00 Gauge - Charde
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Another station on the Devan and Summersett
Now that all trackwork has been finished for the layout ( excluding any signals) & I have basically finished the Train Orders ( 31 in total of 12 passenger & 19 freight), now is the time for getting stuck into more scenery.Charde Station building & Signal box re-clad in random Ashlar stone & the goods shed also matches.
the first job will be doing the cliff face & tunnel mouth :
so slowly it goes. Tunnel mouth first. Scalescenes of course.
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Partly done - the foil is to stop plaster sticking to the baseboard of Charde ( I had to wait unti the train room warmed up to doing any plastering as it was 6C in the room this morning).
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The tunnel mouth looks great - when I saw the earlier "positioning shot", I'd imagined it would look similar to this and it really does blend in and not look at all "contrived". :thumbs
'Petermac
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Here in Adelaide, capital of South Oz, the minimum temperature varies from 0c in winter to sometimes staying at 30c in summer. Our daily maximums vary also from 9c to 45c.
I should get more done to the plastering tomorrow & Sunday even with house hold duties & family visitations.
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Thats one of the benefits of the larger layout, You can move around to something different as the mood takes you.:thumbs
Regards,
Derek
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13mm foam, topped with 2.5mm balsa - in the process of cutting some strips of 2.5 x 13 mm balsa for the sides.
The station building reclad by my mate from his scribed balsa walls ( as depicted in earlier photos) to being covered with Scalescenes Random Ashlar paper - this matches the signal box & goods shed.
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I'm not sure if you've said elsewhere but why have you stopped building your own track ? I do remember you said there was no financial advantage for straight track as opposed to pointwork so maybe it's just a question of speed.
'Petermac
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00 scale/gauge is a compromise anyway so what is a bit more quest:
My main focus is on operation so accurate looking track is down the list.
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Edges created using a spreadsheet program.
the platform & building - the gap between edges to be tarmac-ed using Scalescenes paper modified in colour
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Due to many repairs, joining lines of the tarmac are visible in some parts. I mean the platform for Charde was built back in the 12930's & has had a lot of traffic.
In the model form, yeah well, I used grey weathering powders to merge the joins.
Now to fix it in position & do side steps & ramps, etc.
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Max
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Port Elderley
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Scenery is NOT my strong point. Jack of all trades & Master of none is better suited for me ( yeah I may know a little bit about DC).
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Absolutely.Why have you been wasting your time with track lyaing all this while? You are clearly a scenery man. :thumbs
BTW what yr is 12930
Any DCC is better than no DCC
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Max
Port Elderley
Port Elderley
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Now come on Sol, now that you are a DCC guru knowledge of DC is redundant:It's a no no:cool winkFlattery is good but cash compliments are better!
Scenery is NOT my strong point. Jack of all trades & Master of none is better suited for me ( yeah I may know a little bit about DC).
Any DCC is better than no DCC
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