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It's looking real good.
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Wow in some spots i can just imagine a loco and some cars 8-) I bet you got an itch to run the layout now dont you???????
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That is looking great! I love your scenery work/ideas so far
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Thankyou all, your comments are most appreciated.
Yeah, I am really eager to run the layout, but I need some track. I've found a place to get it from at a reasonable price, but I'm waiting for them to respond to my e-mail.
As for the scenery, well, the river bed is now complete and looking excellent (If i do say so myself), and the powerstation and substation kits have been combined/kitbashed together (will be my summer kitbash challenge entry, got a few pics of construction). I have also been smashing up sandstone to make scatters which i will use to cover the vertical faces of the cliffs - There are several shades, so there will be rock strata present. The shades also match the front facia. so everything will nicely fit together.
I have pics, and will post them when i getr a chance.
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Coming along nicely.....
I like your idea of using expandable foam for scenery....Did you shape it some as it was setting..? Will it take a coat of plaster..?
Keep those pics coming....
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For the foam, I mostly left it to expand as it wandted, and then carved it back. In some areas (mainly tunnel areas), I had to use shiney plastic to act as formers after the surface layer had dryed (It dries in stages - firstly it creates a surface film after 1/2 an hour - can shape it with formers at this point. After that the centre begins to expand and harden.).
It takes plaster very nicely aswell, which is excellent.
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Thanks....I'll have to give it a try...!!
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Looks nice!
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Nice progress there.
And is that just a random cd there on that one picture or another layout?
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Thanks for your comments.
Oh right, no thats just a random DVD that my sister left out as usuall. It's a wonder they still work.
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Really amazing work! There's so many points of interest on such a small area - really neat design! Thanks for posting the pic's!
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Very very nice TC buuuutttttt i could not help but note the 44 tonner is she built by bachmann????? if so has she seen any rail action? if so could i get some feed back from you on her preformance as i have a rail way that had 5 of them.
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yup, a Bachmann GE44T. It hasn't done much running, but I did test it out on a small track, and it performs amazingly. It also looks great too. They have excelled themselves on it.
(P.s. sorry for the late reply, I have been in Wales for the last fortnight.)
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Hi folks.
I keep forgetting to update this thread. I have been working on the layout, and got quite a bit done. All the photos of the progress can be found in my model railway gallery here: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.railways-in-miniature.co.uk/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=56">http://www.railways-in-miniature.co.uk/ ... p?album=56</a><!-- m -->
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