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Re: Danderhall

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Thanks guys,
I had painted the rear areas with a brown earth tone and that worked better the front was a little light and I ended up putting too heavy a cover on to try and hide that. That said the picture isn't that accurate a representation I think the image compression doesn't like it. anyway here is the little signal box in place, its not where I would really have liked to put it but I dont want it to have the back of the box to the front of the layout.
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Looks good. Signal box is OK there, has a good view of the junctions.
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So I found some paving and have added what I can around the buildings
and also built a little representation of a cattle dock to fill a gap, it needs a certain amount of imagination as currently there are no gates to actually get into the wagons, but then there is no cattle either.

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Walkingthedog wrote: Sat Feb 29, 2020 10:29 am Looks good. Signal box is OK there, has a good view of the junctions.
I would have placed it on the other side of the points but then all your seeing is the back of it so that is as good a compromise as I could come up with.

todays task is to finish rusting the side of the rails and then I might have to give everything a test run around again.
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That looks good - the signal box looks fine, I agree you don't really want the back of the box on view. Your rocks on the hillside above the tunnel portal look very realistic.
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I quite enjoy rusting the rail sides. Just do the side you can see.
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BB, thanks the rocks were cast from a few moulds in a little diorama kit and look well. Maybe over did the colouring of them but then this layout is all about practicing the scenic side.

WTD, next time I might just paint all the track when I buy it rather than when it is fitted, ive also just found out that one siding has been missed in the fitting of droppers :shock:
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If you paint it first make sure you attach the dropper before that.
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I think that your comment, Chris, in post 23 sums up model railways very nicely, you need a certain amount of imagination. Yours is coming along very nicely.
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You had better convert some of the fence to look like gates with diagonal cross bars, the cattle could arrive at any time.


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