. So, until I get it fully removable again (hate crawling on the floor after all), it is in fixed place. I found I was having an issue with my mountain too, so that is being redone, now with proper wood supports. On the stock and loco side of things, a few Hattons GWR coaches has made an appearance, as has Accurascale's Anthony Manor. There is even rumors of a Rapido GWR 15xx getting close. As always, comments are welcome.

Yeah :) And seeing as I'm not native to the UK many names that makes sence to you guys, I struggle with placing. So glad to get the hint about who could possibly be good livery candidates :)

Fair point, for me it is important to find something that will go well along a GWR scene - such as delivering to a GWR yard for a mixed freight / stopping freight. Thanks for the tip of what models would work :)

Thanks! Finding a list of companys that had them has been difficult, as I haven't found any good lists of users. Most can be found on wikipedia, but not in this case 😅

No, but something from what would be GWR territory in the 20s and 30s :)

I wonder which of these would be most fitting for a GWR based layout without invoking rule 1? 🙃

Looks awesome, next year I will be in attendance. Maybe I'll bring something too in OO or something else, just need to be able to pack it safely :)

Part four - 3D printing 6 months ago I bought a Flashforge Adventurer 3PRO. I have only barely started using it, but I wanted a canal boat for my shelf. For a first attempt I am quite happy with it. First round of painting was the hull after removing supports. This was a bit rushed, and I haven't had any primer to use ( I know, I know...) Painting is still a work in progress, both on the back scene and the models. Current status on the painting. More to come in part five.

With time since last post having been extremely busy with vacation and work travels, my modelling efforts have been severely hampered. Most of my modelling have been spent on my first diorama "Mental Health on a shelf". I inteded to use this to test some techniques before applying to the main layout. I've tried 3D printing, various painting and ballasting combinations. Tried static grass but wasn't happy with my attempt at that, and got scatter to be good (or at least okay for a first attempt) Some painting has been done, and my God that did a lot of good for my selfasteam on modelling. The diorama has given me the break and some feeling of progress, so motivation is back. The branch river scene has gotten some attention giving a it more of a feeling of direction. A retaining wall is in place, tried some scatter and static grass too. Unfortunatly I managed to glue a point solid, so been some salvagework getting it back to working order. Added some more detailing to the viaduct sectuon (my appologies for a bad photo) With more painting done With this project, I also got around to organizing my paint supplies better. Summary: Quite happy with what I've done, but plenty to do getting back on track with other parts of the main layout. Comments and thoughts as always welcome!

Or just order online ;)

Hey Richard! Really looks awesome! How was the show in Bergen?

All of a sudden I was reminded of Murder She Wrote - The Celtic Riddle :D Looks truly marvelous! :D

The new photos look great here :)

Part three At this point I had little over 2 evenings left before publishing results. I've always been a person who's been better at working under pressure. Certainly got my fair bit of this now. I had two more places that needed foam, possibly three pending on the head siding being there or not. I ended up going for the head shunt. That meant three places to fill up with foam. I used paper rolls to give me a barrier to keep it from going to far, and to give a smoother surface to work with paint and ballast. Having looked at YouTube channel "MärklinOfSweden" I'd learned a trick with using more paper to get rippling effect on water. Decided to try it out here. Using diluted PVA glue and toilet paper I made the canal. Bit of a rush, but much better than the stalemate I usually end up with. Once the foam and paint had settled I mounted it to the wall. This was the final evening, so with few hours left ballasting and painting started Again I opted for the same model of ballasting At this time I had also a goal of getting a canal boat to the scene. This had been 3D printed, but not painted yet. More about that in part four.