Sunday 29 January 2012

A wall for the brewery yard.

Making a wall for the brewery yard

Take a piece of 4mm foamboard and cut to the length and height required, 24mm = 6ft tall wall.



Buy some Superquick Brick paper, cover both sides of the wall with the paper.



Buy some 4mm plastic rods, cut into lengths of approx. 2.5cm



Usin a 4mm drill in your fingers create holes from the bottom edge of the wall to about half way up, push the plastic rod in to the hole but do not glue at the stage.


Holding the wall in its position on the baseboard, mark the baseboard at the points where the rods are located.



Remove the rods from the wall.




Drill holes through the baseboard with the 4mm drill. Push the rods into the holes, they should be a tight fit.

Fill the holes in the wall with glue, Put the wall back on the rods and push it down til it sits flush with the baseboard.

Using thin Card cut out a 5mm wide coping stone for the wall. Mark it off in 6mm lengths with a pencil, then shade the whole piece of card in grey with the pencil. Smudge the pencil slightly.


Stick the coping on top of the wall and hey presto..the finished wall.

Friday 13 January 2012

I have been running a couple of trains recently, the track really needs a clean after it's been folded up for a while as the trains sometimes stall unecpectedly, I think I need a track cleaning truck, but they are very expensive, unless I can design one of my own. Here is the link to the latest video of the trains in action, the GWR is one I have been trying to repair for my Nephew, but I failed so the motor has been removed allowing it to be pushed round by another engine. Click here for the video

Friday 6 January 2012

2012 - new year new additions

Following Christmas and my birthday on the following day, I found myself with a number on new items to add to the railway. Thanks to all my family for buying these items or providing vouchers so I could select the items myself.

Railway Modeller magazine for December had a model kit attached for a signal box, ideal for use near my new level crossing and my presents included a couple of Amazon vouchers which enabled me to get one or two more additions.

All I need now is time to get the layout down and to start sticking the items in place. Here is a picture of the Christmas and Birthday 2011 collection, clicking on the picture should bring up a larger version:-

and one I forgot when taking picture: