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kormsen Mar 18 2009, 03:48 PM
Mel,
on the pic below, if you would replace the straight between the crossing and the turnout with a R1 lefthand turnout - removing the red cabin, you just might get a rail to your shed.
(may be, invading the flowerbed an inch or three)
Mel,
on the pic below, if you would replace the straight between the crossing and the turnout with a R1 lefthand turnout - removing the red cabin, you just might get a rail to your shed.
(may be, invading the flowerbed an inch or three)
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yb281 Mar 18 2009, 04:25 PM
QUOTE(kormsen @ Mar 18 2009, 03:48 PM)
Mel,
on the pic below, if you would replace the straight between the crossing and the turnout with a R1 lefthand turnout - removing the red cabin, you just might get a rail to your shed.
(may be, invading the flowerbed an inch or three)
Hi Kormsen, no it wouldn't fit - that's not a flower bed, it's the base of a whopping great tree!! Besides, all this work is done now (as I said, that picture is several months old) and I'm content with what I've got. It's always a question of compromise when you're short of space .
QUOTE(kormsen @ Mar 18 2009, 03:48 PM)
Mel,
on the pic below, if you would replace the straight between the crossing and the turnout with a R1 lefthand turnout - removing the red cabin, you just might get a rail to your shed.
(may be, invading the flowerbed an inch or three)
Hi Kormsen, no it wouldn't fit - that's not a flower bed, it's the base of a whopping great tree!! Besides, all this work is done now (as I said, that picture is several months old) and I'm content with what I've got. It's always a question of compromise when you're short of space .
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rhaetianfan Mar 18 2009, 07:02 PM
Great pictures Mel, and some fantastic details which bring it all to life. Station cat is particularly realistic and given that we're not that fussy about scale and gauge, mixing 1:1 with 1:twenty-something is fine by me
M
Great pictures Mel, and some fantastic details which bring it all to life. Station cat is particularly realistic and given that we're not that fussy about scale and gauge, mixing 1:1 with 1:twenty-something is fine by me
M
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yb281 Mar 19 2009, 04:31 PM
Cheers Mark .
Well after much thought and staring at it, I decided that Matt was right (I hate it when that happens ) and the engine shed did look better the "wrong" way round. I couldn't be doing with those windows being left unpainted though, so that was this mornings job.
I'm fairly sure this is how it will stay now.
Cheers Mark .
Well after much thought and staring at it, I decided that Matt was right (I hate it when that happens ) and the engine shed did look better the "wrong" way round. I couldn't be doing with those windows being left unpainted though, so that was this mornings job.
I'm fairly sure this is how it will stay now.
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yb281 Mar 19 2009, 10:15 PM
QUOTE(JRinTawa @ Mar 19 2009, 09:55 PM)
Yep Mel, looks good this way round, now the but Can you make a small doorway through the back wall
Bigjack recently tried drilling a hole in a Tuxcraft building to install a light John. Having heard his experience, the answer has to be no . The entrance must be either on the side of the building facing the water tower or at the other end.
QUOTE(JRinTawa @ Mar 19 2009, 09:55 PM)
Yep Mel, looks good this way round, now the but Can you make a small doorway through the back wall
Bigjack recently tried drilling a hole in a Tuxcraft building to install a light John. Having heard his experience, the answer has to be no . The entrance must be either on the side of the building facing the water tower or at the other end.
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brianthesnail96 Mar 19 2009, 10:49 PM
QUOTE(yb281 @ Mar 19 2009, 04:31 PM)
Cheers Mark .
Well after much thought and staring at it, I decided that Matt was right (I hate it when that happens ) and the engine shed did look better the "wrong" way round. I couldn't be doing with those windows being left unpainted though, so that was this mornings job.
I'm fairly sure this is how it will stay now.
You aren't supposed to actually listen to me, it scares me when that happens.
For all that... I think it looks spot on now Proper magic
Absolutely nothing to complain about, just needs a grubby Frank S
QUOTE(yb281 @ Mar 19 2009, 04:31 PM)
Cheers Mark .
Well after much thought and staring at it, I decided that Matt was right (I hate it when that happens ) and the engine shed did look better the "wrong" way round. I couldn't be doing with those windows being left unpainted though, so that was this mornings job.
I'm fairly sure this is how it will stay now.
You aren't supposed to actually listen to me, it scares me when that happens.
For all that... I think it looks spot on now Proper magic
Absolutely nothing to complain about, just needs a grubby Frank S
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yb281 Mar 20 2009, 06:57 PM
QUOTE(Stationjade @ Mar 19 2009, 10:45 PM)
I am sure you could get a point in by the side of it
What do you reckon Steve? A double slip?
Well today's job was to ballast the engine prep siding. I wanted to replicate that black, oily, wet, ash ballast that you get around engine sheds. When I originally did this I used some crushed ash and clinker that I scrounged from the Talyllyn Railway, but it didn't last long as either the birds seemed to take a shine to it, or it got washed away. So this time I tried to make something a bit more long lasting.
