Dauntsey Lock and Monbulk Creek went to their first exhibition in three years, the AMRE show in Adelaide. They will also appear at the AMRA exhibition in Melbourne this August. The last couple of months have been spent preparing for these instead of working on Penzance, so I should be able to get back to working on the new one now.
The layout is now (more or less) finished. Some more scenic detailing, minor software improvements, and another 80-odd goods wagons are in the pipeline, but these updates will probably be delayed until model railway exhibitions resume again down here in Australia, hopefully sometime in 2021 .
The scenic detailing is nearly finished, just waiting for a few more odds and ends to arrive (people, better signals, etc.).
The layout now has 130 or so goods wagons, about 2/3rds of the final number.
The first batch of goods wagons is nearly ready. Like the passenger stock, these are paper sides stuck onto a 3D printed body. Some cleanup is still required, but they look quite reasonable at any normal viewing distance. As usual, the closeups (below the fold) are cruel.
All the locos and passenger stock have now been built, including mail and milk vehicles. The video shows a parade of all the different types, about two-thirds of the total number built. A few minor cleanups are still required and, as usual, the close-ups are cruel.
Everything is 3D printed then hand painted, with paper sides on the coaches. The milk tankers use decals for the lettering and ladders. Here are some CAD drawings of the lock mechanism. All the parts are 3D printed, designed around three small servos and the requirements of the linear motor track. The elevator legs have been stretched in this image, since the elevator and track should obviously be hidden within the lock chamber. The picture below the fold shows the actual parts as built.
Now that the scenery is nearly done, it is time to get the moving bits moving again, starting with the canal. Other than some more scenic detailing, this is probably the canal's final form.
Trees and hedges have now been added. I was going to do the fences, but as they are quite fragile I will leave them until the final detailing phase at the end.
The backscene has now been added, but with no attempt yet to blend it into the scenery. A suitable panorama downloaded from the web, heavily edited in Paint and GIMP, then glued to the painted sky.
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