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Hi Dave,

Great find/buy sure you will have plenty of pleasure with it

a good compromise and alternative to building another layout.

Whatever others have said about your layouts i have always followed them in their builds and enjoyed seeing them develop

 

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Hi Dave,

As Nikki has said ''keep smiling'' you have all the more reason to now with this new project

The size and operation of it is unimportant sure you will enhance it ....... look forward to its progress

 

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Hi Dave,

Sounds good to me

have you thought of a wash of thinned paint for the ballast should be ok and saves weathering powders (cheaper) if you have some barrels etc for a bit of trackside clutter could add atmosphere .......

 

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Hi Dave,

Too late to edit my post earlier this morning ........ i have been looking around for references in railyards and got a few ideas .... a car on triangular supports awaiting repairs sat above the rails with the wheels beside it and trucks frames ..... if you wanted to put in another track beside the one there, another small building from plasticard cement rendered could be an office for the shed.

A piece of Machinery on a flat car covered with a tarp or any car on another track would give the impression its waiting to be moved.

Long grass on a front abandoned track with a Peco Code 83 Hayes buffer stop another idea .... if you go with the buffer stop PM me as i have a few spare

Hope it gives you a few possible options.

 

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QUOTE (Piermaster @ 29 Mar 2009, 22:02) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Nick:
You've lost me some time ago!!! Where is the other siding supposed to go? especially as I'm trying work out some form of 'view block' near the entrance. |Excuse me for having a 'thick moment'!!! Got plenty of the Walthers Hayes Track Bumpers, thanks for the offer.

Dave

Hi Dave,

Lost myself some time ago

seriously though on second thoughts i miscalculated badly with the space you have for a siding ...... i got carried away with the idea somewhat ........

Think i have a thick moment whats a ''view block''

 

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QUOTE (Piermaster @ 29 Mar 2009, 23:08) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Nick: A 'view block' is a means of disguising or hiding a fiddle yard entrance or staging. The most common being the tunnel mouth or road overbridge clinging to the baseboard end. More fertile minds within our forums may have better and ingenious ideas.

Cheers,

Dave

Hi Dave,

It becomes clear to me now

 

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QUOTE (Raider @ 29 Mar 2009, 21:05) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I didn't realise bit's of plasticard to scratch build a shed cost so much.

Hi Raider,

Depends how much scratchbuilding you do as to cost

yesterday i outlayed £30 + on plasticard for my stock box ... mind the LHS looks like it will not be here for long

so just as well get supplies in.

 

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Hi Dave,

I was thinking about your layout here and the ballast you were thinking of toning down ...... try drybrushing the sleepers and adding some ash/fine cinders sieved over the ballast /track followed by some WS grass scatter again seived thinly here and there.

Did some this way and it looks ok

 

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Hi Dave,

Good news having time off over easter ........ the scatter i use i omitted to say in my last post is WS weeds and fine turf try and do some pics later for Novahill thread.