One station of the Devan & Summersett

Pretty good.  :thumbs

Hello Ron,
That's an extremely high-rate of stone-slab cracking. Your pavier is obviously hitting the slabs too-hard with the mallet or there is too much base-sand under the slabs/ or it might be you, Ron, too heavy-handed, mate,:roll: Looking very good,
Kind Regards,
Michael Thornberry.

Looks great Ron. :thumbs

Did you use grey-scale paper for the edging or is it colour printed ?

Michael, a valid point & I have just e-0mailed John Wiffen of Scalescenes about the possiblity of reducing the number of cracks.

Petermac - run of the mill paper that the spreadsheet cells have borders & coloured a light grey inside solid pattern. I had thought of cloured papers for various backgrounds but the cost per sheet in a pack - I would never use more tahn a couple of sheets so it is easier to clour within borders as required. I suppose a bloke could even create his own paving slabs like Scalescenes but the time taken would not be worth it.

Looks the business Ron. Pity about the road being messed up.there is certainly a problem keeping Scalescenes paper colours in good nick.  I have invested in a spray can (cant spell aerosol) of sealer from "crafty computer papers" not tried it yet though .  I have to redo a viaduct curved wall as it has aged ! Don't mind the natural weathered look but it stained badly where i dribbled.      P V A that is . That platform edging is really nice.:thumbs

If the number of cracks is a problem, simply cut out a few un-cracked slabs and glue them over the cracked ones………they will relieve the 'billiard table' effect and solve your problem. Roll them down well after colouring the edges with a grey/brown crayon  [not pencil lead or it will shine like a sixpence up a sows elbow under flash photography….] and to carry the deception further, carefully indent the card inderneath the exact corner of a nearby slab with a sharp edged square-cornered object like the end of a steel ruler.


Just a fawt……

Doug

Thanks Doug, I will play with that idea tomorrow.

[user=31]sparky[/user] wrote:

Looks the business Ron. Pity about the road being messed up.there is certainly a problem keeping Scalescenes paper colours in good nick.  I have invested in a spray can (cant spell aerosol) of sealer from "crafty computer papers" not tried it yet though .  I have to redo a viaduct curved wall as it has aged ! Don't mind the natural weathered look but it stained badly where i dribbled.      P V A that is . That platform edging is really nice.:thumbs

Hi, Sparky,  If you give 'em a very light spray of Lidl W5 waterproofer after printing [£2-3 per tin] they are very much tougher, and you can even wipe off watercolour and acrylic weathering attempts that go wrong if you move quickly enough [not that I'm saying you're making mistakes…]


Doug

Thanks Doug . I will add  that to the shopping list:thumbs

It's also going on Liz's shopping list for tomorrow Doug. :thumbs

In passing - I just wondered how you know what a sixpence looks like up a sow's elbow under flash photography !!  Is there something you'd like to share with us ? hmm

Peter,

Having woken next to a  'two-bagger' more than once in my lifetime, coruscating specie in a  'locus insolitus' was common place in my formative years!

Ah!  The memories of a miss-spent youth. What it was to be young and fit and transported all over the world by H.M Grey Funnel Line…

Aged Doofer

What did they say about the Grey Funnel line - a port in every girl.............................:roll::roll::roll:

I must say Sol your layout is coming along a treat mate. Like the road area.

Phill

[user=9]phill[/user] wrote:

I must say Sol your layout is coming along a treat mate. Like the road area.

Phill

Thanks Phill,

I am going to instal  " new roadworks"  signs to account for the fresh surface.

Road works signs - first one not in focus but the second one shows it a bit clearer






About 1/4" (6mm) across, derived from the larger one - see the attachment They won't be left in permanerntly until all scenic work in the area has been done.

Clever stuff Ron. :pathead

That first shot looks great with the road gently climbing away to the left as the railway disappears into the cutting - just like the real thing. :thumbs

Why have you added the piture of a man trying to open his umbrella? :roll:

Road works as per
http://www.driving-test-success.com/uk-road-signs02.htm
http://st-caths-web.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/roadworks.gif

 

Edit, umbrella is being opened due to rain !!

That is a great source of signs Ron.  I believe this style of road sign was introduced in the mid 1960s with the previous versions being worded plates below either an open circle or triangle?

I know that we still had these older style signs in Mullion right into the 1980s although they have all gone now, but I have no idea what they did for roadworks back then?

As a result of operating sessions, the two sidings at Barnstable, will be made into working sidings - currently basically dioramas - points are pinned










what is planned in that the station platform shifts to next to the road which in turns moves as well and a passing loop will be installed so the sidings will come off the loop.

It will be interesting as at least one point will be right across a lift up join.

First job will be to extend the width of the lift up - which Barnstable sits on - by at least 2"/ 50mm. ( as suggested by one of the Operators on the D&S)






and this is it now extended



A phototo show the new planned passing loop with ends feeding into a couple of sidings