7mm Layouts and Dioramas by Stephen Fay, including Kirton Lindsey & St Stephens Bank

[Compton castle]

Sand laid and sprayed, ModelU point rodding stools fixed in place and the first section of ballast laid

 

[Richard Gawler]

Sand laid and sprayed, . . .

Please, is the sand the earth texture in the cess?

 

[Compton castle]

I use kiln dried sand either side of the ballast, so far this has been sprayed with Railmatch sleeper grime, areas around the signal box will have some additional washes added later on.

 

[Compton castle]

I love to photograph my models in the sun! You get such a good perspective on colours and contrasts.
I’m quite confident in saying this layout is going to be my best so far and there’s a long way to go yet.

 

[Richard Gawler]

I use kiln dried sand either side of the ballast, so far this has been sprayed with Railmatch sleeper grime, areas around the signal box will have some additional washes added later on.

Excellent. I've got kilos of dried sand left over from a square yard of block paving I laid years ago.

 

[Compton castle]

Carrots and broccoli have now appeared in the veg patch, Point rod wire also added today.

 

[Richard Gawler]

Please, is this project part of a working layout or a static diorama for presentation and photography? It looks both beautiful and railway-like.

 

[oldravendale]

If you leave those carrots that far out of the ground, Steve, carrot fly is inevitable (despite the veg bed being so far above the ground).

Brian

 

[Compton castle]

If you leave those carrots that far out of the ground, Steve, carrot fly is inevitable (despite the veg bed being so far above the ground).

Brian

Would you believe they are supposed to be N gauge as well !

 

[Compton castle]

Please, is this project part of a working layout or a static diorama for presentation and photography? It looks both beautiful and railway-like.

This is a section of the layout, the plan is to have it operational in the not to distant future

 

[Purple-haze]

Blimy Steve, don't get a model of Peter rabbit from them!!!!!

 

[Compton castle]

A little track weathering this afternoon

 

[chigley]

when I win the lottery

 

[BrushType4]

Steve, your box notice is upside down. Blooming kids mucking around I expect.

 

[Compton castle]

Steve, your box notice is upside down. Blooming kids mucking around I expect.

So it is !

 

[Compton castle]

The front section of the Holloway Tunnel board has been fixed and a new ply fascia added on and a coating of backing plaster applied, most will be covered in grass but in the front corner it will be sand stone with another water fall, I’ve also glued on the stone retaining wall and added some DAS clay in the joints which I can scribe once it sets.
A few more travel posters arrived today and these will also be framed and fixed to the fascia of the layout.

 

[Compton castle]

There’s been a lot of ficus on the Holloway end so redress the balance here’s the Haskins end out in the sun

 

[daifly]

There’s been a lot of ficus on the Holloway end

There wasn't a fig tree in sight!
Dave

 

[Compton castle]

There wasn't a fig tree in sight!
Dave

Bloody autocorrect!

 

[Compton castle]

I’ve bedded Teignton lane bridge in place this evening and plastered the road surface in place, here’s how the man planted forest will look once complete, I like the fact that the trains will disappear behind them which will encourage the viewer to move around the layout. Do I have enough trees ??
No I don’t! am I happy with how this layout is progressing, Yes very much so.