Mucky Duck

Beautifully and methodically put-together Jon. My only 'spot' is that in the head-on shot, one of the buffers looks slightly askew. Looking forward to seeing the continuation.

Just spotted this Richard and there's been a lot of fine work, not to mention perseverance with those kits… and you've made a really good job of them. Building them after 40 years, that's impressive – and makes me feel a little better about the white metal car kits that I haven't touched for 20-odd years!

Patience is a virtue. Beautiful work! Maybe you could post a couple of these shots in the Night Shots thread

I'm all for a bit of boiler soot, too… makes a massive difference, Tim. I've never really been a big fan of these locos, I don't really know why as this looks fabulous! I'll be adding one to my wants list.

I never realised this was so small. It's amazing how the photographic viewpoint 'increases' the size.

You must be a little sad to see it go, I guess?

Obviously I don't visit blogs often enough as I haven't seen this before. I just love the different levels, the undulating road and the layouts overall compactness!

I know I'm a bit slow off the mark here… my excuse is that I don't go to the blogs as often as forums.

This shelter is stunning, Missy, and your attention to detail in your modelling in general is pretty remarkable,

even more so considering it's 2mm scale! Don't think my eyes could even contemplate such tiny work!

 

The plate girder bridge is built from plasticard. The particular design was chosen because the legs of the 'T' sections are on the inside of the beam (and therefore not seen) with a flat cover plate on the outside. These were made from 10 thou plasticard, rivetted using a rivet tool, as were the vertical legs of the angles top and bottom. The top and bottom flanges are in 20 thou (as their thickness also includes the other leg of the afore mentioned angles) again rivetted but only on the upper surfaces. There are, needless to say, no 'T' sections inside my beams, just spacers between two 40 thou skins. I hope that makes sense. Having a rivetting tool does make the job a lot easier! If you look at my previous blog entry there is a better pic of the girder.

Thanks for that. I've had a closer inspection of the pic you mention and yes, it differs slightly from what I had in mind,

which I'd planned to have outer-facing 'T' sections. Your explanation is spot on and the bridge looks really well-constructed,

I'll be watching your layout with interest… and I'd better get myself a rivetting tool!

Hi Killybegs!

Yes, this is coming along really nicely I must say. I have another question for you.

I'm interested to know how you made the plate girder bridge in the background…

particularly if the panels are divided by rivetted 'T' sections and if so how was this achieved

and where did you purchase the 'bits'? I want to build something very similar for my layout.

Thanks

Ryan

 

Hi Kenton,

 

Totally agree.

Trying to show as much work in progress as I can and there is still lots of work to do on the grass including a trim in places and toning down with some weathering.

Plan to get it all down first then judge the colour tones with a few photos in different lighting conditions.

The stuff in the four foot will be toned down with browns & blacks for sure.

It is the 'summer' blend so I expected it to be quite lush & bright and I think in natural light it will look a little more, well, natural !

Judging by your superb photos in the past I'm sure it will all look spot on when finished. You're also well on the way to finishing first at this rate??

I'm gonna jump on the Missy bandwagon! I've admired your ingenuity throughout this project! Keep it up.

Your Q1 looks beautifully detailed and weathered. Any chance of some larger gallery shots?