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Milk churns circa 1953...






Follow with some more milk churns...

For less than £2.00 +99p p&p you can hardly go wrong with the above, and great for quick measurements of internal diameters. It's amazing that they can sell them for price. And the digital display takes away all the hassle of having to read a vernier scale or a micrometer barrel.

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Hi I've used DAS for this sort of effect (I'll try to find a pic it was a few years ago). I used two techniques to 'stick' it down, I rolled it straight onto PVA glue, so literally stuck it down. The other technique I used was to use the tape you use to cover joints between plaster board before plas...

I think the first barriers were installed in the very early sixties

When you say barriers, is that something different to the gates? Are you meaning the pivoted type?

Pete

This was from a cheap Dapol crossing, I just used the gates and replaced the red disk with one I cut from a tin can, I didn't like the thick one supplied with the kit. https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/d82/petestrainpics/Dorstone%20Station/gates01.jpg https://beta-static.photobucket.com/ima...

Paper and compass is the best technique it takes a few seconds, for the leading tin foil is a good fix.

Pete

https://beta-static.photobucket.com/images/d82/petestrainpics/Dorstone%20Station/poles04.jpg I made about 500mm of the stuff but only used 100mm in the end, but I always liked the effect, you can see it to the right in the pics below next to the level crossing. https://beta-static.photobucket.com/i...

A kitten on the platform at Dorestone, perhaps a few spills from those churns to be had...

Same again, more domestic animals...



Pete

Of course if you went for pine scented you could add that extra dimension to your trees...

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Cutting out, replacing with acetate and then backing them with tracing paper/drawing film is quite effective, especially if you do put lighting in, it gives a nice diffused light, I tend to do this with all my buildings.


Pete

something that could have inspired the Rev Awdrey ...

A road side shrine...


Back to the trains:
something that could have inspired the Rev Awdrey ...

Pete

Found an old Bavarian crane:



Now post what you want...

Pete

Peco have been in their own anachronistic time warp for years, they operate in a parallel world that is just like ours but not quite, I'm surprised we expect anything better from them, they are just continuing their tradition of being just a little strange. I think we had a similar discussion in ano...

Maybe an alternative is not to attempt any sort of representational backdrop, and to have a neutral colour that provides a boundary to your layout so that you don't just look straight through and see the surrounding room. A backdrop definitely completes the look of a layout though, assuming you only...

Maybe it's just me then, its always the last thing for me

Completely with you on using matchpots, they are ideal.

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