Kilgarvan Wharf

[Murph]

Here we go , finally settled on a name , Metcalfe buildings delivered yesterday so are now ongoing , raised track bed nearly done , and backscenes being fitted tomorrow. Really enjoying N Gauge .....................

By the way , has anyone got any advice on running buildings uphill ?? As in getting the angles right etc etc ??

[David Holman]

Only angles you need to worry about are the horizontal and verticals. Suggest you extend the buildings down to the baseboard level, then add the actual ground levels in front.

 If it is a terrance, remember to make sure the front steps are level. 

 If extending into a backscene, perspective demands that verticals are just that, with horizontal lines actually sloping up/down to the vanishing point.

[Murph]

18 hours ago, David Holman said:

Only angles you need to worry about are the horizontal and verticals. Suggest you extend the buildings down to the baseboard level, then add the actual ground levels in front.

 If it is a terrance, remember to make sure the front steps are level. 

 If extending into a backscene, perspective demands that verticals are just that, with horizontal lines actually sloping up/down to the vanishing point.

Thanks David , they are starting at baseboard level , and it is a terraced block , I was thinking about having steps leading up to the doors from the road but I see your point about  laying the  ground levels in front first.  I did something very similar fer me Da ( Who was a GWR fanatic ) about 30 odd years ago but I'll be ****** if I can remember how I did it    Thanks again for the advice. 

[Murph]

Just ordered this little beauty from Hattons in Liverpool , € 44 , contacted them and they assure me it is a perfect runner and has no damage or anything missing

, Class T3 0-6-0 6113 of the KPEV - Pre-owned - Very good original box , just loved the look !!!

And 4 of these Bolsters € 6.50 each

Edited November 15, 2023 by Murph

[Murph]

Flash of inspiration yesterday , she that shall be obeyed decided we were having a new Christmas tree this year so the old one had to be disposed of. I noticed the end of the Green branches were coated with tiny white bits of polystyrene , I cut a few off and painted the fake snow bits various shades of Red Blue Yellow etc with acrylic paint pens  and they make excellent flowers to place in self adhesive tufts of grass and are very convincing.  Now have a bag full of the tree tips. Really happy with the results.

[Murph]

Oh yeah nearly forgot , real smoke from chimneys can be done with incense cones (got mine from Amazon), they even come with their own protective metal stand and are 100% safe, they also make the model room smell nice, mine were called "Mermaids Tears" , How the **** does anyone know what they smell like ?

      

[David Holman]

Not sure about smoke effects, they rarely seen to scale down for me, though the late John Dorman did some very impressive stuff on his 7mm scale GWR loco shed diorama. I think he used disco equipment.

 DVD control on vaping puffers maybe? The clouds that the gaspers produce are pretty substantial as is the range of 'flavours'. Not sure if wood smoke or steam coal is available though!

[Murph]

A quick message to all and an update at last. Transfer lead from Nikon camera stopped working so ordered a new one and purchased the wrong one from Amazon so a bit of digging in the manual revealed the correct one and it arrived yesterday so here come the piccies hopefully, here's wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

 

Station Complete

Lock and pub in place

Lock keepers cottage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 24, 2023 by Murph