My (N gauge) table football layout!

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Now some of the banks in my garden could do with that sort of treatment, do you do commissions?
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Thanks all :D
Bufferstop wrote:Now some of the banks in my garden could do with that sort of treatment, do you do commissions?
Unfortunately I always find 1:1 landscaping an awful lot more hard work than 1:148 (and nowhere as much fun) :wink:
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Wow I really, really like your cliffs! I need to find a place to copy you (again) on my layout! :D
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Not done a lot of modelling recently, but to celebrate some small progress (and the NRM site being available again :lol:) I thought I'd post some shots of one corner of the layout where I have been ballasting, rail painting, installing some plaster-cast retaining walls (from eBay, matching the tunnel mouth) and the start of some landscaping . . .
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It just get's better :)
Looking forward to seeing how you bed the retaining walls in.
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That's looking really good, do you have a particular seller you buy your plaster cast walls from please,

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You make it look so easy! How do you prevent the (presumably) plaster mesh sagging between each support? Mine would look like a roller coaster!

I've always greatly liked and admired this layout - and it just gets better.
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PinkNosedPenguin wrote:Not done a lot of modelling recently, but to celebrate some small progress (and the NRM site being available again :lol:) I thought I'd post some shots of one corner of the layout where I have been ballasting, rail painting, installing some plaster-cast retaining walls (from eBay, matching the tunnel mouth) and the start of some landscaping . . .
ImageIMG_5950 by Pink Nosed Penguin, on Flickr

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ImageIMG_5951 by Pink Nosed Penguin, on Flickr
I have avoided covering any part of track that I can't reach for cleaning, can I ask how you would clean your track located under tunne? I would love to do make more tunnels but access to track would be an issue, unless I made them removable but then it's difficult to blend with the rest of the scenery.
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This layout just goes from strength to strength. I really like the slope on that tunnel roof - the whole thing looks very effective. I still can't get over the fact that this is only built on a table football table.
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All well worth doing PNP. It's also a masterclass in workmanship and high quality modeling for all N gauge enthusiasts. Keep up the good work.
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Wow, wasn't expecting that many responses . . . !
End2end wrote:Looking forward to seeing how you bed the retaining walls in.
Copious use of bushes is my preferred method :D
Robmag wrote:That's looking really good, do you have a particular seller you buy your plaster cast walls from please,
I got them from bigbaggles and very pleased with them.
whynot wrote:How do you prevent the (presumably) plaster mesh sagging between each support? Mine would look like a roller coaster!
Actually its kitchen towels soaked in diluted PVA (i.e. paper mache). I usually fill inbetween the supports with pieces of foam but couldn't here because of the track underneath. So I just tried to stretch the paper pieces as I laid them - any bad sags will be filled in with polyfilla once its all dry :wink:
Marcus wrote:can I ask how you would clean your track located under tunnel?
I do most of my track cleaning by pads underneath rolling stock soaked in IPA - it should stay fairly dust-free under there (he says optimistically!). I have an access hole underneath for serious derailments but not really expecting to do track cleaning by that route.
skyblue wrote:I still can't get over the fact that this is only built on a table football table.
Yes its all very small skyblue - not a lot of table football has been played over the last year or so 8)
ParkeNd wrote:Keep up the good work.
Thanks ParkeNd, haven't heard much from you lately - have you been taking a break from modelling?
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You may be doing things in short bursts at the moment but what you do is always top drawer stuff. The tunnel is no exception. I look forward to seeing it develop.

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I like your layout pnp and have enjoyed reading through the entire thread several times :D
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PinkNosedPenguin wrote:Wow, wasn't expecting that many responses . . . !

ParkeNd wrote:Keep up the good work.
Thanks ParkeNd, haven't heard much from you lately - have you been taking a break from modelling?
Have been modelling every day - nearly finished what I planned to do - four photos in March will pretty well complete the coverage of "Parkend" the layout.

Have also visited the forum most days - and had to comment on your layout. Overall though my experience over two and a half years doesn't seem to translate into any value to help others so my forum activity has dwindled into "lurking" I suppose. But I will post four more photos - not ready yet.
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ParkeNd wrote:Overall though my experience over two and a half years doesn't seem to translate into any value to help others so my forum activity has dwindled into "lurking" I suppose.
You really must stop saying these sorts of things - they are simply not true. Anyway, *I* missed you :D
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