RMweb Gold Savoyard Posted February 8, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2022 On 01/02/2022 at 17:06, railwayrod said: Hi Peter. I have been away from your thread for some time and I am pleased to see how much progress you have made over the ensuing months. I do like the Deltic which I remember as a young lad passing through Rugby station on its way north. Next time you visit Ramchester please bring it down with you as I would love to see it running into Ramchester. I am sure it will look good. Keep up the good work. Rod Hi Rod, I've got my scenery modelling mojo back rather than playing with smoke units and magnetic couplings! I will bring the Deltic down with me next time I visit which may be sometime in April and we can give it a run. It needs a run as it was running erratically last time I ran it and so it may need some tweaking. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Savoyard Posted February 8, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2022 (edited) I started weathering the bridge and wall with Modelmates Moss Green, tomorrow I will darken it further with Mud Brown to give an even more mucky effect. Edited February 9, 2022 by Savoyard 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jamest Posted February 9, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 9, 2022 Hi, The stonework looks great. Regards, James 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Savoyard Posted February 12, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 12, 2022 (edited) I started work on the back of the station. I had always planned for this to be a raised area to be the reason the track curving. So I mocked it up using using some spare polystyrene, I plan to have a pair of low relief cottages on the back to represent railway cottages, I placed the station building on it to get an idea of proportions. There will be a tunnel at the end of the station which is now disused and will be bricked up, I will resist the temptation for a link into the garden as I don't think I will get planning permission for that! I am off to the Doncaster exhibition today so looking forward to seeing what I can get for the layout. Edited February 12, 2022 by Savoyard 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Savoyard Posted February 15, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 15, 2022 On Friday I continued the weathering and darkening the bridge and wall stone, unfortunately I ran out of the brown washes I use and Modelmates has ceased trading. Luckily I found a source on Ebay and ordered the three remaining they have in stock, so whilst I wait for them to arrive I started work on the back of the station. The weathering so far. On Saturday I went to Doncaster and bought a few things for the layout, including a row of terraced cottages from Petite Properties for the back of the station. I realigned the back board to work better with the cottages at the side of the railway and rebuilt the raised area. I started building the cottages and this the work so far. Yesterday I started mocking up how the tunnel area will look, my new polystyrene cutter made this a lot easier and a lot less messy. This area will no doubt change over the next few days. The overall look of this part of the layout. I also bought the Petite Properties buildings that make up their Station Road set, this will go on the opposite side to make a street scene. I also bought some buildings from LCUT Creative including their country station which I think will work better on the platform, more on these later. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ray H Posted February 15, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 15, 2022 Peter I'm considering using a tunnel to hide part of new O gauge layout. Can you advise where you got the dimensions for the railway arch under you bridge? Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daifly Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 https://www.gaugeoguild.com/gogwiki/doku.php?id=revisedmanual:man_standards 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Savoyard Posted February 15, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 15, 2022 6 hours ago, Ray H said: Peter I'm considering using a tunnel to hide part of new O gauge layout. Can you advise where you got the dimensions for the railway arch under you bridge? Thanks. Hi Ray, I used the PECO double track bridge as a template for the height, width and the curve on the arch. I'll measure it for you when I'm in the shed later. Regards, Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ray H Posted February 15, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 15, 2022 Many Thanks. Daifly's post was useful (thanks) but it would be good to know the radius of the arch, assuming it doesn't change. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Savoyard Posted February 18, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted February 18, 2022 On 15/02/2022 at 09:15, Ray H said: Peter I'm considering using a tunnel to hide part of new O gauge layout. Can you advise where you got the dimensions for the railway arch under you bridge? Thanks. Hi Ray, I hope this diagram helps, I outlined the actual arch. Regards, Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Savoyard Posted September 21, 2022 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 21, 2022 As I've lost all the content of this thread and I haven't posted for quite a while, I decided to start a new thread and show the work I've been doing over the last few months and more so the last three weeks. Ploverleigh - An evolving O Gauge Layout I 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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