tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47583361674286757652024-03-18T23:08:05.268+11:00.South Coast Railhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06743351585350477874noreply@blogger.comBlogger264125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758336167428675765.post-24264492316957598162023-12-23T17:36:00.000+11:002023-12-23T17:36:30.740+11:00The Last Post<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Well this is the last post for the year. Not as regular as some bloggers but regular enough when there is something to show.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I must admit this year has been fairly quite down the shed and not as much progress as I would have liked. When you are on the stairway to heaven or the highway to hell, you have to make everyday count. This sojourn into VR narrow gauge had it first inklings way back in 2015 and now coming up for eight years. I can definitely see progress but I also need to acknowledge that the whole layout will never be completed. The right hand side is looking OK and the left hand side has just the track laid down, minus any scenery, although one part traverses some scenery of the earlier HO layout.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I know what I need to build and construct next year so when we finally get there soon I will try and do more. I am awaiting some of the Haskell NBH tourist coaches, not that I really need them but more of a show of support to Kieran Haskell who has gone to the effort to produce them. It would be nice if Modelu in England produce some kiddies that can be put between the bars and have their legs hanging out.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhns1VnsD9esAVPl2HoK-fBv9a761J2NHBgA_x0LSXKxYu_wLGdZ6_HOjTsHT1m-Zi18Te4trxrapkAMmANMsfuY9mLYUmYiznNrEPBeOFskPdFMf7mNIlzCN-RTganjzdMcv2Lz2IaEffU7SfGkcDHwHPBL-tASYPfrBZhhf7E1kIiTJygHJ0tpUar-RBA/s3264/Vic4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1832" data-original-width="3264" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhns1VnsD9esAVPl2HoK-fBv9a761J2NHBgA_x0LSXKxYu_wLGdZ6_HOjTsHT1m-Zi18Te4trxrapkAMmANMsfuY9mLYUmYiznNrEPBeOFskPdFMf7mNIlzCN-RTganjzdMcv2Lz2IaEffU7SfGkcDHwHPBL-tASYPfrBZhhf7E1kIiTJygHJ0tpUar-RBA/w400-h225/Vic4.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Let the legs hang!</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Every now and then I will get an idea in my head for a photo and then go to the shed and knock a few off. One idea which stretches the limits of my camera are some night shots. I did some recent ones around the ashpit down at Eden with some of the loco crew. The shots were lit by some led multi colour lights purchased from Aldi some time ago, the results came out OK. Here are a few:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOLTf3FfXStewRJlB59AT0Rbb_omcS0NqulWDWdtY5YQ4skPIE-HDtlo59jr62c_55VDJb04fTDdJgDAkOZ92XnolsTVVkWdtaiV8GYa7tkfs49_LoooGaHMEv7fb93nbeVIvulZEKxDJl5tSmePcifmJeL1NmmnFqBQw2v5DI9OQu62RAPqV7zafTbS0/s3264/IMG_0600.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1832" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguOLTf3FfXStewRJlB59AT0Rbb_omcS0NqulWDWdtY5YQ4skPIE-HDtlo59jr62c_55VDJb04fTDdJgDAkOZ92XnolsTVVkWdtaiV8GYa7tkfs49_LoooGaHMEv7fb93nbeVIvulZEKxDJl5tSmePcifmJeL1NmmnFqBQw2v5DI9OQu62RAPqV7zafTbS0/w225-h400/IMG_0600.JPG" width="225" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKopahMDEJpYHVfe48G66hQBrwaSyb0boSrj7MKOFEYcx3tzna_2FpKe-o1xoOCKVP5S157G5fztlJRX998NOqBPyL4uCXa3s4qseFIsM9qhetMtzaLFT0MThd9UYUgvSIrlQATdcvGQqW50fq-IzpnunuoM7FTlcHFajuNS2KPF0-yE6x5aF1SAA9bUV/s3264/IMG_0571.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1832" data-original-width="3264" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLKopahMDEJpYHVfe48G66hQBrwaSyb0boSrj7MKOFEYcx3tzna_2FpKe-o1xoOCKVP5S157G5fztlJRX998NOqBPyL4uCXa3s4qseFIsM9qhetMtzaLFT0MThd9UYUgvSIrlQATdcvGQqW50fq-IzpnunuoM7FTlcHFajuNS2KPF0-yE6x5aF1SAA9bUV/w400-h225/IMG_0571.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Group photo down at Eden<br /></td></tr></tbody></table> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR4zcpxtzuKysLW-zdJfHX2NC2kptX4edpX0bfa62rOmw8TY5Jp7DLzBp6FCvqSjAaq1oAXYthENDpnrrbT_Sz0IfMT5JRvWWVIon7hUbmWXjnc8yBR9MwbY35mvpPdvt0eFJ98-CLb7PM66PHmjzIm4HS_lnqXuCpu_2OhYiGaJrHXVXyqAHC4xsNWOwH/s3264/IMG_0577.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1797" data-original-width="3264" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR4zcpxtzuKysLW-zdJfHX2NC2kptX4edpX0bfa62rOmw8TY5Jp7DLzBp6FCvqSjAaq1oAXYthENDpnrrbT_Sz0IfMT5JRvWWVIon7hUbmWXjnc8yBR9MwbY35mvpPdvt0eFJ98-CLb7PM66PHmjzIm4HS_lnqXuCpu_2OhYiGaJrHXVXyqAHC4xsNWOwH/w400-h220/IMG_0577.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So that's all for 2023, and I'll see if 2024 can be more productive on South Coast Rail. Thanks for looking.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLz-pO58Aw_IUqzJSjKdbd8tKksgM3rWa291A7A5AzILg5R1x4JadlmYBOhIXWALa-s2H0k7SbUsXvVvGgcKjQ7HbyanhlqdVFRAWNtFN1HEb6NJxl5M0Re7-KG9cSsfxr3Iv6B6nSjJYlT2HLt9SDSRfSeCkJveRWA2zO2iFvKrz2AiD-Qg0mgpHedi6/s5440/xmas%202023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3053" data-original-width="5440" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihLz-pO58Aw_IUqzJSjKdbd8tKksgM3rWa291A7A5AzILg5R1x4JadlmYBOhIXWALa-s2H0k7SbUsXvVvGgcKjQ7HbyanhlqdVFRAWNtFN1HEb6NJxl5M0Re7-KG9cSsfxr3Iv6B6nSjJYlT2HLt9SDSRfSeCkJveRWA2zO2iFvKrz2AiD-Qg0mgpHedi6/w640-h360/xmas%202023.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /> </span><br /><p></p><p><br /></p>South Coast Railhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06743351585350477874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758336167428675765.post-36669660951295767042023-11-16T17:09:00.000+11:002023-11-16T17:09:15.522+11:00Another blog entry<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One of the things about getting into a regular pattern of updating and posting your blogs is that if the pattern gets out of whack, people start wondering if you are still here. I received a call today from a friend at Junee who commented on the lack of recent entries. The only reason is that I haven't done much to report. I can go into the shed to get a tool for a project, look around the layout and see plenty of things to do but are not taking up the challenge. Most of us have ups and downs in modelling and go through lapses where other things in life take over.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A lot of the blogs all start well with new projects but soon fizzle out. Just check out how long some blogs have gone for since updating.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But one thing that hasn't stopped is our group get togethers every couple of months where we talk trains, drink, eat and maybe watch a video or so. This week was another visit to the North Meadows layout and always great to see. It is probably 99% complete, with the owner stating that there is no room to hold anymore items but he actually installed two extra storage roads to hold more stock recently obtained.<br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So just to refresh here are a couple of shots taken on the day:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXZUKtsb7ZfRMoySFIbI9xFfJnb59_LbhT5gd_ROOPTY7Jnk2x3YsUSyJKlDmwMkq2OBKFuQtcL_PD0NedcwowiCf99AQ_wzVY0sr6lSeaUQQf-PhV88ptGRoMKW_vw96l8WlhI76KRlwIIYxwAB2_HTbxdw7jpT5f6pP1Wc0_I3rDEWmfFn6VN_gyNWA/s4032/20231114_112859.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXZUKtsb7ZfRMoySFIbI9xFfJnb59_LbhT5gd_ROOPTY7Jnk2x3YsUSyJKlDmwMkq2OBKFuQtcL_PD0NedcwowiCf99AQ_wzVY0sr6lSeaUQQf-PhV88ptGRoMKW_vw96l8WlhI76KRlwIIYxwAB2_HTbxdw7jpT5f6pP1Wc0_I3rDEWmfFn6VN_gyNWA/w400-h225/20231114_112859.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I will try and squeeze in one last blog for the year.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGO6YwxkGbVRqaaP__f8gU9SAvLhl5gopJ1Pwov_Iwnr0AabFafCVbB2us2SX87x8BSWb2-ZoEB0qDx1T7iRAJ3NsY_FxybPvdoWaCjxph0_ufyoVLsavsTP1LTMfcv_WaQlGpTxqM-lvJ6os2Gs0A21FZSs64NgYsn42K0qM_-iJ0HYQlS0pCV55V9ut5/s4032/20231023_170954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1939" data-original-width="4032" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGO6YwxkGbVRqaaP__f8gU9SAvLhl5gopJ1Pwov_Iwnr0AabFafCVbB2us2SX87x8BSWb2-ZoEB0qDx1T7iRAJ3NsY_FxybPvdoWaCjxph0_ufyoVLsavsTP1LTMfcv_WaQlGpTxqM-lvJ6os2Gs0A21FZSs64NgYsn42K0qM_-iJ0HYQlS0pCV55V9ut5/s320/20231023_170954.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQ7i16RaKs_5ATinq5qrR8beegR7lU8JxOqYFLIcsTCDSEgAaUnI-ml2OerXdHwEkAa-GDQ1-uvOV3XwoVPhKoCSiKih19q3beTDKvACcg5AYJ25jWHKegeto7cvuuvn-o0sD45YO0yhvPeCzrES-nl3C1pCzOT7XhL3x11WuVYMiUTruqVEshDybKggd/s3084/20231027_160437.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3084" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqQ7i16RaKs_5ATinq5qrR8beegR7lU8JxOqYFLIcsTCDSEgAaUnI-ml2OerXdHwEkAa-GDQ1-uvOV3XwoVPhKoCSiKih19q3beTDKvACcg5AYJ25jWHKegeto7cvuuvn-o0sD45YO0yhvPeCzrES-nl3C1pCzOT7XhL3x11WuVYMiUTruqVEshDybKggd/w294-h400/20231027_160437.jpg" width="294" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZ7kwiZvOR28_d_YjljXcYMt14AbF4YVUUP834ewjQ3RyCZS3L95Bw1VD-7-MnVEICBKBYnrDheR8DYxu2T69p_6AqRfiXZaE0QX0-9GkUTP_LXZg1vPqjAXongzlK2lk2SJWNYxsyVi1w6RK33TEWLuvmuqJHZuhM85Hq6WvYFqCQqRkiYGjRr5iCTIx/s2529/20231029_121743.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2529" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZ7kwiZvOR28_d_YjljXcYMt14AbF4YVUUP834ewjQ3RyCZS3L95Bw1VD-7-MnVEICBKBYnrDheR8DYxu2T69p_6AqRfiXZaE0QX0-9GkUTP_LXZg1vPqjAXongzlK2lk2SJWNYxsyVi1w6RK33TEWLuvmuqJHZuhM85Hq6WvYFqCQqRkiYGjRr5iCTIx/w359-h400/20231029_121743.jpg" width="359" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEJltzgK7nDle-sd4syKA2v_h_HE-Jq8TaFp8BiUs4Puai60tsG2oSYlSOC03CLbTj7-LPnJqM1usSlv2z56byy9_kTJmK2gwyCXcVdWqufwzUdag7C091OsGTZvHXhmge2fzFFaSOGcVVj6JOvhqA6gv5kMxurZKIXkxNEIIpfRNvIj0sf34rEPtnKom/s4032/20231108_145415.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1922" data-original-width="4032" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEJltzgK7nDle-sd4syKA2v_h_HE-Jq8TaFp8BiUs4Puai60tsG2oSYlSOC03CLbTj7-LPnJqM1usSlv2z56byy9_kTJmK2gwyCXcVdWqufwzUdag7C091OsGTZvHXhmge2fzFFaSOGcVVj6JOvhqA6gv5kMxurZKIXkxNEIIpfRNvIj0sf34rEPtnKom/w400-h191/20231108_145415.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> </span><br /><p></p>South Coast Railhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06743351585350477874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758336167428675765.post-90934273547852237892023-09-24T22:23:00.003+10:002023-09-25T10:52:13.907+10:00Action at Broadwater<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Even though it has been slow, work has continued on at Broadwater. Some time ago I installed a Brunel Hobbies 3D printed water tank and I was happy with how it turned out. It is a simple kit with the water tower as one part and the supporting legs the second part. It was completed but the underneath hadn't been sceniced. A few weeds and grasses were added and quickly improved the look. A pathway was made leading up to the platform and on the path under the water tank I brushed some gloss Mod Podge onto the pathway to represent spilt water from the tank.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiiYJgnITng06rRHdwIaNR3qRZ-bqtZOlqo-CjFiqYKh2i2LfsUYe5Hy1U8QWknaPyFjpobaJB_FGutaJOeerlEH_Z21Xi6IUlP9MWh44JPFk9U3Ht1iIO0i7U_tUOCQuxBslTDGfkMoLfqCP0N_1zSI58VHfmqUxl1oizn2twGymZdIJCU7KygJXY0Tzr/s4032/20230827_164337.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiiYJgnITng06rRHdwIaNR3qRZ-bqtZOlqo-CjFiqYKh2i2LfsUYe5Hy1U8QWknaPyFjpobaJB_FGutaJOeerlEH_Z21Xi6IUlP9MWh44JPFk9U3Ht1iIO0i7U_tUOCQuxBslTDGfkMoLfqCP0N_1zSI58VHfmqUxl1oizn2twGymZdIJCU7KygJXY0Tzr/w360-h640/20230827_164337.jpg" width="360" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiAfQRJCQEBYvreVSb1SBx6lnoqUPS3HyoIle0KF9wZIvsM-MJK4MIgIu6MpU6Xz_Kkjb6Mv4yUOc6xgvC9PWyzlIRToIjz4iiWJE_dV8GCO7OTXLMFOy1_VNsz5sFdq0ws0FJCbgQZ6TTTNxEXUBFw-VIIob1mfkj940UApuE9_WRHBiZv4oUPG6jHKxE/s3666/20230821_173433A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3666" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiAfQRJCQEBYvreVSb1SBx6lnoqUPS3HyoIle0KF9wZIvsM-MJK4MIgIu6MpU6Xz_Kkjb6Mv4yUOc6xgvC9PWyzlIRToIjz4iiWJE_dV8GCO7OTXLMFOy1_VNsz5sFdq0ws0FJCbgQZ6TTTNxEXUBFw-VIIob1mfkj940UApuE9_WRHBiZv4oUPG6jHKxE/w397-h640/20230821_173433A.jpg" width="397" /></a></div><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"> The water tank sits between the station and another temporary shed that will be replaced with a scratch built NSW style gangers shed. That should fill in the area between the station and the level crossing.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">One thing missing from the rear of this baseboard at the moment is a backscene board. This will block out the ridges on the roller door that appear in current photos and need to be photoshopped out.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Broadwater is the first crossing station trains come to after departing Eden. The design is a familiar VR narrow gauge design with a main line, a loop and a dual ended goods siding. There is also another siding off the goods loop and a private siding that will require some shunting to get the wagons in out out.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkwDf1e2C-YK-8_Cgx-ZOZAl7G-LtL0k7hiFxjbXULE6COn6twupAVov0cJcuo_APwJaTdh1jHIPjpuDTCmPC4CSnhtU8uOPacUjRDgNwRQoBNkXml66R-BwVbdRoSgBJWIcP4rKaX4wSlwjHdzttVfUKI49lNUjEMsqFQFXjDWuy-yV3jS5Gtol4CTji/s4128/Broadwater.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="4128" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLkwDf1e2C-YK-8_Cgx-ZOZAl7G-LtL0k7hiFxjbXULE6COn6twupAVov0cJcuo_APwJaTdh1jHIPjpuDTCmPC4CSnhtU8uOPacUjRDgNwRQoBNkXml66R-BwVbdRoSgBJWIcP4rKaX4wSlwjHdzttVfUKI49lNUjEMsqFQFXjDWuy-yV3jS5Gtol4CTji/w400-h195/Broadwater.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> When designing this station it would have been easy to just run the track parallel to the baseboard edge but that is one thing I have tried to avoid on all stations on SCR. The curved lines look so much better than the straight track.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvpWsROqvrCmkmsCu-Kv-VQ1GuRMMZdPvQ2m0CPrJ3h3ohFQRd66JyDTNjdQd9U5zInocIEcHaUjYBQeVqro6tGsCdPNaGoGyxgN6M3nfPa6tjfCTkRIaQ5m6H5Tjj2pcfCqSJ5XJ3iCMvF2He7KgiQFf12VIG6R_gABUUessFpXtha2kPFCRBBvyIWsa/s4032/20230808_151440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvpWsROqvrCmkmsCu-Kv-VQ1GuRMMZdPvQ2m0CPrJ3h3ohFQRd66JyDTNjdQd9U5zInocIEcHaUjYBQeVqro6tGsCdPNaGoGyxgN6M3nfPa6tjfCTkRIaQ5m6H5Tjj2pcfCqSJ5XJ3iCMvF2He7KgiQFf12VIG6R_gABUUessFpXtha2kPFCRBBvyIWsa/w360-h640/20230808_151440.jpg" width="360" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">So far things have gone according to the 'plan'. Quite a while ago I assembled an Ian Lindsay model narrow gauge goods shed. It has been sitting on the ground for too long so I decided to build a platform for it to sit on. I probably cheated somewhat in its construction missing a few beams etc. Anyway the final product looks the part and because it sits low any missing bits are not readily noticeable. After gluing it all together it was sprayed with Tamiya light grey primer which after some weathering to tone down the grey turned out Okay. The shed sitting on the platform hides most of the planks.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheka9MP104V0FDZw2OtnyiS5S-pl_muWRYEtmne9cKA4SqGBv1XONtvuoEG5Ga0aUcOe8u7vu7vMoPTPCRbVH_pDEUN7WSUg6UkEHL4sd40TLifGt21FLeKBuqhYPFuywViZeM8TtT0pVfHLh4RCj6iCTO__k-UNaAdld1cbT8jN5M_PyF1lUERLmsz_53/s2592/20230808_144858.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheka9MP104V0FDZw2OtnyiS5S-pl_muWRYEtmne9cKA4SqGBv1XONtvuoEG5Ga0aUcOe8u7vu7vMoPTPCRbVH_pDEUN7WSUg6UkEHL4sd40TLifGt21FLeKBuqhYPFuywViZeM8TtT0pVfHLh4RCj6iCTO__k-UNaAdld1cbT8jN5M_PyF1lUERLmsz_53/w350-h400/20230808_144858.jpg" width="350" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKJVSKUL0gsnqMHziK3tyYfDLrCEqQh_DUowCgZMv4DlpRea87kD146QKB7qzW3sIEoJrcTrao2uxAF9c0PlqRhNZLXZ-PssXnsWSaoBq2fxcKhVxc8uclVS_SqSTj7YulmSFsJXaIdsbCCykc1iTRm7heoN2q94IGpJnvgYWk8KHt6zD6UrA2pbh3U41J/s3613/20230920_144603A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="3613" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKJVSKUL0gsnqMHziK3tyYfDLrCEqQh_DUowCgZMv4DlpRea87kD146QKB7qzW3sIEoJrcTrao2uxAF9c0PlqRhNZLXZ-PssXnsWSaoBq2fxcKhVxc8uclVS_SqSTj7YulmSFsJXaIdsbCCykc1iTRm7heoN2q94IGpJnvgYWk8KHt6zD6UrA2pbh3U41J/w400-h251/20230920_144603A.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">All of the surfaces of the styrene were also scraped with a razor saw to simulate some grain, that is one of the down sides of using styrene instead of strip timber. The end result usually comes out okay.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6drnifVdRcPphPu3s7gd1KBZVJ9_lX-G1yHAgY8HX8rlfShwzk4fmbkMt8JwMHJPqoK-vWN18Ov5ZsZNLcoecTnBUHNkZckZBM2mu9LwbyNR1FpeWBiv_E3Ysoi23E3VjCInijAXy5RaRwMwPJg6yZt_HBfmnhL9oKphGZUNJQHhX8VhqPGqq0Fy7OtQ-/s2268/20230920_165736.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2073" data-original-width="2268" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6drnifVdRcPphPu3s7gd1KBZVJ9_lX-G1yHAgY8HX8rlfShwzk4fmbkMt8JwMHJPqoK-vWN18Ov5ZsZNLcoecTnBUHNkZckZBM2mu9LwbyNR1FpeWBiv_E3Ysoi23E3VjCInijAXy5RaRwMwPJg6yZt_HBfmnhL9oKphGZUNJQHhX8VhqPGqq0Fy7OtQ-/w400-h365/20230920_165736.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /> I am not sure of what the size of the platform should have been but as this layout is all freelance anything goes, as long as it looks all right. One thing noticeable in the above photo is the gap between the wagon and the edge of the platform. Ideally this gap should have been smaller, that would have worked for the goods wagons but when I checked the clearances with an NA loco, the cylinders protruded way out so this is where the clearance spot will be. This gap is viewed from an angle where the gap is not that visible. Surprisingly a shay and climax loco I checked had better clearances.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9TucHf0996bhqQn52rvRsuvt_6wqmyoW3lIyiO_lH8hjEUhFdkJOcmK7IT-9LQ_1FFDa6HyRIbpSLb1Vso1R90UocgO9rH4vmZ7fhcGDTz04H87iV83Kn3P1DifbqRdq-vAjJiJOay8EXUsP8vFMKrhW9hzPkvO-gkKpz1zHu_yHeR60508M-E5VwN6N/s4032/20230921_120558.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9TucHf0996bhqQn52rvRsuvt_6wqmyoW3lIyiO_lH8hjEUhFdkJOcmK7IT-9LQ_1FFDa6HyRIbpSLb1Vso1R90UocgO9rH4vmZ7fhcGDTz04H87iV83Kn3P1DifbqRdq-vAjJiJOay8EXUsP8vFMKrhW9hzPkvO-gkKpz1zHu_yHeR60508M-E5VwN6N/w400-h225/20230921_120558.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzCpU2KH6eVYITEbnIbLXfMA9Whau27c_Q3L-kxVwbRP3JQ90pMo3OX2iMHw-jrus81Szh0e8wA-3eUVPBE5foWdN1sa-7tfRk2zsj16S0_R4zhzRhCI-smB-FECGWO2GxH6-UqDrBNnHDxwCBfcJY8P2MDeHJfZnlSbCjgvKqlSMCbdhJsyaXcmE-CFg4/s4032/20230921_175105.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzCpU2KH6eVYITEbnIbLXfMA9Whau27c_Q3L-kxVwbRP3JQ90pMo3OX2iMHw-jrus81Szh0e8wA-3eUVPBE5foWdN1sa-7tfRk2zsj16S0_R4zhzRhCI-smB-FECGWO2GxH6-UqDrBNnHDxwCBfcJY8P2MDeHJfZnlSbCjgvKqlSMCbdhJsyaXcmE-CFg4/w400-h225/20230921_175105.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> To try out the platform I had farmer Joe back his truck up and unload some potatoes and set up a photo shoot. The potato bags are an excellent product from <a href="https://stephenjohnsonmodels.com.au/shop/sjm/7mm/7mm-horizontal-potato-sacks/" target="_blank">Stephen Johnson Models</a>. They are available in both horizontal and vertical shapes. I painted the bags with some Tamiya Desert yellow and then weathered over with some diluted Tamiya Khaki drab. An excellent product, even the bag seams and potato shapes inside the bag are visible.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBqneUuzDcgMEurqqp3sEaGfMp_l6rD2qdsjbnBgqabbxa7qyzMzhbsu2kjFIHPeE0aYeEZAawOUpu-9zdpw9JS44O-u07if8UxEj2u1Nkx66sTFDhvuQXbn4aa7ObbjRoPL8AjbFsioVAKvMtfhVeQ66j_YkbZPUeDXW6AHMCwHLZH6qjPsn8C1JOQDN/s4032/20230924_171648.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnBqneUuzDcgMEurqqp3sEaGfMp_l6rD2qdsjbnBgqabbxa7qyzMzhbsu2kjFIHPeE0aYeEZAawOUpu-9zdpw9JS44O-u07if8UxEj2u1Nkx66sTFDhvuQXbn4aa7ObbjRoPL8AjbFsioVAKvMtfhVeQ66j_YkbZPUeDXW6AHMCwHLZH6qjPsn8C1JOQDN/w400-h225/20230924_171648.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pAQ11YiUKGbvntkgB_g-XX9SM0VATsQjShtnqjbHuPpmtHOuvdsLstLAyY14ba1g9O8QN6fxiVTJcW0DJ3ICjFLe0CfInWtdZUlFVBPEqsGXt8av8b7r1xJyEbldLSkRYHAVDBjJ4j5j9H9mR2_HORfPFWVHysejjFfTDTM9QlE7FzhSyxhJEoJLeCcN/s4032/20230922_164659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3pAQ11YiUKGbvntkgB_g-XX9SM0VATsQjShtnqjbHuPpmtHOuvdsLstLAyY14ba1g9O8QN6fxiVTJcW0DJ3ICjFLe0CfInWtdZUlFVBPEqsGXt8av8b7r1xJyEbldLSkRYHAVDBjJ4j5j9H9mR2_HORfPFWVHysejjFfTDTM9QlE7FzhSyxhJEoJLeCcN/w225-h400/20230922_164659.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkuu-OuqZQW43L12mSNx-7AzL3yhzSAuxuL0ts_e19r4Y5VHCQgtzNFP_bCiE9yTVN73HINlYri6mkoN96_bmgMg5n6ljS8rtcNnon9JtY6KP37XGFFjNbYE9HF3am9kcMI8HtHwLg1X-9CbbMOxRTjoSSmhnhUNf_jr5Fz2aZ1LyDZTWNYtIkgA7qxQS/s3393/20230922_164304.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3393" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkuu-OuqZQW43L12mSNx-7AzL3yhzSAuxuL0ts_e19r4Y5VHCQgtzNFP_bCiE9yTVN73HINlYri6mkoN96_bmgMg5n6ljS8rtcNnon9JtY6KP37XGFFjNbYE9HF3am9kcMI8HtHwLg1X-9CbbMOxRTjoSSmhnhUNf_jr5Fz2aZ1LyDZTWNYtIkgA7qxQS/w268-h400/20230922_164304.jpg" width="268" /></a></div>To finish off around the platform some grasses, weeds and white flowers were positioned. That is the basics done but there is always the opportunity to revisit the scene and add more.<br /><br /><p></p>South Coast Railhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06743351585350477874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758336167428675765.post-75574605155162800112023-08-08T21:54:00.000+10:002023-08-08T21:54:03.791+10:00Bits and Pieces<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> No major projects have been worked on since the last post, possibly because it is cold in the shed. With no pot belly stove and electricity prices sky high. If I go down there too early you must dress like an Eskimo which rather restricts movement with the gloves. As the day progresses, and with sun up you can feel it getting a little warmer. No it is not really that bad, and with only another few weeks of winter and spring approaching it will be more conducive to work days. We have been blessed with a few mid twenty degree days. Up the afternoon end of the shed is a metal roller door where you can feel the suns heat radiating on the inside of the shed. I like to call this natures heater but it is still not enough or early enough to be of any use in heating.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So the concentration is on the right hand side of the layout as you go in the door. As probably explained the 'right hand' side is made up of modules that can be readily evacuated when the need arises and being on the 'Stairway to Heaven' (or is it the Highway to Hell?) I want to see at least one section finished.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Layout building is made up of many elements, all enjoyable and while there is a certain order in construction the finishing of a layout is flexible. Of course the baseboards need to be made and then the track can be laid. Once it is wired up the the scenery work can take place, that's basically how it goes.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another part in the layouts progress is coming back to a scene and adding the extra detail bits that finish a scene. One of the things I have been doing around the layout is adding signs and notice boards, these are what we expect in real life and rightly so should be included. The plus side is that it gives scenes some completeness.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4G-v7faq--8Na1CkCHz_ikALRLZrSywRVpxOwNrnlKxU24neKY9M2OMCLiZF1tMwAOyYwAi0gxROzyDfxOhTZct5ZiWV6V702E5GHib3WByBgpKpFXS4K7oPJP6Y-M6mY3f9TDI82K9_K5msJL-k5Rm7Fe0RJcHJtBJQ5KVVxiD_qSUKpfQrdm3XfFztt/s3531/20230808_172002.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3531" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4G-v7faq--8Na1CkCHz_ikALRLZrSywRVpxOwNrnlKxU24neKY9M2OMCLiZF1tMwAOyYwAi0gxROzyDfxOhTZct5ZiWV6V702E5GHib3WByBgpKpFXS4K7oPJP6Y-M6mY3f9TDI82K9_K5msJL-k5Rm7Fe0RJcHJtBJQ5KVVxiD_qSUKpfQrdm3XfFztt/w258-h400/20230808_172002.