The Town of Upsheet (Wolf?) Creek: Captain Blood's Pics!..... UD:28/09

[Constable Bertrand]

The train will be finished before BLAM (Git!  )

Some one has to keep you on 'track' sir ;P

I enjoy seeing all your efforts Paul, so I'm eager to catch more of a glimpse of your BLAM board via the confines of teh interwebs ...

[Mason]

I enjoy seeing all your efforts Paul, so I'm eager to catch more of a glimpse of your BLAM board via the confines of teh interwebs ...

 
You are beginning to scare me, Bertie.
That sounds a little like the attitude of an internet stalker.
 

Some one has to keep you on 'track' sir ;P

Speaking of tracks......

Add to that the Train and track (which looks damn awful in unpainted black plastic....),

Here they are....a simple and quick fix of a brown drybrush, followed by two of grey and a small silver one on the rails.
Finished off by a wash of AP Soft Tone wash on the tracks to tone them down.







Once the paint had dried it was a simple matter of sticking a couple of bits of black card on the underside of the tracks in random places......






.....then it was a simple matter of applying some scenic grass, sand and tufts to indicate a little growth.





The finished result.....





Simple, quick and straightforward.
They work for me and will be left like that until I do the Railroad Station.

[OSHIROmodels]

They do the job mate 

Certainly better than scratch building them 

  Heard so often.... 

I'm watching you 

cheers

James

[Constable Bertrand]

Very effective Paul. Works for me too.

[Constable Bertrand]

You are beginning to scare me, Bertie.
That sounds a little like the attitude of an internet stalker.
 

No sir, just a connoisseur. I'll leave the STALKERing for the professionals now get back to it and stop ya dilly dallying

Cheers
Matt

[Dr. The Viking]

Again! You just come up with the best solutions.

Very nice tracks.

[pocoloco]

The Iron Horse trail looks great Paul 

Will you include a water tower with the station perhaps?

[Mason]

They do the job mate 

Certainly better than scratch building them 

Yep, that is exactly what I thought.
 

Very effective Paul. Works for me too.

Cheers, mate.
 

No sir, just a connoisseur. I'll leave the STALKERing for the professionals now get back to it and stop ya dilly dallying

 

Again! You just come up with the best solutions.

Very nice tracks.

Cheers, Thorbjorn.
Simplest is best, I reckon.
Sometimes.....

The Iron Horse trail looks great Paul 

Will you include a water tower with the station perhaps?

Cheers, Antti!
There is already a Water Tower, mate, although it was finished off some time ago and so you are forgiven for forgetting.



 

[pocoloco]

Oh, sorry 'bout that 

So only station then and maybe a tiny house for the railroad staff perhaps?

[Mason]

Oh, sorry 'bout that 

So only station then and maybe a tiny house for the railroad staff perhaps?

 

That is ok, mate.

The station house will be based around this ebay acquisition, along with a platform and waiting room and covered area etc.




That is the Stationmaster too, by the way.





Oh, and there will be a Choo-choo too, before anyone starts that lark again....

[pocoloco]

Oh, and there will be a Choo-choo too, before anyone starts that lark again....

Right… 

Seeing is believing 

[Centaur_Seducer]

Really clever solution for making the track look more 'in place' and yet fully modular

[Mr. Peabody]

Indeed. I've been holding off doing many feet of HO scale track for my Eastern Front WWII project and this might just be the wise example I've needed.

[Mason]

Right… 

Seeing is believing 

 

Really clever solution for making the track look more 'in place' and yet fully modular

Cheers, mate.
As I said before: Simple is often best.
Often, but not always.
 

Indeed. I've been holding off doing many feet of HO scale track for my Eastern Front WWII project and this might just be the wise example I've needed.

Glad to be of help, Thomas.
Apologies if you now feel that you should get to it.
 

[thebinmann]

Stunning!

If you ever fancy doing another water tower please let me know