A New Line..............
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Today has seen the last of the joinery done on the "box" which will eventually (by 20th October!) become Flagg Fluorspar.
Pictures at the bottom of:
http://www.mdlr.co.uk/ff02.html
Also, last week a Box of Delights arrived from Trenarren Models - lotsa detailing "bits" which are getting assembled and primed in between times.
As you can see, adding PA speaker corners and pine angle over all the joints has made the whole assembly much more presentable.
Next job: stain the exterior (and the interior of the flaps which will be open when trains are running) with a dark green garden furniture stain and paint the interior sky blue.
Pictures at the bottom of:
http://www.mdlr.co.uk/ff02.html
Also, last week a Box of Delights arrived from Trenarren Models - lotsa detailing "bits" which are getting assembled and primed in between times.
As you can see, adding PA speaker corners and pine angle over all the joints has made the whole assembly much more presentable.
Next job: stain the exterior (and the interior of the flaps which will be open when trains are running) with a dark green garden furniture stain and paint the interior sky blue.
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Seeing as how the "Operating Position" is going to be talking to the punters at the front, no problem!
I've spent a good part of today trying not to do myself an injury as I painted the sides and the roof of the "box" with sky blue emulsion. Bearing in mind that the baseboard top only sits 2' above the ground and the roof of the box is about the same height, painting involved some contortions and paint in all SORTS of odd places!
Toninght, I laid out the track (just to check that it fitted, you understand) and took a picture using just the 3 WHOLE WATTS of LED lighting before lifting the track again and staining the baseboard with a dark wood stain.
(The brown stain was a failed experiment...........)
I've spent a good part of today trying not to do myself an injury as I painted the sides and the roof of the "box" with sky blue emulsion. Bearing in mind that the baseboard top only sits 2' above the ground and the roof of the box is about the same height, painting involved some contortions and paint in all SORTS of odd places!
Toninght, I laid out the track (just to check that it fitted, you understand) and took a picture using just the 3 WHOLE WATTS of LED lighting before lifting the track again and staining the baseboard with a dark wood stain.
(The brown stain was a failed experiment...........)
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.................. and today the track was laid and pinned down - the first time EVER I've used Peco track pins for their intended purpose!
Video here: http://youtu.be/KsQHNq70rME
There was only one problem with using the MDLR "heavyweight" stock - the loco fouled one of the lifting handles at the back (because the track is nearer the back edge than the front edge, because of the point lever) and so the jig saw had to come out to cure the problem!
Video here: http://youtu.be/KsQHNq70rME
There was only one problem with using the MDLR "heavyweight" stock - the loco fouled one of the lifting handles at the back (because the track is nearer the back edge than the front edge, because of the point lever) and so the jig saw had to come out to cure the problem!
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If i may add this display is much nicer seen in the flesh, i must confess the pictures in this thread do not do it justice.
I am inspired and glad i saw it.
By the way Brian, as to our discussion about whether live steam could run on such a small layout, Just for fun i knocked up a similar radius out of curiosity when i got back home and my Regner Konrad did circles easily around. So its possible to run a live steam loco in such a small compact diorama.
I am inspired and glad i saw it.
By the way Brian, as to our discussion about whether live steam could run on such a small layout, Just for fun i knocked up a similar radius out of curiosity when i got back home and my Regner Konrad did circles easily around. So its possible to run a live steam loco in such a small compact diorama.
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Thanks for the compliment - I'm aware that small steam COULD run on the track, but I'm worried what it might do to the scenic work. I know the (genuine) fluorspar alongside the track will stand steam oil and all the other crud that a steam loco chucks out, but the rest of the scenic materials are Woodland Scenics - coloured ground-up rubber in various sizes - and I'm not too sure how THAT would fare.
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Sorry I haven't replied.................
Flagg is a small village in Derbyshire...........
http://goo.gl/maps/kKmsd which is situated not far from the site of the MDLR's Monyash terminal.................
http://goo.gl/maps/gUh3y
The "Fluorspar" bit comes from the mineral that is mined around here.
Any road up................. I've been making progress on the loco repair shop - the walls were from a sheet of AnDel Models brickwork: they've now been trimmed to size, glued together and painted.............
Flagg is a small village in Derbyshire...........
http://goo.gl/maps/kKmsd which is situated not far from the site of the MDLR's Monyash terminal.................
http://goo.gl/maps/gUh3y
The "Fluorspar" bit comes from the mineral that is mined around here.
Any road up................. I've been making progress on the loco repair shop - the walls were from a sheet of AnDel Models brickwork: they've now been trimmed to size, glued together and painted.............
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OK - the panel is cast in "mortar colour".Mr. Bond of the DVLR:77846 wrote:Could you go over how you painted the brick work please?
The first job is to paint the whole surface with brick colour - I've got a sample tin of masonry paint which is right. I kept the 1/2" paint brush almost parallel with the surface and "lost" much of the paint off the brush before starting, so I only painted the faces of the bricks and the paint didn't go into the mortar joints.
After that, I picked out the black bricks with acrylic and then washed over the whole lot with a very dilute black acrylic - the brick colour is very bright and "loud" until you tone it down with a wash.
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[quote="MDLR:77803"]
Flagg is a small village in Derbyshire...........
http://goo.gl/maps/kKmsd which is situated not far from the site of the MDLR's Monyash terminal.................
http://goo.gl/maps/gUh3y
The "Fluorspar" bit comes from the mineral that is mined around here.
Thank you for explaining, I still have much english to learn..
Michael
Flagg is a small village in Derbyshire...........
http://goo.gl/maps/kKmsd which is situated not far from the site of the MDLR's Monyash terminal.................
http://goo.gl/maps/gUh3y
The "Fluorspar" bit comes from the mineral that is mined around here.
Thank you for explaining, I still have much english to learn..
Michael
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................ and here it is completed! It's only been plonked in position and will need a hole drilling in the baseboard for the wire for the lighting and properly "planting" with greenery to hide the gap.
www.mdlr.co.uk/ff05.html shows it in all its gory detail!
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