Update – March 12, 2024
On the OO scale diorama in this update I have laid a fair amount of the ground material for the yard. Liberal use of the Woodland Scenics fine ballast was used for this. That ballast is over 10 years old, it came out fine.
Those with an eagle eye will notice the difference in the track on the far right compared to the others, can you spot it?
None of the buildings and items are “in-place” yet, I just wanted to see what viewing angles I had. You can see some of my 3D-printed items here. The coal staithes, Biffa bin, oil tank, buffer stop. All from the 3D printer. You can buy these as printed models from my shop.
The newspapers van is a recent arrival from Rails of Sheffield. Great model, I now need to find out what hauled them.
I’ve decided to add another siding to the Diorama.
I just felt it needed a bit more “rail action”
I glued the track down and then airbrushed with Floquil Rail-Tie brown and then a light dust with another brown to give some colour variation. Leaving that to dry overnight and hopefully ballast tomorrow.
Ballast was added and I’ve added some 3D printed drainage ditch covers, also starting to detail the area at the end of the track to make it look disused. …and yes, I did spatter diluted black paint over the yard. I will need to clean that up.
Just a tiny bit of greenery and static grass around the rails.
The drainage pipes load on the Leyland FG is a 3D print. I have these in 4ft and 8ft versions.
I need to vary the colour on the discarded rail sections.
Thanks for checking in with the OO Scale Diorama.
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