Branch Line - Roundy, roundy with some shunting

First three sections of wall are in and I've decided stone didn't really go, so I'm back to brick.





Clearance is OK



Platform side.



..and from the other end.



Two more slightly lower sections left to go in.


Ed

I can see your logic there now Ed. Is that Scalescenes paper over card.???… It looks very effective.  :thumbs:thumbs
:cheers  gormo

TX06 aged red brick, Gormo

Only problem I get is the cyan (I think) runs out in the tri-colour print cartridge very quickly when printing brick paper, and it starts going a bit pink


Ed

Ah Yes.!!!
The dreaded shortage of ink………That`s why printers are so cheap…….the money is made from the sales of ink which seems to run out very quickly……..??????
:cheers  Gormo

But really annoying when you know there is actually quite a lot of ink left in the tri-colour cartridge, it's just one of the three colours is running out.

Must remember not to use red when printing drawings or track plans :thud


Oh for the days of the old HP Inkjets with three separate colour cartridges.


Ed

I've got a Brother printer with seperate cartridges and it costs me about £16.00 for three sets of compatible ones.That's for twelve cartridges including the black and the colours are good.

Hi Alan

Cheapest Brother printer I can find costs a fair bit more than an HP or Cannon and that also has a tri-colour cartridge.

Just wondering if you have a very large wall whether it's cheaper in the long run to buy printed brick sheets, rather than a download and print yourself.

Ed

Fair Point Ed,

Yes when you consider printing multiple copies of your downloaded file, the cost makes you consider other alternatives. I wonder how the cost works out if the file was taken to a High St. print firm, compared to doing it at home. I have considered this myself although haven`t explored the possibilities yet in Oz. Some of these firms also would have laser printing capability which I`m led to believe is superior to bubble jet.???

:cheers  Gormo

My limited experience in commercial laser printing of Scalescenes textures is that

a.  It gives a crisp inflexible coating that may crack when bent around a sharp right-angle,

b.  It makes the texture impervious to water-based weathering and water-based adhesives such as 'budget' PVA if over-lapping,

c.  It prevents the paper being stretched or manipulated or burnished in the way that one encourages wet wallpaper to conform.

That said it does offer a robust finish that can be handled confidently, almost akin to very very thin plastic sheet.

Doug

 

Interesting Stuff Doug.???
Food for thought there……whata ya reckon Ed.???
:cheers  Gormo

There aren't any printing services readily available in my neck of the woods Gormo, and Doug's buildings are way above my league.

I use the three (or four or five) foot rule :lol:


Ed

Fair Enough Ed,
Carry on old chap and do the best you can and enjoy the journey.
Have a great Christmas and we`ll catch up in the New Year.
All the Best
Gormo

I think that the wall works very well in separating, physically and visually, the station from the running track. I had wondered how successful you were going to be making that happen!

Nice work.

Marty

Thanks Marty.

There's now a lower section extending to the end of the platform, but I haven't taken a picture yet, too busy with catenary.


S'pose you've all had Christmas dinner in Oz, but I'm off to start on the vegetables 



Ed

All over bar sleeping it all off….oh….another beer….oh all right, if you insist.  :cheers

Marty

Past the beer stage.
Into the Port and Whisky now.!!
:cheers  Gormo

Very loud :cheers gents.

I'll be joining you soon, but it's still only 11:30am here.


Ed

Not much done :sad:

Some of the family had a rotten cold over Christmas and it was my turn last week

Even thought it was below 10⁰ yesterday, I popped out to the garage and removed some points and track.

No, I haven't finally gone 'off my trolly', there was a kink in the main line that although didn't cause any problems, was driving me mad.



It's not very visible in the picture, but it was there and created even more of a kink in the piece of track making the loop.



In the spirit of 'less is more', I'm going to replace the track making the loop but leave out the additional two points I had, so all that comes off the goods loop is two industrial siding.

Bit more prototypical (maybe).



Ed

Worth the effort, Ed.  :thumbs

G`day Ed,
Happy New Year……hope you`re feeling better.?
I agree…….if something there is bugging you….you`re best to deal with it even if isn`t causing any problems. At least then it`s resolved in your mind and you can move forward knowing that all is good in Latton Fields.
:cheers  Gormo