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: medium;">A simple warning sign 'Beware of Trains' would be expected in real life and so is recreated to this scene. It only required a piece of stripwood for the post, some styrene for the sign and a computer generated sign readily stuck on. The whole sign was hit with a diluted Tamiya khaki drab colour to weather it up.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLogH_GtLJ8abE-M0y-zKJwCfzn4TFnm4xMJtIPFIx0jFXw0jMmEWAgz5eMRWcldhiGVq2OAtvVMpdzPwDpbMTDCVp9pieHFduVCE_MdJQmU_3u__c16ejBHMgBfCwO9y2ToCHnh9b9GA-bWMgjmjBMASUTaXcvCjGc_vTkl7U3-vQDLr11y_RCV25Qvr/s3580/20230808_171721.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3580" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLogH_GtLJ8abE-M0y-zKJwCfzn4TFnm4xMJtIPFIx0jFXw0jMmEWAgz5eMRWcldhiGVq2OAtvVMpdzPwDpbMTDCVp9pieHFduVCE_MdJQmU_3u__c16ejBHMgBfCwO9y2ToCHnh9b9GA-bWMgjmjBMASUTaXcvCjGc_vTkl7U3-vQDLr11y_RCV25Qvr/w254-h400/20230808_171721.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: medium;">Another sign is a level crossing warning which was made with some styrene glued to a timber post and painted in accordance with the standards. This is the approach 'X' is white and the rear is painted black. A simple quick sign that adds to a scene.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6jN7cNYiSb-ZRUgWzhD3DH7S2eAEKd0FPJDWxGBitlVosbsVOSzAIU9PYACvrTemccGZ3S7C19MXlJDokIoPfWT8dPqAgxMTrVV9EXdij5DbBnMQvFT13mLkrDWH1K6WrjmRvbLlgcmh3gucBwPfF-zhI0FurKXcf_qaILCrsIsC0hmiHfuwRFsQBRTr1/s4032/20230721_170516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6jN7cNYiSb-ZRUgWzhD3DH7S2eAEKd0FPJDWxGBitlVosbsVOSzAIU9PYACvrTemccGZ3S7C19MXlJDokIoPfWT8dPqAgxMTrVV9EXdij5DbBnMQvFT13mLkrDWH1K6WrjmRvbLlgcmh3gucBwPfF-zhI0FurKXcf_qaILCrsIsC0hmiHfuwRFsQBRTr1/s320/20230721_170516.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"> Again in similar fashion the larger warning signs for road traffic are made with styrene arms fitted to a timber post.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZeeApW9JEdR56rVrtT1Ho9uMK-caeOVXGNxJIZzh5XBTAsi9HZ8MLs-A3aW0B1s5WWFkW1Ok_e2JU39Q8YSmM4JMX138dAKsX9MvT-IASlzqVMk71_IkZQpA-G_xLv-zVuTOcGkYgxXYdGnQ3jo8T_3yRWYo4lov_Z3q-Xy1E41Bt8epm82iMd_texu_v/s4032/20230808_171755.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZeeApW9JEdR56rVrtT1Ho9uMK-caeOVXGNxJIZzh5XBTAsi9HZ8MLs-A3aW0B1s5WWFkW1Ok_e2JU39Q8YSmM4JMX138dAKsX9MvT-IASlzqVMk71_IkZQpA-G_xLv-zVuTOcGkYgxXYdGnQ3jo8T_3yRWYo4lov_Z3q-Xy1E41Bt8epm82iMd_texu_v/w225-h400/20230808_171755.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Speed signs are also set out around the layout where speeds need to be indicated, the one in the above photo shows a speed limit of 10 miles per hour over the Thomson River bridge.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">So apart from making some signs I have started work on the station building for Broadwater. The building is an Ian Lindsay station, purchased a while ago luckily when they were still being made. It is fairly straight forward and I will do a future post on it when completed.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another thing I wanted to try out is to take some photos of the bridge and try to replicate sunrise/ early morning with it just getting light. I needed to use my 35mm camera for these shots for time exposure. I used some multi colour lights I got from Aldi some time ago and after many discarded shots some of the better ones are shown below.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvLpfWNmmNec00Bn0FqWGjpGekjtsX7_Xgb8-sSod-SVZ664fBGsjbqA4tynKa8GclMYGqTblVfbt_kZDtzz9yfusVXQtH0NabwWk22YwiLBcRtoePhNvGLvxcbHhyTgZWV9W0bxhNc5Rd0BTjjmap9SSvCxnU5qhfGxGzW7iO8E92Ca_Sz4sbmjzWSN_/s3264/IMG_0518A.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1832" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijvLpfWNmmNec00Bn0FqWGjpGekjtsX7_Xgb8-sSod-SVZ664fBGsjbqA4tynKa8GclMYGqTblVfbt_kZDtzz9yfusVXQtH0NabwWk22YwiLBcRtoePhNvGLvxcbHhyTgZWV9W0bxhNc5Rd0BTjjmap9SSvCxnU5qhfGxGzW7iO8E92Ca_Sz4sbmjzWSN_/w360-h640/IMG_0518A.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1832" data-original-width="3264" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaESJjno7LUXKw6hGVXuSsMTgdGQjGyn_c6jbzkh6tHhhfHeuPHV9NishSPK0WPl8IP-bTsYokTNfUPVGpIVF2RU9wBf2ue7czj2VvXg--wDoLfD13vBk7hW6LAUjP7gllCOTj7bDVr9giQwNGeHWNA8UWiPLQFly_okw5l0dfcN9f1EA6Q5qfYVwm3DqB/w400-h225/IMG_0534.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <span style="font-size: medium;">I'll finish off with a selection of other photos taken around the layout and include a few with the late afternoon sun shining into the shed.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLrCrQIpkxsoE3LTUa7GIfud7eqIF_MO2ZHTLde4OaJ6_Ha2AAtpgZQNM1Zbx2GZNsogZavMJ33EHHy2fvNXCjkPnAU06FQEnWs8YabOzv7fV6ERqDgYFirY8lMqrsYHVaURIbUKSukgbEJsMKc4CT40BJc96Rxg2vMpawiJqDYIPnHqWoBJls_TtXs-Xr/s4032/20230808_152050.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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The main reason is because not much has been happening around the layout.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Winter time is no excuse not to go to the shed as by the time I am ready to get there the day has warmed up and mid to late afternoon can be comfortable. I have no heater there, only a small window air-con that only pumps out cool air in the summer.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Being winter the northern sun hangs low and in the later afternoon if I open the roller door the sun for a brief moment will shine onto the front of the layout. But you have to be quick as within a half hour the sun is gone off the layout.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Many excellent photos are taken in the full sun rather than under artificial lights. So recently I went and took advantage of the big bright light when it shone on part of the bridge. Not low enough to see the whole bridge but enough to grab a few shots. The results are below, next blog I hope to have more to show.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8v4emR6LIhi-LHTLvl39tEJEJWY6qaN85E7U6YMohpjc2zofUho06TJ5NXBxuYO9uu3bp6SksvcdqPaRpc9XCGkYPTCXPv1VW4HaNV0n414E_CJBLbgBNNno-Y5NloU6FE6Ykk1yL1j-z-nrDDbHA8SHtC_4ocQ0PwcmHfLoueVFihddujkAvUFXDW6Eb/s4032/20230323_110935.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1864" data-original-width="4032" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8v4emR6LIhi-LHTLvl39tEJEJWY6qaN85E7U6YMohpjc2zofUho06TJ5NXBxuYO9uu3bp6SksvcdqPaRpc9XCGkYPTCXPv1VW4HaNV0n414E_CJBLbgBNNno-Y5NloU6FE6Ykk1yL1j-z-nrDDbHA8SHtC_4ocQ0PwcmHfLoueVFihddujkAvUFXDW6Eb/w640-h296/20230323_110935.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3VP3Errs2kNSlEBoNMIR188MbdfR4dvmlHR0Tq0pY-olqn615DAs7LaN9_z7WbZd1elhgPUWfEt75C4Pf9LczfxjuX2lRVSakILPOSTeVNL72oYNjBbMlY23R0l88GmT3Q5huTAmVHvt8_EW3z2o5zjVbYP4svx_63nWgaFYfbi4w3OSiUWhE6_xGh6qN/s4000/20230620_144113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I call it that because that is the end of the shed that I don't normally work on. To explain the shed used to hold the former HO 'South Coast Rail'</span> <span style="font-family: arial;">which terminated around the end of 2015. The shed is on the large size being around 14 metres long. It happily contained the HO layout but when the narrow gauge came along, in theory it would be easier to fill as I was modelling in O scale. This was eventually accomplished and now the track fills the shed. But I am concentrating on one end that contains the bridge and the terminus of Eden.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So with a large shed I found that there id plenty of room underneath to hide what I shall call junk, most of us have some. I say most but not all, there are real tidy modellers who I reckon verge on the edge of OCD and there is not a thing out of place. This where I would like to be but have never reached that stage yet. Examples of neat freaks would be the new AusModelco hobby shop at Thornleigh, a pleasure to be in. Then there is a modeller Al Judy who runs the Facebook site On30 Railroading. His layout and workbench are classic examples of neatness. He also posted a picture outside his home where all the boxes he was taking to a model exhibition were neatly stacked and even when they were in the back of the wagon every box was perfectly in line. My friend Jim Harris who has a blog 'Camden Railway' also fits into this category. I don't know what he thinks of my mess when he visits.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">One of the most important items you can have is the thing called time and it runs out faster when you get older. So what happens when I go into the shed I see all the things that I should be cleaning and sorting out. SO why spend good time looking for a file when if it was sorted once then it would be easier to find them doh. But the urge to actually get in and do some scenery or construction is stronger than the need to get in and do the cleaning and sorting (every time).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">One thing I have had on hand for some time now, must be around three years is a pile of second hand carpet tiles designed to make it all look better in there on the floor. Construction of the layout has been slower than expected and what happens is now if I have some scrap form a worksite it goes straight onto the floor. And maybe worse I don't always sweep it up that day, preferring to finally get sick of it and do something. I also figured it is easier to sweep than to crank up the vacuum cleaner. And I was also lucky that last year with all the rain, at one time water came into the shed and laid on the floor. Not doing much damage but then I thought I was lucky I didn't have the floor tiles down. An unintentional bacon saver.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Well finally getting back to the first paragraph around the far corner of the room, right under the town of Wolumla I had a maybe fourth hand bookshelf, brown timber grain bookshelf that was maybe in a house forty or more years ago. Well I am not sure what had happened but the top shelf had collapsed, down onto the next shelf, taking that one and ended up spewing all the junk over the floor.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwAFSGFs_aLgk1YbjXK94nQxKyNEPh31XjlZzkB1NgDNokvu2G9p4-FAvP_XLh0Fw19od_ho_pRkrVk29sLibKpmTYzQxrjo26acTLi5a5PX19knziQGfT656W24u44aDSa3lm_2xD_wCYXrvSeLhM0B_ZRK_0Q_tBugMxqxFqeHH-vCXeKtwxSBd2g/s4032/20230321_112800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCwAFSGFs_aLgk1YbjXK94nQxKyNEPh31XjlZzkB1NgDNokvu2G9p4-FAvP_XLh0Fw19od_ho_pRkrVk29sLibKpmTYzQxrjo26acTLi5a5PX19knziQGfT656W24u44aDSa3lm_2xD_wCYXrvSeLhM0B_ZRK_0Q_tBugMxqxFqeHH-vCXeKtwxSBd2g/w225-h400/20230321_112800.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Junk city</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>As can be seen in the photo there is a bit of everything. I have calculated it would have been there around twenty years, not a bad effort for lasting that long anyway. I wasn't sad as I never liked that colour which was in vogue some time ago. When I looked amongst the pile on the floor I had some good luck as I found things that I hadn't been able to find (read I am unorganised). There was a tin of Humbrol green gloss paint. I haven't had the time to open the lid to see if it is still OK or needs a trip to the bin, so I have put it with the other thirty or so similar tins that with one day receive a shake of the hand and listen to see if there is any liquid rattling around in there. I have made an executive decision, no liquid rattle, out it goes. I also found a small square I had been looking for recently. It sat on the floor looking miserable covered in rust and twenty minutes later after a good rub up with the sandpaper it got transferred to a safer and know position in the shed closer to where it can be found. Stuffed if I know how it got there in the first place. The top shelf also became an orphanage for stanley knives, box cutters or what eve you want to call them. So I must have found around ten of them, complete with their blades. I have so many blades now I can loose that 'I have to press harder' with the knife feeling. So the daggy ones have been binned and the good ones have progressed around the corner to some new ex kitchen draws where they will see out the rest of their life. There were about ten screwdrivers of all persuasions binned, I figured out I can only use one at a time why do I need that many for?. Why do we collect so many nut and bolts, nails, screws etc. Most of them have gone into the 'Nail and Screw' draw for another day for sorting. (I bet it doesn't happen)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I went so successful that my bin was overflowing. It will all go out this week in the garbo collection, just hoping there is plenty of grunt in the lifting mechanism. The timber shelf were a right off and now preside at the front of the shed awaiting June when the local council cleanup will move them on for me. Now with the shelves gone I found that the floor was not painted under them, but you wouldn't have known that. The bottom shelf was starting to corrode as maybe the water had got in that far last year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">All in all a good few hours worth of cleaning up, most gone to garbage and the items worth keeping gone to some other place in the room. It all begs of the saying 'Out of sight, out of mind' Now I must start on the rest of the shed, and get rid of that old VHS player, TV, radio that doesn't work, wow I am on a roll.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">There have been other sections on the layout I have been working on so I will put up a selection of other shots around the layout, most of them are in favourite spots that may be familiar to the reader. 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I swear that time is speeding up (anyone in the older boat will vouch for that).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This is the first post for 2023 and I will finally announce that I consider my build of the Thomson River bridge done!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8crH7xi5WPyPr36djUI7zjkckgRaA-1ffnA4Rp5y00E7fklZVzGmGRRPU0zLUPvCCSIXTXPCpImc2dFRwIRhpbHSUoRuNI-bPGlQsB-yqYlBI1pFEIUrTl_Ewq9F9Eoh6RYX9TKa7qGLHsoPDwnsbYQqty_721R3dW4wjYPfW0ZS1z2JDsIFxK3egQ/s1632/Feb%207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1632" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8crH7xi5WPyPr36djUI7zjkckgRaA-1ffnA4Rp5y00E7fklZVzGmGRRPU0zLUPvCCSIXTXPCpImc2dFRwIRhpbHSUoRuNI-bPGlQsB-yqYlBI1pFEIUrTl_Ewq9F9Eoh6RYX9TKa7qGLHsoPDwnsbYQqty_721R3dW4wjYPfW0ZS1z2JDsIFxK3egQ/w400-h300/Feb%207.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early planning 2016<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> When the layout was initially planned, I wanted to put in a few signature structures, what could be more impressive than a few bridges. The one that most people would be familiar with is the curved timber trestle over the Monbulk Creek and just outside of Belgrave on Puffing Billy. So that was the first one that was tackled. It wasn't all that complicated to build and it's construction was probably covered in some of my earlier blog entries if you are interested.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The second structure I chose to model was going to be the Thomson River bridge located on the Moe to Walhalla line and thankfully still in service on the Walhalla Goldfields Railway. Both of these iconic bridges are luckily still accessible for viewing. The original baseboard constructed in the photo above was mainly guesswork on how long and deep to model would take up. This section was always going to be 'a coming back to finish' baseboard, so a temporary track was located towards the back to enable initial construction to commence (one day)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tOx8biDXiPPkQWmHThBTb1HvrQHaOcxEi-0u2H6buxqh-jsyZ4r9BHSwJgwEy3qW_vvKrbQFUJ8xjKN0YKoi1Gr16Y8JH9Jio4G1GAyvT7yw40nII2mEBXEvcPPRh2Z4mJ5VTaqoGCHXl6YOKzoC35lKmE7cVvvfIFDerbQFIX6CPfeDK_6dnmsFDw/s4128/20181009_113141.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="4128" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tOx8biDXiPPkQWmHThBTb1HvrQHaOcxEi-0u2H6buxqh-jsyZ4r9BHSwJgwEy3qW_vvKrbQFUJ8xjKN0YKoi1Gr16Y8JH9Jio4G1GAyvT7yw40nII2mEBXEvcPPRh2Z4mJ5VTaqoGCHXl6YOKzoC35lKmE7cVvvfIFDerbQFIX6CPfeDK_6dnmsFDw/w400-h225/20181009_113141.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Parts of the bridge are laid out in their approx. position<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> Luckily a set of unreadable plans of the bridge were available and they were a great help in the bridges construction. During the early days I was lucky to get help from two friends, Roger Johnson who 3D printed the piers and Nathan Wakim who laser cut the lattice and side girders. Without the help of these two gentlemen the bridge would not have turned out as well as it could.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8QcSY91D1MIlgmE5X9tWoj6cKS9CmLG4veJAbJUlJBugrZrVvU9GWCEJ3DGez02LiWHn-gpP-Z5Z7XHP4jwPuYEO7wLlHZftI3RHuo1x6IpvjgXB3YjLeMEIcVbBMcx7-dHHrgsFvyEBq-b7fCsnOnuLlYqI4K76iUhEiR9JMFw0oESmIFAfGyhrPTw/s4128/20190905_193103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="4128" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8QcSY91D1MIlgmE5X9tWoj6cKS9CmLG4veJAbJUlJBugrZrVvU9GWCEJ3DGez02LiWHn-gpP-Z5Z7XHP4jwPuYEO7wLlHZftI3RHuo1x6IpvjgXB3YjLeMEIcVbBMcx7-dHHrgsFvyEBq-b7fCsnOnuLlYqI4K76iUhEiR9JMFw0oESmIFAfGyhrPTw/w400-h225/20190905_193103.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The lattice girders slowly take shape<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> It was a slow build as there were many unknowns to overcome along the way. The centre lattice girders were probably the most complex to construct. They required the drilling of many holes to insert a styrene rod that separated the two sides, then X shaped spacers were made and inserted with the tweezers. Luckily I only put the rivet decals on the visible side. It was success when the outside girder was made, then the realisation the second one had to be done as well. What is even sadder is that when the bridge is in place most of the wall side girder is not visible.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQayo0q3g_LIfY0XveFH7oFh0a895kZ7uuHvhKyzZQ7ydNbVOLcvQO_QVikrwfiKjXCnZnZLUCFFxusA5v8LZROpW1uTuajsrBU_t4m9MKVn8_biYY3h1VWfhjlBzOuaCrCTHtNcj0lv___FbH_aEYznjrChFMX73NEyRCv1Zt16h71DVix93lbYEM5w/s4128/20200108_153555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1630" data-original-width="4128" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQayo0q3g_LIfY0XveFH7oFh0a895kZ7uuHvhKyzZQ7ydNbVOLcvQO_QVikrwfiKjXCnZnZLUCFFxusA5v8LZROpW1uTuajsrBU_t4m9MKVn8_biYY3h1VWfhjlBzOuaCrCTHtNcj0lv___FbH_aEYznjrChFMX73NEyRCv1Zt16h71DVix93lbYEM5w/w400-h158/20200108_153555.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Centre lattice takes shape.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>I won't go fully into the individual sections of the bridge and how they were constructed but give a general idea on how all the bits came together. Thankfully over it's build I took a few hundred photos for the record. All together I reckon that the build has taken around three plus years to complete and I admit there were also other sections of the layout that were worked on when I needed a break from bridge building.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTCuIto4TiE9uNbZUAGuT2Ww8nLw0jEfgb5OqkAdzi1WYsUA8UfAHWmjr0c8lbicRyr0VF1NlfEYQTm2hcCDVBtB6txIQX3duHrrHMClZi5PlfW3vM6hVwP95DEbXwGhUbjuTF57ym7-PzoCd5nCkNA4GSzHdRRtoZDKtcwxgj5jTN1vYePkseQzH_Sw/s2247/20190930_175640A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="2247" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTCuIto4TiE9uNbZUAGuT2Ww8nLw0jEfgb5OqkAdzi1WYsUA8UfAHWmjr0c8lbicRyr0VF1NlfEYQTm2hcCDVBtB6txIQX3duHrrHMClZi5PlfW3vM6hVwP95DEbXwGhUbjuTF57ym7-PzoCd5nCkNA4GSzHdRRtoZDKtcwxgj5jTN1vYePkseQzH_Sw/w400-h216/20190930_175640A.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Core strength of the bridge</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The photo above shows what the bridge was constructed around. This piece of U shaped aluminium was cut to the bridge length - around 1.9 metres long and was eventually sandwiched with all the pieces of timber and styrene required. In fact it was that solid, it could be suspended from both ends and have no significant sagging. The above photo outlines maybe why it build took so long. The short pieces of timber had to be cut to around 5mm long and then glued right across both sides of the near two metres of bridge, there are probably a few hundred in position.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeuT56q4j_QId2CiKUe5mcqNVI66KqRtse3ACI_R8SZylnjYiowbey71dTJBGDF36SqRtopvLKtWvGpomuU0g9QiuDREuDEGyiQKuss_LDb8hJRJAPxQTB-P5fXkuiqSmQqWOUeVoJOHmeMVrmC-Yib2PQu470sDYDepHgJEwAErUL5orsqUtaYuKp8g/s4128/20210708_171752.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="2322" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeuT56q4j_QId2CiKUe5mcqNVI66KqRtse3ACI_R8SZylnjYiowbey71dTJBGDF36SqRtopvLKtWvGpomuU0g9QiuDREuDEGyiQKuss_LDb8hJRJAPxQTB-P5fXkuiqSmQqWOUeVoJOHmeMVrmC-Yib2PQu470sDYDepHgJEwAErUL5orsqUtaYuKp8g/w225-h400/20210708_171752.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Underneath the centre span<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>There are some saving graces when structures are constructed. One is the fact that will all surfaces be visible when it is finished? The first time saver in my bridge was the fact that I didn't need to replicate all the rivets on the wall side. These decals were a pain in the butt to get into the right place. I had close up photos I had taken and tried to duplicate the positioning of the decals to match the real rivets. Time consuming but satisfying in the end.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I decided right from the start that I would model the underneath of the bridge even though most will never be seen. So even if I got it wrong in the build most will never know. It is mainly in the section across the river that upshots can be taken. So when the underside was finished I decided to give it a rusted effect, this I was particularly happy with, alas never to be seen.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIk3MW31M4dotQCdrNSXcrEjXrSQtj-evJgah24osdB0PDQJfXzUi3HXiYMDUcIJ088_iL2E5FnfUw6GAfIDsnU301u0ir-6eVQMkxk_wP5oONWeg-OtpOwImLWAHeUSNJyxgmMNSDNezq4UhhdYb-NGrlvQrDut4QS_LKq9XC0MM9-jhQWNiA_TuJAg/s4128/20210915_114754.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="4128" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIk3MW31M4dotQCdrNSXcrEjXrSQtj-evJgah24osdB0PDQJfXzUi3HXiYMDUcIJ088_iL2E5FnfUw6GAfIDsnU301u0ir-6eVQMkxk_wP5oONWeg-OtpOwImLWAHeUSNJyxgmMNSDNezq4UhhdYb-NGrlvQrDut4QS_LKq9XC0MM9-jhQWNiA_TuJAg/w400-h225/20210915_114754.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An ant's view of the bridge all weathered<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">With the completion of the underneath of the bridge and the top, it was time to start developing the scenery on both sides of the bridge down to the river. Some of this work was covered in the previous blogs.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tmflm69xUqdUg6iUVpQM7rUiy4PGkSEVnmp_M9Wq8xVeRP2Ds4Ka8nDQsbMcodIZhqHgy6qZ4BAln5NvxMSJ0JylK6fW5wO2G6Xu53MIbIcv_LLrJvsPBPSvB48BYkUq4z2rf3V5KKZCJKcjGgW0RCK_O8S726mDtLWIxSDeJGJx5z4eS7FHpPO4_w/s4128/20210920_152647.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="4128" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tmflm69xUqdUg6iUVpQM7rUiy4PGkSEVnmp_M9Wq8xVeRP2Ds4Ka8nDQsbMcodIZhqHgy6qZ4BAln5NvxMSJ0JylK6fW5wO2G6Xu53MIbIcv_LLrJvsPBPSvB48BYkUq4z2rf3V5KKZCJKcjGgW0RCK_O8S726mDtLWIxSDeJGJx5z4eS7FHpPO4_w/w400-h225/20210920_152647.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Landform down towards the river<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> Also mentioned earlier was the piers produced by Roger were forwarded to the maestro painter Ian Fainges for him to paint up and weather. He did a fantastic job as can be seen in the photos. As another distraction I made up the five timber trestles that hold up the outer edges of the bridge, no two were the same. These were based on the original plan drawings and not what are currently there.