First I put down a dry layer of Don's (Granitechops) recipe for ballast. This was sprayed with water and left for a few hours to dry. The problem with anything containing cement is that it dries so light - much lighter than I wanted. So next I tipped gloss black paint on it. This was a bit too thick to soak into the ballast (if you want to model a beach that's been polluted by an oil spill, this is the way to do it ), so I thinned it down with white spirit. This looked better, but still wasn't quite right. So I smashed up some lumps of coal and pushed the smallest lumps into the black paint. Then I tamped it down fairly flat before tipping coal dust on top of the lot.
The sides of the track looked a bit of a mess, so I dry brushed it with matt rust coloured paint.
The finished ballast. It actually looks darker and is flatter than the camera makes it look. The gloss black showing through looks like spilt water or oil.
QUOTE(Stationjade @ Mar 19 2009, 10:45 PM)
I am sure you could get a point in by the side of it
What do you reckon Steve? A double slip?
Well today's job was to ballast the engine prep siding. I wanted to replicate that black, oily, wet, ash ballast that you get around engine sheds. When I originally did this I used some crushed ash and clinker that I scrounged from the Talyllyn Railway, but it didn't last long as either the birds seemed to take a shine to it, or it got washed away. So this time I tried to make something a bit more long lasting.
First I put down a dry layer of Don's (Granitechops) recipe for ballast. This was sprayed with water and left for a few hours to dry. The problem with anything containing cement is that it dries so light - much lighter than I wanted. So next I tipped gloss black paint on it. This was a bit too thick to soak into the ballast (if you want to model a beach that's been polluted by an oil spill, this is the way to do it ), so I thinned it down with white spirit. This looked better, but still wasn't quite right. So I smashed up some lumps of coal and pushed the smallest lumps into the black paint. Then I tamped it down fairly flat before tipping coal dust on top of the lot.
The sides of the track looked a bit of a mess, so I dry brushed it with matt rust coloured paint.
The finished ballast. It actually looks darker and is flatter than the camera makes it look. The gloss black showing through looks like spilt water or oil.
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GIZLIZ Mar 20 2009, 07:28 PM
QUOTE(yb281 @ Mar 20 2009, 06:57 PM)
QUOTE(Stationjade @ Mar 19 2009, 10:45 PM)
I am sure you could get a point in by the side of it
What do you reckon Steve? A double slip?
Well today's job was to ballast the engine prep siding. I wanted to replicate that black, oily, wet, ash ballast that you get around engine sheds. When I originally did this I used some crushed ash and clinker that I scrounged from the Talyllyn Railway, but it didn't last long as either the birds seemed to take a shine to it, or it got washed away. So this time I tried to make something a bit more long lasting.
First I put down a dry layer of Don's (Granitechops) recipe for ballast. This was sprayed with water and left for a few hours to dry. The problem with anything containing cement is that it dries so light - much lighter than I wanted. So next I tipped gloss black paint on it. This was a bit too thick to soak into the ballast (if you want to model a beach that's been polluted by an oil spill, this is the way to do it ), so I thinned it down with white spirit. This looked better, but still wasn't quite right. So I smashed up some lumps of coal and pushed the smallest lumps into the black paint. Then I tamped it down fairly flat before tipping coal dust on top of the lot.
The sides of the track looked a bit of a mess, so I dry brushed it with matt rust coloured paint.
The finished ballast. It actually looks darker and is flatter than the camera makes it look. The gloss black showing through looks like spilt water or oil.
Like it Mel!
(BTW Piko are to make an R1 Double Slip....one day!)
QUOTE(yb281 @ Mar 20 2009, 06:57 PM)
QUOTE(Stationjade @ Mar 19 2009, 10:45 PM)
I am sure you could get a point in by the side of it
What do you reckon Steve? A double slip?
Well today's job was to ballast the engine prep siding. I wanted to replicate that black, oily, wet, ash ballast that you get around engine sheds. When I originally did this I used some crushed ash and clinker that I scrounged from the Talyllyn Railway, but it didn't last long as either the birds seemed to take a shine to it, or it got washed away. So this time I tried to make something a bit more long lasting.
First I put down a dry layer of Don's (Granitechops) recipe for ballast. This was sprayed with water and left for a few hours to dry. The problem with anything containing cement is that it dries so light - much lighter than I wanted. So next I tipped gloss black paint on it. This was a bit too thick to soak into the ballast (if you want to model a beach that's been polluted by an oil spill, this is the way to do it ), so I thinned it down with white spirit. This looked better, but still wasn't quite right. So I smashed up some lumps of coal and pushed the smallest lumps into the black paint. Then I tamped it down fairly flat before tipping coal dust on top of the lot.
The sides of the track looked a bit of a mess, so I dry brushed it with matt rust coloured paint.
The finished ballast. It actually looks darker and is flatter than the camera makes it look. The gloss black showing through looks like spilt water or oil.
Like it Mel!
(BTW Piko are to make an R1 Double Slip....one day!)