what are people doing on their layout right now

[crewearpley40]

Thanks again

Very helpful, great tip and inspirational.

[stevewalker]

I'm currently part way through installing a scissor crossing - having soldered a multitude of droppers to is, as I don't want to rely on blade contact.

[Dorsetmike]

Refurbishing buildings from previous layouts that have been chucked"stored" in boxes, replacing chimneys, and general touching up scratches etc.

[Southerngooner]

Finally getting somewhere with the third rail on Brickmakers Lane. The first 4 500mm lengths are now in, using the wonderful, if bloody small (but perfectly formed), chairs from @RBTKraisee, installed in holes drilled via a (superb) jig by @Mr Sprue, and using 30 odd year old 2mm Association code 40 flatbottom rail, whose moment in the sun has finally come. Only 76 more pieces to go, at least I'm 5% of the way there....





Dave

[RBTKraisee]

Really happy to see those going in so nicely Dave!

Ross.

[KevTheBusDriver]

Well WL55 is finally working... I managed to destroy the yellow aspect somehow, so after lunch today I replaced it (just the yellow) aspect! But it looks the part with a ladder. Image above was using a tablet (not bad?).

[Bad Raven]

Today I have been refurbishing quite a few Metcalf card buildings built by me from modded kits to be low relief 1930s dock and industrial.

Despite most being boxed in store for "a while", even the ones out had not generally faded but all had mostly lost the red tint in their brickwork, so were incorrect for the area and did not remotely match the backscenes I now want to pair them to. (They'd always been too yellow based, anyway)

SO, a much watered down mix of burnt umber and red acrylic was sort of carefully but speedily applied over the brickwork avoiding the many windows. This had the unplanned advantage of drying matt, leaving the blacked out windows shiny..... improving the realism in one go, when I'd thought I might have to use matt varnish......result!

Oh, and what did I mean by "a while" ago?

Well I date my models internally somewhere out of sight. 

These were dated 1994 and 1995.