Patrick Davey

More amazing work Kevin - love the contrast in the glamping pod! Great website too - best of luck with it all.

More gems Ernie!

I finally arrived at a finish for the bridge which I liked, so after a bit of weathering and adding some vegetation, I called in the Royal Ordnance Corps to blast holes in the riverbank, and the bridge was eventually placed in position on the diorama:

Looking fab Leslie!

Painting of the bridge has gone in an unexpected direction, it’s producing something of a sandstone effect, which I actually quite like:

Am with @derek - your ideas shall be duly stolen Alan!! Great to see you back making progress on the layout, can’t wait to see The Golfers’ Express hurtling through the station and past this amazing shed, hauled by No. 6…. or maybe No. 30….. or even No. 12……?

Almost there - am really loving Das clay at the moment!

The Das coping stones have been fitted - a bit more sanding and trimming needed but I do like how the clay dries to a good representation of stone. When the finished bridge is on the diorama, much of the lower stonework will be hidden and some of the upper stonework will be clad in ivy

I will definitely be retaining a few of these

Waiting on the next puns. The suspension is killing me

I was going to try out a few of the above puns myself but I was worried I could be pillar-ied for it.

Weathering looks spot on!

Currently building a small stone bridge to cross the river below the cottage. The basic structure was constructed from mount board then Das clay was applied, once this was dry, the stonework was scribed. I have used the stone coloured variety of the clay and when it is fully dry, it gives a really authentic base colour which would probably only need weathering to complete the effect, although I am going to follow the example of Alan @Tullygrainey and paint the stonework in various colours of beige and brown. The extra slab of clay in the final photo will be used to create the coping stones and these will be applied individually.

Superb Derek - I love the authentic cobbled surface created using Das clay I guess? Very nice build, really looks the part, especially how you have built it to fit the location. Looking forward to seeing the finished structure.

Nice prototype Kevin! Lovely model too of course!

Nice - some amusing cameos!

Hi @Darius43 - another masterpiece! I'd love to know how the metal body kits differ in weight from a comparable RTR model? Am guessing the finished models are much heavier, so does that translate into greater pulling power?

Still loving my palvan @Past-Avenue - looking forward to seeing what you bring to us next Enda!!

And another...... KLM2.mp4

Another attempt at artistry...... KLM.mp4

So not quite the 80 class this time Nice addition though

80 class would be nice though……

Superb!

Probably something relatively small after the last announcement......

Hup!