Hi John,
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Thank-you for your nice compliment.
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Just clarifying the build-time, this is the time I was actually “working”
on the display, and not the lapsed time. The ten hours refers to the layout
only, (baseboard, structures, per way and scenery) and does not include locos or
rolling stock. Yesterday, I was working on the scenery, and the display was
outside all day, in the warmth of the sun. Every hour or so, I would sprinkle
some ground cover, and then spray some diluted PVA glue over the ground cover.
Every time I did this, my “work time” was 4 – 5 minutes. The display is very
simple in design, no points, so trackwork is straight-forward and simple. The
two structures (railway trestle bridge, and roadway bridge are very simple in
design, with basic materials ( 6 mm x 6 mm dressed timber from the hardware
store, and craft “ice cream” sticks or “coffee stirrers” from the variety
stores. The road bridge handrail is made from Evergreen. I use a NWSL Chopper
which helps to quickly cut styrene and craft wood to the required sizes.
Weathering is with cheap acrylic artists paints.
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Until you do a display on such a small footprint, you don’t realise how
small it is! I have 2? - 3 “trademark” accessory items which I like to
include in all my model railways, and whilst these items are small, I had
difficulty placing them, without making the scene look cluttered or unnatural.
When you put the (small) size of the display into perspective, you do understand
how quickly you can construct a display such as this, and I will stick with my
“10 hours of work time”.
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Best regards
Bruce
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