Anyway.. despite a serious think about the future of Ulthwaite. The handlaid track just wasn't succesful enough and the original board could have been better. So, I built a new baseboard and laid the track using Peco 009. At this point I lost a bit of motivation.(should have wired up points etc).. however recently I decided to plough on.It's only small (total layout including 'fiddle' area is only 4 feet long).
Done the backdrop on my own printer - which means you can see the joins.. but I don't mind.
Ballasting and some basic scenic work done so far. It all looks a bit grey but maybe that's not a bad thing. I'm hoping to place a large tree over the exit and another smaller one near the water tank.
Lots more to do yet including small details like people and clutter.
Main thing is - I'm enjoying this layout again.
3 comments:
Great to see some progress, the results look superb. The backscene works really well - I can't see joins - though perhaps the perspective doesn't work as well from "eye level" as it does from a more normal viewing angle.
Does it run as well as it looks now?
Michael
Really nice, and in less time than it takes me to build a locomotive...
PS any cnyhce you could enable openID comments?
Thanks guys. Certainly runs better. I know what you mean about the backscene - Mr Peake described the 'wall of water' effect!
"PS any cnyhce you could enable openID comments?"
Sorry Andy - what does that mean?
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