The point rodding has been postponed yet again, as I didn't really fancy the idea of firing up the soldering iron in the current heatwave. So I switched my attention to completing the stonework on the platform face, then painted it, and prepared the base for the platform surface.
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This is how the scene looked a week ago today, with the card platform surface, and station approach laid in place. The card lattice scenery support now blends into everything, and is ready for its top surface.
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Of course I was desperate to see how the whole basic scene would look with a train beside the platform. So 1455 had the honour of arriving with the first passenger train to call at the new Llangunllo station.
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She later returned with a short goods train, though with no cassette lined up, she won't travel much further!
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The platform top surface is glass paper, which was first sprayed with Carplan acrylic primer, to seal the surface, and prevent the material from becoming a soggy mess when its painted and weathered. Coping stones have been scribed onto strips of thin card. Foamboard was used for the platform face, the stones being scribed into it and then sprayed with the same acrylic primer. Humbrol enamels were then used to paint the stones, light and dark earth, track colour and various mixes of the three, being dry brushed across the stones, so that just a little paint at a time was dragged off the brush. From some angles the stonework looks grey, but that is down to the lighting that I currently use.
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With the basic platform complete, I tried a few experiments. The Coopercraft GWR seat is one of two salvaged from Penhydd, and will be repainted in faded 'chocolate'. I'm not sure if the lamp hut will end up being positioned end on, as above, or sideways as below. Some typical GWR spear fencing will run along the platform where that rough grass has sprung up, and a gate of the same construction, sited between the station building toilet block, and the last tuft of grass will provide access to the platform. More of the same fencing will run from the other end of the building towards the bridge, and this time a running in board will be modelled.
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The platform surface was painted with various mixes of black and white artist acrylics, coping stones were picked out in Humbrol concrete, and then given a light wash of track colour, which seeped into the joints between them. A few weeds have been planted, and more will follow as the surface continues to be worked up.
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Further detailing will include some drainage grids, and perhaps a manhole cover. The etch is from the Brassmasters range, as is the one containing point rodding cranks etc, etc.
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More weeds appear day by day, applying them is one of those small jobs that can be done between other projects and chores.
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The buffer stop is slowly disappearing into a mass of long grass and weeds.....
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..........more of which are springing up elsewhere. What happens next will depend on the weather, should the heatwave subside, then the soldering iron will be fired up. If not then a start on the goods yard surface might be made.
This is how the scene looked a week ago today, with the card platform surface, and station approach laid in place. The card lattice scenery support now blends into everything, and is ready for its top surface.
Of course I was desperate to see how the whole basic scene would look with a train beside the platform. So 1455 had the honour of arriving with the first passenger train to call at the new Llangunllo station.
She later returned with a short goods train, though with no cassette lined up, she won't travel much further!
The platform top surface is glass paper, which was first sprayed with Carplan acrylic primer, to seal the surface, and prevent the material from becoming a soggy mess when its painted and weathered. Coping stones have been scribed onto strips of thin card. Foamboard was used for the platform face, the stones being scribed into it and then sprayed with the same acrylic primer. Humbrol enamels were then used to paint the stones, light and dark earth, track colour and various mixes of the three, being dry brushed across the stones, so that just a little paint at a time was dragged off the brush. From some angles the stonework looks grey, but that is down to the lighting that I currently use.
With the basic platform complete, I tried a few experiments. The Coopercraft GWR seat is one of two salvaged from Penhydd, and will be repainted in faded 'chocolate'. I'm not sure if the lamp hut will end up being positioned end on, as above, or sideways as below. Some typical GWR spear fencing will run along the platform where that rough grass has sprung up, and a gate of the same construction, sited between the station building toilet block, and the last tuft of grass will provide access to the platform. More of the same fencing will run from the other end of the building towards the bridge, and this time a running in board will be modelled.
The platform surface was painted with various mixes of black and white artist acrylics, coping stones were picked out in Humbrol concrete, and then given a light wash of track colour, which seeped into the joints between them. A few weeds have been planted, and more will follow as the surface continues to be worked up.
Further detailing will include some drainage grids, and perhaps a manhole cover. The etch is from the Brassmasters range, as is the one containing point rodding cranks etc, etc.
More weeds appear day by day, applying them is one of those small jobs that can be done between other projects and chores.
The buffer stop is slowly disappearing into a mass of long grass and weeds.....
..........more of which are springing up elsewhere. What happens next will depend on the weather, should the heatwave subside, then the soldering iron will be fired up. If not then a start on the goods yard surface might be made.