4mm Llanfair ....
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LarryG
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An escape hole for point rodding etc has been dug beneath the signalbox. A short section of platform was removed and the work carried out indoors...
During this process the platform was shortened by 4 inches. A key tool used when erecting fencing etc is a set-square from a Christmas cracker...
Steps down to the goods shed were added along with GWR spear fencing (Ratio 434). The post was made from sprue...
The station buildings were moved back closer to the buffer stops earlier in the week. This area has been patched up ready for fencing and hedgerow etc...
During this process the platform was shortened by 4 inches. A key tool used when erecting fencing etc is a set-square from a Christmas cracker...
Steps down to the goods shed were added along with GWR spear fencing (Ratio 434). The post was made from sprue...
The station buildings were moved back closer to the buffer stops earlier in the week. This area has been patched up ready for fencing and hedgerow etc...
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LarryG
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Seeing as BR's painters never touched the goods yard, the fencing remains GWR light stone. It was sprayed with Phoenix Precision enamel Paint and needs weathering yet...
Steps down to the goods shed made from 80 thou Plastikard...
These small modelling jobs run into weeks, but maybe it is because planning is on the hoof...
Steps down to the goods shed made from 80 thou Plastikard...
These small modelling jobs run into weeks, but maybe it is because planning is on the hoof...
LarryG
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The back wall was put in this afternoon using Hornby Skaledale. The road reaches a pinch point behind the station buildings so it will be disguised with trees and bushes. Note the white painted cornerstone that protects the fence and road vehicles from coming a cropper. The vinyl grass was shaped with a heat gun...
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LarryG
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This view was only made available to a camera by removing the goods shed. I think the pinch-point in which the goods yard lane is cut off by the station building has been disguised....
I really wanted a bush here so I will have to look at what is available...
A general view, although IMO is is still looking too 'clean'. All the buildings remain removable while I' dealing with the scenics...
I really wanted a bush here so I will have to look at what is available...
A general view, although IMO is is still looking too 'clean'. All the buildings remain removable while I' dealing with the scenics...
Mike Garwood
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Very convincing Larry...
Mike
Mike
LarryG
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More gardening & planting. Tractor tyres, lamp posts and seats required to complete.....aye and folk...
Grass growing wild where the ants planted it and the sweeping brush misses it. Also tea stain from years of chucking it out of the window...
More wild grass, some of it dead for whatever reason...
Grass growing wild where the ants planted it and the sweeping brush misses it. Also tea stain from years of chucking it out of the window...
More wild grass, some of it dead for whatever reason...
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Hi Larry
I was under the impression that there weren't any and that's why the station closed.
Rather like the stations on the SVR before preservation. I like the effort to keep the atmosphere alive on the SVR and your modelling.
Regards
Allen
LarryG
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Agreed. It's not simply a case of filling the gaps, but painting and touching up as well. For me, the Hornby stone walls are the best around, but there is so much detail to cover at this stage that some things have to wait their turn.
LarryG
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What's that you ask? It's a strip of vinyl grass glued to the backscene along its lower edge with Evostik...
The upper edge was then folded down over crumpled paper...
....Ang glued down to the roadway with the aid of a heat gun to soften the vinyl...
Scenic stuff was glued along the top against the backscene and grass was glued along the road side. The Ratio fence was sprayed with Halfords Plastic Primer followed by my sandstone colour as used on the platform edge stones. Finally it was weathered and glued to the backscene...
A protective glove is vital when using a heat gun....
The upper edge was then folded down over crumpled paper...
....Ang glued down to the roadway with the aid of a heat gun to soften the vinyl...
Scenic stuff was glued along the top against the backscene and grass was glued along the road side. The Ratio fence was sprayed with Halfords Plastic Primer followed by my sandstone colour as used on the platform edge stones. Finally it was weathered and glued to the backscene...
A protective glove is vital when using a heat gun....
michael mott
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Vinyl Grass I have not heard that expression before, I am going to guess it is a strip of the large sheet rolls that are sold alongside the woodland scenic stuff.
Michael
Michael
LarryG
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Yes, it is available in small sheets and large rolls in various greens representing spring, summer and autumn (I think). I have mislaid the packaging. It can be moulded to shape over formers using a heat gun. Easy and no mess. It provides instant ground cover that can then be added to with flock and static grass etc glued on with neat PVA.