Thanks. Ah, as close to 10mm to the foot as i can get… and loosely aligned to british outline … no particular region tbh… but i can’t guarantee no Eastern influences won’t crop up from time to time… particularly in any buildings i might do later .
how did you create the wood effect? Looks very good!
Thanks, Curtis! I just took an Xacto knife and scored it down the length. Sometimes I'll add waves or 'eyes' to it for some extra detail. If I want it to look splintered I'll go over the ends a ton with the tip of the blade and the sides a little.
These look great! I've been toying with out to buy some dwarf signals, this style could be a place to begin...
Will need to give it a try. I want to create something similar for Jersey Royals potatoes but also the Christmas train (similar to what you've done!) Will have a look at it. Any tips for the painting?
Honestly, I use cheap, thick acrylic paints. As I paint layers I let it dry a little. It gives a rough, unsanded look. (In most cases, you'd water-down the acrylics to use on styrene so it flows more and gives a smoother metal-like look.)
Awesome… what did you use for bolts on the strapping and corners? Assuming this for 45mm track ?
Ignore my last post… didn’t read it properly Although what did you use for ‘bolts’ on the chassis ? I.e holding the brake hanger to the solebar?
I use Cambrian Rivet Heads, they also do Nuts and Bolts all on a plastic sprue that are cut off and glued in place. Quite tedious to do but well worth the effort. I tend to blob a small squirt of super glue onto a piece of plastic then stab a pre cut rivet head with a pin in a captive pair of pliers dunking into the super glue then popingbin place releasing from the pin with a craft knife. Look below for 16mm parts.
Honey, what are these burn marks on our new kitchen table?In readiness for a large dose of the cat being away, I have soldered a couple of leads onto the fishplates of some 00 track. (I soldered them in situ, using the jaws of the vice as a heat sink.)
We had an extension to the kitchen last year, so waddya think it's for ?
Oh, no, in situ as still on the lengths of track - even I wouldn't risk the kitchen floor, or the worktop. The worktops were expensive
the floor tiles are an incredibly close match to what was laid two years previously and had ceased manufacture - so there's no guarantee that even the new ones could be replaced 
I use Cambrian Rivet Heads, they also do Nuts and Bolts all on a plastic sprue that are cut off and glued in place. Quite tedious to do but well worth the effort. I tend to blob a small squirt of super glue onto a piece of plastic then stab a pre cut rivet head with a pin in a captive pair of pliers dunking into the super glue then popingbin place releasing from the pin with a craft knife. Look below for 16mm parts.
Loco and Rolling Stock Parts
Many different parts for detailing Loco's and rolling stock including our very popular Rivet Heads and Nut/Bolt Heads.www.cambrianmodelrail.co.uk
Probably a daft question but are you planning to run the locos from the catenary?
Yes, I am. And no, not daft.
