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On 23/06/2023 at 20:22, F-UnitMad said:

IIRC there's one of Ben Ashworth's photos, taken at Coleford S&W station I think, with a Pannier shunting, & a Vauxhall Cresta parked in the yard.

Prototype for Everything.... 😁👍

You do recall correctly. That's where I got the idea  :)

Thanks for the replies. Some food for thought there. Funnily enough building the fence was on my “to do” list, so I’ll get that done and see what it looks like with that in place.

Thoughts please. I am considering whether to add a small shed or domestic garage between the cottage and the track. Having tried it, I think it blocks the view of the cottage and detracts from the scene so I am minded to leave it out. What do you think?

1 hour ago, Graham T said:

Using graph paper to aid with lining up on the roof is a good idea - I'll steal that one if you don't mind!  I also like the idea of using cover slips for the glazing.  A couple of questions on that if I may - how did you glue them into the building, and what did you use for the glazing bars and frames?

Hi Graham. The glazing is stuck in with small strips of masking tape, stuck to the back of the glazing and to the inside of the building. No risk of any drips or adhesive on the glass with this method. I prefer the glass as I think it looks better than plastic. It is also dead flat. 

The glazing bars are done by cutting the main frame from 10thou plastic card. The glazing bars are 0.4mm plastic rod, glued behind the main frame with solvent. Pending used to do a similar thing with thin card and cotton I think.

Alex

I’ve nearly finished the crossing keepers cottage. It still needs some flashing round the chimney and porch.

The roof is made from card. I stick some graph paper to it, and use this a a guideline for applying laser cut slates from scale model scenery. 
Glazing is glass using microscope slide cover slips ( You can buy a box of these very useful items online. I use them for glazing and puddles)

The porch is built up from plastic card. I used a bit of planked plastic card for the base of the roof to give me the lines for laying the slates.

7 hours ago, mullie said:

Sorry to hear this,  must be disappointing,  could the layout have another outing somewhere else?

 

Martyn

 

Thanks Martyn. One of the issues is that while Yelverton packs in the car, once all the ancillary bits like legs and lights are in its full and we don't want to be thundering up the A38 with the car so full you can't see out of the back window.  Lydbrook Dean addresses the problem as it is significantly smaller.

Alex

3 hours ago, mullie said:

Should your quarry vehicles also be dirtier? The ones round here are filthy as are our cars when it is wet and they have been moving their massive machinery along the roads. 

 

Just a thought?

Hi Martyn

Short answer is yes, but to qualify. The Dennis tipper (behind the bushes in the pictures is pretty much done I think. It still needs glazing and a load, after which I’ll put a bit mud on it. I’ve addd a pic so you can see where I’m up to. What do you think?

The Austin is still a WIP and needs weathering. I’m planning to make it pretty battered, but first I need to sort out the lettering

In other news Lydbrook Dean has just been confirmed for the Edington show next year.

7 minutes ago, KeithHC said:

With all those puddles that Vauxhall is way too clean. But a great model.

 

Keith

It is indeed Keith. It only came out of the box about 5 minutes before I took the photo. It will be toned down/blended in.

8 hours ago, MrWolf said:

A certain famous brand available at pretty much any petrol station managed to put me off pasties for life. Also sausage rolls. Bleh.

Those aren’t pasties. Not liking them just means you are normal. You could still enjoy a proper pasty.

On 26/05/2023 at 07:32, Stubby47 said:

...with their little  windows and smells wafting in of Paris and fresh baguettes...

Redruth has an atmosphere all of its own  😊

Whitehill Quarry: A Landrover draws up so it’s occupants can make an inspection of the quarry face while a tipper lorry can be seen behind the bushes coming down the track to the railhead.

1 hour ago, 46444 said:

 

Nice shot Alex.

 

I remember that tunnel before lighting  was fitted. There's a slight curve in the middle.

 

Living in Woolwell, North Plymouth at the time I could cycle up to the Skylark at Clearbrook. The tunnel was always fun on a dark winter's night.

 

Before the tarmac surface came the route was a mixture of tree stumps and an un-even muddy surface.

 

Cheers, 

 

Mark 

 

 

I don't like going through it, even with the lights. I find I get disorientated very quickly. It's better than Grenofen though. That one is shorter and straight, but the lights aren't so bright, and you need an umbrella most of the time.

Progress on landscaping in the goods yard. The preprinted track has been ballasted. Where the rails are sunk into the yard at the ends of the sidings I have used Das, and round the points I have used chinchilla dust, applied dry and fixed in place with Woodland Scenics scenic cement. When dry it will be weathered.

On the yard surface there are some puddles made from glass microscope slide cover slips, painted on the reverse and epoxied in to holes cut in the yard surface. They are blended into the yard surface with Das. Some more broken areas of the surface are made by cutting holes in the surface which are then filled with chinchilla dust and blended in with Das

Plym valley rather than the Forest of Dean and late May rather than October, but I thought it might be a useful reference for the vegetation round Whitehill tunnel at Lydbrook Dean ( It is actually the North end of Shaugh tunnel on the Plymouth-Tavistock line)

18 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said:

I like the station building, Alex, what is it's provenance, please?

 

Its the Wiils kit, Tim, with the slates replaced with laser cut ones from Scale Model Scenery .

The disused passenger station at Lydbrook Dean. Preparing the track for ballasting and starting to build up the ground cover in the yard.

17 hours ago, Captain Kernow said:

But it's still a youngster!!!!

 

Thanks for the kind comments. I'm afraid it isn't the age of the layout that is the issue here, but that of the operator. I need something that is easier to transport and set up. Lydbrook Dean has been designed with that in mind and incorporates much of what I have learned with Yelverton, so it will be a successor which I am looking forward to taking out and about.

Alex

On 02/05/2023 at 21:05, Popeye said:

The model looks stunning, it would be great to see it in the flesh if you venture up to the Midlands one day.

 

Having read through the full thread and seeing the images on the latter pages showing Yelverton almost finished is it possible for the lost images to be reloaded?

 

I know it's a big ask and not easily or quickly carried out but would put into context the text that accompanies them during the construction, painting and weathering.

 

Andy

Hi Andy. I'll see what I can do. An additional problem is that I broke the phone on which some of the photo were taken and I may have lost some of them.

Yelverton is being retired from the exhibition circuit in July, but have a look at it's successor Lydbrook Dean, which will be more suited to travelling!

Alex