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Started by: taylork54 (247)

Hello all,
Finally I have got back into doing a bit of work on Wallgate in this case the Exchange sidings as some would know them between the North West Station and the lines going under Wallgate
This required a bit of carpentry and a fair bit of thinking / planning on my part trying to keep the elevation relationships correct between the main lines as they drop down under Wallgate and the sidings themselves.

This shot is looking from the siding throat area towards Wallgate, alas due to space limitations etc the number of sidings has had to be reduced significantly, they also, in following the main lines have had to turn into curved sidings .

IMG_1582 by Kevan Taylor, on Flickr
And a slightly more elevated view, showing the fact that I havent finished the outer siding as yet ( Ooops ) hence the misaligned rails

IMG_158-3 by Kevan Taylor, on Flickr

A shot taken from above Wallgate showing some of the pristine P O wagons that in the late 40's should be looking anything but, I will need to find suitable weathering powders soon I think.

IMG_1585 by Kevan Taylor, on Flickr

The joint line in the baseboard section adjacent to the unfinished track laying is there to allow the board at this end to hinge upwards providing access to the return loops hiding underneath.

I found the Fyffes van at a swap meet a couple of weeks ago, finds like that are a bit of a rarety over here, also a few ex LNER area PO wagons have snuck in, must have been on a detoured train heading for Liverpool or similar, allows for a bit of loco variation.

IMG_1592 by Kevan Taylor, on Flickr

Amongst everything else I have been playing with the Silhouette Cameo, partly trying to remember how to use it and hopefully to stop it seizing up ( like me )

Any way success on both counts with success in drawing, cutting and assembling of the Water Tank that used to grace the far side of the tracks adjacent to Wallgate .

First part of the job is to draw in a CAD program then send it to the Cameo. The unit looks somewhat like a printer but has a small knife blade instead, the advantage with it is it can cut multiple items of a design exactly the same

IMG_1576 by Kevan Taylor, on Flickr

The rather poor looking cut out was me trying to cut something 0.8mm wide out of rather poor quality card. The second photo shows the second attempt using the better quality card that I normally use.

IMG_1577 by Kevan Taylor, on Flickr

The proverbial one I prepared earlier showing the four layers assembled. Including dirtying it up a bit with some Charcoal etc

IMG_1579 by Kevan Taylor, on Flickr

This showing the long side of the tank, partly dirtied up.

IMG_1581 by Kevan Taylor, on Flickr

I will post a few more shots of the tank as I get more of the assembly done, sooner rather than later hopefully.

It certainly feels good to get back into modelling after several months of feeling fed up with a complete lack of motivation towards practically everything, still havent got a taste for beer or chocolate back, although I am feeling much better now for having dropped all the weight that I did

Cheers for now.

Kev