morairamike Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 Progress on Parkvale has been quite rapid during lockdown. I started work on the back corner board laying the road surface by the main station and adding the two shops, platform and signal box to the board. That left an area in the corner, what to put in there. I had thought of a high hill with a road tunnel but thought let's have something new and a bit simpler so I built a round-a-bout in a cutting. Bottom left corner in picture/media/tinymce_upload/94e6a382ab007f4c1b5f2c376e6c124f.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/f3666301242899fb12c8bfda95080ec0.jpg /media/tinymce_upload/4dfa533235e7ab794776cfc2f1ea1805.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/40a570e8c17d485f424a04c54a7ffb86.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Hay Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 I'm not sure if this could be assumed to be off topic and adding nothing to the discussion but I just wanted to say... That's great, and given me a good idea for my layout, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 @Will HayThere is nothing wrong with a comment like that at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morairamike Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 Hi Will Hay. Glad it gave you inspiration. Have added trees to top of cutting cliffs. Adds height to scene.Ignore the other boards as the one I am working on is not in its its position and us also back to front to give better access./media/tinymce_upload/bdb469c4ef764fc7cab57cdb3a70166a.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/b99ff569c7c8f81a7d3ce2cf23dac570.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2e0dtoeric Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Not in position! I was wondering how you were going to go through the blue wall! 😛A bit of straight track after the hinged flap might be less prone to derailments. Trying to get track to stay in line on a curved lift-up is always problematic. I appreciate that is only a sketch!You could add muddy wheel marks across the centre of that roundabout, to show where a boy racer failed to make the turn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1707820979 Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Perhaps a sign and flowers or bushes on the roundabout "Sponsored by Great Western Railways" -or others--. Or is that too recent an idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81F Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Just out of interest, what period are you modelling as this will effect the type of signs that you would need (or not need) to finish the roundabout off. If you like I could make some suggestions. You could also do with some splitter islands on each approach but these could be acheived using hatched road markings. If using these be very careful to observe the real thing because there is a right and a wrong way round! As to my empty corners, I have small loco sheds in each, one is the Airfix/Dapol one for the Colliery branch while the other is for the narrow gauge slate quarry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Perhaps a sign and flowers or bushes on the roundabout "Sponsored by Great Western Railways" -or others--. Or is that too recent an idea. I love the way the French theme and decorate their roundabouts andhow each village has different but very ornamental street lighting. Something we should copy over here instead of the ‘plain white bread’ we always get. Cyprus decorates their roundabouts but only at Easter, Xmas and during the elections when the politicians are mocked by their cartoon likeness caricatures on display. UK is a stuffy place to live. Apologies for temporarily highjacking this very interesting thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morairamike Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 The era is late steam. The region is where Western meets southern and LNER get in there too. It could be a heritage line too.So apart from laying the roundabout approach road dividers islands and white lines it is just about finished. Turned it round the right way but it's still out of position. Street lights installed, and roundabout lit. Building lights and platform lights. These need to all be tuned just all run of same 2.6v supply for testing to night./media/tinymce_upload/a38f1f9f7e676beb16c04ddfbe63f3af.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/a6beff32e3e0889df798fd5fd7d51dcd.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/a79b3be1190179669db46ff0b035a919.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/bc416da469b823d27e8de2000872125a.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morairamike Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 EricmOhff the track after the access flap is like this/media/tinymce_upload/079e0b28b4390a9ce59bd3b32b82df18.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1707820979 Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Hello Mike. Can you do something about those robot-like fir trees ? Get a dog to chew them up a bit ? I know it's hard to make plastic trees look like the real thing. Sorry if I am being too critical but your beautiful layout deserves the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morairamike Posted July 25, 2020 Author Share Posted July 25, 2020 Well this board is basically finished. Just needs white lines added to road, some people and animals but they will be added later. Today was front edge road, lay-by with grass divide,and trees and fencing. The refreshment van dates from the late 50s, Matchbox.Pines bent a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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