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So all these elements eventually came together, the two river sides were sceniced, the river was poured and all that remained was to place the piers and trestles into position and place the bridge on top. Most of the scenic work and river pour took place when the bridge was not in position, which made it a lot easier to work on.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMeXNsYfV3OxnNoyi7I0oeP5lUNJ06gPm-NmcCAa3WoI2o3VX9GbgDLMDGwyFfAnU_SzA18mBFuzY_fcNoeQV5rpk6p4YM3erkIM4bzahPfY5-k1tHlGQ4cwG8sUsmwfghzByYlaN3dPen71ha32yCpZE_8r3pb73dv0W_f15Q8iXj4DRYnjv_58rjLw/s4128/20200815_163749.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="4128" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMeXNsYfV3OxnNoyi7I0oeP5lUNJ06gPm-NmcCAa3WoI2o3VX9GbgDLMDGwyFfAnU_SzA18mBFuzY_fcNoeQV5rpk6p4YM3erkIM4bzahPfY5-k1tHlGQ4cwG8sUsmwfghzByYlaN3dPen71ha32yCpZE_8r3pb73dv0W_f15Q8iXj4DRYnjv_58rjLw/w400-h225/20200815_163749.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bridge section aligned with existing baseboard<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />As the above photo shows both sides were secured to the existing baseboard, with some shimming required to get the level perfect. Also can be seen the temporary track that was in position for a while during construction. One by one each pier was shimmed up to allow the base rest up against the base of the bridge. A small spot of glue was put towards the back to hold in position and also the base was glued. The bases were to be surrounded by scenery so any evident glue would be hidden. Then it was just a matter of securing the timber trestles into position. Just to complicate the build, the piers and trestles were at an angle and not perpendicular to the bridge structure. I had made an angle template at an early stage that came in handy towards the end.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbh0aNJ-s04N7XEP4QaO-pKkfPOiLKiOnNTYEKUtTatn1IoXOKfLOF33WnrVgmXou_aoAJTHljWJETJRG1UYDl6JkrLvmlnK0wiC7PI0RQy4bAZ_CGOtYXIUO0AFbmLXF2QCE-WGQ-wCkbcBg2JrcczlkyLk3IH-2yEuMSW_Lw4i7Y_hWZwvUDPh9feg/s4000/20211018_173427.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1896" data-original-width="4000" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbh0aNJ-s04N7XEP4QaO-pKkfPOiLKiOnNTYEKUtTatn1IoXOKfLOF33WnrVgmXou_aoAJTHljWJETJRG1UYDl6JkrLvmlnK0wiC7PI0RQy4bAZ_CGOtYXIUO0AFbmLXF2QCE-WGQ-wCkbcBg2JrcczlkyLk3IH-2yEuMSW_Lw4i7Y_hWZwvUDPh9feg/w400-h190/20211018_173427.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Overall picture of bridge<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>The photo above shows the bridge in position and also the offcut piece of aluminium that was screwed upside down over the centre section for support. It was necessary to reduce the supporting web of aluminium to accomodate the higher lattice section. There was only a thin section left and that eventually had the supporting timbers glued to it. This work of milling out the centre section was performed by Russel Freeman on his milling machine, a task that I could never have completed. It was only when the whole bridge was resting on the piers that this section of aluminium was removed, otherwise it would have buckled.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA7PJQhDEUR3xJ6dPZ34iJf0AyizEYlU57rTyTu7v7iSK9fD65MKBtoCcwk0JogGXCIR90OZrYwCv0xFu3cg-T8YMP8q7mJZGgm894SXmksfoIr2-3cSwDod-2XVPqf-RSGvEWIUqo3eU7Ue0TK6MOxnVlYhYizwQDskqPHlhE4NhmP5UpUiWKYmsQjw/s4032/20220916_171012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA7PJQhDEUR3xJ6dPZ34iJf0AyizEYlU57rTyTu7v7iSK9fD65MKBtoCcwk0JogGXCIR90OZrYwCv0xFu3cg-T8YMP8q7mJZGgm894SXmksfoIr2-3cSwDod-2XVPqf-RSGvEWIUqo3eU7Ue0TK6MOxnVlYhYizwQDskqPHlhE4NhmP5UpUiWKYmsQjw/s320/20220916_171012.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The supporting aluminium ready for removal</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">With all piers in position it was then time to remove the supporting aluminium and think about the track laying. I thought back about all the work I had done on the bridge and wondered if some hand laid track would look okay. I didn't think for too long and went back to the standard Peco narrow gauge track I had been using. I had used it on the Monbulk bridge and when ballasted it came up looking alright. There are two things I don't really like about the Peco track, one is the ends are modelled too decrepit for my liking and also what the heck are those rail fastenings modelled on? They must be big spikes. So what I did was to cut off some of the decayed ends of the sleepers with a blade and then reducing the size of the rail fasteners which was also a pain job to do. It basically required going across the two metres of bridge four times to reduce the size of the rail fasteners. See the photo for what I mean.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NUvAddnEYs0HVyo4BnF5OLSWcoGBr5GTcYYXnRWDSq53xUlREW-KVznw_6izI3aR8x1ajOVaIgjC1BRAS2rdXDTyvoTZ2JwflOGjUt5p3C7B9VJtd6rlICeKdGZ9PR8Gx3eG5WvX83JOhj8MySqoEoiKWDlnYIjU0OrhOz-ZFjIubq-rsU31xqw5_g/s3030/20221003_175747.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3030" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NUvAddnEYs0HVyo4BnF5OLSWcoGBr5GTcYYXnRWDSq53xUlREW-KVznw_6izI3aR8x1ajOVaIgjC1BRAS2rdXDTyvoTZ2JwflOGjUt5p3C7B9VJtd6rlICeKdGZ9PR8Gx3eG5WvX83JOhj8MySqoEoiKWDlnYIjU0OrhOz-ZFjIubq-rsU31xqw5_g/w300-h400/20221003_175747.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reduced size rail fasteners on left hand side, original on right</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table> The sleepers if matched up against the real Puffing Billy ones are too short but other than hand laying we are stuck with this track. Another thing I did was to cut the rail at 25 foot intervals and insert fishplates around the cut. Probably something that won't be noticed with visitors, but I know they are there. The track and rail sides were also painted.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7IXaMJm31L-Kb-wgbmBhae7dleP0mjmn8LgdrdSZE2fcofKjSab1uSjVajH7HpHBahuuLd0TFvrmfLxhe_5HcXMm91eGRIO6xYPxMwFgPXUEekc_0MNpb0iDKQYnDuxJoWcngIKIxn358cPJ44MaEKVYbs2fPFKo2pgV9XNpkXD36oS0U5QWL6bCd-Q/s3397/20221016_161008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3397" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7IXaMJm31L-Kb-wgbmBhae7dleP0mjmn8LgdrdSZE2fcofKjSab1uSjVajH7HpHBahuuLd0TFvrmfLxhe_5HcXMm91eGRIO6xYPxMwFgPXUEekc_0MNpb0iDKQYnDuxJoWcngIKIxn358cPJ44MaEKVYbs2fPFKo2pgV9XNpkXD36oS0U5QWL6bCd-Q/w268-h400/20221016_161008.jpg" width="268" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fish plates and painted track<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDsbe-cg_ipDv7wpl-l39glLS8r1x4CcX2e0W5m5HnJfutoKN0QqiUIZ725zzIi7GC-0NNXLukid0XUW3dxpBt6Hz1A6sLyXcYFtqdFLewVU-1q6Z3u_sOnvkYwJrKDTdgbg-trCEd41kG9AlAL-yNwejwjqtFHvY9zDzjTWysk0b0HKWjH1WpvkHNg/s4032/20221023_145311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbDsbe-cg_ipDv7wpl-l39glLS8r1x4CcX2e0W5m5HnJfutoKN0QqiUIZ725zzIi7GC-0NNXLukid0XUW3dxpBt6Hz1A6sLyXcYFtqdFLewVU-1q6Z3u_sOnvkYwJrKDTdgbg-trCEd41kG9AlAL-yNwejwjqtFHvY9zDzjTWysk0b0HKWjH1WpvkHNg/w225-h400/20221023_145311.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Ballast slowly creeps outwards</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Basically the last job to be done was to lay the ballast across the bridge. I laid some out from the baseboard edge to see how it would go rather than do the lot and find something wrong. It was just one of those jobs where you do it bit by bit and finish off.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYR6TAQaTPut6zfkXlIcY9yk0tT74AX9qGCkANHHzOEjFsxZiXJkKZMtfgINTiJfH_1iSsCtgE66gZiSXn3_kR5oXonpg-gBvwwqN8G0ejvz35CVwcmcHgPrkbRl1f7G4oa5h3vtqPbsbE6ZaB2ejenx__mL697eOr7Hz_M1CMnbEi2txWJLY07thow/s4032/20221024_174839.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2067" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYR6TAQaTPut6zfkXlIcY9yk0tT74AX9qGCkANHHzOEjFsxZiXJkKZMtfgINTiJfH_1iSsCtgE66gZiSXn3_kR5oXonpg-gBvwwqN8G0ejvz35CVwcmcHgPrkbRl1f7G4oa5h3vtqPbsbE6ZaB2ejenx__mL697eOr7Hz_M1CMnbEi2txWJLY07thow/w205-h400/20221024_174839.jpg" width="205" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ballast is all in place</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>It was just after I had all the ballast in position and I thought 'that's it, I'm done' but looking at the actual bridge there were two safety refuges hanging off each side of the bridge I forgot to install. I had actually made both timber bases some time ago, but needed to make the steel railing around the edges. The current one has an intermediate railing but the plan shows the original with just the top rail support. I used that plan as my justification to copy that model. The model had their railings installed and suitably rusted up and then glued to the sides of the bridge. A supporting steel pipe held it in position.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZJOOOeCKGMQFFrFNu09ZWs4do04lcTXD5OWSIMkOI1hqmuG1Vvz6hYTIXzxPB1G2fTYjyyiADLCBLZRoPwtwLmrxRWSEaZGLljTNF2Vmsh7lbAh0oYIpKoSGZTozGQb_MDhxsnliqCa3iRm9KnYP0zNPMM9dFqEP6K0vLzDLBs6CBR6PMk4ArS-5lw/s4032/20221103_171815.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbZJOOOeCKGMQFFrFNu09ZWs4do04lcTXD5OWSIMkOI1hqmuG1Vvz6hYTIXzxPB1G2fTYjyyiADLCBLZRoPwtwLmrxRWSEaZGLljTNF2Vmsh7lbAh0oYIpKoSGZTozGQb_MDhxsnliqCa3iRm9KnYP0zNPMM9dFqEP6K0vLzDLBs6CBR6PMk4ArS-5lw/w225-h400/20221103_171815.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Safety refuge</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So after the safety refuges were in position I declared the bridge finished. It was one of those projects that seemed to go on for ever but it was something to enjoy at the end of the build, now I can annoy people with countless photos of trains on the bridge!.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5gGQ1u08LgIgoOfTL9jJho671DajqsNRqTLYQRBCIS3bC3a8AagQYV9b0Njwp0FAJ2Z0th51BAB330D7TfNKqXmx_NJzultZo4XunhNs0DhAlsA1FWkVMeLS97Y2b8l0CfXHgJpgBxrME12cYevjrVv-LnskfXtiyEXdJRnPHYQ2H-pEPwKib1frWA/s3779/20221025_171421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="995" data-original-width="3779" height="105" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5gGQ1u08LgIgoOfTL9jJho671DajqsNRqTLYQRBCIS3bC3a8AagQYV9b0Njwp0FAJ2Z0th51BAB330D7TfNKqXmx_NJzultZo4XunhNs0DhAlsA1FWkVMeLS97Y2b8l0CfXHgJpgBxrME12cYevjrVv-LnskfXtiyEXdJRnPHYQ2H-pEPwKib1frWA/w400-h105/20221025_171421.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drone shot<br /></td></tr></tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Mwo6_QiIon4Za8XXzFpQcVYEwl8vEaVnyhhDpUYGSqKkfr0z030uzml_wMpv9ajyMY9RhPNJCvonP2RLTjP1WCkQUqYQCSgbHcA8HVg0BrTzOP21yc7wa7QAANb7WWv8sRbqmcNecMpv4nDNRF5eyaikfr159qCowoerKUYWvlAZbWzoLwtkeLCc-g/s4032/20230208_154109A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Mwo6_QiIon4Za8XXzFpQcVYEwl8vEaVnyhhDpUYGSqKkfr0z030uzml_wMpv9ajyMY9RhPNJCvonP2RLTjP1WCkQUqYQCSgbHcA8HVg0BrTzOP21yc7wa7QAANb7WWv8sRbqmcNecMpv4nDNRF5eyaikfr159qCowoerKUYWvlAZbWzoLwtkeLCc-g/w400-h225/20230208_154109A.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The bridge being put to the weight test<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />As with most new sections of track in the real world, freight trains are often used to settle the track down before passenger trains are operated over the same track, so although you can see that freight is now using the bridge, the official opening is still due to happen, I hope this will happen soon.<br /></span></p><p><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><p></p>South Coast Railhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06743351585350477874noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758336167428675765.post-86465824852072489702022-12-26T22:14:00.000+11:002022-12-26T22:14:25.732+11:00The Last Post<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> The Last Post? Well for this year anyway. Santa has been and gone and left nothing which I am not surprised, seeing I model this obscure scale and prototype. But all is well as I feel I now have my fleet (unless someone bring out a G Class garratt) the rolling stock is way ample.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipCkZypu9-yby9Tc58ov-A7iRKrUkMcUTy5QlkFZLWfsdb4yJR1hWuJeKRDhP29Z1TW2L0kSiAlW1DBVVY89PTk0dEPmL7lR7UK0EAYmdcT6HEFnRZpwXVL8Gxn4EI0pZycJS0OqxAm8FKiRA5fmBXGgSz65TbvToFcvojVrDxtcyND-Kv36MzAL0VQ/s4032/20220204_175018B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1489" data-original-width="4032" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjipCkZypu9-yby9Tc58ov-A7iRKrUkMcUTy5QlkFZLWfsdb4yJR1hWuJeKRDhP29Z1TW2L0kSiAlW1DBVVY89PTk0dEPmL7lR7UK0EAYmdcT6HEFnRZpwXVL8Gxn4EI0pZycJS0OqxAm8FKiRA5fmBXGgSz65TbvToFcvojVrDxtcyND-Kv36MzAL0VQ/w640-h237/20220204_175018B.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> And I can't believe another year has gone by so quick, you hear about events on the radio or TV saying so and so's eighth anniversary of their passing and you realise times flies by too quick. I started doing this new layout now around six years ago and when I look at the layout I see there is so much to do and so much has been done. The size of the layout will probably dictate that I will never finish it in my lifetime but I am having fun doing it. What I have decided to do is to concentrate on the 'portable/removable' section of the layout. When this layout was commenced, unlike the HO layout I decided to make it sectional so that one day, (hopefully) all the time effort and money sunk into this part, it can be broken apart and maybe re-used and enjoyed by someone else. If I make the effort to work on the 'fixed' section of the layout then all that effort will be for nothing when one day it will be all pulled apart. As we all climb the stairway to heaven, this is something we think of. But some don't worry about that aspect, saying when your not here your not worrying about your empire. Funny when you think of how you will leave the planet i.e. quick or slow both have their advantages and disadvantages. If you know you have a time , say 6 months, then the disposal can be handled by yourself. But if you go in an instant then some other poor bugger has to do all the work. Either way a sad time for all.<p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3rKIjylNkBHUVJUDzCPDnxA0AnA64v4tMdBnlm5czu8kDd8ZqSxOYiF3AGEfUyngZ86ZWC4MX4Y35bSmsKXFj-Xf4EXVawZVUx88xtT-7W17fuGXdXgmYFaDsmUbte4UKWtV5wXBNI-RSXtulMw1QKGZAOJ-8UfkW9Szd1HJKL01e-RP-iciemcVYQ/s4032/20220204_173814B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2152" data-original-width="4032" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk3rKIjylNkBHUVJUDzCPDnxA0AnA64v4tMdBnlm5czu8kDd8ZqSxOYiF3AGEfUyngZ86ZWC4MX4Y35bSmsKXFj-Xf4EXVawZVUx88xtT-7W17fuGXdXgmYFaDsmUbte4UKWtV5wXBNI-RSXtulMw1QKGZAOJ-8UfkW9Szd1HJKL01e-RP-iciemcVYQ/w400-h214/20220204_173814B.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> Onto an equally frustrating topic, the other day I thought I would run a train for a while but as soon as I plugged in the power, on came the warning short circuit light. Stuff, I thought I had been carefull when doing work, not to leave any metal objects near the track. A quick visual didn't reveal the obvious, so off I went looking for the obvious which it wasn't. Unfortunately the layout is only one long section so a short at one end shuts the lot down. But what I had done was to put terminal blocks at each end of the individual baseboards underneath for that day when they will come apart. I now realise I should have wired them into a switch so all I needed to do was work my way around the layout switching off sections until I had a steady red light on the circuit breaker. This task wasn't as easy as it sounded, as I had to get right down and under the baseboards to find the terminal block. The two wires were removed and the light was still flickering. Ha it wasn't until about 45 minutes into the task when I realised even though I had removed the wires underneath, some of the tracks between the sections haven't had their rails cut yet. That was a job when removal beckons. Doh. So on and on I went around over and under looking for the obvious, to no avail. I was wondering was this thing call DC all it was cracked up to be??. I remember the old HO had sectionalised blocks that I could cut the power to from the control panel and quickly find the problem. In a light bulb moment I remembered that I once had a dodgy microswitch way down at Bega. But what one was it? I flicked them back and forwards a few times thinking that might fix it, but no. Then I came across a point and its microswitch that led into the loco shed. A few flicks and a check on the light revealed it was the problem. But before this I had to resume power to the bus by getting underneath trying to hold the wire in the hole and screwing it all up again. Then eyes let me down, no focus, go get a light and shine it up. And after each terminal block rewire, a trip back to circuit breaker to see if I still has power. Too late to cut a long story short, but after and hour and a half wasted, the short was found. I shall look there first next time it happens.<p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">What made me write about the short topic is that I realised tonight after reading the February issue of Model Railroader, Tony Koester has experienced a similar event and we are sure we are not the only ones. He explained a few of the instances:</span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">The first case was when a cardboard box sitting on the layout had four copper staples underneath the box that were shorting out the rails. He has now taped the staples.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">On another layout, two spikes in a frog were somehow touching each other underneath the layout</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Then there was the guy who had a spiral bound notebook that was laying across track and this produced a short as well. ( A few days for this one)<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Another had two bare wires hanging down under the layout and were okay until a box was pushed underneath which caused the wires to touch and short out.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">And Tony's case was when he had a level crossing and he had used carbon black for the road surface which was apparently conductive and created the short.</span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So these are some of the frustrating cases of non obvious short circuits that can cause great frustration in the hobby. So maybe the more shorts you get the better you become at tracing them down?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So what for next year on South Coast Rail? One thing is for sure in that after three years the Thomson River bridge will be finished. After final adjustments and completion of the scenery on the Broadwater side, the official train comprising all the passenger rolling stock and brakevans will marshall up and run across. Maybe the Haskell NBH coaches will be ready and I will get a set of these for SCR. As earlier stated I will concentrate on the 'portable' sections and complete the scenery and there are at least a dozen structures to be made and installed. All this will be duly reported on during 2023.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So I hope you all get what you have planned for 2023 finished no matter what scale or prototype. It is a great hobby. I will just finish off with a few photos taken over this year of various parts of the layout and have a good 2023.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFfdJlmc_iMSFDdUJSDP6VNn1li08v63gRYSi3gC7I6a_33fxmQu2N9eO_kJpW9z_CHpkeKmONpn3MoFFbN32xuPgd-k2TB7WNztUo7S2dF4jf_WxvUpNLAZ-XMx8GMUwF0ZOwo-N86wh112qPO5wHjF7BAACTE8aXHeKAlEv1XHGrL6PGBG9eh-AHQ/s4032/20220213_145624.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQFfdJlmc_iMSFDdUJSDP6VNn1li08v63gRYSi3gC7I6a_33fxmQu2N9eO_kJpW9z_CHpkeKmONpn3MoFFbN32xuPgd-k2TB7WNztUo7S2dF4jf_WxvUpNLAZ-XMx8GMUwF0ZOwo-N86wh112qPO5wHjF7BAACTE8aXHeKAlEv1XHGrL6PGBG9eh-AHQ/w225-h400/20220213_145624.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1nDZPEKEOqFs4LLyJDhYuopNQpYp75Mnzz10XbabCJvcPy54K5jhFp4Md_bs6X2tOCPaNvUJig9XhxWeUmCNHNOzE0NmtSDlWZnXPyNs7OiuyoedcbbZfg-8V-cimyGE7G0JxmbROyIILhhe2E3sbEWB4dZUWEcK2JvSkgA0nJcERqQYJFyb1FQtesA/s4032/20220410_175425.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I knew it was inevitable and much planning has gone into getting it right the first time.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Just to make you extra nervous, I read river pour blogs where they said my river ended up on the floor. As I said on the previous blog I made the base from two aluminium baking trays the biggest I could find. I took some panel beating to get them to the shape I wanted and plenty of 'no more gaps' (because that's what I didn't want!) The base of stones were glued down on the river floor.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxMQjadtScawk-gzuTq_nFAePlTx7-x1_klkYVDVlL3jAnRxsqdFnwklYs5xTIIlIhEYDztf0PwfD0Zf1HLS8_ZCEUpsaO6faKzIN81jSQemQhE-K6GXMgWyjIgJEVsdVXuwtiFUDQ0jQudLSgA7G_qO9dDBfFfMUSxGKCXphp1Byd-8kMhGVLpXXRA/s3473/20221103_171252.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3473" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqxMQjadtScawk-gzuTq_nFAePlTx7-x1_klkYVDVlL3jAnRxsqdFnwklYs5xTIIlIhEYDztf0PwfD0Zf1HLS8_ZCEUpsaO6faKzIN81jSQemQhE-K6GXMgWyjIgJEVsdVXuwtiFUDQ0jQudLSgA7G_qO9dDBfFfMUSxGKCXphp1Byd-8kMhGVLpXXRA/w261-h400/20221103_171252.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">There were probably many suitable resins I could have chosen for the river but I got a box of Feast Watson resin to try. Again this was untried and at $75 per box I hoped this experiment would go well. Reading the box label and finding out it weighed 1.32kg and would run out to 1 square metre did nothing to let me know how much you need to form a river base! A visit to the $2 shop I purchased two measuring jugs to enable the mixing of the resin. I was a safer path to get my own jugs rather than chance 'borrowing' some from the kitchen. The best bit was the mixture was only two part which sounded fairly simple to do. One other thing I was concerned about was when I poured the river the resin might creep up the backdrop, but luckily this didn't happen.</span><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NeVT07aaOXuQqNdvw7t__01mMg591viD42_ptczDhk7T-KKj6qqGoq0HDxk5B9tFuhFK-4rQr7uZ3LJ7b9TVPi2aiLAjuS9qbZtJcIQ5PIfSpomkHuCt6tBlNoJmU9aga0-O2W1QOh-BvpAksUfyQORYN4ma6KXxnfQWiRPQJse7daNWkg85PTeeMw/s4032/20220915_142529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NeVT07aaOXuQqNdvw7t__01mMg591viD42_ptczDhk7T-KKj6qqGoq0HDxk5B9tFuhFK-4rQr7uZ3LJ7b9TVPi2aiLAjuS9qbZtJcIQ5PIfSpomkHuCt6tBlNoJmU9aga0-O2W1QOh-BvpAksUfyQORYN4ma6KXxnfQWiRPQJse7daNWkg85PTeeMw/w225-h400/20220915_142529.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbZBClJKqnhWbQztLnrHmSEBpjnhx8taxSTB2sWVVdlj--3wGC-ZBIaxzRqZhyALbxvs0XoeSZ_nnvoJA1YikahuSO5AbWDkh4BUtI233ztk8UulpPiPZFE0cpbfbBSSXVtHYCiXYW-ujYxMELoVAvv3WPqJcXL3QmIa6QWKBTXq6me3l3BoNog-NcA/s4032/20220915_172607.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbZBClJKqnhWbQztLnrHmSEBpjnhx8taxSTB2sWVVdlj--3wGC-ZBIaxzRqZhyALbxvs0XoeSZ_nnvoJA1YikahuSO5AbWDkh4BUtI233ztk8UulpPiPZFE0cpbfbBSSXVtHYCiXYW-ujYxMELoVAvv3WPqJcXL3QmIa6QWKBTXq6me3l3BoNog-NcA/w225-h400/20220915_172607.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Ayi6SB9WV-2Gr-yWEaboZtP_08qvKwya2qrT8u6wOzCWADAxXY4fDT90HviAnyany5VDh0w50TX4lGR7YHYeo3vGkAK37BwWjCrUl3ql9LbqnkrdH_IUf_UoSXuqB7eVNk2HQTKG3Cw8NRyJYjySr2W1pMpZ8CHaPSGs8fCzFGQ-NJR1n74Xks2uEg/s4032/20220916_163549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Ayi6SB9WV-2Gr-yWEaboZtP_08qvKwya2qrT8u6wOzCWADAxXY4fDT90HviAnyany5VDh0w50TX4lGR7YHYeo3vGkAK37BwWjCrUl3ql9LbqnkrdH_IUf_UoSXuqB7eVNk2HQTKG3Cw8NRyJYjySr2W1pMpZ8CHaPSGs8fCzFGQ-NJR1n74Xks2uEg/w225-h400/20220916_163549.