Johns 7mm Layout
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Today I finalized the level crossing:
I decided to lock everything down since the layout has to be transportable and gates flopping about wouldn't be good.
I've also been making retaining walls:
These are simple things, just Scalescenes brick glued to foamboard. Besides gluing, I secured them to the board by toenailing toothpicks behind.
Here's the view down the layout again:
The 3F and Cl 20 are leftover from last night's test session. There were a few minor issues which were sorted quickly.
I will be receiving some photographic backscens tomorrow, or so the PO says. These will look so good I think. Also expecting more spear fencing soon so I can finish the job on the station.
I've had the bright idea to build some low relief house backs from the Scalescenes kit:
https://scalescenes.com/product/t005a-low-relief-high-street-backs/
My other bright idea is to make them 3/4 scale, just like the Coronation Street set. Going to be interesting.
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Cheers Pete.
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Looks brilliant John, really like that level crossing
Good luck at the show.
Ed
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Regards
Alan
Born beside the mighty GWR.
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Born beside the mighty GWR.
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Cool to be a jigsaw. :party:
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Class 08 with mixed train. SR CCT and two cattle vans.
Uncoupling for shunting. A simple tool, steel wire with a hook on the end inserted into wooden dowel and taped to a torch.
Sentinel shunting.
Overall view of the goods yard. Jinty is preparing to make up a train.
More to come.
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Cheers Pete.
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Oh and if a mod reads this could you delete the last picture in my previous post. It is poor quality and try as I might I couldn't get rid of it.
So, on to more pics:
Here we have a lovely 0-4-4T of the North British Railway. A lucky find on eBay.
I like building kits so took on the commission to do this NBR brake van. It is from Connoisseur and etched brass.
The NBR goods departing. Pre grouping wagons are hard to find and these were bought second hand. They were in poor shape but I took on the job of refurbishing them.
Here's the milk train, hauled by the Terrier. The LNER utility van is etched brass from D&S. It is supposed to carry churns and other dairy products.
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Next job is to install and wire various lamps.
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Second job was to add a "faux" viaduct to the end backscene. This was done using a blown up Scalescenes kit (R017). The team was over on Friday and pics were taken:
This is the best I think.
Lots of ideas thrown around on how to make the end of the layout better - we'll see what precipitates out.
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I posted a poor picture of the station lamps earlier. These came in maroon, which seems a standard colour for some reason.
I spliced sturdier wire onto them and added heat shrink tube at the base. I then wrapped masking tape around the base at just the right dia for some brass tubing. Holes were carefully drilled in the platform surface and the brass tube glued into the holes. The idea is to make the lamps a slip fit into the tube.
Another big job was to rebuild the platform completely. The old one was looking knocked about and the tipping point came when I had to shave 1/8" from the rear to stop some stock fouling.
I decided to use Scalescenes newer platform kit, R008a:
https://scalescenes.com/product/r008a-station-platform-with-shelter-and-lamp-hut/
So, today I was able to install lamps and glue the platform down.
I took a picture of the board all dressed up:
You can see the four lamps. Painted brown and buff to make them look like GER.
I added strips of wood to frame the station building so that it looks like it is actually embedded.
Spear fencing was completed.
Note the two benches with "Balmoral Rd" on the backs.
Platform is truncated as I left the ramp separate. The team suggests that magnets might be used to stick it down when the layout is assembled. Another section on the right will be glued to it's board.
Finally the superb Gaugemaster backscene can be seen in it's debut.
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Cheers Pete.
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Brossard said
Oh I don't know Pete. All the structures that I have used are available in 4mm. One could replicate the scene here just as well in 4mm I think.
John
From “Post #288,172”, 12th July 2023, 4:01 AM
Not with my shaky hands I couldn't. :-)
Cheers Pete.
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