Model railway tracks curve round two three-storey buildings. Most of the grass is unkempt and yellowing, but the grass around one of the buildings is a much brighter green and neatly trimmed.
The lawn of the flats has come out a bit bright, but it'll have to do for now. Calne #modelrailway exhibition in two weeks, I have other fish to fry. #tt120 #spurtt #modellbahn
A blue four wheeled grab loader on some concrete segment road in front out of focus railway tracks.
Just the ticket for my loading siding. #tt120 #spurtt Weimar T174 grab loader by Busch. A nice new toy for my #modelrailway #modellbahn
Foreground an oil siding with pipes and hoses. Chain link fence separates this from a running line. Behind the railway is a block of flats surrounded by a hedge.
Plugging away at one of the corner boards. I've added hoses for the oil siding, and ignored all zoning considerations by filling a space with a block of flats. Making the ground outside the hedges scrubbier is the next stage. #modelrailway #modellbahn #spurtt #tt120
A model railway control desk bolted on to the side of a baseboard with a row of trees at the back. An iPad with the Z21 app running is on one side, while on the other is a router sat on top of a Z21.
I've assembled and mounted this console from Grainge & Hodder to act as my #modelrailway control panel. I'll have to adapt it a bit so there's room for a coffee cup. #modellbahn #tt120 #spurtt #dcc
A row of six model deciduous trees behind three tracks and a platform
Today in the name of #modelrailway progress I just bloody staple trees down. #modellbahn #spurtt #tt120
An under construction model railway littered with tools and part made trees.
"No visible progress" says I. What's a blooming 90cm extension in the middle of the station and a bunch of under construction trees then? #spurtt #tt120 #modelrailway #modellbahn
The track plan for a model railway. A passing station with three sidings.
I have been creeping along with layout progress, nothing feels very visible but as I'm drawing a track plan for a show guide I thought I'd post it. #spurtt #tt120 #modelrailway #modellbahn
Seitenansicht eines Vectron-MS-Modells: Die Lackierung von Northrail besteht aus einem weißen Untergrund und unterschiedlich breiten, diagonalen Streifen in Capriblau, Dunkelblau und Orange.
Lüfter mit geätztem Gitter auf dem Dach der Modellbahnlok.
Lange genug stand dieser wirklich hübsche #VectronDM von #Northrail auf meiner Beobachtungs- und Merkliste. Jetzt fand er preiswert sich im Abverkauf bei meinem bevorzugten Mobahändler: Also gleich mitbestellt mit der 111.
#NeuZUGang #SpurTT #Tillig
In der ersten Auflage von Torsten Kühn nach verpasst, jetzt in der überarbeiteten Version von #Roco: Die 111 087-3. Ich mag diese unaufgeregte, funktionale Optik dieser 70er-Jahre Loks.
#NeuZUGang #SpurTT #BR111
Nicht mehr wirklich #Tabletop, sondern eher ein Plädoyer für die #Teppichbahn...
Der Tier-#Kesselwagenzug von #MAD als #SpurTT-Modell von #Sudexpress.
Am Zugende die beiden #Wascosa-Kesselwagen von #Elriwa und #Piko.
Zuglok: #Dualmode-#Vectron von #Captrain […]
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Two trains in a model station. A DB BR 228 hauls green Rekowagens, while a BR 201 hauls a mixed freight.
Bad Horn had its exhibition debut last week. I broke my controller, half the fiddle yard was out of use and the layout is unfinished. It was a good day. #modeltrains #tt120 #spurtt #modellbahn #dcc #piko #roco #tillig #peco
Textured grass on a model railway, a base of darker green with longer dry grasses in pale gold. A concrete road runs through the middle of it.
The first bit of grass layering and it's almost blended with the neighbouring board. I've used the last of my 6mm fibres so I'll move onto other plant life next. #tt120 #spurtt #modelrailway #modelleisenbahn
A patch of model grass bisected by a concrete road, bounded to one side by railway tracks and on the other by the baseboard edge. It is an even length and colour, with scrubber ground on the adjoining baseboard hinting at work to be done.
And just like that, the first layer of grass. A quick job that's transformational. #tt120 #modelrailway #spurtt #modelleisenbahn
A model railway under construction. Ballasted track with the glue still wet. Left is a concrete segment road, right is a concrete hardstanding surrounded by chain link fence.
