9 Months have passed, whilst updates have not been written, there has been work on the railway. My version of Mierystock bridge is nearing completion. Three boards are setup in the shed currently and have been pain stakingly had their track fixed and then painted, with the sleepers and chairs weathered differently across the three lines to give an impression of track being relayed.
Finally the stone wharf has seen progress and has had its stone work added all round with the flagstones to be added in the coming week once the filler has dried.
Mierystock Bridge
I only have these two photos for the nearly finished bridge, I forgot to document the progress as I went.
The bridge has depron scribed to reflect the stone work, with brick embossed plasticard used to form the underside of the arches. Still to be added are string courses and capping stones along with a paint job.
Trackwork
As mentioned above for the trackwork I have been trying to reflect different ages, the front line past the stone wharf is deemed to be the eldest and the timbers have been weathered using a number of shades of grey and silver. The chairs have also been suitably aged.
The middle line is not as old and has been drybrushed with a mixture of brown and grey. The chairs are a different GWR style and are weathered to reflect the track has been relied in the past few years. In the photo below I have just started weathering the timbers on the right hand board trying to match them to the left hand section which was weathered about 5+ years ago.
Stone Wharf
My go to material of depron was scribbed to give the stone work effect for the Wharf. A day of madness followed, painting 90% of the stones on the 18 inch by 4 inch piece of Depron, picking out stones one by one. I ended up using about 10 different shades of grey and brown/tan to create the overall effect.
Once happy the Depron was cut to size and fitted to the edges of the stone wharf and trimmed to size.
Final step for the weekend was to build up the top surface to match the height of the wharf to give a flat surface for the flagstones to be stuck down.
Regards
Peter