00 Gauge Scenic Module No.1 Latest Pics Page 22

[mmurnin900]

but also making what i've been calling a cess althouigh that may be the wrong term! its the bit next to the tracks, i think it has electricity cables in it.
you can see what i have built in this pic.[or by simply scoring sections of plasticard to make a straighter version] i have done this wonky version first as some pics of it i have seen seem to show it like this.. i also can't decide whether to have it on both sides or not

The have these on dublin/Belfast line. They contain electric lines. They are as you have them, wonky, you can see the wires out of the end of one and in the other. They are cast concrete but the lid on top comes off. They are placed ontop of ballast but look perfect in model terms on what you have done.

As far as i can see they are only on one side.

I'll get a pic. Hope that Helped

[mumbles]

Hope that Helped

yes, thanks alot

[mmurnin900]

not to hotlink
you can see them to the left. They must have tidied them for the pic as they are usually all over the place. They look a lot more detailed there but when you see them from a window you have it spot on.

and also

Hogwarts express must stop to the left hand side aswell

[PTmodeller]

I'd never have remembered to put those on Michael. Well done!

[mumbles]

hi
i was mucking about with another pic of the track/ ballast dry run and came up with this cropped version... so thought i'd share
i only hope it looks this neat once its glued in place!!

michael

[PTmodeller]

How did you get the concrete effect?

[zabdiel]

Wow - that looks great! It'll be good when we get to see an EMU on the track...

[mumbles]

How did you get the concrete effect?

its actually just humbrol 187 Dark Stone which i was just using as a undercoat before adding some more concrete type colours [whatever they might be]
btw the rails are down with a coat of railmatch light rust then overcoated with sleeper grime
michael

[Infrontcat]

Hi Michael

Looks utterly splendid fella. You seem to have got the shades really spot on. Looks very realistic indeed

Cheers

Tim

[Stuart Reid]

hi
been doing a few more bits. mainly painting the bridge.
but also making what i've been calling a cess althouigh that may be the wrong term! its the bit next to the tracks, i think it has electricity cables in it.


michael

Not quite, but close.

The cess is the general term for the area between the lineside and the track. What you have is a run of concrete cable ducting lying in the cess, and very nice too. There never seems to be enough clutter in the cess and on the lineside in most layouts. Those ducts are pretty universal these days but all too rarely seen

You may want to add to it where appropriate by cross tracking some of the cables - usually where they need to go from EWS boxes to points motors. Once upon a time the same concrete ducting was used for this, but trains are heavy brutes and tended to crush them so these days corrugated plastic tubing is used - and usually quite brightly coloured. Dtinking straws do quite nicely.

[peak]

Well done.
Track work looks brill.

[Bryan Gundry]

The image is of 2 pages of a 4 page article.

The other pages deals with the backscene.

I'll post a copy of the final photo in the sequence tomorrow.

that'd be good cheers

Sorry about the delay.

Does this help explain the photo sequence of the earlier pages?





Bryan

[mumbles]

hi yeah, thats good, shows the join in the road to back scene well.. wish i'd seen this before i'd built my road!
oh well
michael

[mumbles]

hi
done some mortar work on the bridge walls and some weathering on the bridge
needs a bit more weathering all round, but coming to life
[click for the full size pic]

michael

[Raider]

Looking good now Mumbles - what have you got planned for the join between the road and the wall?