what are people doing on their layout right now

stevewalker · May 16, 2018, 12:02:34 AM

I am part way through building a hill and tunnels from a polystyrene base, Woodland Scenics inclines, Peco tunnel mouths and plaster bandages. Only the trackbed is designed and drawn out - the rest is being made up as I go along!

AndyRA · May 16, 2018, 12:28:47 AM

Running the trains again,

zwilnik · May 19, 2018, 10:46:59 PM

Tweaking my pva/water mix for ballasting. Gradually ballasted half the layout over the last week and it looked solid but when I went to airbrush it large patches blew away :/ managed to vacuum up most of it with a handheld and filter it back into a bag for re-use at least

Newportnobby · May 19, 2018, 11:03:03 PM

Sounds like your mixture was too 'dry'. I use a 50/50 mix with a couple of drops of washing up liquid in it.

zwilnik · May 20, 2018, 12:27:00 AM

Yeah i use the same, as well as lightly spraying with a water & soap mix first as a surfactant. My mix tends to be more watery to soak in more but I don't think I'm mixing it well enough in the eye dropper. I think I'll do the next batch in a pot or bottle and mix it more thoroughly.

jpendle · May 20, 2018, 02:44:49 AM

I'm making a lifting section so that I can get to one of my two operating wells.

This is the first time I've tried this, pics can be seen on my layout thread, Contemporary North West England.

Regards,

John P

Bob Tidbury · May 20, 2018, 09:30:40 AM

Im doing nothing its too early so Im letting my breakfast settle and enjoying a second cup of coffee then I will take the stock that I ran at the club running day yesterday and put it back on the layout ready for MY CLUB running evening on wednesday.
Bob Tidbury

paulprice · May 20, 2018, 05:49:43 PM

How does anyone manage to get time to do anything on their layout?

The Q · May 20, 2018, 05:53:37 PM

Friday nights only at the MRC when SWMBO is at her art group...2.5 hours a week is slow progress. Next week fencing...

paulprice · May 20, 2018, 09:23:40 PM

Help, do I surface the street on my layout with cobbles, tarmac, or similar?

Newportnobby · May 20, 2018, 09:26:57 PM

Quote from: The Q on May 20, 2018, 05:53:37 PM
Next week fencing...

Épées at dawn, eh?

Newportnobby · May 23, 2018, 08:48:40 PM

Not actually on a layout, but this week I har mostly been weathering some already factory weathered Dapol 20T mineral wagons and creating some lift out wagons loads. All that's left is for me to vent my spleen on the coal which @dannyboy very kindly sent to me from Ireland and to carefully mound it up on the 2mm thick card used to make them.
Full gory details to come when they are completed.

Newportnobby · May 24, 2018, 04:02:17 PM

Now annoying the hell out of/getting revenge on my neighbours by having at the coal with a hammer in a noisy, and very messy, fashion

daveg · May 24, 2018, 04:07:15 PM

I hope you're doing that hammering away from the layout, Mick, or you'll be hoovering like mad for a week or more!

Dave G

Bob Tidbury · May 24, 2018, 04:17:51 PM

Running my Poppylino into the fiddle yard on the up line and back out on the down line into the fiddle yard and back out on the up line it's just so beautifull watching it snaking through the yard points and then back out on the scenic section again .
I just love it .
But I still like my G W R Steam and Diesel locos as well .
I really am a rule one man, and I just can't wait to get the Revolution APT-E and the Union Mills City of Truro IF Colin does make it.
Bob Tidbury