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Darius43

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  1. Cheers Darius
  2. Station buildings completed. Cheers Darius
  3. Roofing tomorrow. Cheers Darius
  4. Final station building under construction. Cheers Darius
  5. Further progress. Just the last couple of station buildings to make now. Cheers Darius
  6. Next building started. Also added some posters. Cheers Darius
  7. Cheers Darius
  8. Almost everything on this layout is or will be built from kits or scratch - great fun Cheers Darius
  9. Yes - I have some MSE somersault signal kits to build. Cheers Darius
  10. Delightful 1960’s Station Bar entrance added… And a cable marker sign. Cheers Darius
  11. Boat Train to Larne Cheers Darius
  12. Whitehead - UTA best kept station Cheers Darius
  13. Whitehead - UTA best kept station Cheers Darius
  14. Roof on. Cheers Darius
  15. Is this weird? Did it just get weird here?
  16. I don’t clamp it down and occasionally it does move - especially on smooth and shiny surfaces like acetate sheet. Cheers Darius
  17. To be fair, my use of a steel rule makes it a lot easier… Cheers Darius
  18. Windows made from acetate sheet (old report covers) with masking tape applied. The window bars are cut away with a new blade. The masked window is sprayed with grey etching primer and then white primer. Once dry, the masks are removed. Cheers Darius
  19. Hi Leslie. I’m using neat pva. As the model station buildings are following the curve of the platform, there are very few right angles… Cheers Darius
  20. Adjacent buildings constructed. Cheers Darius
  21. I drew the pattern big scaleee in MS Paint and then shrunk it and printed strips of them on clear decal paper. These strips were applied to the painted valences. Cheers Darius
  22. Columns painted and fitted. Cheers Darius
  23. Yeah, like I’ve never seen that one before
  24. I was a civil/structural engineer for 39 years- just retiring now Cheers Darius
  25. Canopy building painted. Columns made using 2mm sq. Plastruct, plasticard and tape strips. Supporting header beam made from 2mm thick card. The columns slot into the beam and can be adjusted up/down so that they all touch the platform surface before final fixing. Cheers Darius
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