Peter Borcherds May 18th, 2008
All the styrene has now been laid, and the apron is ready for painting and texturing. However, this will have to wait till I get back from Colorado in a few weeks as I am buying the concrete texture powder from Caboose Hobbies in Denver. I am also purchasing the ballast from them, so will be able to start on the track ballasting as well!
Peter Borcherds May 4th, 2008
Last night I carried on laying styrene sheeting for the yard apron. However, I unfortunately ran out of styrene, so will have to wait till Tuesday to get more.
After a nice fry-up this morning (bacon, eggs, tomato & cappuccino in case you were interested 🙂 ) I set to work on the layout again. This morning I test fit the fencing that will go round the whole layout. I am using Gold Metal Models etched-metal barbed wire fencing for the yard, and BLMA etched-metal fencing for other buildings.
It looks really realistic, and will look even more so when I get round to weathering it later on. Definitely worth looking into if you are looking for fences for your layout. Much more realistic than the net mesh and plastic-based fencing materials.
Off to find some lunch, then back to the layout. In the meantime, have a look at the latest photos in the gallery.
Peter Borcherds April 28th, 2008
I’m almost halfway through the intermodal yard paving on the first board. I have also been test fitting the loco storage track details – the loco shed with refueling, water and sand facilities as well as an old BN hopper to be used for sand storage for the sanding tower.
Latest photos are on the scenery progress page. I’ll be hopefully finishing the paving on the first board tonight – this bit is the trickiest as all the tracks here are curved…the second board will be easier as the tracks are all straight, so a lot easier to install.
To keep things simple I am not installing paving between the yard tracks – there are quite a few intermodal yards like this, so I will take advantage of that 🙂
Right, off to feed the cat, dinner for me then back to work on the modules!
