7mm Regans Yard

28ten

Guv'nor
Not a huge amount done today as I had a 70 mile bike ride this morning which was run off at 20mph average, the afternoon was spent drinking tea and eating biscuits :)
But I did manage a little work on one of the doors although it still needs some locks, nail marks, flaking paint etc
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The supports for the pub roof have been sketched, I like to use a slot together egg box framework for accuracy and ease of assembly
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28ten

Guv'nor
I chucked a bit of track down yesterday and did the ballast thing with pva glue and by this evening it was dry enough to spray some mixed grey tones. I know there are some bald patches but ill be planting lots of weeds and shopping trolleys.....
all these little things are taking an age, build time for the actual arches is about an hour.
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28ten

Guv'nor
A couple of shots from the great outdoors - the basic track tones are done, the cess at the side needs a little clearing although it is going to be filled with stinky water and weeds

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The overspray will be replaced with sooty grot before the weeds go down as given the timescale it is 5-10 years after the end of steam
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An order has gone in for Silflor and some etched vegetation.....
 

Phill Dyson

Western Thunderer
I like the rusty rails very much, pity we can't really do on working sidings on layouts........very effective:thumbs: :cool:
 

28ten

Guv'nor
A quick update. I filled the cess with a dry mix of polyfilla to which water was added after I was happy with the shape. this took 2 days to dry so I have only just been able to spray it.
The first shot showy why mdf beats plastic, I have been easily able to reproduce spalled bricks quick dig with a scalpel and job done
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in the second shot you can see the muddy cess, this will have stinky water, moss and grass added.

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the sleepers have had a little more work, again as this is an abandoned track faded tones are the order of the day. Any bald spots in the ballast will have weeds etc added. once I am happy with the track, work will resume on the sides as there is too much danger of handling damage to continue at the moment

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Next step is some static grass, but I was stunned at the price of the Noch system:eek:
 

Alan

Western Thunderer
but I was stunned at the price of the Noch system:eek:

I assume by that you mean the actual dispenser. I used a fmr teastrainer type cost me £25-00 +pp
 

Mr Tiger Viking

Western Thunderer
Hi Cynric
I am in toatal awre at what you are producing and doing - simply stunning work. Do`nt forget the 1/32nd stuff.
Cheers
Mr TV
 

28ten

Guv'nor
Hi Cynric
I am in toatal awre at what you are producing and doing - simply stunning work. Do`nt forget the 1/32nd stuff.
Cheers
Mr TV
I havent :) but I have sold quite a few of these. There are a few interesting 1/32 ideas floating about pending drawings and/or visits to take some measurements......
 

28ten

Guv'nor
I need to get this rolling along again, so I took the boys for a walk up to the remains of the Brecon loop to get some shots of the track. The colours are very light, my sleepers could do with being a little more silvery, this is weeded now and then, but it gives an idea of the kind of effect I want, I think some fine sand or a dusting of polyfilla wouldnt go amiss in the ballast. maybe a few bleached tea leaves as well and a static grass gizmo will hopefully take care of the some of the growth.
I dont know what is going to happen to this spur as Bulmers wont use it again, does Captain Kernow know?

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Looking towards the Main line

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