RJR "Springhead Junction"

QUOTE (dbclass50 @ 2 May 2008, 22:30) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Coming along very well - thanks for the update.

Not had much time this weekend to do much but such is life. I did get some filler and guard rails inside the main rails yesterday



Then I had a couple of hours this evening to cover the top with some scalescenes cobbles..













I had contemplated doing the top as concrete as it would be easier than cutting the card round the rails, but I think it turned out okay. It will look better when it is covered with genral harbour clutter. Im on the lookout for some 1:76 fishing boats now.

John
RJR

Every Harbour needs boats so that has been my project tonight....

Boat 1 a barge, found this at my local model shop, I plan to add a cabin at the back

Here seen on the right



Boat 2 a fishing boat that I am scratch building..





Now all I have to do is sort out my photobucket site . It would appear I cant add any more pictures as I have reached my limit of 1000 pictures !!

John
RJR

Ignore the last remark about the 1000 picture limit. Its 1000 picture in each sub album

So here are the others

Fishing Boat









Barge





John
RJR

Thats really helpfull David, especially the colours which is the next job after todays activity in the shed.

I spent 30 minutes on google images looking for fishing boats and got an idea in my mind of what the key details were, then I went down to the shed and set to work. Im sure there is an ex trawler captain reading this that can spot all my deliberate mistakes but the idea was to capture a flavour of a trawler. It will look better when painted and rigged !!











John
RJR

After a bit of considering I have decided I will live with the masts being to thick as has been pointed out.. Im happy with it being wrong and am just pleased that on my first attempt at scracth building a fishing boat at least everyone can tell what it is ment to be. !!

After an evening of painting here "She" is now











John
RJR

Enough fish and boats back to trains and rails !!

probably inspired by layouts at the exhibition I went to yesterday I have had a flash of inspiration for the terminus.

I like multi level lines but it is to small ..... Perhaps not, a completley seperate upper line on a viaduct with workshops underneath. (cue more scalescenes )

At the left an end of line station, just enough room for a platform with canopy and very low relief building.



At the right the line leaves on the straight rear to an upper level cassette, the branch to the front is just a scenic break for the lower freight terminus.



Ive been working in Manchester centre a few times in the last couple of weeks and was struck by the number of viaducts and elevated sections of track.

John
RJR