Ah, thanks Jim, that explains it !! I missed the rather obvious clue of the staggered ties approaching the camera & the even bigger clue of the trackplan in Post#1...
*must pay more attention*
Edit: Told you it was a dumb question!!!
Kind of you to say so, Brian; thank you.
Coincidentally, if you were to route through my search engine of late you’d notice one or two visits to certain book shops researching a certain tome by a Mr. Lloyd .
I’m also rather drawn to a certain ramshackle shelter that once served as Llansilan Road Station - I hope I’ve spelt that correctly - very modellable.
Likewise, I hope and trust that the Cambrian doesn’t lead you astray like it did me; you’ve made a great start and I’m eager to see rails on those ties.
Bestest,
Jonte
Ooh, do tell..!! Sounds exactly like my area of UK interest (I'm also wondering what may come of the LLCo D63xx, & very interested in the Minerva D95xx!! )No worries on being lead astray,as i already have plan`s for a second small BR (w) layout on the other side of the room.
It was going to utilize the LLC D63xx,but that`s up in the air now....so it`s a good job,(and very well timed) that Minerva have a D95xx teddie on the way next year.!
Hopefully Jonte i`ll start laying rail over this coming Bank holiday weekend,but first i need to knock back the 'new' colour of the ties which is a bit darker now than i wanted!.
Just drybrush the ties lightly with a mid grey paint. This will 'knock' them back and accentuate the grain making the ties look like the have been bleached by the sun.
Hi Dave,
I`ve already made a start on the colour of the ties,and rather than using the 'dry brush' method,i`m using a white pastel pencil to achive the sun bleached look;as per this now dormant P48 blog.
The Delaware Lackawanna in Proto 48: A needed detail ....
So far this is what my ties look like;
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Hopefully once there`s ballast/dirt and the rails are in place they won`t look quite so stark,but it`s early days so i`m not worried......
Brian.
This is not quite what i had in mind....but
I have decided to scrap this idea after becoming dissatisfied with the ties in the end,plus i`m not a fan of lot`s of track in a small space!.
I`d also started to look at other road`s too,which is never a good sign,so there we are,but i will be back ,either with a modern layout (2000`s) or a 1950`s CofG themed layout.
I just need to decide and then thin out the stock i have for either or!.
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Thanks for the interest,so far.
Brian.