Finally gettiing out of my system.

Hi Terry,

Old school landscaping, can't beat it. Darn sight cheaper than plaster cloth or HD closed density foam. Eco friendly as well..Good job!

I can still snag large brown paper bags at the local food emporiums for nothing, having taken evening classes in basket weaving I do the same using brown paper strips. Bit more robust than newspapers.

Nigel

I use a similar idea but use "J Cloths" soaked in plaster which is, in effect, "mod rock".  The plaster is cheap as are the "J cloths" - can't remember what the rest of the world calls a "J cloth" …………………. :sad:

The main advantage is that it dries much faster than "papier maché".

Even strips of paper towel laid over the card strips & painted with watery PVA sets hard as well.

Thank you all. Some interesting suggestions there.

Here is the completed building in cruel close-up.  Added features: plastic downpipes, cast metal chimney and a track pin door knob. Two pieces of metal rod have been glued to the rear of the roof sign, which pass through corresponding holes in the roof, thus giving a more secure fixing than simply gluing the sign to the roof as advised in the instructions. 

Looks good, Terry. Well done

Did you make the brackets for the downpipes.

Cheers
Evan

Hello Evan.  Thank you for your kind comments.
The kit has the brackets printed thereon, but I positioned the plastic downpipe over the join between the side and end walls.  This resulted in one side of the downpipe having no printed bracket showing.  Therefore, I touched it in with a black pen, so you are actually looking at half a printed bracket and half inked in. 
Regards,
Terry

The landform was painted today.  A couple of pictures to show the progress…
Terry

I'm waiting to see the local lads race their bikes down the gradient from the bridge…. and come a cropper !

Never mind the local lads, you wait until you see the signalman descend the bank when he's late for work!



In reality the railway company would not have built the bridge over the line. Being a terminus they would simply build a road, on the level, beyond the buffer stops.

But this layout is entitled 'the art of compromise' and one needs a visual break for the fiddle yard. 



Regards





Terry

Looking good Terry

More soon.




Terry

I notice you kept ballast away from the platform wall sides. here in South Australia ( https://www.pinterest.com.au/pin/302093087477536632/ ) , ballast is right up to sides.

Hello Ron.  It's much the same here in the UK.  However, I have previously had a problem, when ballasting the track, with the pva wicking up the front of the Scalescenes' platform and ruining same, despite varnish having been applied. I do intend fitting point rodding between the ballast and the platform, so hopefully that might distract the eye. I must admit that it would look better with the ballast right up to the platform. Has anyone any idea how this might be achieved without ruining the front of the platform? Would superglue work?

Regards,
Terry

I will say I had no problems with any Scalescenes papers wicking up as I had given them a few varnish coats before I applied the papers & after all finished.

Hi Terry, use a thin layer of neat pva between the ballast already down and the platform and sprinkle the ballast on.

Like Sol, I didn't have a problem when I did mine.

Thanks Nick, good idea.
Does anything scream Southern as much as this?  Ratio SR concrete hut.  Just a bit of weathering required methinks.