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Nice shot from the other side of the bridge.

Excellent standard as usual Alan

Ha ha, do you ever sit still Paul? "While waiting for the paint to dry?". Why don't you just wait patiently for it to dry like the rest of us mere mortals?

Poor old horse.............

Bit more done to the cattle dock. Stone added and a back wall. And of course a few cow pats. Small bit of weathering too. Lighting is probably too bright in these pics, now that I see them properly. The sun was actually shining in the window behind me- who would have thought. Oh well, you get the idea.. Started on the railing work by making a couple dozen of these lads

What locos are in Moyasta at present.? Passed that way couple weeks ago and could see a 121 and 141 I think, but I believe there are two others? Was driving at the time and my better half didn't appreciate me having my eyes on the trains instead of the road so I couldn't get a great look .

Superb. Never get tired of looking at this. Send your brother round to my place please. Maybe he can make my layout look that well. Oh right, it doesn't work that way

@josh_, You could try printing off brick patterns from the internet. Worked ok for me in the early stages of my layout. Before I decided to replace brick with stone.. Will save you a few quid. Up to you of course

Wonderful

I've always loved that word. Sums up the orange one perfectly.

Really love that bridge @Patrick Davey. Colours are fantastic. Well done

Fantastiic stuff Noel

this is some craic! Better than the eurovision anyway

Lovely model Kevin. Especially like the camber on the hips of the roof

@josh_I agree with @Flying Snail above. Definitely seal the boards, but as he says, use any old emulsion that is lying around. It will be far cheaper than buying varnish, and the colour won't really matter, as you will be covering it with scenics, track, ballast etc.

Thanks Alan. Should have thought of a punch. I was thinking more along the lines of something electricity driven, or even air driven. One of my punches is heading for the grinder so.

@Tullygrainey. Excellent work as usual Alan. Can I ask you about "scribing" the das clay? Do you leave the clay to dry completely before scribing, and if so what do you use? I always try to have my stonework done while clay is soft, but I intend starting on a station building soon, and I don't think my usual method would be practical. Also, the subtle green/yellow weathering- I am totally going to steal that idea. Looks great.

Love the job on the loco James. Any chance of a side on view? What did you use to weather it? And how? Basically I want a step by step tutorial. I am thinking of weathering my A class, but don't think I will ever get up the nerve unless I know exactly what to do and use

Thanks Patrick. No, it is actually a piece of mahogany I used. The cobbled surface is actually grooved out with a CNC machine. (One advantage of my trade ha ha). Similar to the platforms at the station. I actually ran out of straight track and had a couple of curves left, so that is how I ended up with that set up. When God gives you lemons........... @Patrick Davey

I have made a start on the cattle dock for the freight yard. Only early days with it .

Welcome back James

Love the rock face George. Very well done

To be honest @Davenport all my stone work is painted using the same method. I just use standard black and white emulsions, rather than buying patented paints. Mix the two to get a shade of gray I like. Put that on the walls first and when dry, apply a black wash. With these walls they turned out too light on the first attempt so I went over them again with more black. I used the same method with tunnel facings and church walls, using different levels of black with each. Hope this helps

Thanks lads. The walls were made from Das clay @Patrick Davey. I made a "former", basically a frame of 6mmMDF 100mm long by 48mm high. Clay pressed into it an levelled off. stone effect was achieved by use of this yoke I made a couple years ago from an old tv box card. My name and account number are still on it This pic is of another jig I made for smaller stones, but it gives a better view of how it was made The clay is then removed and flipped over to do the opposite side (placed back in the frame). Best side is turned to the camera ha ha. Ok so, more greenery it is. Thanks again @Galteemore @Metrovik, @Patrick Davey and @Gabhal Luimnigh

Thanks Alan. I was trying for the "grimy" effect. Might take the tweezers to the greenery and reduce it a little