North Avenue Line

[Andrew]

That's looking great, full of character... It reminds me of the Silvertown Tramway in east London, which I vaguely remember from what must have been its dying days, with rusty rolling stock on rusty sidings. I think it linked the Tate and Lyle sugar refinery and various scrapyards with the mainline... Anyway, your line is very atmospheric, thanks for the photos.

I particularly like the ballasting and ground cover, very convincing, I'd be interested to know how you've achieved the effect...

Cheers,

Andrew

[Dwayne]

[Lonsdaler]

Lovely stuff there Jim - looking very industrial and 'Compton Down-ish' Do we have a new Peter Jones in our midst? Will it grow like topsy, and take over the whole garden?

[jim@NAL]

Thank you very much for all your comments. The track is ballased with small stones i swept off the car park at work mixed with some Cement a bit of pva and some soil .if got 2 short videos I will post another when I can find it https://youtu.be/reOWRadEBUU

[jim@NAL]

https://youtu.be/nIAuxiSKGFE
Ok post another vid up this evening these where the first test runs so not perfect .loco needs a driver and I have a smoke unit to put in it

[FWLR]

Very good Jim, love that brute of a loco.

Very hard to video and drive at the same time isn’t it……

[jim@NAL]

https://youtu.be/mHhVkZGpEv0 another video

[FWLR]

Brilliant video Jim, shows your run down industries in brilliant detail

[jim@NAL]

Thank you not great with technology but iv found a way of uploading videos too you tube on my phone

[jim@NAL]

so while I wait for part to turn up for the lighthouse from far off lands (china if you ever find something you want on e bay keep looking you may find it on ebay but from china and it will be a lot cheaper you just have to wait a few weeks) so while looking at my box of plasticard iv got a load of bits a pieces lots of leftovers etc etc .I went to the model shop and bought some more sheets and started building a rather big model this will eventually be the steel works .

[Peter Butler]

That is an amazing collection of odds and ends Jim, you are a brave man to put them together that way and make it work.... but you have succeeded in doing so and I am sure it will be most convincing when it's finished.

[IanC]

That's an amazing use of leftovers and oddments. I shall be interested to see the finished building.

Ian

[bazzer42]

That's crying out for rust and grime....go for it...

[jim@NAL]

Yes defiantly going to have some rust and grime .it's going to be on legs so trains can pass underneath. And some lighting too.its a very big model.

[tom_tom_go]

It's great how you just grab bits and go for it. I fuss too much and spend ages pondering!

[FWLR]

Going to be another brilliant big build out of bits and bobs. Rusty too…..

[jim@NAL]

bit of weathering started on the steelworks

[jim@NAL]

sorry for some of the pics being bad I have a new phone and not used to it yet .the way iv done this is by mixing and layering wiping on and off lots of layers of paint .starting to get the effect I want now

[ge_rik]

Looking good.

Rik

[bazzer42]

Starting to look good Jim, weathering is an art that I have yet to master. It is surprising the effects you get by wiping and washing off weathering.