Scrayingham

[tedp]

As I already remarked on the other forum, corrugated card is an excellent scenic base which I have used several times.

I'm afraid I won't be able to follow your scenic work during July as I will be away on holiday, but having seen the other part of your layout it should be good. Nothing like a bit of pressure to complete a layout...

[petersmith1942]

A really interesting and inspiring series, much appreciated. It is what this forum should be all about
That pic of the Lilliput loco in LNER livery really looks believable and the other stock is great as well
Look forward to seeing the layout

[jaymzhatstand]

Thanks very much for the encouraging comments, and tedp, enjoy your holiday!

Petersmith, there's an article under the 'Locomotives' section of this forum about the conversion of the Liliput loco, it also appeared in the 009 News.

Cheers

J

[jaymzhatstand]

I've made a start on the landscaping on both the extension and station boards, using a combinaiton of newsparer glued to the formers and then paper mache over the top which seems to be creating a fairly strong shell (but I will put down a fair few layers to be on the safe side!).  The larger sections will have support underneath them from rolled up newspaper packing.



In order to form the cutting against the higher side of the hill I have made a retaining wall using thick card, with slaters embossed plastic sheet mounted on it.  I have done the same for the tunnel mouth, which has had a layer of filler spread and scribed around the opening to represent the voussoirs and keystone, which hopefully, when painted will not be noticable as Squadron Green Stuff!




The staiton board is starting to gain a bit of undulating land as well, raised behing the staion (on the viewing side, then falling towards the end of the board.  Hopefully this will add a bit more visual interest, and once populated with a couple of small trees make it seem less like looking at a baseboard with some track and buildings stuck on!




All comments as ever are welcome!

Cheers

J

[jaymzhatstand]

I've finally got all of the paper mache for the ground done, it took a while duie to the contours and having to wait until the retaining wall and tunnel mouth were painted/fitted, but it's now ready for painting (first a few coats of brown to add a bit more solidity and a decent earth colour).  Onmce it's painted, I'll make a start with the detailing; grasses, fences, trees and other bits and bobs.  At least with an earth colour layed down it'll give it a bit more of a reasonable appearance.  Less than two weeks to go before the show now, so hopefully it'll look pretty reasonable!




A few shots showing the retaining wall and tunnel mouth after painting and fitting.  The eagle eyed of you may nitice some scatter has been applied between the ballast and the wall, this will eventually be weathered and have a few 'weeds' added.





The next job will be to fit the backscene, which is the Gaugemaster 'Open Field' three part set, I know it's generic but I don't really have time to create my own and it'll be mostly just the sky that is visible, especially on the valley section.

I'll post some more photos once the ground is less newspapery!

Cheers

J

[jaymzhatstand]

This morning I've had a play with the backscene for the station board, cutting out the hole for the control panel (inside the green barn) and drilling the hole to correspond with the bolt for the legs.  After a sucessful test fitting I thought 'I wonder what it'll look like when it's done?' so out can the roll of Gaugemaster Backscene and a couple of small bits of Blu-Tack and hey presto (other supermarkets are available!  ;) ) the resulting photos are a rough approxiomation of the finished product. 




There will be some foliage along the join between the flat and the vertical, hopefully some sea-moss trees or lichen, which will hopefully improve the appearance somewhat, but overall, I'm fairly pleased with it so far.

Lastly a shot of my Mercian FR van posing outside the goods shed, which I think shows a lot of potential.



Can anyone suggest any way that I can fasten the backscene onto the board itself, I don't think PVA will be suitable, so am I looking at wallpaper paste or something similar?

Cheers

J

[MickT]

Can anyone suggest any way that I can fasten the backscene onto the board itself, I don't think PVA will be suitable, so am I looking at wallpaper paste or something similar?
Cheers
J

Looking good Jaymz! I don't know what the Gaugemaster backscene is made of, but if a photographic or similar paper, I suggest that something like Pritt Stick will do it if you go right round the 4 margins and diagonals across the middle. This would vastly reduce the risk of wrinkles and bubbles which you may get if you slap wallpaper paste or similar all over the back. Not sure if you mentioned what the backscenes are to be fixed to - MDF/Ply/Hardboards etc as this could affect the type of adhesive you end up using.

I must say that judging from your photos, they look perfectly OK with just the blu-tack holding them up!

Mick

[Graeme Dunbar]

Try "Spraymount" for fixing the back scene -

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=spray+mount&tag=googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=8235681649&hvpos=1t3&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1786003121548876978&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&ref=pd_sl_l8gmbubxb_b

[jaymzhatstand]

Thanks for that, the actual board is plywood and the backscene seems to be a pretty sturdy paper.  I'm not sure if Prit-Stick would be strong enough to hold it, and after using spray mount on my OO layout's backscene and having it bubble after a few months, I'm not too keen on that idea!

I'll have a bit more of a browse about and see what an interweb search suggests too, that'll give me something to do on my breaks at work!

Cheers

J

[Isle of Stoner]

I've used sparaymount and had the same experience, with bubbles appearing after the event.

John W

[jaymzhatstand]

After a bit of looking about on a couple of other forums and the internetweb, I've come to the conclusion that wallpaper paste is the way forward, hopefully that will help circumnavigate the bubbles that occured on my OO layout (see photo below)



Cheers

J

[Hugh Norwood]

The backscene image on Angst (which is 120gsm paper - the backscene not the layout)) is held on with small sqaures of double-sided adhesive tape. It's not perfect but I have managed to un-stick parts and re-stick them where I noticed a sagging taking place. (The whole backscene itself is removeable)

[jaymzhatstand]

Yesterday (Sunday) I took the layout downstairs and set it up in the lounge so I could spend the afternoon testing various combinations of rolling stock and try to highlight as many potential problems as I could as I dont want to discover that nothing works next weekend!  There are a few minor bugs to work around, but on the whole I had trains which were fine and could have stock swapped around so it doesn't get too repetitive!  The curtain to hide the legs has also been made, and the eyes for the press studs sewn on (thanks to the sewing machine, fingers and sewing skills of my wife!)

Today I have been concentrating on the scenics, mainly adding the wire to the Ratio fencing (which is quite a task, but looks good and so worth it!).  Som scatter and hedges have been added, along with a few clumpos of hedgerow and the first couple of trees (all from the Woodland Scenics range) and the followinf photos show that particular progress.  The unfinished fence wires are visible in a couple of the photos, but these won't be left dangling will-nilly!






I have also pasted the first of the backscenes to it's board, and it seems to be drying quite well.  There were a few bubbles earlier, but these seem to be slowly going as the wallpare paste dries.

I'd best crack on, I've only got a couple of days until the exhibition now, and Friday will be taken up with loading the car and transporting it to Goathland for setting up, so time is of the essence!

Cheers

J

[Hugh Norwood]

It's looking good... Best wishes for your outing at Goathland (I nearly typed Gothland, which being so near Whitby mayn't be so far out...)  ;D

[jaymzhatstand]

Thanks, I have family in Whitby so know all about the Goth weekends, there are some ipressive, and some horrific sights (not much different to many exhibitions!)

A bit more scatter has gone down this morning, and I hope to have the first layer of full ground cover down by this evening

Cheers

J