I haven't done a whole lot of modelling lately, so decided it was time to ballast for visible progress. #tt120 #modelrailway #spurtt #modellbahn Of course, as soon as I'd applied glue I realised I hadn't finished painting the signal trunking.
Fencing being built on a model railway. On the left, approaching completion with chain link in place, on the right just the posts are in place. A blue gate is open at the siding's entrance. By the siding is concrete paving, with pipework coming in from the right.
Trying to get back into the swing of layout building. Putting fencing in around the oil siding on my #spurtt #tt120 #modelrailway #modellbahn
This involved far more effort than it's worth, and it's not finished yet... #spurtt #modellbahn #tt120 #modelrailway #3dprinting
A weathered NACCO bogie tank wagon alongside pipework and concrete on a model railway.
A little bit of progress on my #spurtt #tt120 #modelrailway #modelleisenbahn as the fuel siding's pipework has been fixed down and a concrete buffer stop decorated and placed. I also put signal trunking in along the running line.
A rake of weathered TT scale cement silo "onion" wagons.
It's not just locos that fall victim to me. Some #tillig and #piko #spurtt #tt110 onions. #modellbahn #modeltrains
A weathered Roco BR201 in Bordeaux red livery
A weathered Piko BR228 in Bordeaux red livery.
A weathered Tillig BR143 in traffic red.
A weathered Piko BR219 in Bordeaux red livery.
Varnish applied and masking removed #spurtt #weathering #modeltrains #tt120 #modellbahn
A layout cluttered with filling stock, the locos (DBAG 201, 219 and 228) have masking tape over the windows.
I feel like my locos are lined up for firing squad. #modelrailway #modellbahn #spurtt #tt120
A modelled concrete surface with wonky gulley covers
The other end of the concrete, the gulley covers now almost straight
A model railway under construction, the only scenery being a concrete area. Tools, sprues and a mug clutter the rest.
It took me way too long to get a knack for putting these gulley covers in straight. #modelrailway #modellbahn #spurtt #tt120
A DR V100 in the process of having numbers applied, so far just "16" is on the front end. The background is a messy workbench.
I realised that the numbers I asked a few years ago were off centre, so I'm redoing them. I really should have just emailed Herr Nothaft and had a bit of patience..., yet here I am cutting up an old Kreye sheet.
#modellbahn #spurtt #modelrailway #tt120
Four TT scale ex-Deutsche Reichsbahn V100s on a layout. One is sat on rollers. One in traffic red, one in orient red, two in Bordeaux red, one of which is weathered.
Multiple decoder swaps between locos today so that all my #roco V100s have the same type (Lenz Silver). There's another waiting in the wings with a dud motor. #dcc #modelleisenbahn #modelrailway #spurtt #tt120
I 3D printed some servo mounts to allow a simple method of moving point position indicators (Weichenlaterne). #modelrailway #modelleisenbahn #tt120 #spurtt
CAD for an S700 point motor next to a 3D printed one sitting on a fingertip.
3D printed S700 point motor
The difference in size between the model on the screen and after printing... My machine prints at a resolution which is finer than I can see. Currently beefing up details so they're visible! Cosmetic point motors for my #spurtt #tt120 #modelrailway #modelleisenbahn
Double deck coaches in Deutsche Bahn AG traffic red livery.
New goodies from #roco. #spurtt #tt120 ex-DR refurbished double deck coaches. The driving car comes with a #dcc decoder already installed. I've got a rake of four, but I plan to repaint one or two into mint turquoise/beige. #modeltrain #modelleisenbahn
A weathered DBAG 219 in DR Bordeaux red on a model railway. The windows are covered with masking tape
My new airbrush arrived, and it's much better than what I had before. A quick test on a #Piko #tt120 #spurtt 219 for exhaust soot. #modeltrain #modelleisenbahn
Two modules of a model railway. The nearest is just track and bare plywood, the furthest is almost fully sceniced.
While I haven't completed the station, I'm moving on to a neighbouring board on my #spurtt #tt120 #modelrailway #modelleisenbahn
Two deciduous trees on neat grass surrounded by a low hedge.
Not much modelling done today, just put a hedge in round what will be a bit of parkland on my #tt120 #spurtt #modelrailway #modelleisenbahn. It's made from kitchen scouring pads and Woodland Scenics turf.
