HO Exhibition Layout Build

Thanks Toto, Paul and Chris.

Chris - I haven't got the loco yet as funds are a bit tight right now - you never know what I might find at Thornleigh too.

Ian

 

Thanks Ian (vt) and congrats on becoming a moderator.

Ian

 

Time for another update. Yesterday I glazed the windows in the left hand building and installed the lights. I painted the inside of the windows with acetone and rubbed brown weathering powder into them so they look dirty and you can't see inside. I'm quite pleased with the result so now I need to make a back wall and model the little bit of the interior that will be seen through the open loading doors.



Ian

 

Hi everyone,

Well it's taken a month but I think I've got my modeling mojo back. The train room was in quite a mess but I tidied it up today and even ran a train or 2. I think I've worked out the best positions for uncoupling magnets so I'll spend the next few nights fitting them and testing it out. I hope to have some more modeling pics soon.

Ian

 

Hi Everybody! I'm back!

About a month ago I thought things were about to start happening on this layout again but it wasn't to be - I couldn't work out why, but I just lost motivation. Then, a couple of weeks ago, I was discussing the layout with my hubby and Steve came up with the answer - he thought the buildings were too big and made the layout feel cramped. It was then that I realised I had strayed too far from my original vision and needed to revisit the original plans. As a result, I decided smaller buildings were needed and that I should remove one end wall to open up interesting viewing angles.

The original plan had the left hand end open but I had since fitted all the wiring connections there so the right hand wall had to go - it will be replaced by a small teardrop shaped section that will have the faccia flowing around the corner to the backscene. A trip to Model Railroad Craftsman in Blacktown took care of the buildings with a couple of DPM and Pikestuff kits replacing the big mill and warehouse.

I have been busy building the new kits over the last couple of weeks and have finished the basic construction of them and I'm now ready to start painting.


Factory dock (Pikestuff)


Warehouse (DPM)


Motorcycle garage (Pikestuff kit shortened in length and raised by 2 courses of bricks to look more in scale with DPM kits)


Freight depot (DPM)


Mock of of silo next to team track (vitamin tablet bottle - there will be 2 of these when the shaped end board is finished)


View from the open end (I'm trying to make sure all sides are modeled properly as you can never tell where SMR Chris will take a photo from)


Mock up of backscene

It feels good to have my modeling mojo back and I'm keen to keep moving on from here.

Ian

 

Gary wrote:

Thanks Gary. Time to clean up the work bench now and put all the plastic and kit parts away so I can get stuck into painting.

Ian

 

SMR CHRIS wrote:

Thanks Chris. The backscene may change over time - that was just one that I downloaded to get an idea of how it will look.

Ian