Rail painting is now finished, so I took the 08 for a spin to see if it still worked. After some scrubbing and scraping I got nice smooth running. Next step is to glue the track down.
Nearly there. Lots of little railway coach bogies, 32 altogether. The stack at the rear have the step boards attached, those at the front still to go. Then to think about painting things without gumming all the suspension up.
I’m going to give myself a weekend off to celebrate getting over this #DayJob hurdle.
Treated myself to a new #wagon this week for my British micro-layout.
I love the utility of a basic, unfitted (no train brakes) 12 ton van!
This is an old Dapol model and originally from #Beatties - remember them?
I'd like to preserve some #lichen and bought a bottle of glycerine.
Does anyone know what ratio of glycerine to water I need to use?
I've seen different ratios, some even using alcohol and acetone instead of water. 🤨
Does the lichen have to be dry or fresh?
Some more #ModelRailroad content. Since I haven't got much space, I opted for a small base-plate (110cm x 75cm). With a 1:160 #Ngauge scale you can still get some action onto the tracks.
So here's my first #Layout. I'm a total noob to these things, #TerrainBuilding etc. so I kept things "flat" (no elevation / upper level). Still, I wanted my trains to run through a small tunnel (gray section posing as "rock"), which will be made of "Styrodur" plates stacked on each other and being decorated / painted "rock" style.
A few days ago I built my first #Lasercut#Model ever. In fact, it was the first #ModelRailroad building I ever built in my life.
It's a small #rail#tractor shed (1:160) and since it's my first ever, there are a few glitches. But nothing that couldn't be fixed with some additional paint or some artificial moss growing at the spots in question.
Because it will travel, everything on it needs to be sturdy and able to be handled. However, because I will need to do maintenance on it, I'll need to be able to remove buildings and whatnot to access the internals.
My thought is that I would use hot glue for the parts I'm still working on, but my worry is that when the module is being stored in the club trailer the glue will soften and melt.
So after some reading and trial and error, I've set up a "couch table oval" to learn and test the decoder functions. Now I can control all switches, the trains and the decoupler from #RocRail. Nice. Next stop: feedback sensors and block sections ...
And yes, this is the actual base plate I'm going to use for the finaly layout (on which I'm still working with SCARM)
Summertime is perfect for acquiring #ModelRailroad stuff since the prices are a little lower on some items. So I got myself a #DCC switch decoder and successfully tested it today.
It was suggested, so here we are - some work in progress images of a current commission of 16 1/76th scale Great Eastern Railway coaches. They are all etched brass kits, requiring a great deal of forming and soldering.
OC Picked up these cute Pikachu DMUs a while ago. One day I'll put a decoder in them... one day...