00 Gauge - The Far North Line
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[user=269]MaxSouthOz[/user] wrote:- A temporary trial to see if they would transplant from the old layout- all now fixed in place and ground bound!Very convincing, Richard. :thumbs The grassy bank looks excellent.
I'm not sure I understand the fence posts being suspended in the air, though. :???:
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Cheers Pete.
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The layout is looking fantastic. Just read through the link to RMweb and have to say it is one of the best 'start to current time' threads I have read, very comprehensive. I don't know where you find the time to model with two threads running (YMR & RM) and all the questions to be answered…! Regardless, can't wait to see more. Keep it coming.
Cheers, Gary.
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I've only had a very cursory scan through looking at the pictures but I like what I see very much and will be having a thorough read through as soon as I can find a bit more time to give it my full attention.
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Some more images I took tonight.
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Any chance of a description of how you produced the back scene? (which software package and how you make the joins seamless?)Ray
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Backscenes are the 15" ID ones, and I can't praise them highly enough.Having worked the old layout without a backscene for years, I found this range when it first appeared a godsend, and the larger ones even better. Joins are tolerated in real life, but are magicced away for photos by a run of the cloning stamp.
I don't do much to photographs as a rule- straighten them up and some cropping is usually enough apart from join-hiding, but some I tweak the backlighting and sometimes gamma brightness- whatever that is- to tone things down a bit, but take the approach that digital pics are free, so if one doesn't work then ditch it and try another. All these are taken with a small Kodak Easyshare pocket camera, that is more than adequate for this type of thing, and I usually underexpose by half a stop, which seems to work for me.
Having said that, I treated myself to a Canon G12 a year or so ago, and was using it on the last days of the old layout, and it was producing some cracking shots, though I say it myself! I will be starting to try this out soon, now that things are coming together.
Any editing is done on a mixture of PhotoScape and PhotoFiltre programmes- both free, and simple to use, and reduced to size with Irfanview. It's a strange set-up, but I found that some bits of each programme were easier for me to get my head round than others, and now I can flit between them at a good speed.
A couple of pics, showing the join!
And some taken recently. The Helmsdale one doesn't have its top coat yet, but most else is in place. Thanks once again for the interest.
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Only just caught up with this thread. What an amazing amount you have achieved in such a short time frame!
It really provides us all with the kick up the backside we all need from time to time.(well,I do,anyway!)
Not only the amount of work,but the extremely high quality of modelling is very,very inspirational.I have read all through nursing a glass of RLW and I now have another modelling hero,and fully intend to check out all your old posts on RMWeb to discover your other layouts.
Keep up the great work,
Cheers,John.B.:thumbs
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Nothing dramatic to report I'm afraid, but I have been putting in point rodding, a tedious job, but one that helps create the overall picture. It is a bit rough and ready, esp. where it meets the points, and would not please any track expert, but passes muster for me. Some of it can be seen here- it is still being weathered and finished, but is another step along the way.The solitary terminus signal can also be seen.
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Cheers Pete.
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The point rodding consists of cast metal stools from MSE - 4mm scale frame -, items LS005 & 6- and etched cranks, and the rodding itself is 0.4mm brass wire from Eileens Emporium- https://www.eileensemporium.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=131&Itemid=9 - and a lot of tedious handwork! The finished effect is worth it though, but there is no ready made for this, I'm afraid.
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Meanwhile, it is tea break at the small PW dept. at Thurso.
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Anyway, a couple of overall shots of the two stations- nothing new in this, but they now have all the "hardware", and I am starting to think about figures and clutter, and try to get a balance between interest and overegging- these were quietish places in the greater scheme of things, but at certain times could have a lot of activity . I'm sure I'll work something out……
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