Beechcroft Model Railway - #56. How many Cobbles??

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5 күн бұрын

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Yes, I’m back working on the road to the goods yard!!
I’ve revisited a technique I used last year for the area around the crossing signal box which somebody kindly suggested.
It’s been a mammoth, time consuming task but it’s finally in place. All that’s needed now is some scenic dos and accessories for this area….
Hope you enjoy the update, Andy.
/ @grandadstrainroom-pn3tt
andyjxf@yahoo.co.uk

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@briansewell7263 2 күн бұрын

🎉 thanks again Andy for sharing your thought process and methods. That cobbled stone looks the dogs dangleys, another idea stored away for future use

@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt Күн бұрын

Thanks very much. I did start to lose the will towards the end!!

@charlescrompton2009 2 күн бұрын

Wow that is bang on well worth the trials and thinking about what's best to do. The Stone texture is great so real looking. Your Layout is superb. Thank you for sharing it with all of us. Best wishes Richard Canterbury.

@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt Күн бұрын

Thanks very much Richard. Kind regards, Andy

@jamesmackinlay2500 2 күн бұрын

You do a excellent job on the road. All the model. Looks great.

@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt Күн бұрын

Thanks. It did take an age to do! 👍

@alanbarker5232 2 күн бұрын

Stamping out that cobblestone road looked like an absolutely brutal task... but My God does it look good!!! You've done an awesome job there.

@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt Күн бұрын

Thanks very much. I did start wonder what I had started after a couple of hours!!

@Amberlea-Model-Railway 2 күн бұрын

Patience of a saint - well done with the cobbles Andy, result looks great. Chris

@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt Күн бұрын

Thanks Chris. Can’t say I’d be quick to try it again!

@barrypick5361 2 күн бұрын

That was heroic! Well done..

@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt Күн бұрын

Ha, thank you! 👍

@WILLMERE. 2 күн бұрын

“No pain, no gain” as they say, but it does look good. You must be proud of the result. How many roads have you got on the layout? Dark nights will be here soon so that will give you plenty of time. Well done, Bill.

@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt Күн бұрын

That is very true. Not sure I’m ready to repeat that process just yet! Hope you’re well. I’ve a few days away from the layout, laying some decking for my youngest daughter - hopefully it won’t take too long! Andy.

@CharlesPruden 14 сағат бұрын

you should setup a few small dioramas on the layout that's meaningful to you. something like a figure that represents you during an important or memorable time in your life. Like playing with your children or grandchildren. or something from when you were young and spent time with your parents or grandparents, something you would like to share with the younger members of your family. it will make the layout even more personal to yourself.

@delphjunction1168 Күн бұрын

Hi Andy. Think you have it spot on buddy. Building looks superb with the windows covered as well. Wow what a great way you have done your cobblestone. You have fantastic imagination Andy, you should bottle it. Brilliant vlog really enjoyed it. Thumbs up thumped 👍 ....Pete....

@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt Күн бұрын

Thanks Pete. Hope you’re keeping well mate 😊

@rocknroll527 Күн бұрын

Commitment and will power, absolute stunning job on the cobbles. I’m looking around the house for something to use, maybe a bunch of old paint brush stems glued together.

@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt Күн бұрын

Thanks. That could speed things up! 👍

@user-wk4fc2uc9i Күн бұрын

The cobbles look fantastic & realistic

@pompeyyard6381 2 күн бұрын

Great videos liking your work

@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt Күн бұрын

Thanks very much 👍

@nickdolman6927 2 күн бұрын

Looking good 👍

@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt Күн бұрын

Thank you 👍

@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204 2 күн бұрын

good update on the channel layout looks well keep up the good vlogs

@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt Күн бұрын

Thanks very much 👍

@user-yx9mo1hu9j Күн бұрын

Hi Andy an other way to lay cobble stone roads is to use air drying clay (the clay comes in different colours)and of course a shaped paint brush but leave the end intact and remove the brush bristles and shape as required. If the clay drys whilst working some water rubbed over the surface will bring it back so reworking etc. Is possible until you are happy with the finish. Also you will find that most roads are laid as setts in shaped patterns ie. lines. Hope this is useful. Bob T

@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt Күн бұрын

Really useful Bob, thanks. Could be good for the brewery yard. Is it quite easy to spread out?

@user-yx9mo1hu9j 14 сағат бұрын

Yes I use a 100mm pastry roller and spread until the thickness required (as thin as 1mm) use pva to assist in adhesive and use whatever comes to hand as a tool. I have several old brushes with the bristles removed all different sizes ie. Cobbles setts paving slabs etc. Bob T

@Tommo140265 2 күн бұрын

You need a big sign down the length of those backscene factory units, you must have a lot of patience doing those cobbles, would drive me mad.

@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt Күн бұрын

Thanks. It just about did! 👍

@jimbobwhale Күн бұрын

Nice work Andy..very nice work

@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt Күн бұрын

Thanks Jim 👍

@Railway_Terrace_modelling 2 күн бұрын

I stumbled onto your channel a few days ago and had to binge watch them all! Thoroughly enjoyed the progress and you're now in my rotation along with Chadwick, Everard and Dean Park. I love the brewery and the warehouse backscene is heading in the right direction. The little goods shed seems out of place though, more suited to a small station scene rather than a large industrial setting. It might be better to leave it off and perhaps make a goods platform next to the track closest to the backscene, that way it ties the big warehouse into the railway scene in front? keep up the top notch modelling, I look forward to the next episode.

@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt Күн бұрын

Thanks very much. Funnily, I do keep looking that goods shed and wondering if it needs to be there! 👍

@Railway_Terrace_modelling Күн бұрын

@@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt Thinking more about it, as one does, if the little good shed was there first and the factories grew around it then it would also make sense? I'm no authority on these subjects, after all I'm just enjoying the content from the southern colonies 😅

@carltontweedle5724 2 күн бұрын

Them cobbles look great bit of green in places between them, chip a bit off some because never level.

@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt Күн бұрын

Thank you. That’s a great idea 👍

@paulturnbull5861 2 күн бұрын

Fantastic result Andy, i think you made the right choice such a large and imposing factory needed equally a large and imposing cobbled frontage .... although the amount of effort on your part was immense when it is all completed you will be pleased you did it, and when you start to get the feeling back in your fingers too of course

@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt Күн бұрын

Thank you. Hopefully it will be worth all the pain!

@Jules-zo3ds 2 күн бұрын

The effect is great but surely oversized. If they're about 6mm long on a 4mm to the foot scale, that makes each cobble stone 18 inches long. I seem to remember cobble stones being less than half that size.

@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt Күн бұрын

Yes it is, I did reference that in the video. In reality they would need to be a quarter of the size but it would jus5 have taken an eternity!

@Jules-zo3ds Күн бұрын

Well oversized or not, I think the effect is great. Lots of time well spent.

@duncanholden7214 2 күн бұрын

Not wishing to put a downer on things but road surfaces around factories and mills would NOT be random 'cobbles' like that. They would be granite setts, same as on main road surfaces. The Wills ones are perfect for that job

@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt Күн бұрын

Yeah, I know. I did say in the video I wish I’d done straight setts. I mentioned the Wills ones in an earlier update but I would need quite a lot and I’m not to keen on the joins!