Smoke Ash & Steam ( Marches Road Engine shed )

A slight revision to the track plan, the first point will now lead to a siding as it’s to tight to get a curve off it leading to the back road, my big steam locos would struggle to get round it.
The slaters brick sheets arrived and have been cut to size, the mammoth task of painting them will be the next job but not today! To much rain!
I won’t worry about making the joints between the sheets to neat as I will cover them with butressss as seen on the lower part of my signal
Box only full height.

 

Timber tracks Parcel office / bike shed arrived today, Bike shed and stores on this layout! I’ve built it up and it’s now in the base brick colour, this will harden off on the radiator this evening.
The retaining wall sheets now have all 3 shades picked out. Mortar next

 

Joe the signal man looks on as D1000 rumbles on shed,

 

All work has ground to a halt as I’ve run out of Matt black!!
The lamp stores now has its roof and the rest of the slaters brick sheets have been glued in place.
Im also working on an extension to the layout,

This will be on the opposite side of the room and will consist of a low relief 4 road shed only the rear end, Coaling stage and 70’ diameter turn table. My old 65’ deck couldn’t turn a Princess or Duchess, both of which I would like to add to my collection.

 

Unfortunately there’s no room for a loop out side unless I buy the neighbours garden!!
They will be the same layout just in two halves.
Although the layout could be moved I’m not looking at exhibiting this one it will really just be my home layout with the Riviera line being the Exhibition layout.

 

Thank you honoured to be chosen again for POTW

 

I’ve built the boards up for the back of the shed today and marked out the track plan

 

I can use some of the recovered turn out components from Ranelagh Bridge on this project Still waiting for a box of track from C&L
3 weeks and counting !
Marking out some of the details,
The diesels are taking over the front of the shed

 

Great stuff, I shall look forward to seeing progress on your Brit,
I’m tempted by another maybe Shooting Star, Two Brits and evening star would definitely give a Cantonesque Feel to the layout! The good thing about the width of these boards is there will be very little need to go under them, just fitting point motors and wiring up the signals oh and the the track.
Talking of track my flexi arrived from C&L and the first few lengths have been glued in place. I’ve also started weathering the lamp stores.
The turnouts are being drawn up in templot over the next few weeks.
As there’s only one on the back of the shed side progress will be quicker. Hopefully a few more building kits should be with me soon

 

I’ve had some prints done of my previous model rail articles, I’ll get them framed at some point , I’ve also glued and screwed a section of ply in place, this will be one of the inspection pits, I’ll do this one the same way I did the pits on canton.

 

Sand and talc going down today. For a nice compacted ash look

Here’s a section that’s dried and had a blast of paint.

 

Talcum powder, this is what it looks like after paint and powders