4mm Llanfair ....

[Pencarrow]

Very slow progress....
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You've done more than me Larry. I've not done any model railway related activities for 4 months. My focus has been biting the bullet on domestic DIY projects. Various tools from the modelling drawers have been used and I'm sure that it will take a while for them all to be repatriated.

The train room floor is currently covered by dust sheets, the remnants of 16 sheets of cement board, boxes of tiles, plumbing supplies, a toilet, shower cubicle and sink. Just trying to keep the momentum going as the bathroom is needed back in use! Not easy when I'm also doing a full time job.

Looking forward to getting back onto working on my 7mm layout Pencarrow. The summer has seen various nice items of stock arrive (03, 63xx), with another item (45xx) due shortly and I really want to have a good play.

I'm enjoying your thread updates and seeing the progress, however slow.

 

[simond]

I rebuilt our en-suite bathroom, I just checked back in my RMW thread, in 2016.

There are four tiles that still need to be glued to the base of the shower and grouted, to finish the job.

 

[Heather Kay]

We had our bathroom rejigged in 2010. It’s still not finished.

In fact, I can beat that record with our kitchen. That was started in 2005…

 

[simond]

Ah, now, the kitchen I did in 2007. About 10 days before getting the job in India, so our lodgers got the benefit of that.
We just had it repainted last week, which got rid of the beer stains on the ceiling. (Kids are no longer teenagers!)
I replaced the under-cupboard lights, and I reckon it’s looking pretty good.
MrsD is however on a home improvement pathway at the mo’!

Sorry, Larry, this is entirely irrelevant.

 

[LarryG]

Many a potential cold was snuffed out in a tin bath and a Guinness...

 

[Gismorail]

Agree with all the praise about the development of the layout Larry most impressive. The moving of the cattle pens to the new position is a master stroke and from a logistics ( a phrase not known at the time of your model ) point of view is the correct position as escape routes for spooked cattle is reduced. The shading and dull effect that you have achieved on this structure is very reminiscent of the disused pens that can still be seen today at the old Corwen auction market.
Keep up the good work Larry really enjoying the project

 

[LarryG]

Screwing down wood formers for an embankment...



Grass vinyl mat cut to shape with scissors and glued along the back edge to the wood with Evostik Impact....


Crumpled paper stuffed underneath and the edge nearest the track glued down, assisted with a heat gun and glove....


The easiest way I know of creating scenery. It will be covered with static grass eventually....


General view towards the station....

 

[LarryG]

More trackside greenery grassed with static....


Some of it was glued to scraps of 1/8" cork just to raise it from the track bed and cess...

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

I don't know how they would have re-surfaced the cattle dock in the time period you're modelling but I'd be inclined to use a different surfacing material to that used in the yard - such as a patch of tarmac with the odd worn patch revealing the cattle dock surface underneath.

 

[LarryG]

The contractor simply took up the cattle docks special bricks and then dumped in tar-coated ballast and rolled it. Its binds together but tends to surface in hot weather, so it didn't take long to take on a similar look to the rest of the yard..... It was done just before my tea so it will be dry tomorrow....

 

[Gismorail]

The idea of removing part of the cattle dock is a very inspirational idea Larry. My only thoughts about the resurfacing of the dock area would be the cost of such an operation, I think any metal post bases would have been cut away and made good as trip hazards would not have been considered in those days

 

[LarryG]

Model-wise, the increased area of end & side loading platform has been made good...


Historically :- The once flourishing lamb trade at Llanfair went into decline in the late 1920's and the pens were allowed to deteriorate when the cattle trade continued the pattern in the 1930's. The GWR secured a contract with a local rainwear company and removed one of the cattle pens to facilitate loading of the companies wares...

 

[LarryG]

A couple of goods yard images showing the spread of vegetation...

 

[LarryG]

Planning ahead with a camera. Fencing against the backscene....


Fencing curved away from the backscene to follow the track, making less railway land....


The curved fence was my preference....


The curved fencing kind of adds more interest to the scene IMV.....

 

[LarryG]

Nothing to post except this. 1'8" cork glued down with PVA and weighted. It's the 'land' beside the railway....

 

[LarryG]

Drove over to the Llangollen line seeing having been lead to believe it was a 2-train timetable with one being steam. Wasted my time and fuel. As with most preserved lines, people invested to keep steam live. The revived outfit is now promoted as a heritage diesel railway. There was barely anyone about...

 

[John Ross]

Drove over to the Llangollen line seeing having been lead to believe it was a 2-train timetable with one being steam. Wasted my time and fuel. As with most preserved lines, people invested to keep steam live. The revived outfit is now promoted as a heritage diesel railway. There was barely anyone about...
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Hi Larry

Not a complete waste of time as your photo captures an early 1960's feel. Is the dry summer that we are experiencing not restricting the use of steam?

All the best

John

 

[John Duffy]

I really like how that have disguised the backscene with shrubs and bushes!

Joking aside, the size of that tree is worth noting for modellers.

John

 

[Gismorail]

It’s such a shame what’s happened at Llangollen as it’s surely one of the most scenic preserved lines I the country. Having lived near it for nearly ten years the new management need to get the local community more involved as I fear it will struggle for years to come. At this time of year it once was heaving with visitors but alas by your evidence that Is no longer the case

 

[LarryG]

For a low rise in the land, i used up scraps of 1/8" cork and sanded off the edges...



Covered in vinyl grass and formed with a heat gun. The basic groundwork is now done at the back of the layout. Static ground cover will follow. I could glue static grass direct to the cork, but I prefer an 'undercoat' of vinyl grass...