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">One important thing you must do before pouring the resin is to make sure you have placed all the stray logs, branches, shopping trolleys and other items that can't be an afterthought. Luckily I live three minutes away from the National Park and with a suitable box, four minutes later I was right amongst it all. It was not just a matter of scooping up a pile of sticks, they had to be scaled right and look the part. So after a selection was made, four minutes later I was down the shed working out where all the 'sticks' would go. I glued them into place as I didn't know how the big pour might move them to where I didn't want them. The big root was placed up against the backdrop to ease the transition between river and the back scene. This item definitely had to be glued into place and it was hoped the resin would flow around it and hold it down.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Everything I could think of was done for the river pour and then the two bottles of resin and hardener were mixed together. I was expecting steam or some other type of vapour to be drifting over the sides but nothing happened. With the big jug of resin I approached the back area of the river and poured away. I was surprised how well it flowed and levelled out as it was poured. I don't know about other resins but the beauty of this brand was that there was no bad stinky odours. So recommended. One thing I did before the pour was to remove the bridge structure away from the piers to allow full access. There have been so many steps in this bridge build a little think time to get the sequences in the right order certainly pays off.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgghsILxFUVF7iSCUD6_ir2smLYmNKb4V-rTcS-A07ti-lwNzSjiw0LCxJp84Kr1ssRVF6zpcqit1SyP_Atj4P6O-NXbpVd3HekSuWMIGhWoH7HjOQ75C0GtwbWgpbcknPb9ah7TGo1ThqTFf_-o2kmLryz43L1F0vB2n0TG1yujsgZBG5AyJKy0ozJw/s4032/20220918_162536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgghsILxFUVF7iSCUD6_ir2smLYmNKb4V-rTcS-A07ti-lwNzSjiw0LCxJp84Kr1ssRVF6zpcqit1SyP_Atj4P6O-NXbpVd3HekSuWMIGhWoH7HjOQ75C0GtwbWgpbcknPb9ah7TGo1ThqTFf_-o2kmLryz43L1F0vB2n0TG1yujsgZBG5AyJKy0ozJw/w400-h225/20220918_162536.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first batch of resin poured.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>One thing I wanted to do after watching many videos of river making was to add some paint to the mix to form a small tinge when looking down on the water. And it was only supposed to be just a dab, maybe be better to under do than over due with the colouring. Most river streams sighted and especially the Thomson River at the bridge location were fairly clear. The main idea was to be able to see the river bottom with the stones visible. As can be seen in the above photo the product lives up to its name 'Glass finish'. I was able to take a few photos with the reflection of the piers showing in the river, but this wasn't going to be the end look.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In the above photo you can see that one pour wasn't going to provide enough resing to come up the centre river pier. So I had to fork out another $75 and go and buy another carton of resin. I had the choice of getting a smaller quantity but it was better to have more than not enough on the pour.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So I knew by now how to mix and pour and eventually was poured onto the first pour, again with some slight colouring. It was touch dry by the next day, I certainly didn't want to take the risk and stick my finger on it and find out it was still sticky.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1aHP7zV-9pMv5_j_oZ7wc4VFF-zctUUtOj30z7Wj7aF3vVqM4k98Q2lzU3dMHs8VBCNng-ENdgE_VCnAniVL1Ms-ODTyrSlvrVETvGahbDzgNB6Gw0gAobi-_llECSAeD43W9FEDb4Kj3JSKyniavsWu9htNWvsjsA0_PC6VlSQt8Vc-o5ezUKvStg/s4032/20220920_152513.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1aHP7zV-9pMv5_j_oZ7wc4VFF-zctUUtOj30z7Wj7aF3vVqM4k98Q2lzU3dMHs8VBCNng-ENdgE_VCnAniVL1Ms-ODTyrSlvrVETvGahbDzgNB6Gw0gAobi-_llECSAeD43W9FEDb4Kj3JSKyniavsWu9htNWvsjsA0_PC6VlSQt8Vc-o5ezUKvStg/w400-h225/20220920_152513.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> So after the resin has set, the next step according to all the videos I watched was to apply gloss Modge Podge onto the river surface to form the ripples. After admiring the nice gloss finish it seemed a shame to make this next step but no river sits still. The above photo shows where the mod podge has been painted onto the gloss surface. Again I had to re-read the label to make sure this stuff was going to dry clear. It did eventually dry clear and put a slight haze on the surface. I actually applied a second coat as the first didn't have enough 'wave' for my liking. So all up I was happy with the end result.</span><p></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik29QMM-gQ35hiki7DfSEwubCe1NZaahV2tjwj-QiApQl9rPFJt1Gzv9HMlU4uW8KEdFkSLL_n-BijQcDnCZG5ekPG9rSe4JvUmD7VnIIwCH8dXjZJrKVcV8z6Qi0sw8H1B6PGZ1iYTUSP6Okk_652kCBo1-BXZoaGPf5rLfSMVh5GjNou9G8qeGl1Bg/s4032/20220922_110128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik29QMM-gQ35hiki7DfSEwubCe1NZaahV2tjwj-QiApQl9rPFJt1Gzv9HMlU4uW8KEdFkSLL_n-BijQcDnCZG5ekPG9rSe4JvUmD7VnIIwCH8dXjZJrKVcV8z6Qi0sw8H1B6PGZ1iYTUSP6Okk_652kCBo1-BXZoaGPf5rLfSMVh5GjNou9G8qeGl1Bg/w225-h400/20220922_110128.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The river bank is blended into the river.</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGZga5hoLJ_rnrVflo9__12fGkWSkolfB_q3z2wTyQz8Mt-30m5q1lxxN7_ARw6gRVGHw-M0Za0VcCbwX8ekfbEvhhoC21BuAaL1yTZ8E4hpAMjn02E-mXySZZiKkBBGXLxdJeY18qXKR7JBb-cfSc8PfdhsLVhPN7k1HCOApOvg3E0ROc-jF27AJQxQ/s3857/20220918_164729A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1231" data-original-width="3857" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGZga5hoLJ_rnrVflo9__12fGkWSkolfB_q3z2wTyQz8Mt-30m5q1lxxN7_ARw6gRVGHw-M0Za0VcCbwX8ekfbEvhhoC21BuAaL1yTZ8E4hpAMjn02E-mXySZZiKkBBGXLxdJeY18qXKR7JBb-cfSc8PfdhsLVhPN7k1HCOApOvg3E0ROc-jF27AJQxQ/w640-h204/20220918_164729A.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Overall view of the river/bridge scene</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The other thing I did was to stipple some white paint around debris sticking out of the water and along the river bank area, it just adds some more realism. I wasn't 100% happy with the transition of the river into the background picture but it was a matter of working with what I had on hand. The river photo was actually taken off the road bridge looking upstream. It was flipped to better suit the river flow and the photo widened to fit in. It is over two metres long.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So that is a brief description of how the river was made. I was pleased with how it went and that is experience gained. The river lacked some life around it and I had just discovered the English company 'Modelu' that had produced tow different types of fishermen complete with their rods. The figures are available in scales from N to G scale, you just nominate on the order form. It was a quick production and within two weeks I had the boys here ready to do a spot of fishing. But I needed to send them to the Master painter Ian Fainges to weave his magic on them. So they were quickly returned and I set them to work to try and catch me some fish for dinner. I'll finish off with a few shots of the boys 'down by the river'</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFzuxEr2ghTRkLRGescmA3-5p7BaM568rdjzObUd4bGbWAdf0-FTLzkWQ30GpkfZXpeKqlx0pCP_DMf0Yt08tTcnLnCbVtMu1_y3uWIT7ddGkuM0CHrhEtZpyi2ZJh4FhCx9W6vZdtbGOavNXQOcn4NICYzbMgDEQn1sBMlm0iFFugJprYS9yJIpVJ7A/s4032/20221110_160213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFzuxEr2ghTRkLRGescmA3-5p7BaM568rdjzObUd4bGbWAdf0-FTLzkWQ30GpkfZXpeKqlx0pCP_DMf0Yt08tTcnLnCbVtMu1_y3uWIT7ddGkuM0CHrhEtZpyi2ZJh4FhCx9W6vZdtbGOavNXQOcn4NICYzbMgDEQn1sBMlm0iFFugJprYS9yJIpVJ7A/w225-h400/20221110_160213.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcmCjEgOfxppnSjObpOoVbFGFg_yeXa_J61ufAkM2EKdKUgRfHVXBOgitgsKitUqcwLuYhi0idPYxZ3BI5u5bP-axvlWymhnJSdY6Vsit6v4ytsYa2lsVlLbLSvUYFn73joYkYiaTjYeOuqM61LXeIoXcfTk-hlV4gVx-kTPQNzWliM39ufiGn3dWUA/s4000/20221108_112402A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2256" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYcmCjEgOfxppnSjObpOoVbFGFg_yeXa_J61ufAkM2EKdKUgRfHVXBOgitgsKitUqcwLuYhi0idPYxZ3BI5u5bP-axvlWymhnJSdY6Vsit6v4ytsYa2lsVlLbLSvUYFn73joYkYiaTjYeOuqM61LXeIoXcfTk-hlV4gVx-kTPQNzWliM39ufiGn3dWUA/w400-h225/20221108_112402A.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_kbZ2_Sbdq1vRMtigwd2MMoEYSl0sqbGdo9ib4FnnnucWt90UEJL_CwDizmC9kfxdot40PC26ntHsR1LRN3z87KrS9ZGiDseIJyj2jBGUf22aUunsvsBfUdZc6AXyC_5hx_YunKDat8QrTKYOCas38Qlc8o40u7jvnCB2CYiF9_nYA9ZIFBZuCs5Ew/s4032/20221108_111913.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_kbZ2_Sbdq1vRMtigwd2MMoEYSl0sqbGdo9ib4FnnnucWt90UEJL_CwDizmC9kfxdot40PC26ntHsR1LRN3z87KrS9ZGiDseIJyj2jBGUf22aUunsvsBfUdZc6AXyC_5hx_YunKDat8QrTKYOCas38Qlc8o40u7jvnCB2CYiF9_nYA9ZIFBZuCs5Ew/w400-h225/20221108_111913.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>South Coast Railhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06743351585350477874noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758336167428675765.post-85431940459897804272022-11-04T23:17:00.000+11:002022-11-04T23:17:29.821+11:00Thomson River - 11<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> You can't call it the Thomson River bridge if there is no Thomson River flowing under it? There has been much contemplating in my mind on how to tackle the river under the bridge. The slow build over the last three years has left me with research time particularly how to do the river which I considered the most difficult part. As previously stated the idea is to have the river end up where it should be and not on the floor under the layout. Having checked the one main join between the two aluminium baking trays I was confident that the river pour would go OK.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When the trays were in position and having a look at the work done so far, it seemed like it would never come out well. It was a no turnback stage, the tray was well and truly glued into position and no second chances. You look at the raw aluminium and you think 'How am I going to make this all look pretty?' </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrk3nBRnOj2dflvPubNZGwrUmnpWZHJgznlrd_Ju5rv4qyju8Sf7qkP7g64raMXPz-U1pxW0jXbUPXuvOiU_O9SgM7YxBXfs2p0CAsOj6NVP0XFU39DQVsMRseE5IF--f3x1H17v_E8oLc4Q8qfXrzH_68evAG-LlxU5uag3G8MG5_KZVyY-kSIP1B0Q/s4032/20220219_174506.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrk3nBRnOj2dflvPubNZGwrUmnpWZHJgznlrd_Ju5rv4qyju8Sf7qkP7g64raMXPz-U1pxW0jXbUPXuvOiU_O9SgM7YxBXfs2p0CAsOj6NVP0XFU39DQVsMRseE5IF--f3x1H17v_E8oLc4Q8qfXrzH_68evAG-LlxU5uag3G8MG5_KZVyY-kSIP1B0Q/w225-h400/20220219_174506.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Would crushed concrete work?</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Looking for roadbed material, I had some crushed concrete that I placed over the river bed even before I had painted the tray base.I realised that this didn't look right so I took it all up looking for something else. Now every modeller always has a stash of 'things' just awaiting their turn to be called up for layout duty. I have a lot of scenery material scattered around the shed collected over a long period. Luckily it was a trip down the other end I found a jar of small rocks that looked right. Initially I thought the colour appeared too light in colour but it later turned out OK. I thought that when the resin was poured over the rocks it could be coloured and cancel out the light rock colour.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWCHXnRx_ZlH7hfeOclQZoWJSaa5FAdDqJ8ao7Atde6kwwRFFrjq7P72AyOOIwgpfikHM5yiCczbpE9TNUB6YbQvAZGs1UfByVw7Dl1O35eaT2ZhLQQjvrthSvK9WATFh42skaQBDnn3Jn0i9VtYOsOANQEUfmf4nY65Me96Giz__MwuvqmAQqSBr6wA/s4032/20220219_174516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWCHXnRx_ZlH7hfeOclQZoWJSaa5FAdDqJ8ao7Atde6kwwRFFrjq7P72AyOOIwgpfikHM5yiCczbpE9TNUB6YbQvAZGs1UfByVw7Dl1O35eaT2ZhLQQjvrthSvK9WATFh42skaQBDnn3Jn0i9VtYOsOANQEUfmf4nY65Me96Giz__MwuvqmAQqSBr6wA/w400-h225/20220219_174516.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The river work area</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">I reckon one of the brightest things I did was not to fasten down the bridge too early, thereby giving a clear workspace. The bridge having been built around a U aluminium channel piece was rigid enough to be able to lift the whole 194cm bridge away. This allowed the bridge to also be able to be put back into place to align the piers and get an idea how it would all look eventually.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqUXZpRXMytJtH5nKeu0-zuBJ6Q3j4CEPPLeJgGwh1boaO4VoSXCwRA1vfLGKdnFl5dznVPe6RZGhkA773yNtujpisFW5vf0pf7lxolPqCjEiqB_Q-ZsZ7brF4xMQ3RGTgooe0xBY6aSgYPkyLLbmGurEls0_ZZi0h_EE_jTR10RF3QnrplnzfdUSBg/s4032/20220723_140040.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIqUXZpRXMytJtH5nKeu0-zuBJ6Q3j4CEPPLeJgGwh1boaO4VoSXCwRA1vfLGKdnFl5dznVPe6RZGhkA773yNtujpisFW5vf0pf7lxolPqCjEiqB_Q-ZsZ7brF4xMQ3RGTgooe0xBY6aSgYPkyLLbmGurEls0_ZZi0h_EE_jTR10RF3QnrplnzfdUSBg/w400-h225/20220723_140040.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The river stones are laid out<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Luckily I just had enough of the rocks for the river bottom. I was also able to spread some of the smaller rocks Mick Bennie had brought for me amongst them. Just to complicate things a bit more one of the piers was located in the middle of the river. This pier that Roger Johnson 3d printed for me had the large concrete base attached. All the levels of the track versus the river baseboard level had been set around three years ago so I had to work along with what I had. I was able to set the bridge in position and then bring the pier up to its base to work out a final level. As you can see in the above photo there is some timber under the pier to raise it to the correct level. In real life the base is not now visible as the over hundred years of river flow, the bases are buried. Only in very early photos are the bases visible.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLaCQXGTDtBt62vI835aBBbR0Nr-XwtzJrzJ1-LGjf9ZPpj6I4nWU5ew5Twbkd0koZEOXxDQR5OJ0is0ssDTzMINFB4iRjBzPnCMsNa0QnFk3fO_BrJKjxmyThgQ2Ql0y2ETmyGftE4DUgZjZYnmTloAkYx-rCmcSnWqeNslYVPMymtKFt6FGWyykA7Q/s4032/20220723_143612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLaCQXGTDtBt62vI835aBBbR0Nr-XwtzJrzJ1-LGjf9ZPpj6I4nWU5ew5Twbkd0koZEOXxDQR5OJ0is0ssDTzMINFB4iRjBzPnCMsNa0QnFk3fO_BrJKjxmyThgQ2Ql0y2ETmyGftE4DUgZjZYnmTloAkYx-rCmcSnWqeNslYVPMymtKFt6FGWyykA7Q/w225-h400/20220723_143612.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The river bottom is glued down</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The next step was to glue all the rocks down in the river bottom. This step probably wasn't necessary but to make sure there was no movement it was done. I also thought having seen all the river making videos that it was recommended that part of the base was painted a darker colour to represent depth. It would have been hard to do that if the rocks were still loose, anyway it was not a long process.</span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnBe9fNiM2V0FWpOZPx6hU4UR9xtjaCh6PIvJ3UX6O8Bzx7vub__rsrrdGkg95oExOHBSM2ACSPLnxw41lqqonxyIWeQO9SPbo8PgEmH3K70Qm8jRZ3j9yWnvtQ4XurSVAFPwGo7z2-VSkB-ahctU-TrHW_YjypeBa8Daf7QkYFDaFloeGjuTETGxkew/s4032/20220829_164928.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnBe9fNiM2V0FWpOZPx6hU4UR9xtjaCh6PIvJ3UX6O8Bzx7vub__rsrrdGkg95oExOHBSM2ACSPLnxw41lqqonxyIWeQO9SPbo8PgEmH3K70Qm8jRZ3j9yWnvtQ4XurSVAFPwGo7z2-VSkB-ahctU-TrHW_YjypeBa8Daf7QkYFDaFloeGjuTETGxkew/w400-h225/20220829_164928.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now is the time to add river debris<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">I mentioned earlier that every step of construction has to be thought out ahead of actually doing things. On most river making videos I have seen the author seems to enjoy putting stuff into the river before the pour. Make sense, but you just have to remember to do it. In this pristine part of the world, one would not expect to find shopping trollies or car tyres littering the Thomson River bottom. Luckily I live three minutes away from the National Park and I was able to sneak in there and come out with a selection of suitable river debris. One thing I did find in the backyard was a great plant root which was also waiting in my 'root selection' container. As you can see in the above photo the root is in place to reduce the visual effect where the river joins the river backdrop. It is certainly not a perfect match but I had to work with what I had. You can also see some of the other twigs and tree material that would litter the river bottom. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhodiXBrArGEnIkDb1Qnd3GIzdWKreGTmps--MyawUtNAupMLaGUNxBRRtE7aDdC_1KhWBjU4pAhpb6HLYEMeclUsuTeEnIz0npy-Wd_1B3oUaLAjSVmWw_Of3Fi_TLWXFGn3e1iLJchuc2SVwV-a45JaytAG3cY7D9iqPhe3aiiNmiKjrnPtaeuyNWWQ/s4032/20220829_164958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhodiXBrArGEnIkDb1Qnd3GIzdWKreGTmps--MyawUtNAupMLaGUNxBRRtE7aDdC_1KhWBjU4pAhpb6HLYEMeclUsuTeEnIz0npy-Wd_1B3oUaLAjSVmWw_Of3Fi_TLWXFGn3e1iLJchuc2SVwV-a45JaytAG3cY7D9iqPhe3aiiNmiKjrnPtaeuyNWWQ/w400-h225/20220829_164958.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A low level photo of the river<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Looking at the photo so far you can see how the scene is progressing along from the raw aluminium stage. I was happy with how it was panning out. When it is all finished it is the bridge that catches the eye and the train on it and not so much what is around it. But that is not to say that the level of work shouldn't be any less. Some parts always turn out better than others. You can also see that other scenery work is taking place down the sides towards the river.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrJDTxbqYxOcZAMxwlxOt0TkVmOVjmi62btlnN-wDZ1SekSOPTo9_F1qBNlbfhKLWwO3bfVPm28LIj35YenJSuL5UBeZdgR1NOEFmBn2DtOiS5LpeV9GWnD-Wc6NranPGOLyYzQw8XwSpjmyHL1kHfU42we6UHfFkxsh2wmdwQFnF-TF6GLnickWMnA/s4032/20220829_165614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrJDTxbqYxOcZAMxwlxOt0TkVmOVjmi62btlnN-wDZ1SekSOPTo9_F1qBNlbfhKLWwO3bfVPm28LIj35YenJSuL5UBeZdgR1NOEFmBn2DtOiS5LpeV9GWnD-Wc6NranPGOLyYzQw8XwSpjmyHL1kHfU42we6UHfFkxsh2wmdwQFnF-TF6GLnickWMnA/w400-h225/20220829_165614.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_GAcpDlFXvLWW4Iw6tCKdqeRGvPNxXsXmDvpovbnQqYq-qe_yenjEk1vQ0NT82y5Pl0d5fidRkHVTFaCLQiZ2bPORkWdVnddN8_owsDid32n5Ug6T-DilIIM5mIk1DXjDBBBSFIkL3BcVLCmzAQ_Z4vlGlbGhMa3VE8Wi4DC2CgCjR1DfTUAo3syCg/s4032/20220829_165602.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_GAcpDlFXvLWW4Iw6tCKdqeRGvPNxXsXmDvpovbnQqYq-qe_yenjEk1vQ0NT82y5Pl0d5fidRkHVTFaCLQiZ2bPORkWdVnddN8_owsDid32n5Ug6T-DilIIM5mIk1DXjDBBBSFIkL3BcVLCmzAQ_Z4vlGlbGhMa3VE8Wi4DC2CgCjR1DfTUAo3syCg/w225-h400/20220829_165602.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The right hand 'deep side' of the river</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As previously mentioned, the dark painting of the river base represents deeper water even though the river level is all the same. It would be possible to actually have varying levels for the river but in the end this works well and saves extra work.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWi0DG5XPt5VJjyFaerJls-TxsxK-NdhxLHfaekiIr6Oqaj-toaN9lbMZAm69F7wKXcHIu1i5InlGY0B3KJVPQUTtnjsvNVoGSBtaKZbw0W6gKMYB74yrDx9nC4e45XZ3ebu2Ua68j1EuP3t-GNcwDCc7Qx1-OWb3sUoxBr8FtLgDt6Qw02OIE4OXqQ/s3211/20220906_172730.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3211" data-original-width="2256" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWi0DG5XPt5VJjyFaerJls-TxsxK-NdhxLHfaekiIr6Oqaj-toaN9lbMZAm69F7wKXcHIu1i5InlGY0B3KJVPQUTtnjsvNVoGSBtaKZbw0W6gKMYB74yrDx9nC4e45XZ3ebu2Ua68j1EuP3t-GNcwDCc7Qx1-OWb3sUoxBr8FtLgDt6Qw02OIE4OXqQ/w450-h640/20220906_172730.jpg" width="450" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very uncomfortable to get this shot, I was laying on the rocks!<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> Well that is another stage for the river to be completed with just the pour to come. Again I am happy with how it it is going. I will be out looking for a suitable resin to finally make the river reality.</span><br /></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><br /></p>South Coast Railhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06743351585350477874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758336167428675765.post-9659099952101067682022-10-09T17:46:00.001+11:002022-10-09T17:46:58.139+11:00Thomson River - 10<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> Time for another update on how the Thomson River bridge build is going. Hard to believe it has been ongoing for over three years now and just another measure of how quick time passes by. Serves myself right for picking a signature piece that would take longer to build than I thought. To me there are at least three narrow gauge standouts on the VR system. One is the Monbulk trestle on the current Belgrave to Gembrook railway. Yes I have built my version of it. The second items I like is the station layout of Beech Forest on the closed Colac to Crowes line. I decided not to build it and have left that line to Mick Bennie who has done an excellent build on that line so far. That left the Thomson River bridge which I didn't think would take long to build. Wrong on that account. Plans were available but very dodgy in that measurements can't be read but clear enough to make out for the build. A couple of friends have contributed greatly towards the build and it would not have turned out like it has without their help.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So where am I up to? One of the 'scary' items I have to tackle is the 'river'. I am glad I am building the river now as without all the help that has come from the internet it would be pot luck.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Amongst all the videos I looked at on pouring the river most have said to make sure the river base was properly sealed or the river will end up on the floor!. My river base like the real thing is angled under the bridge. I also have made the bridge purposely not parallel to the baseboard edge as this to my eye looks better. What to use for the river base? Each time I went shopping I would eye off the large baking trays made from aluminium and thought this would be the way to go<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj49cKPFZmj4ZS6rhnw_urzff7xY3CI0ZKfDY0xJFP4wgg8cQN9qbNlQog81vz-EhA5HTseaLAd4ICXzKDxFKbkUjW0u0YVsH14WN54r6oPgDSJux7M_u58GCNp2Q2rOZvr8rsMTYtWZ9VaL5kfOyl8X2hpmjXpyhYVOfdx-cpPx-TfbyfVtaV06vfBKA/s4032/20220212_165546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj49cKPFZmj4ZS6rhnw_urzff7xY3CI0ZKfDY0xJFP4wgg8cQN9qbNlQog81vz-EhA5HTseaLAd4ICXzKDxFKbkUjW0u0YVsH14WN54r6oPgDSJux7M_u58GCNp2Q2rOZvr8rsMTYtWZ9VaL5kfOyl8X2hpmjXpyhYVOfdx-cpPx-TfbyfVtaV06vfBKA/w400-h225/20220212_165546.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">The first aluminium tray is put into place</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />In the above photo on the first attempt the back of the tray didn't come up far enough so a larger tray was sourced. Another issue was that the trays are rectangular but they needed to be panel beaten into a parallelogram shape, not as easy as it seems. And one wasn't wide enough to go right across meaning two trays would needed to be shaped and somehow joined together. Also had to watch the tray wasn't pierced or that pesky resin would wonder off somewhere. So after much panel beating the two trays were joined together with 'no more gaps' glue. I liked that re-assuring name - no leakages?</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitUxi_1InaS640KOZ0tyNYTTPIXAPizsnBqDF-QmiDdWLTQHzijfGPZPsETmJ_52pmGzfRbYTwBLbPfZB1W5AE2vKIHckvgFYJ2_EXrjMbU6Pj7RVi-gu8TibI9ZZ-xDAnGiFBDmSiuL7OqR5G189HAdKPMHvP_GG2W_q4rczAyZjRAOzTo4ZeTZVw1g/s4032/20220213_165410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitUxi_1InaS640KOZ0tyNYTTPIXAPizsnBqDF-QmiDdWLTQHzijfGPZPsETmJ_52pmGzfRbYTwBLbPfZB1W5AE2vKIHckvgFYJ2_EXrjMbU6Pj7RVi-gu8TibI9ZZ-xDAnGiFBDmSiuL7OqR5G189HAdKPMHvP_GG2W_q4rczAyZjRAOzTo4ZeTZVw1g/w225-h400/20220213_165410.