7mm Layouts and Dioramas by Stephen Fay Weymouth coal stage and St Stephen’s bank

[Compton castle]

 

[Prairie Tank]

Do you ever go to bed bud?

Not only is your work first class but you get it done so quickly, you have great talent which clearly shows in the quality and detail of this build. Simply brilliant.

John

 

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Track weathering
Pre spray the whole track with mud brown priori to ballast



JLTRT track dirt down the centre plus another waft of mud brown

Mask

Railmatch sleeper grime over the top and Railmatch track dirt from a low angle hitting the rail sides

Remove tape

Polish rail heads. You can vary it depending on how dirty you want your track or skip stages.

 

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Ballast down on the Up line and the first application of PVA

 

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8743 has a van train heading for Hackney yard Newton Abbot.

 

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Tunnel mouths and coping stones on order plus my trees from MBR have been dispatched.

 

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First section of Holcombe Cove under way

 

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One of my Dads westerns in for plates and red buffer beams

 

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More hydraulic action on the sea wall

 

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Second half of Holcombe Cove underway

 

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1030 Western Musketeer on the Up Golden Hind

 

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5043 on the sea wall today

 

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Scenic work progressing at Holcombe Cove

The Pine will be joined by two more

Rock fall shelter painted and weathered, just the tunnel opening to get laser cut.

Mike Whatton has been commissioned to make another of his wind swept trees, It will live on the grassy verge to the left of the tunnel opening.
The tunnel mouth will be an inch shorter than that on Coryton Cliffs.

 

[Tim Watson]

Looking impressive, will you be applying some dark green washes for mosses and lichens on the rocks / civil engineering?

Tim

 

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Yes Tim.

 

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I made up a new tunnel template today, I reduced the height of the opening by 5/8”

Spear top fencing

 

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Track weathering today

 

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I had a few days in Devon to get inspired!
Back home now and the slaters stone walking has been glued in place.
First ferns have sprouted up.

 

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My friend Rob Haskins Collett Goods 2211 makes a fine sight on a local train.