7mm Layouts and Dioramas by Stephen Fay, including Pontycwm, Newton Mills and St Stephens Bank

Compton castle

Western Thunderer
44A9CB1E-CED9-4A34-8571-FFDA6FF4B859.jpeg Another pass of mid green foliage completes another tree, I’ve added some Ivy growing up the trunk as well.
Just paid a £77 custom fee on my delivery of MBR trees which should be here very soon so instead of ordering in bulk to save on postage I’ll be ordering in smaller batches from now on as my first order came through with no charges!!
 

LarryG

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Very realistic ground work and trees. Your scenic effects are very impressive. Also the maroon Mk.I behind the 'Castle'. Its windows do not exhibit the lozenge appearance first seen on Kitmaster in the early 1960's. Glad its sorted.
 

Compton castle

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Track down on the second baseboard today after my delivery finally arrived from C&L, This batch is now moulded in brown and the mouldings seem a lot crisper than the last box I had which was looking a little worn out.3C9EB895-42E7-4FB7-A214-5C9E631BDB10.jpeg C1AED2A6-5604-47E6-B44B-42C6E872708C.jpeg
Peco flat bottom on the mains bull head on the relief, looks like a recent sleeper replacement repair has taken place
 

Compton castle

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Yes it has! I brush PVA and then sprinkle over sand and give it a mist from a water bottle to hep bond the sand in place,
Soldered up the track joints and tested it with my Hall This evening. I Need to wait for a delivery of spray paint from Howes before I can progress with the track work.
 

Compton castle

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That’s exactly what my dad Keeps saying but there is quite a crack in the paint work and it will fall of at some point as up close you can see it’s delaminated.
she was painted in Chris Wesson’s BR green which has a more yellow tone similar to GWR green and has bothered me for quite some time as she doesn’t quite match up to my other locos.
 

cbrailways

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Hi Steve. Which photographic card have you used? I'm looking to print some Scalescenes models and direct printing to card might be better than sticking paper prints to a seperate card base.
 
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