Braughing to Standon branch design for N gauge
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Some example shots of the scenery forming bunched tree, undergrowth and scrub foliage using WWS dark green lichen and given variation using different mixes of WoodlandScenics Green Blend, Earth Blend and Course Turf (Dark Green).
Sorry some of the compositions are not in complete focus but the iPhone lens focal point was on the main foliage.
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Where did the bacscene come from - the house fits perfectly.
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Looking at it again, it could be that it's part of the layout and not the backscene …….. ( the house I mean) :roll:
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Alan
Born beside the mighty GWR.
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Born beside the mighty GWR.
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Best wishes
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By the same token some things did not blend so well and I need to revisit over the coming weeks.
Lets take the image below (posted previously) as examples of what I mean.
Works well - trees and shrub foliage varied, irregular in size and colour and even though the field behind in the backscene is mostly obscured, there is enough still showing to inform the viewer there is a big open field right behind. I also added some brown, muddy tractor tracks swinging round the the left directly onto the backscene on the other side of the gate - simply done but once again tricks the eye that the background is completely part of the foreground.
Needs attention - the large foreground tree is too high and needs reducing. It is also too close to the backscene because it leaves a distinct shadow on the backscene which does not look right. I need to move this forward so any shadow will be negligible or at worse, just a soft shadow.
I also plan to stick very small touches of the foliage directly onto some specific areas of the backscene, with a view to bringing parts 'forward' as the eye sees it - its just trickier really but does work if handled right - fingers crossed.
Ah, I just remembered - there are some nicely placed telegraph poles elsewhere in the backscene where one comes close to the foreground and is larger in size - for this I will stick an actual N gauge scale telegraph pole (coloured and weathered appropriately) directly onto the backscene, blended into the foliage.
I believe I am also lucky to have quite an "artist's eye" for shape, form, tone and foreground/background transition having spent many years drawing and watercolour painting (studio and on location stuff) which I naturally apply to model railway scenery in this case. Then again, that could be a hinderance too as it makes me too fastidious and fussy to get things right :roll:
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Just a quick post on some incidental aspects of a layout model which cannot be underestimated in terms of eventual realism - the unexpected details.
First image - a selection of ground signals that would have be positioned (mainly) to guard against uncontrolled siding goods traffic joining the main branch through line. Its pretty hard to find quality old GER/LNER style ground signals so I made these all from scratch as best I could. Given that they are tiny and unlikely to be scruntinised too deeply I hope they should more than suffice once in place.
Second image - a selection of trackside and goods yard debris cast aside and subject to the weather elements. Most are hand made ie. wooden planks, oil drums, soil pipework, wooden boxes, old level crossing gate, various grain sacks … but a few are cast offs from off the shelf items ie. railway sleepers, few rusting rails, broken fencing and gates, dustbins.
Once all these, along with some other items not shown, are fully in place I hope the layout will really feel 'alive yet past its best' in terms of realism.
Thanks for reading and keep safe.
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I overcame the “tree too close to the backscene†shadow effect by blending the tree into the backscene.
A light spray of hairspray onto the backscene behind the tree and then gently blow the appropriate foliage scatter onto the sprayed area. More spray and scatter as required.
A couple of examples…
https://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=362&forum_id=21&page=45
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https://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=362&forum_id=21&page=46
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Hope that is of some use to you.
Keep it coming…
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Long story short - few medical issues (nothing serious), new 2nd grandson, further training of our rescue dog and busy writing various articles for various good people on my layout construction …. which didn't leave too much time to finally get my layout complete.
Well, it is finally 'nearly' complete but looking pretty much as best as its going to, other than some minor tickling here and there. I just have some final tasks to do - checking the levels of my new homemade trestles, creating a lighting rig and ordering some heavy duty cardboard 'removals wardrobe' boxes to customise for storage of each 4ft section - all these activities are part of the planning in readiness to actually start exhibiting the layout at shows … if anybody wants it that is!!
Oh .. and I might find time to add a small hidden fiddle yard at one end of the layout, as a reconsidered after thought.
I also have my new layout website complete to showcase everything in one place https://braughingstandon-railwaylayout.uk/
Here are some of the final images, in all their glory, for your enjoyment.
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NCE DCC ; 00 scale UK outline.
NCE DCC ; 00 scale UK outline.
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Cheers Pete.
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