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back section is glued into place<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The first section had to be glued up against the backdrop with no bumps as the backscene photo had to come down over it towards the river. At least the glue gives you a short working time to get it all flattened out. During the build there were around one thousand (or so) measurements and calculations to be made. Such as 'how deep from the rails is the bottom of the river?' The backscene photo when put into position didn't come down far enough towards the river meaning I have to make another photo river 'addition'. These are hiccups you have along the way and can often annoy the builder but to the casual visitor all looks good.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIgmYglDOHcDGQI4pSE83u8vpM4QWR1NjXI7z5WQ80dDCLE2RSlEIBouCs1DZHk_ljQ-fOl91K9ICgyxx0kk6ej7K95R-2DYeB5SFsoTcc0YDcsKc4NSd78_WEwWwHSNroa3KATsLv2xRKYGYcESexQchg0vMCrvjJ_bH2RHSndc3WZ4m0hGK2JfXog/s4032/20220213_165426.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvIgmYglDOHcDGQI4pSE83u8vpM4QWR1NjXI7z5WQ80dDCLE2RSlEIBouCs1DZHk_ljQ-fOl91K9ICgyxx0kk6ej7K95R-2DYeB5SFsoTcc0YDcsKc4NSd78_WEwWwHSNroa3KATsLv2xRKYGYcESexQchg0vMCrvjJ_bH2RHSndc3WZ4m0hGK2JfXog/w400-h225/20220213_165426.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">The second tray is glued in place.</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>You can see from the photos how much goes on in the build before the finished product is unveiled. Sometimes you look at all the crap lying around and think will it ever be finished?. The choice of the aluminium trays seemed to work out okay. I wasn't prepared to 'dry' test the base by pouring water into the tray, but with only the one joint between the two trays I hoped for the best. The above photo shows how much had to be cut away to make it all fit. The risen section in the middle of the tray was to take the right hand pier under the truss and was a close fit to allow minor packing for the final fitout.<br /></span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZwIHC1S4u_h7r_5oOWCRG-EBVPTO9BQvJnGL1MZal_0JA1WzYDQEdhYuVbsbAZxj_AqoSum9mq7soZVVe2yIwulS3eYLGPUXyLMufTNLWtTtoJOw0xP8v5MNzwElp_0vE9T4QJF8HTRdGrD1RjbG3GHdSd-1JyuCR9t0_18tABT0RKrx8Zy_CUtDkww/s4032/20220213_171728.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZwIHC1S4u_h7r_5oOWCRG-EBVPTO9BQvJnGL1MZal_0JA1WzYDQEdhYuVbsbAZxj_AqoSum9mq7soZVVe2yIwulS3eYLGPUXyLMufTNLWtTtoJOw0xP8v5MNzwElp_0vE9T4QJF8HTRdGrD1RjbG3GHdSd-1JyuCR9t0_18tABT0RKrx8Zy_CUtDkww/w225-h400/20220213_171728.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Right hand bank<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">It was eventually realised that I wasn't going to make an exact replica of the landform around each side of the river. Studying photos of the bridges 100 years plus existence showed many changes to the river banks and bushes, shrubs and trees. And also the fact that it is all being squeezed onto a narrow baseboard made me think to just do what turns out for the best. The bridge, the main feature is probably around 95% accurate. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE3gTQvRpr8i0Rc00NX6l_GYHwYTzHuh90z_XiuBUaGfmJHRr2xKDTfAVvzSMXO5CFycmXEFq_7zDLKwGgIS6Ld-hDNFfAsvAflb5Maj0d4UYpfCCAy3leitQHEomxtcRG1vL1WtlxgC-jSqT9TIlr9pQ8iA-1us_iEF5Yply6ohDgMX0ONE3DoajpDw/s4032/20220219_174516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE3gTQvRpr8i0Rc00NX6l_GYHwYTzHuh90z_XiuBUaGfmJHRr2xKDTfAVvzSMXO5CFycmXEFq_7zDLKwGgIS6Ld-hDNFfAsvAflb5Maj0d4UYpfCCAy3leitQHEomxtcRG1vL1WtlxgC-jSqT9TIlr9pQ8iA-1us_iEF5Yply6ohDgMX0ONE3DoajpDw/w400-h225/20220219_174516.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Trial run of river base</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>At this stage none of the piers have been secured into their final position and are fully removable to allow a clear workspace. The fact that the bridge has built around an aluminium ''U' channel allows it to be self supporting across the 1.9m length. It is often removed to allow easy access. The above photo shows a trial river base of crushed concrete. I didn't end up using it and found something better. I decided to tackle the river build before completing the scenery under the left hand side of the bridge. This gave me a defined river bank to work up to.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBrL4I27gnykaC74pTHKe5Eluulr5EiZ34EsGYliaLy2ZPILzqHTPCtAXhNf8XzKt7_bXNKqXSweai9atprBRQvR893JRI3gqolQ8F-TkizcZ3kjQ7EZnIcgd1Dh85cFoofUCmm9-mU5FIljhrmlMlXY3kGIIbV2KhYS1VKJcZ9FdL9R_FFUmWvHroYg/s4032/20220625_155642.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBrL4I27gnykaC74pTHKe5Eluulr5EiZ34EsGYliaLy2ZPILzqHTPCtAXhNf8XzKt7_bXNKqXSweai9atprBRQvR893JRI3gqolQ8F-TkizcZ3kjQ7EZnIcgd1Dh85cFoofUCmm9-mU5FIljhrmlMlXY3kGIIbV2KhYS1VKJcZ9FdL9R_FFUmWvHroYg/w400-h225/20220625_155642.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Creating the flood zone</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Following the real photos I made the left hand side the overflow/flood zone (don't know the technical term) where in theory the water flows during larger river flows. In the above photo there will be two concrete piers in position. The rigidity of the aluminium channel shows in the above photo. The clearing of the piers allows clear access to complete the scenery. Also can be seen the length of 'U' channel upside down on the top to stop sagging across the truss section. This section was milled to allow the truss section to sit higher in the build.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9smwSjuioUyKduZ6nX3BN9MCp8N5eed2GqYFb2iAev4Ys0M38gUshB10iz9Ng6q0szGXnYOSlWgGYDCqV-V95Dcx89v737TgAZiZ1nRwYnOvhBdyjPTq78jscIczZCVBKNy7wtv7HHOO4ga4lMkz-PHOxr1as1geZxVaMRkJ7e8lI7CTx0cjYlf4OXQ/s4032/20220625_162827.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9smwSjuioUyKduZ6nX3BN9MCp8N5eed2GqYFb2iAev4Ys0M38gUshB10iz9Ng6q0szGXnYOSlWgGYDCqV-V95Dcx89v737TgAZiZ1nRwYnOvhBdyjPTq78jscIczZCVBKNy7wtv7HHOO4ga4lMkz-PHOxr1as1geZxVaMRkJ7e8lI7CTx0cjYlf4OXQ/w225-h400/20220625_162827.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Painted aluminium tray</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>In the above photo the aluminium tray was painted with a brown earth colour both to take away the shine and to prevent an silver shine that may appear from a scratch. It will all be eventually covered up with scenery.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmq_5_GlFDM1S1kx4UmcSWv30Ie6ib72peRfoql53KJqisyix9DYIDkX6LBn1Ev3YFHoe4hqwk9oyYSjYTRr5cvEHhZCLmKhfl0ClHVoi5buHT9iFH9dDN2KVFd35H3k_q6RSwPOSVv3e3R_sE_QtrqMbDpX8G0Z1BjHDvBXEVg1616inyxM2bse0JJw/s4032/20220625_164234.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmq_5_GlFDM1S1kx4UmcSWv30Ie6ib72peRfoql53KJqisyix9DYIDkX6LBn1Ev3YFHoe4hqwk9oyYSjYTRr5cvEHhZCLmKhfl0ClHVoi5buHT9iFH9dDN2KVFd35H3k_q6RSwPOSVv3e3R_sE_QtrqMbDpX8G0Z1BjHDvBXEVg1616inyxM2bse0JJw/w400-h225/20220625_164234.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: times;">Trial run for overflow base rocks</span><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">I had admired a river base on the layout of fellow modeller Mick Bennie. How lucky when he paid a recent visit to SCR he brought a large box of the same river stones for me. They look the part. Some discussion on Facebook this week on a glue to secure them without the pva shine has steered me towards Matt Modge Podge. I obtained some this week and will soon try it out.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Maybe I am making excuses but you can see that the bridge and scenery are are a big project to start and finish but I am in the home straight now. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I must be getting close to pouring the river, better go and look at a few more videos! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span><br /></p>South Coast Railhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06743351585350477874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758336167428675765.post-42071957088711636322022-09-20T12:31:00.000+10:002022-09-20T12:31:29.526+10:00Tanks A Lot<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">One thing I can say about modelling narrow gauge in O scale is that there is not a lot of structures available that represent a prototype I am modelling that being Victorian narrow gauge. There was a fairly good ranges of buildings and other infrastructure that was done in the past by Ian Lindsay Models. I was lucky that I decided to do the change to this scale and caught the tail end of models from Ian Lindsay. They were mainly VR narrow gauge such as a goods shed, a station building and purely VR narrow gauge buffer stop. Many of these await their time to be assembled and placed on the layout. They are currently asleep in a bottom draw.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">New to me was a water tank produced in 3D printing and is basically a two piece kit. The kit was produced through Brunel Hobbies in Melbourne. I believe this hobby shop has changed hands so I am not surewhere they can be purchased now. Will try and get some details. There is an upper tank and then the tank stand. Also supplied is a ladder and decals for the water height in the tank. Although it might be considered pricey for what you get ($89) all the hard work has been done. All it needs is a cleaning up of flash and painting. There is no need to chase up a corrugated tank or source timber for the stand. There is also the fill pipe and the outlet pipe has the water taps cast in. All in all a good kit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The kit comes with excellent instructions, well set out and easy to follow. Colour photos are provided through out. <br /></span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOGU4Rl5i67kpgt_46wQ4-NIXu-vEoM5jgIQQDMWUb1yQX2EVFGs55OSQpnIE78NwW0vcN0GXrptzZ2jiz99mfPxvUFJwlgiETPLLxBw4ftamjqS3JEMXnnsKi26To6iib6LNJULDetd0DxYYVvdlEMs0BghfRbOsujLezxNtdeIOs8KoDSlfxb0x9w/s4032/20220614_163441.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisOGU4Rl5i67kpgt_46wQ4-NIXu-vEoM5jgIQQDMWUb1yQX2EVFGs55OSQpnIE78NwW0vcN0GXrptzZ2jiz99mfPxvUFJwlgiETPLLxBw4ftamjqS3JEMXnnsKi26To6iib6LNJULDetd0DxYYVvdlEMs0BghfRbOsujLezxNtdeIOs8KoDSlfxb0x9w/w225-h400/20220614_163441.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tank as received<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The first thing required is to remove any excess flashing which is minimal. I then gave the tank and stand a spray of Tamiya primer. After that the tank was sprayed with Tamiya Dull red in a spray can as recommended in the instructions. After the red had dried I painted some rust paint diluted with isopryl alcohol. Also the outside of the tank had weathering done by using Tamiya khaki drab painted on also using isopryl alcohol which basically works as a thinner.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSMkAyy-yBuk39oIFlwHlL0LDykYT3bCkujkrns9v2r5MgSOwBXMImKQ18NLLyu7E7UakS1bnc5m99ul48cqlm6fJDdjKeCU-tCzl6wDRZdn14aPOhpjvHMT5tsQzDCXf54P4AAtgHOLSXKj_qUUbcN5Z58aiwPqIzMAIlx2xUW3CiQCWGfUzxOn21A/s4032/20220919_165313.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKSMkAyy-yBuk39oIFlwHlL0LDykYT3bCkujkrns9v2r5MgSOwBXMImKQ18NLLyu7E7UakS1bnc5m99ul48cqlm6fJDdjKeCU-tCzl6wDRZdn14aPOhpjvHMT5tsQzDCXf54P4AAtgHOLSXKj_qUUbcN5Z58aiwPqIzMAIlx2xUW3CiQCWGfUzxOn21A/w225-h400/20220919_165313.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">The completed tank minus ladder</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> The base was painted a grey colour, can't remember which one but there were many in the draw. By using a lighter base then you can apply a darker paint over it to show variations in timber colour. The bolts have even been modelled as can be seen in the above photo. Just hit them with a brown marker pen to highlight. I also used some chalks brushed on for variation.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After the tank stand was finished it was onto the filler hoses and a great tip from the instructions was to use the elastic strips from the currently in use surgical masks. I didn't have to go far to find some in the house. They work well and look like flattened canvas. Some weathering finishes them off. I don't think these would work for any other scale than O scale.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So when I was happy with the tank and stand I then thought of what I would use to fill the tank to represent water. I had on hand some Woodland Scenics Realistic Water. I wasn't completely happy with it as you can only pour a small amount, let it dry and then top up. It also dried white cloudy, not what I wanted. As luck had it I was doing a pour on a nearby river and poured some into the top of the tank. The resin had a slight green tinge to it so it looked the part. I would reckon for every 2000 photos of water tanks there would only be one that shows what the inside of tanks look like. I didn't take it right to the top, maybe suggesting that an engine had just refilled with water.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHNxzSiX8KWz7g4KlBDubjQ7JKwg3bd3EcIwQWymNqE4ZzFn6zW3Xc1Zu8H9GBmzoGN7FIXAMg6h6eAWEhi46ZdNHn9ATgQJ1lxbScwmiGfILRYh6Ue8K8YT0984o92euanjs1AUntHVu-v6rUOO3VF-JYbakp0dbPEU1x92pV2VfPzwnhOq2BqxAYg/s4032/20220919_164807.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtHNxzSiX8KWz7g4KlBDubjQ7JKwg3bd3EcIwQWymNqE4ZzFn6zW3Xc1Zu8H9GBmzoGN7FIXAMg6h6eAWEhi46ZdNHn9ATgQJ1lxbScwmiGfILRYh6Ue8K8YT0984o92euanjs1AUntHVu-v6rUOO3VF-JYbakp0dbPEU1x92pV2VfPzwnhOq2BqxAYg/w225-h400/20220919_164807.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">Chain from float to indicator</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>I was wondering what was on the tank/water end of the chain but after looking at a few plans it seems the float was simply a lump of timber. Most timber floats. I got a small piece of timber and drilled a hole through the middle and inserted some thread I have had on hand for ages. It really looks like chain. I have a big bundle of it ready for more chain work. I had to insert the timber and chain into the resin before it had set and then hook the 'chain' over the top wheel. There is not much of a groove for the chain but it sits there quite well. Before this was done I got some rust coloured paint and painted the whole length. It certainly looks like a rusted chain.<br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZMytlT4l0LSVDA4tQKvxz2wItcXiUuYLWMwZKyDuhAno3RCeKahNj6MV3q8ynnCmJyXKllrCbBeicqBMcasFDIpqMNgsvoItLgE1q-U2UNSkX6qLC1EgNteR4hzDuqNcT76Q43J-bcQo1VUt3j79kXRtP3LnHIEkrxeSsEEvP5Mde-7NHFprp-aFbRg/s4032/20220919_165033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZMytlT4l0LSVDA4tQKvxz2wItcXiUuYLWMwZKyDuhAno3RCeKahNj6MV3q8ynnCmJyXKllrCbBeicqBMcasFDIpqMNgsvoItLgE1q-U2UNSkX6qLC1EgNteR4hzDuqNcT76Q43J-bcQo1VUt3j79kXRtP3LnHIEkrxeSsEEvP5Mde-7NHFprp-aFbRg/w225-h400/20220919_165033.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">The 'chain' over the top wheel</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />After the resin had dried I was able to stretch the chain down to a position where it reaches the indicator and cut to length. Being slightly flexible it was not critical to get the length exact as it could be stretched into position. With a small amount of superglue on the end of a piece of wire the end of the chain was placed just above the indicator. I felt that doing this finished the model off and even a small feature it looks the part.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The last thing remaining to do to the tank was to apply the water level indicator to the side of the tank. When you first look at it it seems wrong but then because of the reverse wheel at the top, when the float is at the top, the chain extends down to show the maximum level. A white decal is provided with 0, 1 and 2 printed on it. My thoughts are that the numbers have been printed off centre to the right and should be more centred. I will also weather it up. But it looks the part. A 3d printed ladder also comes with the kit, which I will attach to the tank when the final tank position is selected.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3U_-oyiBXFVg35_-p8tWTSUT_kdF3r6aJatnVUngUbSmPcDkS0iNfv9Z1Hc03Tn-sxWAponNhNvOi6wXq0EswdIlkolKGSIX_AeDnoW6fOkYRS0VhtxMbxBUmBZeELsg761kX4DPQvgm0FMfisT3g_OOE4sg19EoWowhfb2e-t1O5HHcEHFF-GX3UWw/s4032/20220920_105802.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3U_-oyiBXFVg35_-p8tWTSUT_kdF3r6aJatnVUngUbSmPcDkS0iNfv9Z1Hc03Tn-sxWAponNhNvOi6wXq0EswdIlkolKGSIX_AeDnoW6fOkYRS0VhtxMbxBUmBZeELsg761kX4DPQvgm0FMfisT3g_OOE4sg19EoWowhfb2e-t1O5HHcEHFF-GX3UWw/w225-h400/20220920_105802.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The water level indicator<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Hopefully with the advent of 3D printing some more cottage industries will fill the void of mass produced models not being made by the big companies due to limited sales.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This is an excellent kit and as they say 'get them while you can' Thanks to Brunel Hobbies for producing this kit. </span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>South Coast Railhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06743351585350477874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758336167428675765.post-82694204549311751822022-09-04T22:59:00.000+10:002022-09-04T22:59:43.831+10:00Just a few<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> Things are slowly moving forward and luckily I had my camera with me when a double headed NA livestock train went past, so here are a few of the photos:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Firstly Gavin Hince the editor of the Narrow Gauge Down Under magazine was on leave from the winters of Victoria looking for a warmer climate in New South Wales. I am located close to the M1 which is the main highway north from Sydney so side trips here are no hassles. Gavin was an attendee at the 2019 Easter Narrow Gauge convention at Erina but was unable to fit in a visit at the time so this was an opportune time. After some carrot cake and a cuppa, Gavin and his wife went down to the shed to see South Coast Rail. We spent some time there discussing the layout and ways of doing things. It is good to have interaction with fellow modellers especially if they model the same prototype. And after a while they headed north seeking the warmth, but the weather forecast for the week wasn't good. Hope you didn't cop too much rain Gavin.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">And yesterday I was pleased to finally meet up with Roger Johnson also a fellow VR narrow gauge modeller who was over from South Australia. This meeting almost didn't happen as when we were corresponding about his visit to NSW he stated he was available on a Friday. I thought the day would be clear but when I checked the calendar I found I was booked on a transfer movement on that Friday aboard 3801 that was transferring the carriages for the Maitland Steam Festival. This Festival had already been cancelled from April when a landslide from the flood had washed out the connection from Thirlmere to Picton. So I had to advise Roger that I couldn't make it on that day. But the rain gods struck again, the flood gates were closed over the tracks at Maitland and due to many other flood issues the Festival was called off again. So the good news was sent to Roger and a meet up ensued.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Roger was instrumental in making the 3d printed piers for my Thomson River bridge. Although the top structure of the bridge was coming along quite well, I was unsure how I could make the piers to match the top structure standard. So the bridge can now look as good as I can make it, thanks again Roger. Also while he was in Sydney he attended the 'Modelling the Early days of the NSWGR'. One of his models he brought along was a bullock team and wagon and very nicely put together.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgizeZ3IKcX0NwmPhxb0h-dH-1xnQjJUve6rUPURgN0XmW67Ny3wxUQQyaVa3x1GX08TlP9-78vVaacYcwVAyTWrwrm_D6PwZm8s9ck_louSFxFgqqfh2AsgEs_l3VlszUPkGlVv0QC3x5UQUKFghIaGd41PlGRuq1Ghxacx39S4cyt71o2KPD029ghA/s4032/20220729_124153.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="4032" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgizeZ3IKcX0NwmPhxb0h-dH-1xnQjJUve6rUPURgN0XmW67Ny3wxUQQyaVa3x1GX08TlP9-78vVaacYcwVAyTWrwrm_D6PwZm8s9ck_louSFxFgqqfh2AsgEs_l3VlszUPkGlVv0QC3x5UQUKFghIaGd41PlGRuq1Ghxacx39S4cyt71o2KPD029ghA/w640-h206/20220729_124153.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Roger Johnsons bullock team<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Roger and his wife also had to endure some carrot cake and a cuppa. (The carrot cake is standard issue here) Eventually Roger and his wife got to see the layout and Roger was reunited with the piers he made some time ago. They have also be painted and weathered very well by renown painter Ian Fainges. Similar to Gavins' visit time went too quickly for our layout tour and the rental car needed to be returned to Gosford.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So it was great to meet both of those fellow modellers and new friendships are made within the hobby.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The layout, yes I have been doing a little more scenery work down the left hand side of the bank down to the bridge. Slow work but satisfying when it comes out right. I can also add that doing the scenery to the way I want it is becoming a mini money pit. But I must live by my word and get what looks good. It is possible to do a certain amount of work by using cheap items such as logs, twigs, mosses, lichens out of the local bush, but sometimes it is left to the experts in the field who really know how to put great scenery products together. Such as the items from the 'Martin Welberg', 'Mini Natur' and other products that can be obtained from the Modellers Warehouse in Brisbane.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Another item that falls into the great scenery product was spotted on a New Zealander modeller on Facebook as '3 mile Bush Railway'. The item was some flax that looks great as an architectural stand out plant. Made by a company 'Finescale' I sent away for two sheets which turned out to be able to make eight plants. The plants come on a flat etched brass sheet that needs painting, separating from etch and then rolled into form the plant. Again these weren't cheap, being around $60 landed but if you want it you have to be ready to pay for it. I was happy with how they turned out.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGP8XgWojXObYyA7kMtKA0krtNnhcX7PQCW0NjpmU-OqxCmG2n8BPz_nn7KicHGU1V046aBdvvgmuA8jQS3ORkXvmnA9DHjaV85eHIbgyp3p6WVEYhTh24HkM-QFXsLeEN21P9AsQ45xSe3rKmaIqf6JVpKjDcqxciE7Uv_Cz9fJKli4WL4WmeOaueTw/s4032/20220730_161444.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGP8XgWojXObYyA7kMtKA0krtNnhcX7PQCW0NjpmU-OqxCmG2n8BPz_nn7KicHGU1V046aBdvvgmuA8jQS3ORkXvmnA9DHjaV85eHIbgyp3p6WVEYhTh24HkM-QFXsLeEN21P9AsQ45xSe3rKmaIqf6JVpKjDcqxciE7Uv_Cz9fJKli4WL4WmeOaueTw/w225-h400/20220730_161444.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Flax plant</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">Another great product I have been using are paper cut ferns available from a company called 'Model Scene'. They are very delicate and require a good eye to remove from the parent sheet. The green they come in is ideal for putting straight into the scenery and some good variety in the range. I believe they might also be used by wargamers so could be available from their suppliers as well.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYpc8PbdIU4jhCVI6aFDb8_1q-fhkyQfwsU1HULC8FMtQEVSgFEYX3GrenZllAfsPMY6Rh6Y3g_YZF8EZwWOTuXjGPCFhl3eOAes_sUrAiEGAvDKcT7UQ0zWiQ1DIWZ21niiVlWb0F7xHIgp_RuRBot5n-OHiwoWVcft8URudk7RM0HArSVLMMtbuMIw/s4032/20220707_113854.