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
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.
and one I forgot when taking picture:
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:-
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