Derek's Layout

[Tullygrainey]

Lovely job Derek. The colouring is just right. That back scene works well too!

[derek]

3 minutes ago, Tullygrainey said:

Lovely job Derek. The colouring is just right. That back scene works well too!

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

[Galteemore]

Great work. Coming on really well 

[Metrovik]

Nice work Derek, personally, I like the amount of greenery you've gone for. 

[Patrick Davey]

Only catching up on this excellent thread now - hoping your health is improving Derek.

Layout looks fab - I see nothing wrong with the greenery, I would maybe even add more?  Those stone walls are fabulous, would love to know how you created them!!!

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

Excellent work Derek 

[derek]

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

 

Edited Sunday at 14:18 by derek

[Davenport]

Thats a great idea with the walls Derek, can i ask what colour or mix of colours did you use  to get the stone tone  colour on the walls ?

[derek]

On 27/4/2025 at 5:28 PM, Davenport said:

Thats a great idea with the walls Derek, can i ask what colour or mix of colours did you use  to get the stone tone  colour on the walls ?

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

[josh_]

On 7/12/2023 at 7:57 PM, Barl said:

As the lads have said a new platform should aim to be 915mm above top of rail but in reality this can vary greatly depending on whether you're modelling an older platform or a lesser used platform. More attention tends to be given to platforms with greater foot traffic. .

Whether or not the track has been relaid and/or tamped can also impact on the platform height.

I took the photo below during a platform inspection I was carrying out recently and you can see the variation in the height of the copings and the height of the new vs old coping stones.

 

Ive seen it quite a lot and u can also spot where the extension of a platform is with the brickwork dropping