Month: September 2016

The new canal hill has now been painted and installed on the layout. See Canal Hill Version 3 for construction photos.

First job was to add a base layer of grass:

Then an initial layer of scatter was added:

This is the space on the layout where the hill will go:

And this is the layout with the hill installed and finished (for now):

The adjacent track has also been tidied up and weathered.

 

Time for the third rebuild of the hill by the canal…

This is made of insulation board stuck on a cardboard base (see Making a grass mound for the method used).

The left hand section will be rocks based on a local(ish) sandstone outcrop:

So far, it has been painted with white emulsion. The separate section will go on the wall behind the canal:

This is a closeup of the rock section:

For reference, these are the previous attempts:

It’s been a while since I bought any new trains for the railway, but this one caught my eye (and was on special offer!):

For the railway minded, it’s a Class 128 DPU (Diesel Parcels Unit). There were never many of these made, but they were used in many different regions. The last one was withdrawn in 1990. Unfortunately, none survive in preservation.