Peter Borcherds February 2nd, 2015
I’ve started on the tunnel scenery by colouring & weathering the tunnel mouth & retaining walls, and also adding & colouring some small rock outcrops on the hill. I’ve coloured some tunnel interiors & will be adding those later this week to the visible interiors of the tunnel mouths.
Peter Borcherds January 25th, 2015
I’ve been doing some work on the tunnel. Started off with a wooden framework, then covered that with cardboard webbing and finally Woodland Scenics plaster cloth.
I’ve added retaining walls to the tunnel mouth near the rear of the intermodal yard and a culvert under the track at the front of the yard.
This week I will add some rock faces for interest and the tunnel interior where it can be seen through the tunnel mouths. I have added the trackbed above the tunnel for the track that leads to the new staging yard behind & above the intermodal yard and will be adding that track once I have coloured the plaster & rock faces with Woodland Scenics colour pigments.
I have also purchased a new toy for the layout…a CMX Track Cleaner! I’ve given it a few runs around the layout on both main tracks and I am very impressed so far. It does need two locos to pull it though…pretty hefty piece of equipment!
Peter Borcherds December 7th, 2014
Quite a productive weekend. I have added new track across a few of the board joins to make it more reliable – still a few to do, but will result in a lot fewer problems as there will be no large gaps in the track anymore.
I also added the first tunnel supports, ready for the framework. I’ll be using the tried & trusted method of cardboard strips and plaster cloth to cover the tunnel.
Also added was the first of the boards for the new classification yard and loco facility. Still a short board to add, then I will be starting work on the staging yard boards – these I will be working on off the layout due to their inaccessibility once in place.
Finally…one more video – this time of a ‘proper’ train doing a test run over the layout to test the new track inserts.
[youtube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWSL-K9_NFs]