Scalefour Forum

The snow and mud in the two AFV dioramas are first class, and exactly illustrate the point I sought to make in the 'Festive Thoughts' thread about cross-fertilisation of ideas and techniques between different areas of modelling interest. I've seen a few layouts that represent winter frosts, but the...

Trees and frame were added by a friend in Photoshop. Here is the original model photo and a couple more of the same diorama: http://southpelawjunction.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PZIV-1.jpg http://southpelawjunction.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/PZIV-5.jpg http://southpelawjunction.co....

Paints are all Tamiya and Vallejo acrylic, weathering is, for the most part, MIG powders.

Before getting back in to railway modelling, I spent some time modelling 1/35 scale armour and figures, a few examples: http://southpelawjunction.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DSCF0001-33.jpg http://southpelawjunction.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/DSCF0001-75.jpg http://southpelawjunctio...

All my current 4 wheel wagons (whether RTR or kit built) are rigid and they've stayed on the track on both of the shorter layouts I've built so far. Whether they will stay on the 30' main line I'm building at the moment, I hope to find out in the next 12 months...

John

More work on the buffer stop end of the plank today:

Have a look at this thread: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5727

John

I went against all conventional wisdom when I built the board for my Pelton Level layout and used 6mm MDF throughout. I did, however, make sure that the trackbed had full support along it's length as well as cross braces. In 12 months (part of which involved it sitting in an unheated garage) it didn...

Thanks Pete - trees and bushes are Woodland Scenics straight out of the box.

John

ah! .... well you see, I'm still very much starting out with all of this ... so the learning curve remains high on pretty much all I do :? ... hence trying to combine as many things as I can on the test track :thumb From now on, the layout itself will act as the test track, after all the rolling st...

For me I like what you've done with the bufferstop too..... If I could find the time I need the practice with the static grass, the group I'm part of but working on my own has just invested in a posh static grass applicator though I've yet to try it myself. Cheers John. Cheers Dave, the stop needs ...

Thanks Tim,

I've deliberately kept this as simple as possible to avoid it taking time away from the main layout. Having already built a couple of, albeit small, P4 layouts, I've already done the test track thing.

Both as somewhere to photograph rolling stock and as a quick/cheap way of learning how to use static grass, I've had a go at making a small photo plank. Quite a bit still to do but it is getting there... http://southpelawjunction.co.uk/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/IMG_1695.jpeg http://southpelawjun...

Accurscale have announced they are going to produce a Class 37/6 and 37/0 (the first five anyway) and the good news for the likes of me is that they are making drop in P4 (and EM for that matter) wheels available and they are also making provision for the brake blocks to be easily moved to line up w...

Trackwork is progressing:





John

Thanks all.

John

Having only ever built turnouts from kits before, I'm embarking on making my own using ply sleepers and functional chairs. I appreciate that this is a basic question but can someone please confirm that ordering the following Exactoscale sets will give me enough chairs to build a single turnout: 4CH ...

So, over the last couple of days, for various reasons I've made the decision to scrap the existing track (it will eventually find a use in the fiddle yard so it won't be completely wasted) but I figured before I do that, I'd better have a go at building some turnouts and the single slip. I've built ...

Allan Goodwillie wrote:While still on Newcastle Tim

This first layout was called Corrieshalloch

I have to say, I thought it was the star of the show, it looked stunning. I stayed in a cottage at the end of the gorge the layout depicts last year.

Not that it helps but B&Q used to sell extruded polystyrene from Knauff (I used it as the baseboard for my last layout) but it seems to have disappeared from the shelves, at least here in the North East. Having just insulated the living room floor with Celotex, I can confirm that, if cut, it is ...

Progress, the down Consett is now completely laid and wired.

pete55 wrote:Seriously, try a re wheeled Bachmann.....you might be surprised!

Well, I've already got the wheels so no harm in trying I guess...

pete55 wrote:You'll soon be needing a 9F...…

Cheers Pete, you fancy building a Bradwell chassis for me

First lot of track and droppers have been fitted on boards 1 & 2 so I can now run a train over 12 foot of track making it 3 times longer than any other track work I've ever had. Turnout is wired but the operating mechanism is not fitted yet. With a bit of luck, I'll be able to run a train over t...

Five turnouts, a diamond and a single slip, enough to get the up and down Consett main lines laid. My thanks to Stephen Freeman of Borg Rail for these.