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Fantastic work on the abandoned line , what did you use for the vegetation ???

Well today was Exhibition day , pleased to report it was a success ; as you can see I had it set up for operation by visitors. As you might imagine it was a hit with the children ( who were all very well behaved and were surprisingly attentive and careful while operating ) I also received a lot of t...

Cheers mate for a great day out , fantastic show all round and was great to see it so busy .

Will have to start building a new layout for next year now though !

Anyway thanks again for the opportunity to exhibit , really enjoyed it .

skyblue wrote:The bridge looks brilliant now that it's in position. What's the next project?

Whatever my Boss tells me !!!


Not really ! Loads of general scenic work to do , painting of rockfaces , that sort of thing . I'm sure I will be kept busy.

Well , either by luck or design it actually fits the gap :o ; DSC_0261.jpg DSC_0264.jpg Pretty pleased with how it turned out ; DSC_0262.jpg DSC_0267.jpg Only thing I'm not happy about is the foliage I put down to hide the gaps around the fixing points , hopefully will be able to do something a litt...

By the way here's the recipe if anybody fancies making something similar ; For the base section , those plastic T section strips from Hornby elevated track railing sections Panels were foam board Top trim is just thin plasticard The upright trims for the panels are crossbeams from Peco flexible fenc...

Looks really good, as skyblue said, the curves at the end work very seamlessly. I know you said you didn't fancy doing rivets, but you can get them in long strips - like transfers AIUI, so you put a whole line of them on at once, might be more manageable. the presence of rivets really does lift wha...

The girders look great. I think the curved ends are particularly well done. Cheers mate , More progress has been made , made the other panel section to match ; DSC_0264.jpg DSC_0266.jpg And here they are painted up and a quick mockup of their effect ; DSC_0273.jpg DSC_0274.jpg Will be taking them t...

The lad's a scenic genius, I wouldn't be surprised if part of the baby buggy made it into the bridge ! You weren't tasked, you volunteered (under pressure). Well , high praise indeed , although I wouldn't go that far :oops: Anyway some more progress on the bridge ; DSC_0259.jpg DSC_0262.jpg DSC_026...

I have recently had the good fortune to be invited to contribute to one of the layouts run by Famous Trains in Markeaton Park , Derby , so I thought I would start a thread on any projects I get to work on. Firstly I would recommend anybody with an interest in Model Railways within the East Midlands ...

Yes the backscene was painted by me , as I stated previously in the thread I think I was a bit lucky in the way it came out .

Been a while since I last posted so ....... Not much happening really , was going to make some chemical tanks from some old contact lens solution bottles but .... no matter how much I tried they still looked like contact lens bottles. What I needed was something tank like , of course use a tank ! .O...

What a joke , just found their new number ,which is not shown on the actual main page and got "the number you have dialled has not been recognised "

Hi everyone , Does anybody know if this business is still open , I have placed an order through their website which is still operating , still waiting for it , after ringing and leaving phone messages no reply and I have just read on ukmodelshops that the business is for sale as the owners are retir...

The Goblin from one of my other layout threads has had a makeover ; Hornby 06 bodyshell with scratchbuilt chassis , cabsteps etc over Bachmann 04 running gear. Untitled-1.jpg The building on the loading bay has had a replacement roof fitted and been bedded into the structure ; DSCF0003.JPG DSCF0004....