I've been out on a photo shoot today, looking at docks.

This is how I want the water around the tug in the deeper parts to look.



It's very different from what you're doing, but equally challenging I think.

It's taken with my iPhone, but you get the idea.

I might start a thread about it.  You can have yours back now.  :lol:

With the water level now about where it needed to be the final touches happened pretty quickly.

The original "white water" painted onto the first layer of varnish was now about 8 layers of varnish and one layer of Glass coat down and was quite subdued. Another dry brushing of warm white acrylic was added followed by a final layer of varnish.

A couple more additions of scatter to represent moss on the rocks and then the trees I'd made earlier in the week were added.

From the road bridge near the mill the waterfall hillside looks like this….






A little bit closer…







and from the upper rail bridge….






Reckon that'll do!

Later on, when it's time to detail the layout there will be a railing on the side of the path up the hill and some tourists enjoying falls.

But for now…. it's back to soldering relays.

cheers

Marty

Wow. Don't know what to say. I don't think I would do the railings on the path. IMO it would retract from the natural look that it has. The tourists yes, back packers. But not the railings. Only my opinion of course. I'm sure whatever you do it will be fine. It's stunning Marty ( found some words but still not good enough ) what an art.

Cheers

Toto

Marty what to say ? you have excelled yourself,wow,:doublethumb
:thumbs:cool:

Excellent!

some tourists enjoying falls.

That's why you need the railings; hope they didn't hurt themselves,  or were they Bungee jumping? :roll:

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and from the upper rail bridge….







Marty

VBG
:thumbs :cheers :pathead

Just stunning mate , up there with the best.  :thumbs


 Cheers

   Matt

I agree with Matt`s choice of words, in that stunning describes this project……well done Marty!!!
:thumbs:thumbs:thumbs:thumbs:thumbs

By the way, I`m sure I saw a deer running amongst those trees????:hmm

:cheers  Gormo

I echo the last 2 posts, great vista mate :doublethumb

Cheers
Ron

…………….. and he's doing this in N gauge, quite amazing :thumbs:thumbs:thumbs


Ed

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Marty

Looking good Marty is the water ment to come out of the pipe the other side of the track if so Waiting to see how you get it a half full of water to match the flow down the rock face of the water fall :hmm

Yeah same here ,but Marty what a great job you have made of that water feature.  Perhaps you have something in mind for the water flow to disappear to.   Well done mate.

Smashing work Marty. :doublethumb

Maybe you need to be put in a permanant state of 'the flu..'

Max, this could be useful to you : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgWt137zpkQ

Cheers, Gary.

Thanks All.

I must admit that I'm very pleased with how it turned out.

Yes Stuart and Reg, The plan is to have the water gushing out of the pipe in the picture above and there is a brook that joins up with the river.

As I fill it up I'll record the adventure… It's a bit tight in there but I'm hoping that as I fill the river the Glass coat will back fill the brook.

Cheers

Marty

Llandyfriog Junction progresses, all of the relays have been wired to change the frog polarity of the points that they are associated with. That means that any further wiring, LEDs for the panel, switching for the point motors and signals and inter locking requires wires going from the plank to a panel.






And a close up of the wiring under the double slip.






…and after an afternoon in Bodgit and Scarpers workshop the beginnings of the Llandyfriog Junction lever frame and mimic panel board.






Mostly over the flu thank goodness… Back to work tomorrow.


Marty

It's one thing having the flu and another having a few days off to progress on the layout. Great work and good progress Marty. Looks like model railways is the cure for the flu ! ;-)

Cheers, Gary.

The wife thought the stream was a real place so just show's how good it is and in N gauge!!
Nice one..

Cheers
Ron

 
Llandyfriog Junction Signal Box diagram… drawn in Microsoft powerpoint and based on the box diagrams from Adrian Vaughan's "The Heart of the Great Western" book.

24 lever frame … no spares… and that's without facing point locks (which I refuse to even contemplate in N gauge), there should be 3 on this layout…. and I'm assuming that all signals are within the signalman's range of vision except the distants and as they don't bring loco's to a halt they don't need track circuiting or detection.

11, 12 and 13 are isolating switches (DC wiring) to allow an engine to be brought to a stand and isolated while another is used.

Need to add a cab control switch but I've forgotten the name of the Cabs, Dia and Tommy I think, can sort that out next week.

LED's will be set into the diagram to indicate direction of point throw… hopefully start that over the weekend… inclement forecast has postponed this weekends camper trailer trip (the chance of thunderstorms and still recovering from the flu)… so it's working on the railway instead.

How sad :lol:

cheers

Marty

Hi Marty

I just wanted to add my two bits to the chorus of approval that you so rightly received for the waterfall scene last week.

It's absolutely stunning…….getting static imitation water to look as though it's moving is actually amazingly difficult……you make it look easy….brilliant modelling

Kind regards

John