Don't worry folks, Fablewood isn't dead, just not had any progress until quite recently. The layout has been in continuous development since you last saw it, and has only been out once so far in 2018 (to Warrington, as one of the enclosed pictures shows). However, with Fablewood due to come out to Rainhill on 24th November, the time has come to bring you up to speed with progress.
As mentioned, Fablewood had an outing to the Warrington show in October. In the scene below, the new Five79 Freelance diesel loco made its debut. The diesel is seen with a ballast train (one of the wagons being a Bachmann WD bogie wagon), as the GVT loco waits in the opposite platform.
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Now to progress. We start off with a load being created for two of the Peco four-wheel bolster wagons. Gathering six ordinary ice lolly sticks together (as well as washing them before use!), I cut them to length and stuck them all together:
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Some A1 model chain, scoring with a hack blade lengthways, and a lick of Humbrol 'natural wood' paint later produced this result:
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You may have noticed that the track has recently been weathered in Humbrol brown wash, to make the permanent way look heavily used. Also of note, is a second Chris Ward 3D double fairlie in bright red. This will be making its debut at Rainhill, and I have gone for the 'James Spooner' look for good measure.
In the goods yard, a storage shed has sprung up. This was comprised of a spare shed from a Peco 'small halt' kit acquired from the Perth model railway show in June. Another lick of paint, and it looks like this:
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The yard crane has seen some attention as well, with a length of A1 chain replacing the string:
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Meanwhile, in the station area, a quartet of Langley lamp posts have sprung up; all painted gloss black (with the tops and bases in white), drilled and glued into place. Also worthy of note, is the relocated bus stop sign; it looked odd when it was standing outside the station building, so it was decided before the Warrington show to move it over the road. That way, passengers would have to cross over the road when coming out of the station, and wait for the bus outside the cottages.
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Finally for now, a trio of Colin Ashby four wheel carriages have been put together in time for Rainhill (although there was the brake pipes to be painted at the time of photography). The liberty was taken of throwing in a few passengers for good measure.
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More to follow, after the Rainhill show. For now, comments welcomed!
Inspirational! Please keep showing your developments.
Quote from: Tom Haythornthwaite on November 19, 2018, 21:07
Inspirational! Please keep showing your developments.
Thank you Tom!
I dont want to appear pedantic ,but passengers would normally wait BEHIND a bus stop so they can see it coming .If you move it to the left it also would not obstruct the view of the annex.
Alan,
You obviously have nt been in the UK for sometime.
It appears to me they never form anything, just stand anywhere and make a beeline for doors when the bus pulls up.
More often than not, pensioners !
Stan.
Even more reason for the passengers to be facing the direction the bus is coming from then Stan .
But they might be all looking at the receding rear end of the bus that just went past and didn't stop!
25/12/2018
Seasons greetings from Fablewood! Santa kindly dropped off some new rolling stock, in the form of three Peco skips. They go well with the CW Hunslet diesel, for good measure!
Loads to be added soon...