Told you you could do it!!! Never doubted it.As for the rest of you lot………….VOTE MARTY!!!!!!!
  You know you want to,don't fight it….even you,Phill.(Just pretend its NOT GWR!!??)

Cheers,John.B.

everything has been said, well done:thumbs

[user=22]Wayne Williams[/user] wrote:

Sometimes the naked eye and photos see things differently, does it look that good in real life?

Wayne

Yes and No…


Seems to me there are advantages and disadvantages of both a photo and viewing by the naked eye.

With a photo I can frame the picture and cut out the workbench clutter, loft bed frame, etc, etc, and modify the lighting to get a particular mood or time of day.

I can also get an awful photo at just the wrong angle that shows the plasticy dust covered modelness of it all.

In real life I can peer over the platform into the depths of the wood and think "I need a squirrel or badger in there" (and I do peer at it quite a lot 'cause I'm really pleased with the outcome) where I think the shadows and depth would make it difficult to get a good photo.

Because it's N scale viewing the diorama from 2ft away is vastly different from viewing it from 6 inches.

but, overall, Yes, I'm pretty happy with it so far.

A couple of tweaks and the rivers to go.

Many thanks all for your support.

DD's Hut,

As previously discussed, the downloaded hut has been finished and a section of the embankment leveled to allow it's placement at the base of the telegraph pole.

I'm not entirely sure but I think it is a gangers telephone hut allowing the ganger to tell the signalmen where he is working and therefore allowing the signalman to alert the engine drivers.

Difficult to get photos because it is right on the edge of the diorama.

One from the Pencader end…



and one looking through the bridge from the other end…



 cheers

That effect with that just-out-of-focus distant landscape is lovely.
 My eyes have had to become very adept at ignoring clutter. I can very easily lose myself in the scenery and yours is very inviting. I like your not too white insulators too.

 Mike

Looks great Marty, nice paint job.

Phill

When I get home from the office I sit down in front of the diorama with a cup of tea and… just get lost in it, wishing I was there fishing under the bridge.

Sigh… I wonder if there is a cure….

You can solve the problem at the ganger's hut by a small extension … :twisted:

You're not helping with my cure :twisted: 

Marty, I hate to tell you this, but that IS the cure! :Happy:doublethumb

Wayne

Marty I really like the results of your efforts with your back scene. It solves a problem for me as I was trying to work out how to put trees into a narrow background - very effective. I like the view through the arch as well.

Bob(K)

Glad the wood backscene has helped with inspiration.

If was to do it again after the printed backscene is in place I'd try building up the low relief trees first.

Twigs from the garden split in half and glued to the backscene to provide a trunk, Noch foliage glued over the trunk and too the backscene.
Once dry the foliage teased out with a pair of tweezers to give a bit of body.
The foliage then given a gentle spray of isopropyl alcohol to help break the surface tension of the glue applied shortly after, using a 50/50 PVA water mix.
Woodland Scenics fine grass scatter then lightly sprinkled from above, hopefully indicating new growth and providing some contrast.
You could almost do away with the printed trees cutout except I didn't want to see any sky behind the trees lower down, looking for the impression of a deepish wood.
So… a layer of Woodland Scenics fine grass scatter, a mix of colours to suit the style of wood, glued to the backscene between the low relief trees with the same isopropyl and pva mix technique.
Be careful not to blanket the entire backscene, leaving gaps here and there showing the printed wood to try and enhance the feeling of depth. It would be easy to over do.
In other places chunkier bits of Noch Foliage (found in the bottom of the Noch foliage mat bag) can be added to try and represent tree tops that are a little bit "proud" of the backscene.
Once all dry a toothbrush could be used to clean away the fine scatter that has spread too far skywards.
Noch Foliage shrubs, "hairy" cleaning cloth grass and a small scourer/scatter hedge added to the top of the bank and…
finally the model trees.

Hope that helps.

Marty, thats a great explanation on how to do it. Thanks!

Wayne

For somebody who prefers the urban scene that view through the arch is very enticing.

Well, I have finally started going through your thread, Martin. I haven't yet got through the lot, so forgive me for being a little behind.

From what i've seen, the layout looks passable, passable.   :thumbs

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Actually, I don't have enough superlatives for it, just thought I'd say something a little different!   :twisted:      :hi

Sorry John, I missed this one somehow…

I dare not show you a photo, the poor girl came off the Newcastle Emlyn layout :shock: and the entire cab disappeared under the gap where the skirting isn't flush with the floor… never to be seen again.

The whole disaster was heart breaking and I've resolved not to run another loco until there is a safety net of some kind in place.

It gives me a reason to try scratchbuilding a new cab but… lots of other things to deal with first.

I haven't forgotten your video, I'm keen to do it but there is a diorama completion project underway in the background at the moment of which I shall reveal more annon.

cheers

 

Oh My God!!!
        ……..You must be devastated,mate!
If you're looking for a new cab for her,I think NBrass do a Castle cab that would fit.(I think Kings,Castles,Halls AND Manors all had a standard cab.
   Jeff would probably know for sure.
You just get that net in place,Marty….we don't want any more "mishaps"….(The GWR had mishaps….it didn't have accidents!)

Cheers,John.B.:thumbs

That's a great shame, Marty

 A diesel came off mine not so long ago and crashed to the floor via my chair. Of course I was at the opposite side at the time. I was thankful to be the only one who witnessed it.
 Chair and loco escaped with minor damage.

 Mike