Shadowlands and Tellynott

[Philip]

Great all around modeling going on Mark!

[ACL1504]

Mark, Cheers,

You have certainly been busy. Sorry to hear you had to start over on the two structures but it was well worth the effort. Not only do the new ones look fantastic, but your health is more important than saving the other ones.

I love the look of all the building lined up and the bridge across the expanse is just wonderful. A real \eye catcher.

Tom 

[Mark Dalrymple]

Always a pleasure to see your progress, and how scenes are developed.

Thank you for sharing!

Fifth Dave to the right

Thanks fifth Dave to the right!

This one takes up quite a bit of back wall real estate.  I always enjoy fitting in another river!

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Great looking progress Mark. One of the things that I really enjoy about your layout is all the different elevation features.

Agreed. I enjoy how Mark thinks in all three directions. Elevation changes make scenes more interesting.

Thanks Curt, and thanks again, Dave.

I enjoy using the vertical direction.  Mountain scenery and dense urban scenery both lend themselves to this.  Added to this, my dense urban scenery is built on some very steep terrain.  Of course, Doug's Rust Rock Falls has a heavy influence on this design...

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Mark, it's exciting to see how the layout is all coming together.

Thanks, Rick.

If I could keep this motivation going non stop!  Of course the 1:1 world often interrupts.  I was looking at this diorama last night wondering how far I would have got with a weeks worth of 10 hour days.  Still - I'm lucky to be able to spend the time I can on my 3-D world.  Pouring my creative juices into this life long project is what makes me tick.

Cheers, Mark. 

[Mark Dalrymple]

That Wills iron bridge is nice!  I had one over a canal on my previous layout. 

dave

Hi Dave.

Yes - It's a nice bridge.  It was a shame to have to cut so much off the ends, but I think it still looks neat.  Wills have some nice products, and although 1:76 scale, a lot of them still work in HO.

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

I keeps on getting better and better Mark.....

Thanks, Gregory.

Slowly but surely!  Usually, I spend my Sundays working in the layout room, but our dog has a sore on his ankle that I didn't want him to worry at while not being watched.  So I set up the trestle table in the garage and Wilbur Montgomery joined me for the afternoon.

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Great all around modeling going on Mark!

Thanks, Philip.

There are certainly plenty of different projects on the go to suit my fancies!

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Mark, Cheers,

You have certainly been busy. Sorry to hear you had to start over on the two structures but it was well worth the effort. Not only do the new ones look fantastic, but your health is more important than saving the other ones.

I love the look of all the building lined up and the bridge across the expanse is just wonderful. A real \eye catcher.

Tom

Thanks, Tom.

Talking to Craig (from the 2fatpossums modelling group) about the mold spores I feel a bit better about my health.  My real worry was that the mold would start growing again and then spread to other structures.  I know I'm modelling an area with one of the highest annual rainfalls in the world, but I'd rather model the various shades of green another way!

Yes - I, too like that longways view into the diorama.  The bridge will add a lot to the scene - it had to be pretty!

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Hi guys.

Photo 1 - The last thing I got do on the diorama was to add some polystyrene formers for the road and then to cut some plaster cobble castings into wedges to fit around the curve.  I glued these into position using Selleys quick grab.  The small structure sitting beside the rock casting is to go on the end of the last structure where I have no bothered to paint.


Photo 2 - Here is a view from above showing the shape I have to play with for the river.  You can see it gets pretty thin between the road and the backdrop against the wall, but being directly behind the road this shouldn't be a problem.


More soon, cheers, Mark.

[Jerry]

Mark great update.  Like everyone said it's nice to see you bring this all together.  Just some outstanding work.

Jerry

[Mark Dalrymple]

Mark great update.  Like everyone said it's nice to see you bring this all together.  Just some outstanding work.

Jerry

Thanks, Jerry.

There are still a few fiddly little sub assemblies to add to the structures, along with significant decking and all the rafters tails, fly rafters and roofing.  It's then a matter of personalising it.  I bought a few sheep and cattle wagons a little while back and it would be nice to have somewhere in Tellynott for those wagons to go.  I'm thinking about whether Graves Elevators could be added to to make it into an abattoir and this complex on the other side of the tracks might make a good tannery.  I'll have a study of a few historical NZ prototypes and see what comes of it.

Cheers, Mark.

[nycjeff]

Hello Mark, you've been very busy with your layout. Things are progressing along nicely. I like the way you incorporate the verticality into all of your scenes.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Hello Mark, you've been very busy with your layout. Things are progressing along nicely. I like the way you incorporate the verticality into all of your scenes.

Thanks, Jeff.

I always enjoy those changes in height.  We are half way through autumn here.  Winter is on it's way, and hopefully with it lots more modelling time!  We have our next 2fatpossums meet scheduled here towards the end of may.

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Hi guys.

Photo 1 - shows the diorama with the river in place, made up of rock castings - Woodlands Scenics, Bragdon, and some others.


Photo 2 - shows the timber work built and in place to support the overhanging end wall extension.  I will add 12x12's covered in plaster to represent posts in concrete foundations, tapped into the rockwork.


Photo 3 - here I am looking at the diorama in front of the one that sits against the back wall.  I have decided to repurpose Graves elevators and turn it into a abattoir.  The structures against the back wall will be a tannery and probably some shoe and boot manufacturing, maybe some animal glue manufacturing.  I'm still researching...



Photo 4 - here is a view from the end.  There are a lot of different levels to consider and a few extra sub assemblies to be built...


Photo 5 - and lastly, I made up some polystyrene walkways for the cattle, pigs and sheep.  These I will do from wood.  I'll also likely add some vented windows to the side wall here.  The yellow card has been put in place to draw in the outline of all the buildings so I can then use it for planning.


The plan is that all the buildings will interconnect.  I'm also considering an elevated walkway between the abattoir across the little road that leads to the bridge to a small block of structures on the other side - perhaps a cafe/ delicatessen, butchery and a powerhouse.  Again - still mulling things over...

More soon, cheers, Mark.