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Playing with ideas at Upwell Drove.  

A busy couple of weekends ahead for Lydbrook Dean. Saltash show this weekend 20-21 April and then we are off to SWAG on 28 April.

Currently doing some test running, so I was able to take a few pics of 1623 shunting.

The area to the left of the pub is an old stone masons yard now used for the repair and storage of Lorries.

The first of these as a Bedford TK, made from an EFE model. I gave it a respray of a pale cream colour. I added a couple of struts to the back board from plastic strip. Weathering was washes and powders. I flush glazed the side and back windows but left the windscreen as it was moulded to the curve of the front. 

The load bed was paired Matt earth and weathered with powders to give the look of old wood. The rolled up tarpaulin was from a resin set of tank stowage.

It still needs wing mirrors.

More pictures from Nailsea. A good day our for the panniers.

it team as interesting to hear the reactions of many of the visitors:

1. They recognised the Forest.

2. They knew the pub and often used to drink at it.

3. They liked the Vauxhall  Cresta in the yard and many either had or wanted one

Some pictures of Lydbrook Dean at the Nailsea show today

I’ve painted the new pieces for the improved fiddle yard area and installed the tracks. There are two short tracks behind the sector plate and one on the shelf at the front. They aren’t powered, but assist in the marshalling of stock. There is also a cassette fed by the sector plate that is powered.

I’ve made a start on the landform round the pub group. The buildings are only temporarily installed at the moment and the rooves are removable so I can fit interiors. The land form is built up from card covered with an Artex/pva mix and Das. This is paired an earth colour when dry. Grassy areas are sprinkled with Treemendus earth powder and static grass applied using a layering technique. The stone walls of the lorry park are from Slaters embossed stone sheet. 
 

In the corner of the yard is a wet area. The puddle is my usual method of a microscope cover slip. The moss on the wall is made by dabbing the wall with Humbrol clear it’s and blowing on fine green scatter from a piece of card. Woodland Scenics realistic water is used to create damp patches.

Getting things spruced up ready for Nailsea

A bit more work bedding in the pub. The lorry is temporary, I’ve got a Bedford TK to build.

As a result of test running at Lydbrook Dean and experience at a couple of shows I’ve decided to improve the stock handling area by adding some shelves with non-powered tracks on them around the sector plate to assist in the narshallingof stock in a restricted space

On 23/24 March Lydbrook Dean will be at the Nailsea show. Aoparently there will be some Sheep chap there too, so hopefully we’ll see a few Rm Web members.

Currently into test running to make sure everything is in order. Apart from a dodgy switch on a point motor which will be addressed this weekend, everything seems OK so far.

I’ve taken some pics of the test running.

This is how the group looks all together. Waiting for the paint on the ground to dry (acrylic on das) before working up the ground cover.

More bedding in round the pub. The grass is starting to grow

Some pictures showing how the buildings slot into the landscape and how the baseboard join is obscured.

The pub roof now haas a covering of slates. In the past I used to mark out the roof and cut the slates from strips of writing paper, but my hand/eye coordination isn’t up to that now so I looked around for an easier method. The first picture shows what I do.

I stick a piece of graph paper to the roof, which gives me accurately spaced vertical and horizontal lines. The slates are laser cut from Scale Model Scenery, which give me accurately cut slate strips. These are glued to the roof with pva using the lines on the graph paper as guides. The second picture shows the finished roof.

Finally, a couple of pictures of the current state of play, with a 57xx working in the yard