Turtle Bay

[Tom Haythornthwaite]

It's all good but I am particularly impressed by the ballasting in the shed area.  I've copied the photo into my notes.

[Rob Rossington]

Thanks Gents, I'm really pleased so far. :)

A little bit of further progress with the pier today. I spent this morning before leaving for work weathering matchsticks to use as timbers around the pier. This is the result;





There's still a little bit of weathering to do, and I need to add bollards etc but I'm quite pleased with the results so far! I'll probably make a start on the rest of the sea wall tomorrow.

[Peter Boulter]

The weathered matchsticks work really well round the pier. I like the seaplane as well.

[Rob Rossington]

So yesterday saw the rest of the sea wall produced, painted and glued in place;



With that done and the glue dry, I made a start on the terrain of the beach;





A couple of the offcuts were perfect for forming the main headland in the centre of the layout, Seen here roughly placed in the correct position;



Some more shaping then followed;



The only thing glued in place at the moment is the beach. The headland needs a lot more work before it can be stuck down yet. I'm quite happy with the general shape of things and how it all fits together at this point, I just need to work on the finer points.

[Robin Webster]

It's looking good Rob. I have not touched my lay out since June. I have so many projects, but just not motivated.

Robin.

[Roger Pound]

Just 'discovered' your nice upcoming layout Rob. Seeing the pictures gives me a sharp nudge to get on with my own project and get the track ballasted. Nice to see your hand operated throws for the points - I have opted for the same sort of thing myself - it avoids wiring motors and all that extra electric work, which is not my most favourite job!!! Look forward to seeing more pictures in due time.

Roger.

[Rob Rossington]

It's looking good Rob. I have not touched my lay out since June. I have so many projects, but just not motivated.

Robin.

Thanks Robin, seems to be that people are firmly in two camps, those who've got loads done, and those that have lost motivation. I hope you find your mojo soon :)

Just 'discovered' your nice upcoming layout Rob. Seeing the pictures gives me a sharp nudge to get on with my own project and get the track ballasted. Nice to see your hand operated throws for the points - I have opted for the same sort of thing myself - it avoids wiring motors and all that extra electric work, which is not my most favourite job!!! Look forward to seeing more pictures in due time.

Roger.

Thanks Roger! The hand throws are actually dummies, the layout does have conventional point motors I'm afraid :) Wiring is my pet hate, so I'm glad I'm through that bit now!

[Roger Pound]

Well done, Rob - those dummies certainly had me fooled. We share a common hatred of wiring - my mini layout has only three points and I just could not be bothered to go through all the hassle of camouflaging the motors which would have to be surface mounted plus hiding the wiring for the two that are on the scenic side - the third gives access to the cassette loading siding. I guess I'm just idle really - but after all rule 1 always applies for us all.  :)

Roger.

[Rob Rossington]

Well done, Rob - those dummies certainly had me fooled. We share a common hatred of wiring - my mini layout has only three points and I just could not be bothered to go through all the hassle of camouflaging the motors which would have to be surface mounted plus hiding the wiring for the two that are on the scenic side - the third gives access to the cassette loading siding. I guess I'm just idle really - but after all rule 1 always applies for us all.  :)

Roger.

Oh Most definitely! If I could have gotten away with wire in tube operation I would have. The layout is too big for that unfortunately.

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A small update today;

I wanted an abandoned fort/defence tower on the headland in the centre of the layout. The closest thing to what I wanted was the Hornby Skaledale Castle tower.

Whilst there's absolutely nothing wrong with this ready-to-plonk model, Unfortunately the colour of the stonework is wrong compared to the rest of the layout, so out came the paintbrushes!

Before;



After;



Much more fitting!

[Robin Webster]

What a difference. Thoes large stones around the tower are they real or castings ? It all looks good.
Robin.

[Rob Rossington]

What a difference. Thoes large stones around the tower are they real or castings ? It all looks good.
Robin.

Thanks Robin! I'm really pleased with how it's turned out! The stones are castings painted with a couple of techniques learnt off youtube :)

[Peter Boulter]

Those stones look great. They had me fooled, I thought they were real.

[Robin Webster]

I was fooled too. Very well done.
Robin.

[Rob Rossington]

Thanks Gents, much appreciated :)

[Rob Rossington]

So a few days ago I decided todo some posing of stock and scenic items to see how things were coming on, this is the result;







Then it was back to the scenery;

Whilst waiting for the plaster bandage on the terrain to dry, I decided to finish the platform and get some ground texture down. The timber around the edge of the platform has been treated the same way as the timbers on the pier, namely a grey and brown wash.







Once the bandage was dry I decided to have a go at making the rock faces. This is something I've been worried about since I started building. I've watched a few YouTube tutorials which make it look relatively easy, but I didn't want to fall into a false sense of security.

As it turns out, it actually is quite easy!







These areas can be painted this evening when I get home from work. :)