Lots of progress has been made on
Knockomie over the last month. The roads have been done and painted with the markings and verges to finish off. The front of the layout has had some relief added using polystyrene cut with a hacksaw blade and covered with toilet roll sheets wetted with diluted PVA mix which gives a pretty effective looking rocky texture. Some further raised relief has been added between the mainline and the narrow side road to the siding. The backscene has also been added using the id backscenes range. I didn't want a truly mountainous Scottish backscene, rather an impression that this station lies somewhere in between so that a variety of Scottish liveried stock can be run. The scenic break panels at each end are next on the list of things to do.
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| The road is done and the white stuff is the embankments made from polystyrene and loo roll. The signal box is not fixed in place yet. The scenic break will be formed with rocky outcrops and the track emerging from a cutting through the rock. |
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| The relief I added to the front of the layout can be seen with some scenic material added - I got ahead of myself. |
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| The general idea of the layout with the scenery and buildings can be seen here. None of the buildings have been fixed yet. The scenic break on the emd panel here will be a footbridge. |
