4mm Llanfair ....
- Thread starter LarryG
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John57sharp
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Pencarrow
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Morning Larry, there's a lot to be said for muted colours IMO. Makes everything settle into the scene.
I do really like the views at the far terminal end of the station. The parallel lines and walls and dock are very reminiscent of Bodmin North, on which my own 7mm effort, Pencarrow, is based.
LarryG
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Hi Chris, yes I did notice there were similarities when I bought some W.Region colour albums a few years ago. I liked the back shunt at Bodmin where a B-set could be held over.
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Wow Larry the layout is really coming together now and have to agree that the dulled down colours do make a massive impression on the overall scene and atmosphere.
The rate of progress has to be compared to Andy Peters but please don’t follow his trend of ripping it all up once it’s finished
The rate of progress has to be compared to Andy Peters but please don’t follow his trend of ripping it all up once it’s finished
LarryG
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Thanks Gismo. I was never a layout man, preferring to be a workbench modeller. But when my late wife retired, a layout in a shed seemed like a good idea so that we would be together. As things stand, I dip in here and there as the mood takes me. At the mo, I am agonizing over the colour of a Pagoda Shed......What are we modellers like.......Wow Larry the layout is really coming together now and have to agree that the dulled down colours do make a massive impression on the overall scene and atmosphere.
The rate of progress has to be compared to Andy Peters but please don’t follow his trend of ripping it all up once it’s finished
Agree, but they are a tad too close. Would be difficult to do wall repairs in real life eith them that close.
LarryG
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Nick Rogers
Western Thunderer
Yes, it did! I liked the photo - the scene looks incredibly realistic. Lots of inspiration, Larry.
LarryG
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You've puzzled me here. No matter how I read those words, I don't know what you are saying....
simond
Western Thunderer
Well, I thought the photo looked great and hit the “like” button.You've puzzled me here. No matter how I read those words, I don't know what you are saying....
But then I understood you to say you’d knocked the shed off the baseboard so the “like” seemed inappropriate!
The poor goods shed has been through the wars, but at least it bounces!
LarryG
Western Thunderer
Putting the cattle dock on a goods platform at the back of the layout caused things to stall. The layout looked better without it, so I messed around superimposing the cattle pens on other parts of the layout using Photoshop.. Seeing as cattle was not carried as much as in the past, the cattle pens would not impede the loading of parcels...
The goods shed has had the office & chimney returned to the other end and things are on hold again...
The goods shed has had the office & chimney returned to the other end and things are on hold again...
Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
In my view the photoshopped/re-sited cattle dock looks better as it keeps all of the goods yard traffic away from the passengers and is now looking more like a country terminus.
I presume parcels can either be loaded from the station platform (as there is a double gate on this side of the station building) or the loading dock where the wagon is standing.
I presume parcels can either be loaded from the station platform (as there is a double gate on this side of the station building) or the loading dock where the wagon is standing.