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JHB Have taken photos of the same piece of timber at various stages of painting and weathering,all based on Martyn Welch's book 1 is obvious! 2 is painted with Sleeper Grime (in this case Railmatch) 3 is top coat added (Revell 64) but add your chosen colour! 4 is after rubbing with a carbon fibre brush 5 is after dry brushing and rubbing in with finger (Humbrol 64 Grey pus a touch of Humbrol 24 Yellow) 6 and 7 after weathering with powders (Greys and Dust colours-just add gradually and not too much) you will know when it looks right. 8 is an experiment -wood painted as per the book (mix of Humbrol 64,110,29 plus a touch of 33 and 53) After dry brush sparingly with Sleeper Grime.Hope this is useful.

jhb Thanks Doors are made from strips of hardwood,cut to length,held with double sided Sellotape and stuck together with wood glue Once complete they are painted with Sleeper Grime paint and left to dry.Next coat (in my case) is CIE green ( Revell 364) When dry i distress with a carbon fibre brush so some of the grime shows through.Then weather with various shades of grey and black weathering powders. Sometimes I also dry brush with a mix of Humbrol Grey 64 and a touch of Yellow 24 (sparingly) I think the extra effect has been helped by some of the Sellotape left on the wood! I did rub it down but some has apparently stayed on(to good results!)Hope this helps

Paul Thanks for the kind comments If you click on the Marklin of Sweden site on You Tube and look at the Video on Plank Fences,right at the end it describes the method to make the hinges. Hope it helps

Latest pics of Bantry Shed-doors added and they actually open and close! Hinges are fragile - hope they survive!

That signal cabin looks a winner

Nicely laid out Paul-should be a great project.

Superb buildings David.Looking like the real thing.

That's a very grave comment !

After the punch- up friendships will be set in stone

Well done David- nice plaque.I can see I will need to be extremely careful when I assist at Lincoln!!

I agree.Plenty to see and lots of action.Great layout.

Many thanks again for replies GNRi1959-Great idea for the turntable-will chat to Mick84c at Club tomorrow night JHB and GNRi1959 The tank is made from Wills Vari Girder parts glued to a Plastikard base. It is then primed with Halfords Grey Primer and then sprayed with Humbrol Tank Grey Acrylic (67) Then it is weathered to what ever condition you require. The water is a piece of clear Bayer 60 thou plastic sheet painted underneath with a mix of AK Interactive Slimy Grime Dark and Streaking Grime.It is then glued to four pieces of Evergreen Square Plastic (One at each corner) at what ever depth you need. The surface is then coated with 2 to 3 coats of Micro Kristal Klear (Others are available!).Leave 24 hrs approx between coats. The number of coats may vary depending on personal taste.You will know when its right because it will look right! The water control device is made from odd bits from the spares box. Hope this helps.

Thanks again for the kind remarks folks, We are going to model the turntable Paul-we have one at the club we will adapt. Will keep updating as work progresses

Bantry Engine Shed Some weathering applied,also smoke over doorway.Ladders and filler pipe added Next task is to add small shed/hut on side Bantry Shed 1950's photo courtesy Cork Library

Thanks very much all. Broithe-The doors should clear the track.I am debating at the moment how to attach them! I may fix them in the open position as we have to remove all the buildings when we transport the layout. Smoke above will be added when I weather the shed.

Bantry Engine Shed. Latest photos of progress.Doors not yet fitted also water filler hose. Some weathering to be done also ladders,tank filler pipe and small lean to corrugated shed on side. D16 on loan from Stratford shed!!

I agree with all the above. Great scenery,plenty of action and all in a small space.Well done!

A great piece of top class workmanship Paul-well done

Excellent layout Noel-full of interest.

Good start seanrail-look forward to seeing progress on this layout

Sorry Paul I should obviously have said Signal Cabin.Very embarrassed -please excuse my massive error. My previous comments still stand-replace engine shed with Signal Cabin-it is a lovely model-well done!! Once again a big sorry Happy New Year Paul

Superb modelling Paul-the engine shed looks superb-very atmospheric. Patrick-really impressed with your signal box.

Thanks Noel.Its nice to know it resembles in some ways an Irish prototype.

Thanks very much JHB - sorry I could not help more re the Gaelic script.

I have just had a look at the site but cannot remember how I transferred the Font to Excel-sorry Have you tried the Fontspace site?- It looked a bit easier