Ok Marty, you can't fool us anymore…it's 0 gauge right :lol:

 

Phil

[user=380]Kaiser[/user] wrote:

Looking fantastic as ever Marty!  Did you paint the cloud back scene yourself?  It's all very effective. Well done.  Mal

Hello Mal,

Sorry mate, I missed this one, yes, all the back scenes are hand painted, a process I thoroughly enjoy. If you wander backwards through the posts there are how's, why's and wherefores for both the landscape and the sky / clouds.

Cheers

Marty

[user=477]shunter1[/user] wrote:

:???: Hmm Marty there does seem to be something missing around those great tree,s.

Ah I know. A nice flock of crows or starlings, Sparrows maybe pushing it a bit in N gauge?:)

 

regards,

Derek.

Hmmmm, leave it with me… I'll see what I can do. How big is a Starling? About 8", that's a little over 1mm long….it's going to need a microscope and some very fine paintbrushes!!

Thanks for the kind comments all, it motivates me to keep at it.


Over the last couple of weeks a little progress has been made here and there as life permits.

Peco Tunnel mouths arrived from the mother land, were painted, installed, tunnel bore lined and all weathered. Work continues on details around the bridges and river including more trees, understory, reeds along the riverbank, fences, farm track verges, etc.

In the photo below the Thursday afternoon late goods turn is working its way down the valley with an empty cattle wagon train. The Friday cattle market in Newcastle Emlyn was a big thing, the senior station porter ordering the wagons based on experience alone.





Colonel Frobisher is standing ((in the next photo) on the cleared bit of land next to the line that will see, in due course, the construction of Pentrecourt Halt. The trees in the background next to the Altycefan bridge are twigs teased out of a section of brush fence panelling, liberally smothered in PVA glue and then covered in scatter.

There is no water in the river yet, to maintain a consistent colour, both sections of the river will be done at the same time once the other side of the Altycefan Bridge is detailed. (despite me desperately wanting to pour it in to see what it looks like).





The camera is cruel and there is a bunch of tidying up I need to do but progress is slowly being made.

Cheers

Marty

Lovely scenes Marty. Your landscapes are coming on a treat.
Goodluck with the water and starlings!
Maybe a Kingfisher or a crane fishing the stream.

regards,

Derek.

Perhaps when you model the river Marty you could try making some dragoflies or even midges to go with the starlings.:roll:

Hi Marty

I think the back scene blends in really well, the picture just looks right with a GWR goods train meandering through the countryside.

I just want to know what the Colonel has in that suitcase, it never seems to leave his side  :hmm


Ed

Great work Marty
I know what you mean about the river though, that temptation to pour something in is very very hard to resist and I was so happy when I could.
Best of luck with the starlings, I have a crow in 4mm and that's small enough.
Seeing what you achieve in 2mm scale just makes me think sometimes……..

Jim

Everything is just so correct that it makes me so envious!  All those little details are both inspiring and frustrating.

Nevertheless you always give everyone something to aim for in their own constructions, whatever the gauge.

Regards, Peter.

I use the same superlatives all the time Marty but again I have to say, just wonderful.

Ken

G'day Marty,

I think that first photo in your post (904) warrants 'Jigsaw Of The Week'. Fantastic scenery and detailing, very well done.

Cheers, Gary.

Brilliant bridge scenes Marty…magnificent work as usual :doublethumb i wished i had put a bridge scene on mine now……i wonder:hmm

..Dave

[user=878]Gary[/user] wrote:

G'day Marty,

I think that first photo in your post (904) warrants 'Jigsaw Of The Week'. Fantastic scenery and detailing, very well done.

Cheers, Gary.

It can be done.Do you want it this week?.

One word Marty, outstanding.

Alan, I for one would agree that it would make a cracking jigsaw puzzle. Mind you with my track record it would probably take me a day to complete it.

[user=1033]spurno[/user] wrote:

[user=878]Gary[/user] wrote:

G'day Marty,

I think that first photo in your post (904) warrants 'Jigsaw Of The Week'. Fantastic scenery and detailing, very well done.

Cheers, Gary.

It can be done.Do you want it this week?.

Yes, why not !

Hi Marty

I'm just reading through the whole thread (no wonder I can't get anything done) really enjoying it, a real treat, and a stunning layout.

 

 

A Happy New Year to all,
Thank you for your previous comments and encouragement it all helps keep me motivated and rolling on.
Bozzy, 
Glad you enjoyed the journey, long may it continue to entertain.

The madness that is my pre-Christmas rush stalled all progress on the Newcastle Emlyn branch for the two months prior to Boxing Day when, finally, some progress has been made.

You may recall that the Alltcafan Woolen Mill had been left at the point pictured below while the Pentrecourt Halt side of the bridge (to the left) got some vegetation.




There are still things to be done to the Pentrecourt halt side (not least of all scratchbuilding the halt itself) but it was time to do the backscene behind the mill.
The challenge this Christmas was to enjoy trying to get a painting to represent something recognisable and in this case hopefully you get the impression of the Teifi River gorge downstream of the bridge?
For those who know the area well please be aware that all of the hills on the layout have been deliberately scaled up by 1.5 just because the original mock up done at the beginning of the layouts life didn't seem to provide the impact of the hills seen when standing in the valley bottoms looking up!
As such the gorge is a little more imposing than it is in real life, well to my eyes anyway.





The Teifi has had a light wash of 50/50 PVA applied as a temporary "water effect" while the rest of the river banks are being vegetated. The white water is just the still liquid PVA but I really liked the effect and took the photos anyway. Eventually the water will be two pack furniture resin, tinted green and poured until it just tops the weir. White water effects will be dry brushed on once the resin is dry.




The trees climb up the hill behind the half relief mill buildings in an attempt to make the transition between 3D model and 2D back scene less abrupt… 





and, lastly, the render on the mill owners house is a favorite of mine.





Wanting to drive trains past the Mill and Pentrecourt Halt, attention has been turned to constructing a workable cassette system….

More on that shortly….

cheers

Marty

What an amazing transformation Marty. Adding all of the greenery and the back scene really does 'knit' the whole picture together. Excellent work mate.

Again the only thing I can say is WOW!
If we didn't know that it was a model it could easily pass as real-life, excellent modelling!
Regards, Peter.