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYpc8PbdIU4jhCVI6aFDb8_1q-fhkyQfwsU1HULC8FMtQEVSgFEYX3GrenZllAfsPMY6Rh6Y3g_YZF8EZwWOTuXjGPCFhl3eOAes_sUrAiEGAvDKcT7UQ0zWiQ1DIWZ21niiVlWb0F7xHIgp_RuRBot5n-OHiwoWVcft8URudk7RM0HArSVLMMtbuMIw/w225-h400/20220707_113854.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paper ferns<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> So just as a reminder the photo below was taken in February 2018, over four years ago. Another reason that model railways are a lifelong hobby!<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfl9nC90sTXus8H--MhjYbK1I0uGAp8dsLDmnMOhAyl669nBR5U6k8bgMzXZFdaLVznxCefY_DrT4NZHnDp6UqMF0FHw_Ah4fp6d7qNFXPpoJI90XgJ4tg_rn0pXLh8ho1ULDnjC3kDMPEit8wBf7sCtBMFBQMfnFokU6_iUDev4YJZWhWSMR2p73uTQ/s600/Feb%206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfl9nC90sTXus8H--MhjYbK1I0uGAp8dsLDmnMOhAyl669nBR5U6k8bgMzXZFdaLVznxCefY_DrT4NZHnDp6UqMF0FHw_Ah4fp6d7qNFXPpoJI90XgJ4tg_rn0pXLh8ho1ULDnjC3kDMPEit8wBf7sCtBMFBQMfnFokU6_iUDev4YJZWhWSMR2p73uTQ/w400-h300/Feb%206.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where the bridge goes<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><br /><br /></p>South Coast Railhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06743351585350477874noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758336167428675765.post-48360797937045451242022-07-04T13:23:00.000+10:002022-07-04T13:23:20.223+10:00Picture that<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> It has been a few weeks since I have posted, but there hasn't been anything done worth reporting on at the moment. Winter is here in Sydney and with another rain pattern happening it is not too welcoming down the shed.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Every now and then I will go to the shed sometimes just to get some tools to use around the house and inevitably I will look around the layout for the next project. One thing I like to do is source out some photo locations. Until new sections get finished on the layout, it will be the usual hack spots for photos.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So here are a few shots I have taken lately. Don't worry the scenery is slowly creeping down towards the river bank on the left hand side.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHiVWQ-KKX9hMWWjuZ4sQG9CSbZJRpqCPqYw917LyJbwwiXydipU1zBRAFPL8ca1lZYuqcpftn6fj23TfXiczaQNPRja4iDMYQEYL8kA5VeZLZwuD4OvPXypwsWSYifza8CGCiZxn2aodyDFYfFe6YhrUfCyCJPkMKi3ZCnTtOh6Dd73STtfLVF5RpA/s720/288867261_1321755041567101_1789060628445325229_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="508" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHiVWQ-KKX9hMWWjuZ4sQG9CSbZJRpqCPqYw917LyJbwwiXydipU1zBRAFPL8ca1lZYuqcpftn6fj23TfXiczaQNPRja4iDMYQEYL8kA5VeZLZwuD4OvPXypwsWSYifza8CGCiZxn2aodyDFYfFe6YhrUfCyCJPkMKi3ZCnTtOh6Dd73STtfLVF5RpA/w283-h400/288867261_1321755041567101_1789060628445325229_n.jpg" width="283" /></a></div> <span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Firstly there was the NA class 2 - 6 - 2 tank style locos. While they were capable of hauling most of the traffic on each of the four lines, traffic on two lines, the Colac, Beech Forest to Crowes line and Moe to Walhalla the traffic offering could exceed the capacity of a single NA and hence the G class garratt was produced. This was capable of doubling the load of an NA and saved employing a second crew. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Only two were built to an order in 1925 from Beyer-Garratt and arrived in Melbourne aboard the S.S. Ferndale in April 1926. They were numbered G41 and G42.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Db1lNTuIFiVj8IP0xmo47cDhaIXd9WhS92etT-EBd4_gcfAjq8fAm6lnGKK-TjSb7bdu6_GZXpAbldxpa-_KIcNPuVhQgANzCiu5uQVq5wyjNl6layYRrGqjW8_I3welfblfpvtuTYk3u0uhtWUqUacs_mq0N_wEjh7KN3XfcQItobpCFp6DBv6YzA/s3264/IMG_5898.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="3264" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Db1lNTuIFiVj8IP0xmo47cDhaIXd9WhS92etT-EBd4_gcfAjq8fAm6lnGKK-TjSb7bdu6_GZXpAbldxpa-_KIcNPuVhQgANzCiu5uQVq5wyjNl6layYRrGqjW8_I3welfblfpvtuTYk3u0uhtWUqUacs_mq0N_wEjh7KN3XfcQItobpCFp6DBv6YzA/w400-h185/IMG_5898.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;">G42 at Belgrave - Puffing Billy railway 2016</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>On the 5th June 1926, G41 started work on the Colac - Beech Forest - Crowes line and G42 took up operation on the Moe to Walhalla line.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">For those modeller wanting to model the Victorian narrow gauge line, there is the ready to run Haskell NA model and it was this model that got me modelling this prototype. There had been some brass NA models made in the past as well and were naturally more expensive than the Haskel models. The elusive G class being a larger to produce and less sort after model than say the NSWGR standard 60 class garratt was always going to be rare. I believe it was made as a kit by Badger models and are a rare and sort after model.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Another source of the G class was via the Shapeways 3D printed model and it was this style of garratt the has recently graced the tracks of South Coast rail. The model was constructed by Mick Bennie who I met this week after travelling up to Sydney via Canberra for a run. It was great to finally to see a model of the beast on the track. The model was originally produced in 7mm scale but I believe it is now possible to get a 1/4" 3D model produced. The end product sits slightly larger than an NA but out on the track on its own it is hard to compare. So other than snaring a rare brass model or scratch building your own it is out of reach for VR narrow gauge modellers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So while Mick was here we were able to pose the loco around the layout for photos. Below are some of the shots I took to record this historic event. Sadly now the loco is on its way back home.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCLFILihN9O4nKi5QyImZaxZNxtFI16D5gKCqHBPCrFKD0kfmY9d3oKv9Tfvyx1hlyjDvdcHQq345Os7H-uD9Bzd9HyRGbIV9_GbXSJgN0_UsOQVi7UVLcv1zlMcISZw5CUA1Ym_3a7KkbutYDv1hJYxmWWPRhNfl0lWtPfc1uqP9ZXmqPPjFTzAGcg/s4032/20220518_200403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnCLFILihN9O4nKi5QyImZaxZNxtFI16D5gKCqHBPCrFKD0kfmY9d3oKv9Tfvyx1hlyjDvdcHQq345Os7H-uD9Bzd9HyRGbIV9_GbXSJgN0_UsOQVi7UVLcv1zlMcISZw5CUA1Ym_3a7KkbutYDv1hJYxmWWPRhNfl0lWtPfc1uqP9ZXmqPPjFTzAGcg/w400-h225/20220518_200403.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8YSbKKTZvsKAWBoyDw5szb6N2C7iCqk50mFygFB4JpczwQpNhl3Djd5k7ij712TvErTCkpN8y2pOYJEuxv8quCqOzVptoko2fKf4EKwyv69VIc5R1k-o4o6-RscNRS8CNnEmL-ZbyMaMsB5Y-fwGTcJZa6wP_be07Gi7ubj838TBBXiFbZsJHSoF_cA/s4032/20220518_155716.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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At this stage there is no rush for a finish date and I have been slowly progressing with scenery work around the actual bridge.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I am glad I spent the money last year to sort out the drainage problems and water getting into the shed. With La Nina running beserk on the east coast of Australia at the moment it's hard not to get caught out. I am glad my slackness in getting the pile of carpet tiles laid has paid off, so when they finally get laid the floor should remain dry.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">When I got the backdrop produced by Office Works the final print wasn't wide enough to cover the complete back across the bridge baseboard, which meant I had to come up with 'add ons' on each side. I was able to massage some local photographs of the area to be able to join and extend the picture. The idea was to taper the photo down to the top of the hill so it could blend in. I made some more timber backing boards to join the existing board. This was rather messy and in reflection initially I should have made the backing board large enough to extend right across the back.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNNFFNjuOUnejgV2m5JCPnAHhYJ38r1LYrCLcWycQKm8z-rFmW4HtWvjpusTC05ZDp7vSL5yWvZWscSluSl595cPuqd742aAoTSQ3zquLGHBe49cPH-XP6wNtSKaV1jVovReludL9RVOJ3DQU6nJv3GbMyZvwfPhn624_S8LoGvZC9osq7zCKkivPCQ/s4128/20220109_163824.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNNFFNjuOUnejgV2m5JCPnAHhYJ38r1LYrCLcWycQKm8z-rFmW4HtWvjpusTC05ZDp7vSL5yWvZWscSluSl595cPuqd742aAoTSQ3zquLGHBe49cPH-XP6wNtSKaV1jVovReludL9RVOJ3DQU6nJv3GbMyZvwfPhn624_S8LoGvZC9osq7zCKkivPCQ/w400-h300/20220109_163824.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The extension piece<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">After the left hand extra board was in place I then produced both the left and right hand blending photos. Again they were printed at Office Works. I stuffed up with the order as I gave them three separate files on the memory stick and was charged for three items, had I put the three pictures on the one file and cut them up myself I think it would have been cheaper. Live and learn.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmXH71Z4RP5nbojv-s9kgKzdbpbcMj4M7zfGNM4tWfRgw3KyLquYiNgeLJTGJNeSy5-3qUNj2za9P-jQZNJU0aZFpjpndkyN2nJE3OduM3dW6LDU-SGJ5z8HHvLyHLBsZB7H9BUl0hnxaZzznVld2EzsJizlzonOUi_YTUPKeYhFsP8Psx_NYnSncDQ/s4128/20220110_111116.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="4128" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYmXH71Z4RP5nbojv-s9kgKzdbpbcMj4M7zfGNM4tWfRgw3KyLquYiNgeLJTGJNeSy5-3qUNj2za9P-jQZNJU0aZFpjpndkyN2nJE3OduM3dW6LDU-SGJ5z8HHvLyHLBsZB7H9BUl0hnxaZzznVld2EzsJizlzonOUi_YTUPKeYhFsP8Psx_NYnSncDQ/w400-h300/20220110_111116.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Left hand side added</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">In the above photo you can see the additional piece in position, I wasn't worried that it wasn't a perfect match and that all of the picture wasn't in focus. It is just a background item and will be eventually covered by forest in the foreground.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The second piece I had to produce was to extend the river downwards as the initial bottom of the photo was set too high. I will need to match up where the two pictures join, cut and then blend the two, hoping it comes out all right. The is where the poured river will come up against the background. I am semi dreading this part as it seems you only get one go at this and hope it comes out all right first go.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsddvwwPHSprQ5DjpKEMRZ73KlQuQcxeHWBjsXFnyYYSat5fBl2Ns4and4_l4Vxx3m1b07el_K4der5y4Tsql_ZAaYfZDVIbQma0qqLmtC1RzObeAMd-eCpAVyHIXFXACUIFc7-IBFsa2_eVFbvGtO8KuENpcVj150B8VjEyddghGzdN5lt9-4HNFROg/s4128/20211027_191313.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4128" data-original-width="2322" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsddvwwPHSprQ5DjpKEMRZ73KlQuQcxeHWBjsXFnyYYSat5fBl2Ns4and4_l4Vxx3m1b07el_K4der5y4Tsql_ZAaYfZDVIbQma0qqLmtC1RzObeAMd-eCpAVyHIXFXACUIFc7-IBFsa2_eVFbvGtO8KuENpcVj150B8VjEyddghGzdN5lt9-4HNFROg/w225-h400/20211027_191313.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The 'moss roll'<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> I am always on the lookout for items that can be utilised in scenery work whether it be from real live such as branches, lichens etc or man made objects such as this 'moss roll'. I came across at a local artificial plant warehouse. There are many items you can get that can be repurposed for a layout. You have to be mindfull also as to what scale you are modelling. I get more scope as I am modelling in O scale so more items scale better. This moss roll is around 1.8m long when rolled out and is now sitting down the left hand bank hill and up against the background picture. As foam has been used to form the hill, I also found some long 'u' shaped pins at Spotlight which are pressed through the moss to hold it into place. This roll forms the floor of the hill and can also be cut and teased up for added variety. This item was around $18 which I consider good value.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy7kpsftn-PqDQ-iLHqxRyxfqMs6-z6v_RDxR-en_bGVLg5x5XIefWD_rtvtHA_d-fa7y91OD8d_KHcXoPT2SOCp6nsCvjcWnXJqgFhpMgfzw9n2MkPZzvcj2FRwkFsGzDvs-xu97nvY6942DI8Ld120-SSZmgTCOZvGVAG_vzqLGJHWvFVpyqS3rl8A/s4032/20220418_165410.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy7kpsftn-PqDQ-iLHqxRyxfqMs6-z6v_RDxR-en_bGVLg5x5XIefWD_rtvtHA_d-fa7y91OD8d_KHcXoPT2SOCp6nsCvjcWnXJqgFhpMgfzw9n2MkPZzvcj2FRwkFsGzDvs-xu97nvY6942DI8Ld120-SSZmgTCOZvGVAG_vzqLGJHWvFVpyqS3rl8A/w225-h400/20220418_165410.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All the 'extras' are added<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"> Once this underfloor mat is in position then all the additional bits of scenery are added. I believe to make it look good then you need plenty of variety. The above scene has a mixture of commercial scenery and a few home made products. We have progressed a long way from the old green lichen days and a re spoilt for choice. I will say some of the commercial scenery products are expensive but the end result I feel is worth it. Products from Martin Welberg, MiniNatur and other products that the Modellers Warehouse sell are worth the effort to obtain.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The bridge while in position is still removable until all the scenery is in place. I can lift it up to work there when needed. I am working down the left hand side towards the river and undecided at this stage if I will do the river next or scene up the right hand side then back to the river.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheEVVJFb_UdvGmJebm2cZQJ-fz5wGNzY-YpymFGDRk6wCFi2zi4po_6y-uxsl-5OWsUzaAsSmwJnrU3KnVEzQLOU1756syDBO8nHWNjbt6VinT1VeV0Zz4LKci7LegKZvRkpKajF3JlW7ulqkSAn6llqK_GPsZYX2_e7etHifN_6ktCFWuzaR-jNiiLg/s4032/20220422_164904.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheEVVJFb_UdvGmJebm2cZQJ-fz5wGNzY-YpymFGDRk6wCFi2zi4po_6y-uxsl-5OWsUzaAsSmwJnrU3KnVEzQLOU1756syDBO8nHWNjbt6VinT1VeV0Zz4LKci7LegKZvRkpKajF3JlW7ulqkSAn6llqK_GPsZYX2_e7etHifN_6ktCFWuzaR-jNiiLg/w225-h400/20220422_164904.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hill is slowly sceniced<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">It is slow work to do the scenery, I put something in place then stand back to make sure it all blends in together. This especially applies to colours of items. Sometimes if the colour doesn't blend with the surrounds it catches the eye, and is then removed. It all has to blend together. Contrary to that statement the placement of stand out colours can drag the eye to that item as can be seen by the yellow flowers in the above photo.<br /></span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMwQHVaoAhCWelIMYhvRFOgx-JHRydsRCzgNVw6o1kdRePNxqZaEoEeCn9Nk4MeQtJsluwwwdcZei1FYAJTTnWIZEcdXEDqzr7fRlvxlKhBFB7mWNjPCwfhtwJZqo9W_v7uyi2SeH2eicdpkyXeqkXLQ9hWTm8O-08a4Y-cJKfQHKqen5wOaBiV0b2qA/s4032/20220422_172153A.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMwQHVaoAhCWelIMYhvRFOgx-JHRydsRCzgNVw6o1kdRePNxqZaEoEeCn9Nk4MeQtJsluwwwdcZei1FYAJTTnWIZEcdXEDqzr7fRlvxlKhBFB7mWNjPCwfhtwJZqo9W_v7uyi2SeH2eicdpkyXeqkXLQ9hWTm8O-08a4Y-cJKfQHKqen5wOaBiV0b2qA/w400-h225/20220422_172153A.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Slowly but surely it all comes together</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz14wxR6tni8wc3ZIwKukEX2u4Gf6pWDGyr3YihtkqF72bbDRDTHLsye8Kq_Q4QyHpHdoo1dPCrU3sz58YHy5EEYsZ_4IN4CZcYVm7pXVWM7H3fPq582aKPe1KCDMaETS9NccunPz81E5vBt_tIySL1Y1yKtc6DLFvpTJ2QKU5qKgXM1tjn-KL2qq4EA/s4032/20220422_173151.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz14wxR6tni8wc3ZIwKukEX2u4Gf6pWDGyr3YihtkqF72bbDRDTHLsye8Kq_Q4QyHpHdoo1dPCrU3sz58YHy5EEYsZ_4IN4CZcYVm7pXVWM7H3fPq582aKPe1KCDMaETS9NccunPz81E5vBt_tIySL1Y1yKtc6DLFvpTJ2QKU5qKgXM1tjn-KL2qq4EA/w225-h400/20220422_173151.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6RD6BhmmGxGUoZPO35ReTOe5hDT3e-h5Yk68_7IHHZ1s4fAqkfk7a6H2T1gEXRv_EwYMOHL3SWGFWYC0iM1v83b4xvoL4wAQOipTuQgx75U3tTKyPBVMcKl28cxrXx__ICwEM7rvWUkYUrWIN-2pJQwUP32XvFah-RVOj1K-di--O6-EQuadGgYHHEA/s4032/20220424_151606.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="2268" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6RD6BhmmGxGUoZPO35ReTOe5hDT3e-h5Yk68_7IHHZ1s4fAqkfk7a6H2T1gEXRv_EwYMOHL3SWGFWYC0iM1v83b4xvoL4wAQOipTuQgx75U3tTKyPBVMcKl28cxrXx__ICwEM7rvWUkYUrWIN-2pJQwUP32XvFah-RVOj1K-di--O6-EQuadGgYHHEA/w225-h400/20220424_151606.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Well that's where the Thomson River bridge build is up to at the moment, hope you have enjoyed the long journey so far.</span><br /><p></p><p></p>South Coast Railhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06743351585350477874noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758336167428675765.post-32371423314291310272022-04-11T23:29:00.001+10:002022-04-11T23:29:20.636+10:00A few more<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> Work on the layout has been reasonably quite of late as you can tell by the lack of posts. One thing I have been able to advance are more "Other Side of the Track' pictoons. You can find them on this site on the right hand side, just click where the red arrow shows. Plenty more to come in future, enjoy.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuQ9-GWAzSUl7xVSE9UMM3kEmKpPm1iANX7E2YxSKbAaV1S1PwW5momW_TWFSF5BwxdDDbzL8nxBCLzKzIRt0iSKfgbN0tMH4g98X8Ds4igQORtzZ6tmzCrlTDOQ3iCBdGKBqNgFoNfxIO3zfII3BeBF2xjWKr9WWTq25otkFBVl4naboqV19UeweHw/s938/Other%20side%20link.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="938" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCuQ9-GWAzSUl7xVSE9UMM3kEmKpPm1iANX7E2YxSKbAaV1S1PwW5momW_TWFSF5BwxdDDbzL8nxBCLzKzIRt0iSKfgbN0tMH4g98X8Ds4igQORtzZ6tmzCrlTDOQ3iCBdGKBqNgFoNfxIO3zfII3BeBF2xjWKr9WWTq25otkFBVl4naboqV19UeweHw/w400-h359/Other%20side%20link.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;">I will also add a few shots taken around the Eden ashpit where some of the crew were gathered preparing 8A and 16A for another run. The figures are by Andian Models and were painted by Ian Fainges.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLo4m602U-2m9eJUe0J77gnZvDr9fWTE0NjxFTMiy7nOHQKHfwz2Wn0sIbaTBMXeL2eqIcg_ntFtMCxcH_vaA6Sh_J-jcfyOuSKxVUTOrwaP-JVgtMbPnNuLhtkKmgjWY2b469Xg8hWUIevklBs5jzTWcLtGNFA-EmTIJaWHPvXGcKB1TLszHhsjrYzg/s4032/20220410_175600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1856" data-original-width="4032" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLo4m602U-2m9eJUe0J77gnZvDr9fWTE0NjxFTMiy7nOHQKHfwz2Wn0sIbaTBMXeL2eqIcg_ntFtMCxcH_vaA6Sh_J-jcfyOuSKxVUTOrwaP-JVgtMbPnNuLhtkKmgjWY2b469Xg8hWUIevklBs5jzTWcLtGNFA-EmTIJaWHPvXGcKB1TLszHhsjrYzg/w400-h184/20220410_175600.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJH-vEtxyxNaREwDB3fWn44AtnssNgWivj6dyfDc-UwOYSIer8StBf59g3bNdxqBCasfOtFI41-FLBMZ4tXTW65jpfMiDdNGJEy-x9KkAAfZE8jHliFMKuk5leBnyywztsAGxrprZMWy5Ni1j8TMBrlUImi_yPS3QV0r-wc9WrEzE6K6I9VZYSsKQM6w/s3216/20220409_165627.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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My older Samsung G6 has been replaced by another Samsung S20 FE. Now I know I missed out on the G21 and the recently released G22 but it all about the camera. I had the old one for over four years so in these days of built in redundancy it didn't do too bad. The new one still makes phone calls the same as the old one but the improved camera was the factor in updating. The ability to film in 4K even makes it better than my camcorder which boasted high def 1080p around. I remember when I purchased it way back in November 2012 mainly to be able to film my daughters wedding. Unfortunately it had broken down just before the big date and has been virtually left sulking in the draw ever since. The only drawback I have found with phone cameras is the inability to zoom in on a subject some distance away and be in focus.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So armed with the new phone I went down the shed and ran off some trial photos to see how it went. I must say I find them slightly better than the old phone but good results mainly hinge on the amount of available light. Look at how many photos look great taken outdoors in the sun.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Here are some the results taken around the usual spots of Pambula and the trestle bridge:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimy1vmsUiJvPnV5aaICpnu4ibunt-0NfrqLUP0Axme4YOD-sLLFjq0FCoQaZlrer0F7lfvrNAhBUMvA8JH31gWiB-38EDrCH-yHGrHey--jhY6WLJ5wvmHw9Amw7G-ZYRWgNCnLeCm34mQsCEZVh0Z7pRRKn37X1oTpzB2W8oJYOxzMTdVR7opYzoaIA=s3739" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2253" data-original-width="3739" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimy1vmsUiJvPnV5aaICpnu4ibunt-0NfrqLUP0Axme4YOD-sLLFjq0FCoQaZlrer0F7lfvrNAhBUMvA8JH31gWiB-38EDrCH-yHGrHey--jhY6WLJ5wvmHw9Amw7G-ZYRWgNCnLeCm34mQsCEZVh0Z7pRRKn37X1oTpzB2W8oJYOxzMTdVR7opYzoaIA=w640-h386" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stock special waits for the mixed train to depart<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhq2QbRG7fBk38QdSk21-acJQ4_-X60RQaCJ-RsA-lmOSSY4BG6a1T59M97rG_Q_SHLiddXjCO5gVeyN7OsPVp2eOLuRJxirfHqDxVbyQ4K3VgZ1PJVpmktcnMW6uyhanD7M84kNpTXKVcoqGZen--cAFBCHqWZpeyJstIXAB5DYcgUcI5j9CbGs-dSoA=s2972" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2972" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhq2QbRG7fBk38QdSk21-acJQ4_-X60RQaCJ-RsA-lmOSSY4BG6a1T59M97rG_Q_SHLiddXjCO5gVeyN7OsPVp2eOLuRJxirfHqDxVbyQ4K3VgZ1PJVpmktcnMW6uyhanD7M84kNpTXKVcoqGZen--cAFBCHqWZpeyJstIXAB5DYcgUcI5j9CbGs-dSoA=w488-h640" width="488" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Busy day at Pambula<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjY4J9e05s7-7h40wzBVNPuT5LLfQQKz_9qgGBU4s4vZbxzgEvq9CG5lRcNvUZOlJmtc7Mm2kWRXartYgYIIJIOoZRwX8qDGB9jONFJrszsCyFDyIp5wAazw4mKp9xY0Xp8SJF14c24ODGO11PGn18sou5-rG8u4Ax2rgCAb46d3t_O5wqxCrZF3eZ-9Q=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLmdyEUk-lFzUkVEAEJ46EjkBJqcJ9VJqABVZJAySSn169Cp-VHvl0FhLbjidAhVut_bSQRnjlR4yWJq0y-Iu-GU6pnb0BC63OluXz-icDkB6PUeTHuUpFYMcQ8YCw2hsC5J8aBxM00RS-gUYIUFweuvDJTKH7UTenMsqmVH1i8e8wmBqsRXMQrsUGZg=s4032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLmdyEUk-lFzUkVEAEJ46EjkBJqcJ9VJqABVZJAySSn169Cp-VHvl0FhLbjidAhVut_bSQRnjlR4yWJq0y-Iu-GU6pnb0BC63OluXz-icDkB6PUeTHuUpFYMcQ8YCw2hsC5J8aBxM00RS-gUYIUFweuvDJTKH7UTenMsqmVH1i8e8wmBqsRXMQrsUGZg=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mixed freight heading for Eden<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Some of the photos show a livestock train. There are six of these NM coded livestock wagons on the layout enough to have a special livestock train run. In real life there were fifteen of these wagons built and spread out over the four narrow gauge lines in Victoria. They are a nice piece of rolling stock from the Ian Lindsay workshops and a tribute goes to their builders Stephen Postma and James Black who did a magnificent job assembling, painting and weathering them for me. My rolling stock roster should now be complete with only the elusive G class garratt missing from the roster, maybe one day?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I have included two pictures of the bridge progress just to prove things are still moving along in that area. It is a complex build and I really need to think about ten steps ahead to make sure everything goes into place. Once something is glued, nailed, screwed and secured into place it can be hard to correct, so care required. That's not an excuse for the slow build but I want to get it right.