paulc
Western Thunderer
It's very blue .
Tales from The Room of Doom. Dipping a toe in various bucolic backwaters.
Flaxfield
Western Thunderer
Evening all.
With Sheep Dip's trip to Uckfield now just under two weeks away, layout preparation is underway. This unfortunately has included the removal and replacement of one of the points due to a pesky short.
The replacement point had to be painted and weathered before being laid. Tricky as the weathering needed matching to the existing trackwork.
Before......
After........
Replacement point.
Step one- Spray with Humbrol Dark Earth.
Step two- Paint sleepers ( Humbrol 173 )
Step three- Add Dark Rust weathering powder to rails, chairs, etc.
Step four- Weather sleepers with various weathering powders.
The rest can be blended in situ once ballasted but this is the current state of play, prior to weathering.
Rob.
With Sheep Dip's trip to Uckfield now just under two weeks away, layout preparation is underway. This unfortunately has included the removal and replacement of one of the points due to a pesky short.
The replacement point had to be painted and weathered before being laid. Tricky as the weathering needed matching to the existing trackwork.
Before......
After........
Replacement point.
Step one- Spray with Humbrol Dark Earth.
Step two- Paint sleepers ( Humbrol 173 )
Step three- Add Dark Rust weathering powder to rails, chairs, etc.
Step four- Weather sleepers with various weathering powders.
The rest can be blended in situ once ballasted but this is the current state of play, prior to weathering.
Rob.
michael mott
Western Thunderer
I remember the first Routemasters as they rolled out of Park Royal works. I collected Trolleybus numbers in those days and the shiny new busses were not as smooth and quiet as the Trolleys I spotted every Trolley on the LT system in 1961. Cycled all over London to get them and funnily enough the last bus on my list was at the Edmonton garage, and now I live in Edmonton in Alberta Canada.
Michael
Michael
Osgood
Western Thunderer
michael mott
Western Thunderer
fair enough
Flaxfield
Western Thunderer
Fair warning........I would.