RJR Indoors

[johntealn30]

Ive not been on here for a while so I thought I'd put on a couple of pictures of my new indoor layout, its 7' long and about 7" wide housed on the window cill of my conservatory

The basic (small) layout

Right end a couple of weeks later (spot the mirror under the bridge ?)

Left end now

View from the centre to left this weekend

picture in the middle yesterday

 

[jcoop1]

lots of neat things can be done in a small space.
thanks for the pics and keep it up

 

[wabana kid]

track ballast

looks great, I am wondering what you used for track ballast ?

 

[johntealn30]

looks great, I am wondering what you used for track ballast ?

Because Im using HO track I wanted to loose as much of it as possible. So I laid the track direct onto the base board and then used a tub of fast drying decorators filler (all track joints are soldered).
I filled the sleepers between the rails using a scrap piece of plasticard as a scraper then cut the profile of the ballast shape into another piece of plasticard and strickled it down the outside of the rail to give an impression of a raised bed.
Once dry I painted everything (baseboard track fillr) with a beige emulsion paint. Next step i used a chocolate coloured emulsion to paint the ballast area, A bit of green in speckles using the end of a stiff brush for weeds. When dry I dry brushed with black to add some depth / texture highlight. Last step gloss black enamel for oil stains.

 

[Jim Krause]

Great job. You have given some inspiration for my dormant On30 trains that are sitting idly on a shelf. Thanks for the pictures. As an aside, I had a Landrover like that one on the flatcar when I lived in Saudi Arabia.

 

[RailRon]

A beautiful example what can be done in a small space! And your landscaping techniques are just great! :thumb::thumb::thumb:

Is the little green steamer freelanced or is it a commercial model? (And it is British, I presume... )

Ron

 

[johntealn30]

thankyou

Thankyou Ron,

The small green steamer started its life as a OO Puffing Billy from a Bachmaan trainset. I stripped the inards out and scratchbuilt the new body from plasticard, the boiler is a piece of plumbing waste pipe and the smoke stak is a 22mm waste water connector.

more on my website

http://www.rjroriginals.co.uk/rjr_branch_line.htm

John

 

[johntealn30]

weathering

Got round to weathering my 2-6-0 last night

Ive also been playing with some of the effects on photoshop, cant get the smoke right though, ideas welcome !!

Added sme more figures too

 

[johntealn30]

More additions to a mini layout

Added somemore structures to the layout, as its so small a couple have had to bridge the tracks !!

John

 

[Herc Driver]

That is great! Really neat picures. Nice work too!

 

[hooknlad]

Very nice layout you have there !!!! Looks great !!!!

 

[johntealn30]

RJR Dockside "johns Quay"

Pictures from this weeks activities

Started to add details into the office block

Then finally decided on a name for the quayside .. original hey

Then the line started getting busy first off a passanger train came through..

Then the event of the week a coaster had to use the quay for temporary docking (my dad has just finished his 1:48 RC boat and came to use my bath for ballast tests)

John
RJR

 

[johntealn30]

not posted for a while but last weekend the LPP had to do some repair work, trains were held up for hours !!

John
RJR Branch Line