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPcMwGrTDF8ow-GKKWmH6WAZXEriDrkgyMXtV7bgKviY2sSyxaoCna3KCYLa_Y_B7U7SyifKb_V3H14bqYiAn5MbnXVTEFDTy0_TCRVqfplb9_9e74YAa4FR585Dgt2jVf_OzWqteO-zSnJ7LZYyYJUm26vV2HZ0L8D9mHNQkC2I5FBalcIgqRYa5oug=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjPcMwGrTDF8ow-GKKWmH6WAZXEriDrkgyMXtV7bgKviY2sSyxaoCna3KCYLa_Y_B7U7SyifKb_V3H14bqYiAn5MbnXVTEFDTy0_TCRVqfplb9_9e74YAa4FR585Dgt2jVf_OzWqteO-zSnJ7LZYyYJUm26vV2HZ0L8D9mHNQkC2I5FBalcIgqRYa5oug=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvN703pksIbdNxNJyMMqF-GtAxJ5-6QRnUfJXHt9-ctFkxOUGHWA27ozFhxg1kIzg5qL5IoJa509rf9HGQ3I4CySFb8yBAtTfqZlfj-U-JL-dwVZ2fYnEGi9Ty6dyjVu0ruC-naVb1EDw6H-yPYK00-qcVUWc2f2C1Le7gPa2Asi-W9rDyurW2tDjLUw=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2268" data-original-width="4032" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvN703pksIbdNxNJyMMqF-GtAxJ5-6QRnUfJXHt9-ctFkxOUGHWA27ozFhxg1kIzg5qL5IoJa509rf9HGQ3I4CySFb8yBAtTfqZlfj-U-JL-dwVZ2fYnEGi9Ty6dyjVu0ruC-naVb1EDw6H-yPYK00-qcVUWc2f2C1Le7gPa2Asi-W9rDyurW2tDjLUw=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The pylons or trestle supports are not secured as yet, allowing removal of the bridge if required. The silver bit on the top of the bridge is a piece of aluminium channel being used as a temporary support until the end when it will be removed. This is the same channel as the rest of the bridge is built around.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In and endeavour to speed up the scenery work I found an old can of spray on scenery I used on the old layout. When I tried it although some spray came out it made no difference to adding to the scenery. It wasn't until I looked at the can and found out it was for HO scale and that's why it didn't work on my O scale layout. If anyone finds some O scale scenery in a can please let me know.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2WlnGEEPg5NR5hTOazH7qIyeDCIX2__Ta3UVmN609DfQEIMULipfdS--_MaPDzQcp7itBY4dgSPGrewP0M3ZtuZxNqsnLKijYz-U1uesC6c8v5fCZcvylUjByW87HqZPj8LEFw9ll7bicBbBsAfQwhEqCe0yr-m2B2PCad4b5GlNs5PpgZ5WpBW7vXA=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="898" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2WlnGEEPg5NR5hTOazH7qIyeDCIX2__Ta3UVmN609DfQEIMULipfdS--_MaPDzQcp7itBY4dgSPGrewP0M3ZtuZxNqsnLKijYz-U1uesC6c8v5fCZcvylUjByW87HqZPj8LEFw9ll7bicBbBsAfQwhEqCe0yr-m2B2PCad4b5GlNs5PpgZ5WpBW7vXA=w225-h400" width="225" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So we are moving along albeit a bit slowly. More updates next time.<br /><br /> </span><br /></p><p></p>South Coast Railhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06743351585350477874noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758336167428675765.post-15870449909780940762022-01-16T17:05:00.000+11:002022-01-16T17:05:17.225+11:00What 2022 already!<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> Hard to believe that we are into another year. We still have the dreaded covid and its ugly cousin omicron hanging around. It hasn't changed my lifestyle a lot but the loss of model rail exhibitions and the ability to travel around has always put a damper on things. We just have to hope 2022 will be a better year for all.<br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Progress has been a snails pace on the layout since the last report but not entirely still. The train shed is located in the backyard which is also adjacent to a large garden that I have been working on. The garden always has to take second place to the layout, so when I go down the back to visit the garden I seem to go inside the shed on the way back. These visits can last from a few minutes or an hour or so, depending if lunch or afternoon tea gets in the way.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">One thing you can guarantee is that there is always something to be done in the shed. One of the things we are all nearly guilty of is the collecting of items and objects for the layout 'in the future'. They are sometimes purchased because the thought is ' if I don't get them now, they might not be available in the future' This is often a true statement but there has to be a sweet spot where the bottom draw is getting emptied at the same rate as it is filling up again. I have a bottom draw that has a lot of Ian Lindsay model bits and pieces. Ian has now stopped producing his great range of products especially the O scale model parts I have obtained for future detailing. These included , drums, tanks, buffer stops, animals etc etc. These are now gold as they are no longer available from ILM models.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Sometime when I go into the shed, I might get the urge to run a train somewhere. Most of the time the trains tend to hang out at Eden. At the moment with the main line cut just beyond Broadwater where the Thomson River bridge is going and the opposite direction requiring the lift down section being lowered, any trains running at the moment just head to Broadwater and return. On the last trip some NM livestock wagons were shunted into the goods siding. Which got me thinking that I had some ILM cattle. So I got them out of the bottom draw, studied a few pictures of cows on the internet and go them painted a brown colour which was better than the resin colour they came in. Some were also painted black and white. So there are six cattle to be spread around the layout. They will either be staged in a field or be standing in a stockyard waiting for their ride to somewhere.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyysixSwdJqVnhz0czU_siY95y8neHS0W0wyQutroCqfKW88OccebwVPjGwYLXb2qX2pVQ1-Q_cB_9HxCb1h_02Zss7FNoaEPSGb0JLKyBQHGGSnC9RlqMkTrYvjHyex3sCe6AxhFe0uje9-xc2Zn3eOrPThLDZ9YL66SjVbEsd9Ezxzjtuotzlcfp6Q=s4128" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="4128" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjyysixSwdJqVnhz0czU_siY95y8neHS0W0wyQutroCqfKW88OccebwVPjGwYLXb2qX2pVQ1-Q_cB_9HxCb1h_02Zss7FNoaEPSGb0JLKyBQHGGSnC9RlqMkTrYvjHyex3sCe6AxhFe0uje9-xc2Zn3eOrPThLDZ9YL66SjVbEsd9Ezxzjtuotzlcfp6Q=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naked cows<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtAOtvobxHQizex7Ju09-mamBZOL-z62Hlgo9k5KvcmbWlrgyaPMQo2KZx1t1Op2klmhTrcLftx_10TKNWadlUx5zSjCBDfL7M7WBeJ7XLWi8iYlCWyqATnseYB4GjRYz0rEMNUNkNYbF6xp1Jfy_oVT3M0POWy49_1Y6h2WOehm7vDaixfeGYmqPHxg=s4128" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2322" data-original-width="4128" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtAOtvobxHQizex7Ju09-mamBZOL-z62Hlgo9k5KvcmbWlrgyaPMQo2KZx1t1Op2klmhTrcLftx_10TKNWadlUx5zSjCBDfL7M7WBeJ7XLWi8iYlCWyqATnseYB4GjRYz0rEMNUNkNYbF6xp1Jfy_oVT3M0POWy49_1Y6h2WOehm7vDaixfeGYmqPHxg=w400-h225" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How now brown cow</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Another project I have done is to do the preparation of the photos on the backdrop for the Thomson River bridge project. The initial photo was not wide enough so I needed to make another one suitable to match the left and right hand sides. With a bit of photo shopping I managed to so far get the left hand one done and fitted. There was also the need to extend the river section lower so it can blend in eventually with the river. I will cover all of this more in the next 'river bridge' update.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">One of the great aspects of carrying a mobile phone around these days is that you always have a camera to hand. So even though at the moment I only have a few scenic spots on the layout I have included a selection of photos from around the layout. 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But I am not sure if I will get my dream to have trains traversing the bridge by the years end. If I don't get that goal done there is always next year. I always knew this project of the bridge would be a big time absorber.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I am happy that the bridge structure is basically done. The only other embellishment I could make would be extra supports underneath that would possibly be never seen. Maybe this is why we don't build model houses, furnish them with furniture and then wack a roof on. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The second biggest feature of the bridge module was always going to be the background image. In the early days of dreaming of the bridge this was just a future problem to be tackled at the time, so that was put on the backburner. As shown on the previous post I made the framework for the backscene out of timber I had on hand. I know now I should have gone to the timber yard and get some full length of the module timber. In hindsight it has probably worked out OK as at each end of the baseboard the scenery will taper downwards to meet the adjoining baseboards.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I rattled through my library of Thomson River bridge photos looking for ones that would show the river heading off to the horizon and ideally enough of the trees coming down each side to the river. I got ones that were close but would require a lot of massaging in Corel Photopaint. Luckily I sourced a high resolution photo taken by a friend Bob Taaffe looking up the river. This gave me something to work with.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaPPPZWn13lyX9d5tfgZr1uWHOWpbdkMkYEfsCsShLJTeD60T-bw6c2zPd2CzoBYwr-6SOtOyopR3h4QGb0OCTVelmO2F8i82W3u295uI3y6cZ7litgvRxJIYYJH0rgGthF1v9SWt1daS5/s5472/9012016133.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="5472" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaPPPZWn13lyX9d5tfgZr1uWHOWpbdkMkYEfsCsShLJTeD60T-bw6c2zPd2CzoBYwr-6SOtOyopR3h4QGb0OCTVelmO2F8i82W3u295uI3y6cZ7litgvRxJIYYJH0rgGthF1v9SWt1daS5/w400-h266/9012016133.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The starting point for the backdrop photo.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> The photo was 16mb in size so enlarging wasn't going to be a problem (I hoped) Although I have been using CorelDraw for ages, using its photo imaging package Corel Photopaint I must admit I was a bit rusty. I think I have worn out the undo button on the programme, this must be the best feature they ever designed. From the photo above I needed to stretch it to around two metres wide</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3ArqIEueJdvxSMB-XeqE3eU9rZjzgq51xa0vcMK4NMibMuAOD6wboxpqEuRlTbxQDD6sxRrZ0fz-lkiKcG490FKXMGDUa2HGfS8NssqqZ8j88AIMlawgerOLn3i9Ed7NLKMiKKm86_Q4/s2653/Bitmap+in+Thomson+River+backdrop.cdr.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1185" data-original-width="2653" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3ArqIEueJdvxSMB-XeqE3eU9rZjzgq51xa0vcMK4NMibMuAOD6wboxpqEuRlTbxQDD6sxRrZ0fz-lkiKcG490FKXMGDUa2HGfS8NssqqZ8j88AIMlawgerOLn3i9Ed7NLKMiKKm86_Q4/w400-h179/Bitmap+in+Thomson+River+backdrop.cdr.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After a bit of stretching<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> The above photo shows the result after stretching, cloning, undoing and luckily not too much swearing. The trouble with the original photo was that there wasn't enough sky so I had to copy sky from the middle and duplicate to either side. It was also hard to get some crisp trees to duplicate to the left of the river. The tree ferns went well as I could enlarge the clone tool and copy a whole tree fern into its new spot in one go. So the bottom of the picture was easy to clone as it was just bush as opposed to cloning a tree. If you look closely some of the duplication gets a little blurry but I wasn't worried about that aspect as there will be a forest in front and this will be well into the background. The white patch on the left hand side is where the landform will cover, so there was no need to do that area.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After the last printer gave up I decided to replace it with an A3 printer. This was lucky as I was able to just print off the section showing the river and place it where it would flow under the bridge.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZc4MQEwkFXrd3gKaaTvmp4GPHd6i85hW71ykZN0fV18MyynuIwzGxq9GSryIxn0xIq_MTh1IwMXyStGx0_Fzjt9RtR8hJduv7hiVvxYUa_EzSwiRfYrMgNppuhRMjinfgL48_ORB0zinF/s2048/20211008_154920.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZc4MQEwkFXrd3gKaaTvmp4GPHd6i85hW71ykZN0fV18MyynuIwzGxq9GSryIxn0xIq_MTh1IwMXyStGx0_Fzjt9RtR8hJduv7hiVvxYUa_EzSwiRfYrMgNppuhRMjinfgL48_ORB0zinF/w225-h400/20211008_154920.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">How's it going to look?<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>I was happy with the trial photo, it was going to be a lot cheaper to do an early test than get a full length photo and find out it was not right. One thing that I needed to change was the actual direction of flow of the river. The upper shot shows the river flowing across to the left, but the flow direction had to match the piers direction on the board. So again it was trial and error to work out how to cut and paste and reblend with the leftover photo. Maybe all I needed to do was to flip the original photo? All good practice though.</span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp9xS0ywVOQ0mr4tAfok-Hhdp0k8RTnA2yIZgBHFpfnQ6nZLJFOu8DiJr_RIddiePAB3s3kCewJ4I9aZ3hr2y3MP6zFLONTGOOjq_ikNO2UsyCzTSQCVQfkrG3JsIxjyQXNRy4ZsUPPD7l/s2048/20210909_163210.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp9xS0ywVOQ0mr4tAfok-Hhdp0k8RTnA2yIZgBHFpfnQ6nZLJFOu8DiJr_RIddiePAB3s3kCewJ4I9aZ3hr2y3MP6zFLONTGOOjq_ikNO2UsyCzTSQCVQfkrG3JsIxjyQXNRy4ZsUPPD7l/w400-h225/20210909_163210.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Backdrop backboard</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">As I was getting closer to getting the backdrop photo produced, it was time to do some research on how I was going to get this monster produced. I didn't fancy sticking heaps of A3 printed images together over the board. My mind immediately thought knowing the large size required that it would require a large amount of money to produce. It hard to determine an exact price online at various printers and as I had previously used Officeworks I checked there website which was fairly clear to work out. I went to my local Officeworks one day with a size larger than the actual product. I was quoted a price on bond paper but I asked if there was a vinyl option. I was familiar with vinyl backed prints as I have three scenes on this medium from Brunel Hobbies. They are already pre glued so you just have to peel off the backing paper and stick down. It is tough enough to be realigned if you hiccup first time.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">On asking then for a price on pre glued vinyl I was surprised when the young lady said it would be $37. All that for a 2 metre x 50cm picture. There is a 48hr service for this, as I suppose they have to fit it in with other printing. I collect it two days later. I thought it would be a bit much to start rolling out a two metre long picture in the shop, so I hoped for the best and waited till I got home. I was very impressed with the end result.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">For the time being I made the backdrop frame removable so I could lay the picture down on a flat surface. I took it up near the house and engaged the services of my wife to help roll it all out. Between us we did manage to get it rolled out and stuck down. There was a bit of 'overrun' when we got two metres away from the start point, but that can be tucked over or cut off. It was always going to be hard to match the wall colour to the sky colour on the photo but looking at the finished product, you look down on the bridge and don't notice the top too much.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIOvKhZmBGI-I3TnY79qZ9eAb__w7mB2o_bEppHtlXQYScGSA0KaKcNJ4CvgG-mCrKuEE8J2YVmemcCXcQuaSimMPvsmil5IBT5fZjoWVRK2xMzxd-T7uKaNKSCdqHhNc4plu3fUtOY19G/s1865/20211017_162825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="475" data-original-width="1865" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIOvKhZmBGI-I3TnY79qZ9eAb__w7mB2o_bEppHtlXQYScGSA0KaKcNJ4CvgG-mCrKuEE8J2YVmemcCXcQuaSimMPvsmil5IBT5fZjoWVRK2xMzxd-T7uKaNKSCdqHhNc4plu3fUtOY19G/w400-h103/20211017_162825.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A distorted panorama view from across the room</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">As logic would say I needed to complete the backscene and work forward. I still need to make up more photos to join onto the existing photo on the left and right hand sides. This will involve getting more suitable photos for cloning and modifying. This I am working on at the moment.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMZ0XfTnKORLzMlj7roAa2CN-DS2fdjLx_gg8JRWvug7MOjdSnHcq2xhcPYBBUGyaVDlE90LSnoxTrLjwqxz_0cj7SoHBu8TmA2Mq6qREIVve271dQjUcVnRZn4U3mmO22NrADwghdTOgq/s2048/20211018_172727A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMZ0XfTnKORLzMlj7roAa2CN-DS2fdjLx_gg8JRWvug7MOjdSnHcq2xhcPYBBUGyaVDlE90LSnoxTrLjwqxz_0cj7SoHBu8TmA2Mq6qREIVve271dQjUcVnRZn4U3mmO22NrADwghdTOgq/w400-h225/20211018_172727A.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An overall view of how the bridge fits in<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfAdxShdE45yCZFx8-w_dXozb53PG7IOerYKe1P2EFRXbCUdcKEmLYo0w0_hUJ0Muw9C-YG6YzA-s_7qgSlorqc9RmB1aj7hcBeSmb2jJsYOvO0LOABrEbTPwlfWFQxbT7NWIiIERPADMD/s2576/20211018_173427.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="2576" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfAdxShdE45yCZFx8-w_dXozb53PG7IOerYKe1P2EFRXbCUdcKEmLYo0w0_hUJ0Muw9C-YG6YzA-s_7qgSlorqc9RmB1aj7hcBeSmb2jJsYOvO0LOABrEbTPwlfWFQxbT7NWIiIERPADMD/w400-h190/20211018_173427.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think it will work! NA6 sitting there for scale<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>The bridge base and trestle supports in the above photos are just sitting there and haven't been secured at this stage. I am not sure how much access I will need when the river construction commences. When I look back over the years to the original temporary track on this baseboard to how far it has now come I am happy with the progress.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhBc18Qzek8KY41t6wSnN0pseFFo32HpgcoR18Zh7uB6Rd7_tg5T0HD8nFFYMO7faRGmiRVHCU7GIdnITQIHh7afZAxoqZSecSZEQfS26bybgOWDm8cP0-uT9VQM5ccGzOUseBKCG7jSN/s2048/20211022_163359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYhBc18Qzek8KY41t6wSnN0pseFFo32HpgcoR18Zh7uB6Rd7_tg5T0HD8nFFYMO7faRGmiRVHCU7GIdnITQIHh7afZAxoqZSecSZEQfS26bybgOWDm8cP0-uT9VQM5ccGzOUseBKCG7jSN/w225-h400/20211022_163359.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bare trees now that will become a forest<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>So not sure if I will reach my goal by getting the track down over the bridge before years end but it is not far away. But if not we will make it in 2022.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBt_ZyTvat-BkAHlNlAmQ0Zsrv_YQixAlMYBiXLEVZOV5duj2F-QqOphTGRRv1CTvg3idWOHieg5SblRbivyi_qVCEmqHryt2F2OWTIkyHcbCzruub0dXZV3HwzXdoN8pZTCZqCD24Eyo/s2048/20211022_164547A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinBt_ZyTvat-BkAHlNlAmQ0Zsrv_YQixAlMYBiXLEVZOV5duj2F-QqOphTGRRv1CTvg3idWOHieg5SblRbivyi_qVCEmqHryt2F2OWTIkyHcbCzruub0dXZV3HwzXdoN8pZTCZqCD24Eyo/w225-h400/20211022_164547A.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Going to be a great spot for photos</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">See you all next time!</span><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /> </span><br /><br /></p>South Coast Railhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06743351585350477874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758336167428675765.post-32927373665321728832021-10-13T23:19:00.002+11:002021-10-13T23:19:54.736+11:00Thomson River - 7<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> The mood of the place has changed, Sydney is now out of a 100 + days lockdown from covid and we can actually travel more than 5km from home. Whoopee. But on the first day of 'freedom' we all travelled down to a local village of Brooklyn situated on the Hawkesbury River. I have been hanging out for a feed of fresh fish and chips, a lunch we often partake in. If you are lucky we can get a spot overlooking the river and more importantly the main northern railway line where trains have descended the steep Cowan bank, head across the causeway, into the tunnel then cross the second Hawkesbury River bridge. Trains heading towards Sydney are spotted by their headlight coming out of the tunnel, then they power up to head up the long Cowan Bank.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Anyway the first favourite shop was 'closed' with a note on the window saying that they would be open the next day. Bummer. And the next two shops that could satisfy my craving were also closed. DOuble bummer. So not to be outdone we headed home and stopped off at a place called 'Pie in the Sky' who do great home made pies of many flavours and also do a great fruit pie and the obligatory coffee to take home. We shall try another day!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">With over 100 days locked down you might be thinking that the layout would be finished but not yet. I have found the bridge project a big time absorber. Sometimes I just pull up a stool and seemingly stare at the layout trying to work out what goes where. It is important to get the sequence of 'builds' done in the right order.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33JV5Fge0WipaNNg4qmlQNc_SMdxiKQrqzmQy0Fuszbg4Ft8zf8L_qQI3XwICm8nlx8ZxMK-VbW1I3Hjbu81Z5OoXKcWJGtBTUQmjyoI_vG3n7acLdWtJ3Phr0iMvtsNKMxjiPXss8Fh5/s2048/20210909_161859.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33JV5Fge0WipaNNg4qmlQNc_SMdxiKQrqzmQy0Fuszbg4Ft8zf8L_qQI3XwICm8nlx8ZxMK-VbW1I3Hjbu81Z5OoXKcWJGtBTUQmjyoI_vG3n7acLdWtJ3Phr0iMvtsNKMxjiPXss8Fh5/w400-h225/20210909_161859.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frame for the backdrop</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>So logically I needed to start at the wall and work forward. I made a mistake (I think) by using my longest bit of timber on hand which didn't go the full length of the bridge baseboard. So I centered it which left two ends to be made and fill in the gaps. To make this story sound worse I only live five minutes away from a timber yard. Anyway I am comfortable that the end product will work. I will leave the backdrop story to another blog entry. While waiting to get the backdrop photo finished I worked out that I could start working the scenery down from the Pambula end towards the river.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The Thomson River baseboard will eventually be removed one day in the future and as it is already attached to the adjacent boards I have no idea how heavy it is or will end up. Just hope some strong guys turn up that day. To help towards that I have been using foam as a scenery base, one is that it is easy to work with (but makes a bloody mess) and two that it is virtually weightless.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrWlrLn_jPW10Zx2bF-v-qJZ0355tF-kdcyxRGjx-CTvEeZE7zxzMDSq70qfuFFdrJmnjwOrLF6OXoNfQXgdfbcvmM-je9YbnYu-Df-2eojNpDECdbNukAIg1C5Fqhw9cm-LDywy8Kvgz/s2048/20210917_172746.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHrWlrLn_jPW10Zx2bF-v-qJZ0355tF-kdcyxRGjx-CTvEeZE7zxzMDSq70qfuFFdrJmnjwOrLF6OXoNfQXgdfbcvmM-je9YbnYu-Df-2eojNpDECdbNukAIg1C5Fqhw9cm-LDywy8Kvgz/w225-h400/20210917_172746.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Messopotamia</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> </td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;">You can see from the above photo why I am reluctant to lay the carpet tiles that have been ready waiting for a long time to be laid.<br />I made sure I purchased a water based glue so the foam didn't disappear my eyes. It is also good in that you can remove any glue you get on your good clothes (accidentally of course) before the boss of the wash spots it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Trying to mimic the landform of the actual area there is a slope from the existing scenery running down to the river which I am trying to copy. Until I get the backboard in place then I have been concentrating on the foreground scenery.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXkLmOYA_p6tLVLm-iHyUwuClFiWGEaAuJMlEPTGm4aSQIO7ef3cKARdaj6qfB7Ap3ICX9B66tU9zzaB-_XgeLLqCF5rGms4dlAr9pmk6iVYFNnSrTyklzAbnETFTqNGaxU4xGhgFYWvhu/s2048/20210920_145444.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXkLmOYA_p6tLVLm-iHyUwuClFiWGEaAuJMlEPTGm4aSQIO7ef3cKARdaj6qfB7Ap3ICX9B66tU9zzaB-_XgeLLqCF5rGms4dlAr9pmk6iVYFNnSrTyklzAbnETFTqNGaxU4xGhgFYWvhu/w400-h225/20210920_145444.