This weekend I managed to find a little time to set about completing some of the unfinished detailing on the scenic boards of Charlton. The layout is fully operational, however there are a few areas of the boards that require some further detailing work. The area that has witnessed a burst of activity today is the scenic board with the exit to the fiddle yard. The area around the tunnel needed tidying up, as did the join between the backscene and the top of the tunnel. A fence needed to be built around the car park for the office installed last week and these areas required blending together. Rather annoyingly, the area between the office and the car park is a baseboard join, and this does require further work to improve its appearance, although it is getting there.
Detailing work focused on the area around the tunnel, the progress so far.
Some some bushes and static grass were added to the top of the scenery on the tunnel, to start hiding the join between the backscene and the top of the tunnel - this is 90% complete but still requires a little more work. A fence was installed along the edge of the car park, made from some painted Ratio fence posts and plastic rod. Some static grass was added against the fence posts and the along the edge of the office. A small puddle/pond has been made in this area with PVA glue, although I think it still needs to dry further, it is still a bit opaque. Again there is still some tidying up to do here, with some static grass to be added, but it is coming together quite nicely.
View across the cobbles and the car park. The new fence breaks up the scene nicely.
The office and adjacent car park.
The track around the tunnel still requires some tidying up, with some of the static grass removed today and some hoovering of this general area. The car park and the area of cobbles also requires a little work to blend it together but in general with the composition of the scene here.
The tunnel exit to the fiddle yard, I might re-attack the finish on the tunnel exit at some point in the future, it is somewhat monotone!
Brake van added for a sense of perspective.
So with this work undertaken it seemed fitting to run a few trains in this area and see how it looked. In general, I am feeling rather pleased. However, there is still more to do to finish off these boards, another day or so of effort I think. Anyhow here are some videos of the trains running. I really like the class 122 leaving the tunnel as it heads towards Charlton station. Of note is the finished class 22, which I am really pleased with. The sound decoder in this sounds fantastic I think, and I will detail this model in another post.
Class 122 approaching Charlton station through the tunnel.
Class 22 running light through the tunnel, view from the office car park.
Class 22 having picked up a short freight train, heading back towards Barnstaple Junction disappearing through the tunnel.
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