Recent Stuff on the FBGR

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Re: Recent Stuff on the FBGR

Post by IanC » Wed Jul 04, 2018 12:25 pm

:thumbright: Looks great.

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Re: Recent Stuff on the FBGR

Post by ge_rik » Wed Jul 04, 2018 12:37 pm

Great progress and imaginative and effective use of foamboard. It's really versatile stuff, isn't it?

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Re: Recent Stuff on the FBGR

Post by FBGR » Tue Jul 10, 2018 7:14 pm

One side of the Level Crossing fixed in place today.
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The hot sun has caused some of the foamboard panels that were painted a dark colour to deform a little, but not a lot, and the odd extra screw here and there seems to hold most of the movement.

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Re: Recent Stuff on the FBGR

Post by jim@NAL » Tue Jul 10, 2018 11:15 pm

Looking great what do you use to make your road surface

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Re: Recent Stuff on the FBGR

Post by FWLR » Wed Jul 11, 2018 7:42 am

It’s getting more and more impressive. The heat won’t always be this bad…..hopefully.

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Re: Recent Stuff on the FBGR

Post by FBGR » Wed Jul 11, 2018 7:48 am

The road surface is Woodland Scenics Fine Ballast stuck to the abraded surface of the foamboard with Gorilla Wood Glue. After everything getting a coat of Halfords primer, it is painted black and then dry-brushed with dark grey, lastly everything gets a coat of Wilco Yacht Varnish (clear satin).

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Re: Recent Stuff on the FBGR

Post by FBGR » Tue Jul 31, 2018 7:44 pm

After a short break, another bit was added today.
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The little shed was built in plasitcard as was the X sign and rail posts. Post and rail fence in foamboard.

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Re: Recent Stuff on the FBGR

Post by FWLR » Wed Aug 01, 2018 6:48 am

It’s looking better every time you put photos up of your line…….. :thumbright: :thumbright: :thumbright:

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Re: Recent Stuff on the FBGR

Post by FBGR » Mon Aug 27, 2018 3:22 pm

I’ve just finished the varnishing of some lamp-posts (made from foamboard, plasticard and bits of electrical wire), which will be going to the Railway tomorrow.
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I’m not sure exactly where each one will be positioned yet, and if they should be left out or find a place for a box in the shed.

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Re: Recent Stuff on the FBGR

Post by philipy » Mon Aug 27, 2018 3:56 pm

FBGR wrote: Mon Aug 27, 2018 3:22 pm I’ve just finished the varnishing of some lamp-posts (made from foamboard, plasticard and bits of electrical wire), which will be going to the Railway tomorrow.

I’m not sure exactly where each one will be positioned yet, and if they should be left out or find a place for a box in the shed.
J0hn, Impressive lamps, well done. I'm not sure what the posts are made of, are they foamboard? If so, I think I'd be reluctant to leave them out if they were mine. I made some fence posts from foamboard and they didn't last very long when the local cats and other wildlife came visiting.
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Re: Recent Stuff on the FBGR

Post by FBGR » Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:16 pm

Thank you Philip,

The posts are made from 5mm thick foamboard, and the bottoms are reinforced with a 20mm panel pin (in a pilot hole). I have recently been using foamboard for post and rail fences, with 5 x 5 posts with panel pin up them, and these stay out and, so far, have come to no harm. For the fence posts, the foamboard, being a little flexible, seems to be better than using plasticard at taking minor knocks in exposed locations.

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Re: Recent Stuff on the FBGR

Post by IanC » Mon Aug 27, 2018 8:32 pm

Great looking lamps. They're going to look good lit up.
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Re: Recent Stuff on the FBGR

Post by FBGR » Mon Aug 27, 2018 8:54 pm

Sorry Ian, they don’t actually light up, and the wires are purely cosmetic.

I have enough trouble with doing the electrics on the locomotives.

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Re: Recent Stuff on the FBGR

Post by IanC » Tue Aug 28, 2018 10:00 pm

They still look great. I've got some lamps and was planning to link them up to a solar cell for charging up and lighting up automatically at dusk. I'm collecting the components, but I might be being a little ambitious!. :shock:
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Re: Recent Stuff on the FBGR

Post by FBGR » Wed Sep 12, 2018 1:41 pm

Another panel of the road has been done. The original intension was to have a skew level crossing over the siding, but now the road has been bent round to go off the edge of the timber board and onto the plastic decking.
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The plastic decking is somewhat lower than the timber deck, with the track packed up to keep it level. This should provide a little bit more flexibility with regard to the scenery levels, so the step between the levels is next to be sorted.

We acquired a VW van recently, as shown. It is 1:24 scale. There doesn’t seem to be much in the way of vehicles available suitable for our date and location – racing cars and modern lorries just look wrong.

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Re: Recent Stuff on the FBGR

Post by Peter Butler » Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:46 pm

I do like the VW van/pick-up but at 1:24 it is a little small. The ones I use are 1:18, just a fraction on the large side but closer to scale.
However..... location, location!!! If placed carefully they can look perfectly OK.
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Re: Recent Stuff on the FBGR

Post by FBGR » Sun Feb 03, 2019 3:02 pm

I have been slowly progressing, adding more bits to the road/grass/fence panels between the running line and the siding. I have now reached the bridge, so I thought I had better do an update.

This is the last portion fitted coming up to the bridge.
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And this is looking back from the bridge towards the Station area.
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This is the sorting out the next lot of panels for the area between the siding and the loco shed.
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I mocked up a building and platform to see how it all fits together and check sizes. The mock-ups were made in foam PVC board, screwed together. The structures will be made in plasticard however, as I have found that the foam pvc moves and shrinks in sunlight.

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Re: Recent Stuff on the FBGR

Post by FWLR » Mon Feb 04, 2019 8:38 am

Looking great. Those two bushes look just the part between your line... :thumbright:

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Re: Recent Stuff on the FBGR

Post by FBGR » Fri Sep 18, 2020 12:04 pm

It’s been a little time since I posted, but I thought that the slow progress that I was making was making the postings a bit boring.

Anyway, I can now report that the area of the plastic decking has now been completely covered, including all the fresh buildings/sheds.

The box bush got the deadly moth and died, and this leaves a bit of hole in the middle, but this will be filled with something (plant) in the spring.

Here are some pics of the completed area

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Re: Recent Stuff on the FBGR

Post by LNR » Fri Sep 18, 2020 2:19 pm

That's all looking very good now, bet it must be very satisfying knowing that rot will never trouble you again.
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