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After the foam is in place then the bridge supports were put in where they were needed. The bases will be completely covered so at this stage it doesn't matter if they are too large. They will disappear. At this stage is just sitting in position, one reason is that I need to go to Bunnings to get some long thin screws to secure it. I really need to do this as one day when it is going to its new home, it might get tipped upside down and the bridge would fall of. Ouch.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZkaKafW-J3ZlEanru8gMoiwnX5hyq7hgfASWg3JXMtqme9IDJnP2_6ftvmylmskqBPahOvAIbv2jZBSo7jU7ikUpLZWE4Vnj7lHutVxRJxQt0f8_XxZ834wseysScAtUhROhq1iGuz-qg/s2048/20210921_174855.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZkaKafW-J3ZlEanru8gMoiwnX5hyq7hgfASWg3JXMtqme9IDJnP2_6ftvmylmskqBPahOvAIbv2jZBSo7jU7ikUpLZWE4Vnj7lHutVxRJxQt0f8_XxZ834wseysScAtUhROhq1iGuz-qg/w400-h225/20210921_174855.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yellow foam used for rockwork<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBY-Tj4eBLv15wJ9LAsyiFe4uyD_XCmx6Ie_3Y5rjutYlr1CbqUTM8P9SRS0NF-1tX9ThV3QCP_Ao7-ZmgENI66Sl8V1_ZrmPH-pl2FHQXezB0I4OsetF2A2oaUzLTe0dPHI4t2ZRRc16/s2048/20210922_171017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlBY-Tj4eBLv15wJ9LAsyiFe4uyD_XCmx6Ie_3Y5rjutYlr1CbqUTM8P9SRS0NF-1tX9ThV3QCP_Ao7-ZmgENI66Sl8V1_ZrmPH-pl2FHQXezB0I4OsetF2A2oaUzLTe0dPHI4t2ZRRc16/w400-h225/20210922_171017.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First coat of paint<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKurk14x-3Z0V7ItbO0v13CGKqiP9Bq1_I5bq_qv4KwyarAXKgN-Y7Auig6n10DadGkorHACq24HGso9Jw23Ns0oHY7mSf3HWGhWX7wVeWabLw3ZPmH5_riBqoQayjuEEYAffQEpLYOww_/s2048/20211001_154119.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKurk14x-3Z0V7ItbO0v13CGKqiP9Bq1_I5bq_qv4KwyarAXKgN-Y7Auig6n10DadGkorHACq24HGso9Jw23Ns0oHY7mSf3HWGhWX7wVeWabLw3ZPmH5_riBqoQayjuEEYAffQEpLYOww_/w400-h225/20211001_154119.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Blending the existing with the new</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYwjSi925L_JQpkITgT_QgIQi1vK16Cp110reX8liYWGlLoyTKnTrDXlDYPwU0N1QmAubxVDLfcZNoRB98mh3x0a0L1jncpbTs4vPCTCM3kror1U9L5gEHtlW-GiE9xr5FSkbD0Hzs0EYy/s2048/20211001_171645.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYwjSi925L_JQpkITgT_QgIQi1vK16Cp110reX8liYWGlLoyTKnTrDXlDYPwU0N1QmAubxVDLfcZNoRB98mh3x0a0L1jncpbTs4vPCTCM3kror1U9L5gEHtlW-GiE9xr5FSkbD0Hzs0EYy/w400-h225/20211001_171645.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Blending closer</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">I needed to blend the existing baseboard that runs from the bridge up to Pambula, so more yellow foam has been used for rockwork. I quite like the use of this foam for rockwork now over the previous plaster I used. It is less messy and depending on how good the carving and final paint job is it comes out fine and less weight. As with all scenery work you can't expect it to look good until the end, but it gets better along the way.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLpX3hH6sT26FNszp1L_c92O6sFqBTwi2qKUY8Fd67bCZ2BfjJPtSu5qUHdANe-gFuFc-melDXdr6azYQ2LJ3dsQ4NAhGMKdHV7Q5_kFyVqOyRclHQ3cwHAIuQRjIiE_8fFnqcwi1PyAo/s2048/20211002_145543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBLpX3hH6sT26FNszp1L_c92O6sFqBTwi2qKUY8Fd67bCZ2BfjJPtSu5qUHdANe-gFuFc-melDXdr6azYQ2LJ3dsQ4NAhGMKdHV7Q5_kFyVqOyRclHQ3cwHAIuQRjIiE_8fFnqcwi1PyAo/w400-h225/20211002_145543.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Retaining walls added<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>In the above photo I have used Paddle Pop sticks cut in half as a cheap timber for the retaining walls. Once coloured up and weathered they come out good. Also I have painted the foam so that it looks like dirt underneath if I miss any scenery on top.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqoC59Sj3bzmiUT-cfCF_iKyhZFJaT-7pXJaL0KK9518115N87DFqCEt2DMg8_agZS2Ukb1HluvYtEtWYGS9fH5BOwdb57FrrfFYB54PgkCceGQNoJAWQLIjBmcFldj4P8XhtOGT3-0YZ/s2048/20211013_172329.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqoC59Sj3bzmiUT-cfCF_iKyhZFJaT-7pXJaL0KK9518115N87DFqCEt2DMg8_agZS2Ukb1HluvYtEtWYGS9fH5BOwdb57FrrfFYB54PgkCceGQNoJAWQLIjBmcFldj4P8XhtOGT3-0YZ/w400-h225/20211013_172329.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Starting to look OK<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>The above photo shows progress so far. I used a scenic mat that I had around since the HO days. It didn't seem to work on the old layout but rediscovered now it seems to work well. I have blended it with other bits of scenery. Just remember if you want the scenery to look realistic then you have to be ready to fork out for good material. There is so much great material now available, a far cry from the old days when we though a bag of green lichen was fantastic. No compared with todays material it was crap. So do yourself a favour and spend and get the proper material. I can thoroughly recommend the Modellers Warehouse in Brisbane for the best material available. The do a quick mail order and have a big range. And hopefully when this covid is all over they will return to do the Sydney exhibition circuit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Hopefully next blog I will be able to show the backdrop scene.<br /> </span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><br /></p><p></p>South Coast Railhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06743351585350477874noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758336167428675765.post-76765374663529120102021-09-15T22:17:00.000+10:002021-09-15T22:17:36.743+10:00Thomson River Bridge - 6<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> Time hasn't stood still on South Coast Rail. I can't even blame the covid pandemic for slowing things down but that isn't the case. Even the recent days of summery heat and the following day a drop of 10 degrees hasn't stopped work.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The bridge has advanced along far enough to make the decision to cut the track from the temporary track that has been in place for a long time. It was always a temporary section on this baseboard to enable work on the bridge to take place in front. It was time to alter the woodwork to accommodate the new alignment from either side. Coming out of Broadwater the track swings around 90 degrees and then through a gentle curve line up with the bridge. This side represents the Moe side on the real bridge. And after crossing the bridge a right hand curve allows the ascent up into Pambula. There is a level crossing where many a photo has been taken as this board has been sceniced well before the bridge was to be finished.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kcSvXKLoVRaU714nzf6FVD9AB1Nj_Lc7S21oq8wxQSPLHwmfgDPW7SWXnc8z_dBB_jrJ5VXVLUYq514QPkc-o5cXQyikp1wxSi-SHfyyEZQLZdqvK9Y4MFrwoWrCqo2gk47e8pZZVir1/s2048/20210812_092848.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kcSvXKLoVRaU714nzf6FVD9AB1Nj_Lc7S21oq8wxQSPLHwmfgDPW7SWXnc8z_dBB_jrJ5VXVLUYq514QPkc-o5cXQyikp1wxSi-SHfyyEZQLZdqvK9Y4MFrwoWrCqo2gk47e8pZZVir1/w225-h400/20210812_092848.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The temporary track has been lifted<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The lifting of the track behind the bridge now means that the continuous circuit will not be available until the new track is laid across the bridge. This is not really an issue as once a train leaves the terminus at Eden there is a choice of going up to Broadwater, reversing there and either coming back to Eden or proceeding up to Bega. The other direction from Eden goes straight up to Bega and then a choice of going to the branch terminus of Candelo or onwards through Wolumla and then terminating at Pambula. So you can see that while the bridge work is going on there is still operation possible. Having said that I tend to put the energy into finishing the bridge rather than working a train, that will come later.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeoT0Dyhz777e8j_zBIJlkamZRBxv3KIuNRcF9o0InAIIG-9nZ-g6Umvq9o5fjr04Zinra4lxn6ebPNgp3zi_uySMQQDCFNZgbAOTZUwbhAAWVgisEqaCutPqe6dXN55tslBFa3Nr2Z3M/s2048/20210812_111430.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdeoT0Dyhz777e8j_zBIJlkamZRBxv3KIuNRcF9o0InAIIG-9nZ-g6Umvq9o5fjr04Zinra4lxn6ebPNgp3zi_uySMQQDCFNZgbAOTZUwbhAAWVgisEqaCutPqe6dXN55tslBFa3Nr2Z3M/w225-h400/20210812_111430.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Down the hill and straight across</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>As can be seen in the above photo the track from Pambula will come down the hill with an S bend and then head straight across the bridge towards Broadwater in the distance. Initially the scenery on this board was done without knowing how it would blend in with the scenery on the bridge board. The bridge has been done to scale measuring around 1.9 metres long but the restrictive part is the width that I have to work with. When the scenery gets more advanced there may be some compensations to be made to 'squeeze ' it all in.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">One thing I have purposely done on this layout is to try and not have the tracks parallel to the baseboard edging. This is evident with the bridge in the following photos. I just think it tricks the eye into following the track along. Anyway that's my style.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFpZLDd5k5-vGGG2aEevX85MocZHP4jcgC7vAOwCj0ATCASF9XtrrjKzX1d1bO8Qlz6appUiTB4DuxttwCs03uLW-4-sFWj090aD0w86NmhjX3WsqigGkRatT9LFgB_5Gq2pJAbdngk0c/s2048/20210812_111512.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrFpZLDd5k5-vGGG2aEevX85MocZHP4jcgC7vAOwCj0ATCASF9XtrrjKzX1d1bO8Qlz6appUiTB4DuxttwCs03uLW-4-sFWj090aD0w86NmhjX3WsqigGkRatT9LFgB_5Gq2pJAbdngk0c/w225-h400/20210812_111512.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Broadwater side of the bridge<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC_x5frzpQH7ehkDs6TxLTqs31-ITmNuDsFX1f-v7RLf5T8cm5j6Xicu8LcZBoTUBl5-dVbVzBE6ML80PFyo8vtXONINIDoL0Ij5DU3Lq9VtOzOrNw5J5Vd_rxXoCrAaiHrDjY7tysxddP/s2048/20210812_111528.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC_x5frzpQH7ehkDs6TxLTqs31-ITmNuDsFX1f-v7RLf5T8cm5j6Xicu8LcZBoTUBl5-dVbVzBE6ML80PFyo8vtXONINIDoL0Ij5DU3Lq9VtOzOrNw5J5Vd_rxXoCrAaiHrDjY7tysxddP/w225-h400/20210812_111528.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reverse view of the previous photo</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Currently in the centre of the bridge is a piece of aluminium channel that is holding the bridge rigid. Part of the channel was removed to allow the truss section to be fitted. The sections either side of this are able to be glued to the full length of the channel. Once the bridge is settled down onto the piers then the top channel can be removed.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJdtxbCOSgmqlCtf-ZjEkPU7WmB2t3vt6duKwUXP4sg38oAR3bgFlnXFYsPpk8-4OPsmkcpu5ELPPtyUfwiNQjjuaZ9AGJeoT4BKmaZs9o-HTbElIx8vX0C9u2Nz7Q0BZL0QlCOpK0ySO/s2048/20210812_113955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimJdtxbCOSgmqlCtf-ZjEkPU7WmB2t3vt6duKwUXP4sg38oAR3bgFlnXFYsPpk8-4OPsmkcpu5ELPPtyUfwiNQjjuaZ9AGJeoT4BKmaZs9o-HTbElIx8vX0C9u2Nz7Q0BZL0QlCOpK0ySO/w225-h400/20210812_113955.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Looking up from below</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSo4kLeIbgcZXrI2yHzZrRxC_4wIe3IioLA3ObPM0JnDRWxr2fHB7nPFDqZwQidmdCgxH2-UxDYlRVmmK2oTawTyy0xZAXxWFvlp3-zVV20D6fS5p5wosNljsAx35IIkm1g3u6q0g_xHv/s2048/20210812_113501.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSo4kLeIbgcZXrI2yHzZrRxC_4wIe3IioLA3ObPM0JnDRWxr2fHB7nPFDqZwQidmdCgxH2-UxDYlRVmmK2oTawTyy0xZAXxWFvlp3-zVV20D6fS5p5wosNljsAx35IIkm1g3u6q0g_xHv/w400-h225/20210812_113501.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Final position of the bridge, back temporary track now gone</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVwRzagAszwnGYxXVEX_zW3lntfjvfD7fQoQO0_S35icwtdje9OF4Dwa0d2txwIYwuybs_GLE0vR4-BYkLpv8LKbZ5V1Qd0AjCR1SIhNeKCrkd2GEK9E4fnreq8HS14j9ZrBD-E7plom4/s2048/20210818_153851.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVwRzagAszwnGYxXVEX_zW3lntfjvfD7fQoQO0_S35icwtdje9OF4Dwa0d2txwIYwuybs_GLE0vR4-BYkLpv8LKbZ5V1Qd0AjCR1SIhNeKCrkd2GEK9E4fnreq8HS14j9ZrBD-E7plom4/w400-h225/20210818_153851.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Partial fascia to allow ground work to be formed</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: arial;">After this advanced with the bridge I thought I had better start trying to work out how the groundwork will fit in either side. I had some white foam (it actually was from Mr White). While the bridge might be a fairly accurate model of the real thing the landform will need to be modified to fit into the available space. I have photos I took on site some time ago and are trying to follow the real site but as the build gets further on I have the feeling mods will need to be made. The limited space will dictate this.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1PXs88by31yiJHkjOyhZqnb-Y5f9_yvAALRggLLCvGud-tHI6cIsK1fAk1zkbCe8QCe1lI5ZOuB0Oo-kpsTTmIdZtjH5Lwh-Jqt5rmKOsLVVT69AOcvwo_HDnIq2Bb1CBgSHY4Tk7RM2q/s2048/20210818_162320.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1PXs88by31yiJHkjOyhZqnb-Y5f9_yvAALRggLLCvGud-tHI6cIsK1fAk1zkbCe8QCe1lI5ZOuB0Oo-kpsTTmIdZtjH5Lwh-Jqt5rmKOsLVVT69AOcvwo_HDnIq2Bb1CBgSHY4Tk7RM2q/w400-h225/20210818_162320.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The two end trestle supports rest in their eventual position<br /></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The build certainly has been a slow one but it is a big project and I don't want to take too many shortcuts. As said before the plans for the bridge give a rough idea what the general outline is but the measurements are unreadable. But I am happy with what has been done so far.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7s3Z4ud4X7fNUH2hAEVYrj5MGORgOjx5ASau06FdZCxf_9zALwzlx_vD6rCq_I-shRwoJhMjL9MRaVgt_pxNR7QHhN4OkCcwjiBn2C65aSNKV6nNxSJmB3G7Duq-SNmf40nGxziKISMi/s2048/20210818_171259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM7s3Z4ud4X7fNUH2hAEVYrj5MGORgOjx5ASau06FdZCxf_9zALwzlx_vD6rCq_I-shRwoJhMjL9MRaVgt_pxNR7QHhN4OkCcwjiBn2C65aSNKV6nNxSJmB3G7Duq-SNmf40nGxziKISMi/w400-h225/20210818_171259.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trying out for size<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>The last shot I couldn't resist putting a loco on a piece of track on the bridge to see how it looks. I reckon once the scenery gets done in this area it will look great. Again that will be for another day and another blog.<br /> </span><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><br /></p>South Coast Railhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06743351585350477874noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4758336167428675765.post-30997915562830690962021-08-21T18:46:00.000+10:002021-08-21T18:46:34.596+10:00B & W's<p><span style="font-family: arial;"> While work continues on the layout as covid decrees, I have been taking photos all the time recording the growth of South Coast Rail in its narrow gauge format.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Some pics out of focus are deleted straight away (the beauty of digital!), some just make it into the various folders and some just turn out right. Another great feature of the digital age is the ability to instantly turn a colour photo into a black and white one. Then the photo takes on a different feel, maybe taking me back to the days when black and white was all you could afford.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I have managed to run through a selection of colour photos and converted them to black and white. 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It probably would have been finished if that was all I was working on. But there has been a lot of other things going on both inside and outside of the shed.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I have got to the stage where I needed to concentrate on just the bridge module. On reflection I sometimes wonder why I decided to tackle the project in the first place. Although modelling the fictitious South coast of New South Wales and the Thomson River was not in that region, I figured I need a focal point in the room. I had no plans, no photos only a few pictures in books that I was slowly acquiring. Yeah looked a challenge so the baseboards were made, long enough to accommodate a model of the bridge that works out around 1.90 metres long.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdjgaZZrSNyMoPQCqONpMh9PhooIvmaMtxH_0_2wzLKviyaKCgYQSlOCfOxH2iXHbPO0wvwy2RkGIFVaqtAkGDJ_NLqYZLmBXUmI1a7v0AR5lU8vhh31OlAqJ-zGcV0ZKA1S4hLt6vYGZ/s600/Feb+6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDdjgaZZrSNyMoPQCqONpMh9PhooIvmaMtxH_0_2wzLKviyaKCgYQSlOCfOxH2iXHbPO0wvwy2RkGIFVaqtAkGDJ_NLqYZLmBXUmI1a7v0AR5lU8vhh31OlAqJ-zGcV0ZKA1S4hLt6vYGZ/w400-h300/Feb+6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjRp1cWSNphpM24b39onO_U6QDV8Rsfl0pZNk7tA7Wxe0UO43z1AHOTEo8gL5DW5DH4zKE_g0oX6kpsD6CfVlnv0eU-irO3Q-0qHnpd65r4dlbNTqeEffzwVwysYEdcPvkewnZPgdZAK6/s1632/Feb+7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1632" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjRp1cWSNphpM24b39onO_U6QDV8Rsfl0pZNk7tA7Wxe0UO43z1AHOTEo8gL5DW5DH4zKE_g0oX6kpsD6CfVlnv0eU-irO3Q-0qHnpd65r4dlbNTqeEffzwVwysYEdcPvkewnZPgdZAK6/w400-h300/Feb+7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjcSOA_y16ByxP-z4tN4JbhLEUJeeVrySKfKFtCOf-vbv29meAg4sTm5gN3g02o1Nxhhz3JriQFgb8AZeGWLtQUYX1QVK3RKfoKik59hhyxmgTT5pqX0aWpJ_YtYE1fyGjXkvh1RFISyn/s2048/Feb+8.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAjcSOA_y16ByxP-z4tN4JbhLEUJeeVrySKfKFtCOf-vbv29meAg4sTm5gN3g02o1Nxhhz3JriQFgb8AZeGWLtQUYX1QVK3RKfoKik59hhyxmgTT5pqX0aWpJ_YtYE1fyGjXkvh1RFISyn/w400-h225/Feb+8.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Very early days working out where the bridge will go.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> So after all these years things have been moving forward especially with some help from a few friends. Without their input the end result may not have come out well. Initially knowing that the end product would be some time off I added a temporary track around the site where the bridge would go so I would be able to have some operation around the work site.<p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcAT_8cZhCrIzsDaPUw_sTqCZzBNkec-iD2jxs3ptWCQAEH7GLp184NJNAnCCISjbwnW4H_OE4JZpB6x4Dh-GVyfhASEkT_BWjcSdgJtTHCqMrQ_Oa14DDEn9Sb_6YdsXvZ65Q08nodTS/s2048/IMG_8274.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1837" data-original-width="2048" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFcAT_8cZhCrIzsDaPUw_sTqCZzBNkec-iD2jxs3ptWCQAEH7GLp184NJNAnCCISjbwnW4H_OE4JZpB6x4Dh-GVyfhASEkT_BWjcSdgJtTHCqMrQ_Oa14DDEn9Sb_6YdsXvZ65Q08nodTS/w400-h359/IMG_8274.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Temporary track<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The bridge is constructed on a full length of aluminium channel that provides a solid base to be able to glue the bridges side to. So the top is done, the sides finished and countless nut and bolt casting put into place. The normal viewing angle will be looking down so under normal times the underneath will not be viewed. I could have just left it at that but I thought what if photos are taken underneath looking up and the aluminium channel is visible?</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So even though it was going to be a long job to fabricate underbridge detail, I felt the time devoted to it would be worth it in the end. Now to make matters worse as I have eluded to in previous posts, although I have a set of plans, they are virtually indecipherable. I only had a few shots taken under the bridge but only on the end nearest the current Thomson station. So what I have ended up with is basic supports that will look the part when and if viewed upwards. I think once it is settled into the scenery the underneath won't be visible anyway.<br /> </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyKLVdf_DMB0yj5mGW510eVaq85eVZVjfh_P7S7yEP6GWmRPFrTzJO1It1k6ZXE_WAygPA0DLsqf_wWinh7LyCa0b099zP87rnZVHcyE-VJpNhat_nubtfWL_dlcxnSdq-83O4cjzBxDlv/s2048/20210804_163016.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyKLVdf_DMB0yj5mGW510eVaq85eVZVjfh_P7S7yEP6GWmRPFrTzJO1It1k6ZXE_WAygPA0DLsqf_wWinh7LyCa0b099zP87rnZVHcyE-VJpNhat_nubtfWL_dlcxnSdq-83O4cjzBxDlv/w225-h400/20210804_163016.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Underneath detail<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The whole bridge was easy to flip over to allow work to be done. The full length can be seen in the above photo. It was just a matter of fabricating another channel of styrene to fit inside the aluminium one. It took a while but a small part of the brain said don't worry if it isn't a 100% job as most will never be seen once installed. Eventually I had worked my way across and installed the cross braces all done in styrene which is an easy material to work with.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Once the parts had been made for both sides it was then time for painting and weathering. First coat was a hit from Tamiya rattle can primer and then a darker grey to represent the steel work. I could have left the bridge brand new like when it first opened but I though it would look better weathered. Not having done much weathering in the past I had a go using a combination of various colours and a rust finish done with a rust paint and also by scraping some rust coloured chalk onto fresh isopryl alcohol. The end result I was happy with, so these photos might be the first and last time the underneath are viewed.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLgcZqlmIox_pPxapeiyWc1N1pJ4vxZ0SAyKGefCxquNt5xLRZmrwbGhMNt7SHRH0WEk9VPHj0v_GiFMXv-M9aQ7_vOXRnzomdH4-YDFHP5vDSpWIojkz5RrjIPmpQgah1gAzp-ACC7ibn/s2048/20210804_163016.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLgcZqlmIox_pPxapeiyWc1N1pJ4vxZ0SAyKGefCxquNt5xLRZmrwbGhMNt7SHRH0WEk9VPHj0v_GiFMXv-M9aQ7_vOXRnzomdH4-YDFHP5vDSpWIojkz5RrjIPmpQgah1gAzp-ACC7ibn/w225-h400/20210804_163016.jpg" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The underneath detail is complete</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4brfbvfzLZ8gBDW6kyQK10jIEKyqNyXKp3HlbdJJkGQ48O-JT1IdCCyUcdui4hAkPNHO_bkvfUtp_42IqPB5g2dUmynaVhsAnPXvMrR4V8ikXnpyDiSNApPADOw7nG_ZkKt4ZHcbUJvRt/s2048/20210805_171321.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4brfbvfzLZ8gBDW6kyQK10jIEKyqNyXKp3HlbdJJkGQ48O-JT1IdCCyUcdui4hAkPNHO_bkvfUtp_42IqPB5g2dUmynaVhsAnPXvMrR4V8ikXnpyDiSNApPADOw7nG_ZkKt4ZHcbUJvRt/w400-h225/20210805_171321.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rust added.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HjOyn73V9UErSVZvC6VBqfK4H7MT5iyv-aKSZP4mof_Ph_LWSkc9YY6Ai664kRt5jLlKMPRrFZdF2tFIelw9-XI_HCGE7bSCFZn6s6jsr0V6QkopXKGBFPcJnY8aFB-dPPqAtX6ki3Dl/s2048/20210805_173802_001.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6HjOyn73V9UErSVZvC6VBqfK4H7MT5iyv-aKSZP4mof_Ph_LWSkc9YY6Ai664kRt5jLlKMPRrFZdF2tFIelw9-XI_HCGE7bSCFZn6s6jsr0V6QkopXKGBFPcJnY8aFB-dPPqAtX6ki3Dl/w400-h225/20210805_173802_001.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More rust<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMVVzBzS_g9Ms3AKPDwVNpbuyRoYoHtdtcUGrNgUzV4gaMYwbFTN3K1E04Jz0L-XIEePYu6C_cnTBIGnqfpo2XEysehW_PRkU2V72CiacXJp1dQioYpJLg9yihB6PgIyvjrxbxd1tvCBYY/s2048/20210808_155548.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMVVzBzS_g9Ms3AKPDwVNpbuyRoYoHtdtcUGrNgUzV4gaMYwbFTN3K1E04Jz0L-XIEePYu6C_cnTBIGnqfpo2XEysehW_PRkU2V72CiacXJp1dQioYpJLg9yihB6PgIyvjrxbxd1tvCBYY/w400-h225/20210808_155548.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Where the bridge will join existing sceniced part of the layout<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> So basically the top and bottom have been done, just a few more pieces to be glued up and then the bridge can be turned over for the last time and fixed into place. More on that next time.<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><br /></p>South Coast Railhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06743351585350477874noreply@blogger.com0