[Anthony566]

Over the past 20 years I have had a few loft based layouts for the kids ..

and have painted roads etc and put Hornby buildings up but have never had a go at putting scenery down on a layout and as my main layout is no more ( being re planned ) I decided I needed a section of track to test loco's on and something to have a go at scenery on so off I went to see what bits I had that I was not going to use on my main layout and this is what I came up with I still have quite a bit to finish off :-

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Used some old loft foam for this :-

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Got this from Hattons cheap...

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This stuff is realy good and fast to use

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Messed about with paint and artex to try and get a rough mud looking paint....

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Used scatter as a base then put some long grass on later

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Thes are from wills I thought they might add something ...

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Old Hornby Fence needs weathering

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Found these in a box so stuck them together

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I have seen this as some of the shows ive been to so thought I would add some and see what it looked like

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Just wanted to see what it would look like with a loco on it

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I added a back scene

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Trees are from evil bay and dont look to bad for cheap ones...

I need to finish off a few bits and have a go at weathering next

 

[cvr1865]

Hi Anthony,
That looks good. Like the weathered 47 too.

What did you use for the longer grass, that looks lots better than the scatter.

Thanks
Simon

 

[Capt Jango]

Looks good so far - does the brown bit on the embankment represent earth or rock ? From the shape and the gradient it presumaby is rock ?

Cheers
Graham

 

[fourwheelsteer]

Looks good to my non-expert eyes. Pity the little dude in orange overalls in the penultimate photo seems to have gone rigid with fear and fallen over - lol

 

[craw]

Definitely looking good you must be well pleased with your results
I would if it was me.
John

 

[Anthony566]

Simon the grass is 6.5 mill long and its from International Models in the UK

Graham you are correct this is going to be made to look like rock very soon.... i hope ( once i work it out )

John I think the poor guy is in shock that i manage not to cock this up in a big way

Thanks for the feedback ill be trying to work on it this sunday ....

 

[Anthony566]

Craw ( John ) I am happy with it so far I'm getting to the hard bits next.... Weathering and all the extra bits I have wired the track and the signals I just need to turn on the power

 

[dwb]

Nice work

Adding the backscene really transforms it...

David

 

[RonLaden]

Hi Anthony

That looks very nice indeed, well done.

cheers
Ron

 

[traingeekboy]

Looks nice. the background looks good too. Love that cross country DMU. Wish we had things to look at like that over here, all we have is coal trains. ARGH!

 

[Anthony566]

Thanks for the feedback guys

 

[Anthony566]

Not had much chance to do a lot I have added power so it now works as a test track but getting there .... another few loco shots im hopeing to get to weather the track this weekend... so that will be another first

I cant remember who asked me but im useing my mobile phone to take all my photo's at the moment.

 

[Berkeley]

Looking good,

the back scene sure does make a difference.
I also like the long grass, not sure if we can get that here in Tassie.
keep up the good work.

cheers Trish

 

[A1A A1A]

Hi Anthony.

A tremendous bit of work there, I do like the blending in with back scene that you have achieved.

cheers rab.

 

[Mike Pyers]

Looks really good so far Anthony

I do like the way the back scene blends in, do you intend to weather the rails and ballast?
Regards Mike

 

[Anthony566]

Thanks for the feedback it really does help to know you are headding in the right direction..... as for the weathering Mike i am going to do the track and the balast aswelk as each Tunnel entrance, i have some rail match paints im going to use ( another first ) so im planning on a dark rust for the rail then bulid up grime and oil etc on the track, sleepers and gravel and then see how it looks

I will post photos as soon as i have done it.

Regards

 

[Rowan]

Looking good mate , thanks for sharing your work.

 

[Anthony566]

Im thinking this is going to be my new layout plan..... its 2 levels with the yard below the layout. size is 17ft x 9ft.

 

[Mercator II]

wow that going to be one hell of a plan, so much running potential

looking forward to seeing it come alive like the two tunnels project

Are you putting the spaghetti above the tracks for the pendos?

 

[Anthony566]

Mercator thanks for the reply

Im aiming big lets just hope not to big...... In terms of the spaghetti at this point i am planning on fitting it but we will have to see what it looks like as i may go for masts and a bit of line not the full thing....