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Spanish metre gauge in G scale (on the cheap)
Just indulging in another small 'Woohoo Moment' as I have finally joined up the pretty bits around the whole of my main line circuit. For several years, there was a patch of bare weeds right in the centre of the garden, destined to become the new station one day, but this summer I ran out of excuses and have created at least the main infrastructure. The station building ought to follow over the winter. Though I say it myself, I am quite chuffed with this so far.
General layout with yards to left (for loco shed) and right (2 industrial sidings), 2 bay platforms, left for goods shed and right for Branch Line to El Boixar and of course the double track Main down the centre:
Level crossing adjacent to the tunnel mouth. The road is made from leftover tiles from our kitchen!
The street behind seems to provide the backdrop I was aiming for - I published a bit about it before in this Forum {https://www.gscalecentral.net/buildings-bridges-lineside/calle-la-estacion-(station-street)/}. The crossing is non-working but is intended to represent the older type with a cable and remote winch. Only the red traffic light needs to be lit, of course (LED). Usual bits used include a screw from a washing machine for the electric bell, pre-war Meccano and a bit of old umbrella as the barrier mechanism:
Definitely would not recommend siting stations on a curve - the 2 platforms took about 1000 individually cut bits of Alcan Forex, 170 cocktail sticks and about 400ml of 'Uhu' and took over 3 weeks to build. The station building itself will go to the right of the closest lamp post, opposite the foot crossing and will need to be a strange shape to occupy the curved site:
I have been pleased with the planting so far. I set several plants and troughs into the ground around the baseboards before I began and so far so good and even my 'bonsai' hebe bushes are surviving:
The street has just dropped into position for the day, to give me an idea of how it looks, but apart from the dodgy pavement, I think it is fairly convincing:
That's enough blowing my own trumpet for now! One last one, though - another look down the street. The Campsa petrol lorry was bashed from a Luftwaffe fire engine and will be getting a home in the little fuel depot being made for one of the industrial sidings. Another winter project, that one. It is parked strangely, to hide the big coil of 1:1 network cable which is ready to connect the station lighting!
General layout with yards to left (for loco shed) and right (2 industrial sidings), 2 bay platforms, left for goods shed and right for Branch Line to El Boixar and of course the double track Main down the centre:
Level crossing adjacent to the tunnel mouth. The road is made from leftover tiles from our kitchen!
The street behind seems to provide the backdrop I was aiming for - I published a bit about it before in this Forum {https://www.gscalecentral.net/buildings-bridges-lineside/calle-la-estacion-(station-street)/}. The crossing is non-working but is intended to represent the older type with a cable and remote winch. Only the red traffic light needs to be lit, of course (LED). Usual bits used include a screw from a washing machine for the electric bell, pre-war Meccano and a bit of old umbrella as the barrier mechanism:
Definitely would not recommend siting stations on a curve - the 2 platforms took about 1000 individually cut bits of Alcan Forex, 170 cocktail sticks and about 400ml of 'Uhu' and took over 3 weeks to build. The station building itself will go to the right of the closest lamp post, opposite the foot crossing and will need to be a strange shape to occupy the curved site:
I have been pleased with the planting so far. I set several plants and troughs into the ground around the baseboards before I began and so far so good and even my 'bonsai' hebe bushes are surviving:
The street has just dropped into position for the day, to give me an idea of how it looks, but apart from the dodgy pavement, I think it is fairly convincing:
That's enough blowing my own trumpet for now! One last one, though - another look down the street. The Campsa petrol lorry was bashed from a Luftwaffe fire engine and will be getting a home in the little fuel depot being made for one of the industrial sidings. Another winter project, that one. It is parked strangely, to hide the big coil of 1:1 network cable which is ready to connect the station lighting!
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