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Author Topic: Not for gaming but a heck of a railway set….!  (Read 421 times)

Offline Doug ex-em4

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Not for gaming but a heck of a railway set….!
« on: April 30, 2024, 03:27:21 PM »
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1wx31x1yljo

I’m not a railway modeller but I appreciate and enjoy the modelling that enthusiasts achieve. This layout is staggering….

Doug

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Re: Not for gaming but a heck of a railway set….!
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2024, 11:31:04 AM »
Wow, that is pretty awesome!  8)

My uncle has been building away with his club at our local trainstation and tracks to and from it, as it was 100 years ago, (in HO scale) for two decades now, and I thought that was pretty dang impressive. But this takes the cake...
Miniatures you say? Well I too, like to live dangerously...
Find a Way, or make one!

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Re: Not for gaming but a heck of a railway set….!
« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2024, 12:59:39 PM »
Mine is for gaming and in service for ten years now!  :D

After 2 years of doing nothing on it I finally managed to finish it within two weeks and can show the photos.

This shows the board sanded and soaked in white glue:


Complete board, dried and ready for painting:


Painted in basic chocolate brown (three steps of highlighting drybrushes to follow after drying):


Finished board (drybrushed, the occasional static grass added and rails cleaned):








Switches to cut currency on the loops for marshalling more than one train on the layout:




Power intake:


And this is what it looks like when folded:


You can witness that it works here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hzZ_bffpzM&feature=youtu.be


 

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