A freight only shunting layout

Thanks @Andy_Sollis, feedback is always appreciated and you are probably right, however the colours aren't quite so "new brick" in reality.

Work continues with the long low relief warehouse wall - roof slates now underway.



There are also another two buildings I forsee being needed, work has started on the first of these...



Current plan is for this to be at the very front of the layout to give the effect of trains running behind things.

Matt

 

Thanks @Mark4mm.

Here's a mock up of what I'm trying to achieve visually with trains running behind and in front of the scenery.





Thanks

Matt

 

Thank you @Mark4mm .

I've started cladding the previously under construction building in embossed sheet.





Still untrimmed here!

Matt

 

Thank you very much @Gary!

I've made good progress and it's starting to come together. Hopefully I'll be able to share some progress soon.

Matt

 

And here is one shot following on from my earlier mock up photos.



The building is now fully clad and the doors have been completed.

Next up is the roof and details like the guttering and downpipes.

I'll take some up close photos once I've made some more progress.

Matt

 

I've been plodding away with completing the roof...which isn't worthy of a photograph! In the meantime, this is the kind of view I want to create.



It'll obviously look better with scenery etc!

Matt

 

Hello again,

Finally, after the best part of a week, the building I've been working on is 98% complete. The remaining 2% need doing once the walls are painted.



Originally I'd planned on applying individual slates to the roof. However things went awry when I was 70% of the way through and I couldn't fix it without resorting to removing them all. Having done that, I couldn't face cutting 100s more out and starting again so used self-adhesive slates from York Modelmaking.



The (rather fetching) blue roof is all individually applied though!



Another small project I've been considering are telegraph poles. I'm not satisfied with the Peco/Ratio ones however. They're easy enough to build from scrap materials, but I'm yet to find a source of suitable insulators and steps - any suggestions?

Matt

 

Another small addition for the layout.

 

I've actually been waiting for someone to say that!

I accept my roof may not be 100% accurate, but I have seen similar roofs with cut slates.

Appreciate they wouldn't be cut as narrow as mine have been, but that's a consequence of not measuring before building the roof.

 

I actually meant real roofs! My house included!

 

Next building under construction - this is likely to be the last substantial structure needed for the layout.

Not sure of its purpose, likely to be a garage/industrial lockup.

Construction is from card, simply because I had some.



End walls are brick. This is loosely based on a real structure which has concrete walls, brick ends and a corrugated roof - a combination I liked.



Not a massive fan of having a slightly opened door with the cliché "stuff" shoved in the gap, but it works in this instance.



Also under construction is a small lean to to be placed at the right hand side.

Matt