derek Posted April 26 Posted April 26 When you say "finally made a start after 40 years", what do you mean exactly. I suppose it's obvious, but I'm still asking Quote
dropshort105 Posted April 26 Author Posted April 26 I have been collecting bits and pieces and planning to build a layout for 40 years, I have finally started building it. 2 1 Quote
leslie10646 Posted April 26 Posted April 26 Brother, that is truly remarkable for a "First effort". You'll soon be challenging for the "Top Spot" here if you keep this up! 2 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted April 26 Posted April 26 Lovely scenes!! Now you have got started, keep going!!! Thanks for posting. 1 1 Quote
jhb171achill Posted April 26 Posted April 26 Superb, as are the scenic details. I love the oul ruined cottage! 1 Quote
dropshort105 Posted April 26 Author Posted April 26 Thank you all for the encouragement, but most of the credit must go to YouTube 2 Quote
dropshort105 Posted April 27 Author Posted April 27 The landscape is hiding one of two planned Helix leading to a subterranean fiddle yard, at least that's the plan, trains disappear into the tunnel down the helix and park up for a while and a different train appears at the station. 3 1 Quote
dropshort105 Posted Saturday at 22:42 Author Posted Saturday at 22:42 Tunnel mouth is done, my mother loves the whitethorn trees at this time of year so I figured I would try making some, I'm happy with the result. 9 4 Quote
jhb171achill Posted Saturday at 22:49 Posted Saturday at 22:49 Those bushes really look the part. Substitute yellow, and you've gorse too. How did you make them? Quote
dropshort105 Posted Sunday at 08:19 Author Posted Sunday at 08:19 9 hours ago, jhb171achill said: Those bushes really look the part. Substitute yellow, and you've gorse too. How did you make them? I will make some more today and take some pics of the process, it only takes a couple of minutes. 4 Quote
dropshort105 Posted Sunday at 10:25 Author Posted Sunday at 10:25 Plastic flowers and dry moss from The Range, some brown paint, hairspray, important safety tip ( do not steal it from your wife ). Some green scatter and some light gray coarse ballast, although I'm sure some household condiments like semolina would work just as well. Clip off a couple of the stems, pull the flowers off and chuck em, they are way too big. Paint the stalks. Shove dry moss in between the branches and apply a liberal coating of hairspray. Apply more hairspray and liberally apply scatter, I alternate between colours, this gives it a bit of shading and reduces uniformity. Apply another liberal coating of hairspray and then the gray ballast. Drill a hole, and shove it in with a little PVA, 15 minutes and you are done. 7 1 1 Quote
west_clare_wanderer Posted Sunday at 10:39 Posted Sunday at 10:39 Fantastic stuff. It's inspiring to hear that you have finally got underway with a layout. It looks great. Keep on sharing. 1 Quote
dropshort105 Posted Sunday at 10:44 Author Posted Sunday at 10:44 3 minutes ago, west_clare_wanderer said: Fantastic stuff. It's inspiring to hear that you have finally got underway with a layout. It looks great. Keep on sharing. Thanks, but I must admit, I am getting a little obsessed with this one little corner of it, I really need to wrap it up and move on. 2 1 Quote
jhb171achill Posted Monday at 11:35 Posted Monday at 11:35 On 18/5/2025 at 11:44 AM, dropshort105 said: Thanks, but I must admit, I am getting a little obsessed with this one little corner of it, I really need to wrap it up and move on. You’re inspiring me to get to work on more scenery…..! 1 Quote
raymurph Posted Monday at 11:40 Posted Monday at 11:40 Your layout looks great! Especially for a first effort too. Thanks for sharing the bush making tutorial, it'll come in handy for my layout as well. And you've built a helix! Quite a challenge to get working from what I've heard. Look forward to more posts. 1 Quote
Niles Posted Monday at 14:08 Posted Monday at 14:08 If that's your first effort and I can't imagine how good your 'experienced' one is. 1 Quote
dropshort105 Posted Monday at 14:23 Author Posted Monday at 14:23 2 hours ago, raymurph said: Your layout looks great! Especially for a first effort too. Thanks for sharing the bush making tutorial, it'll come in handy for my layout as well. And you've built a helix! Quite a challenge to get working from what I've heard. Look forward to more posts. I will post on the next helix build so I have some more tree building tricks to try, will post if any of them work. 1 Quote
dropshort105 Posted Monday at 14:54 Author Posted Monday at 14:54 As it is very difficult to get under the landscape for wiring lights and whatnot, I run a 12v circuit around the frame with copper tape, one positive one negative, I run a third strip wired to the 12V positive via a 3V resistor, the gives me a 3v circuit as well. I can then run 12v or 3v power along along the surface to wherever it is needed, then hide it under roads, buildings or even the flower beds. A great benefit is that I don't need to individually fuse 3v lights etc as they can simply be wired directly to the 3v circuit. Of course the circuit on the frame will have to be covered over later for safety. 5 1 Quote
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