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	February 2017 After a lot of time on electrics, it's time to get back to scenery. Here the bridge is nearing completion. I thought it was going to be too much messing around to get the ballast boards to be continuous - like they are in my reference book (Bridges for Modellers by LV Wood). However on a trip to Yorkshire I saw a bridge with ballast boards exactly like they are here - bit of a relief!
	February 2017 Time for the paint shop. Halfords grey primer seems to figure a lot on RMWeb and it does what it says on the can. The bridge starts to look more realistic.
	February 2017 Fixed in place and the first test train! You can see the first buffer stop from Lanarkshire Models in place. This was my first experiment with white metal soldering - still a bit of room for improvement.
	February 2017 Work commences on the canal lock. The dimensions are based on the Rochdale canal
	February 2017 So how to make landscapes? After a bit of studying, I decided to go for the polystyrene foam, mod-roc method. I was a bit concerned about getting the right flow so decided to make plywood formers. I bought a hot wire foam cutter from Expo Tools which does the job but murders batteries. So I converted it to external power which has saved a fortune in batteries. The formers are spaced at 160mm which is the width of the jaw of the Expo foam cutter's jaws.
	February 2017 The formers then had a slope cut on them. The angle was chosen after a bit of work on the internet. The hot wire cutter is definitely recommended. My initial attack with a panel saw resulted in copious amounts of foam "sawdust" which was a nightmare to clean up. With practice, you can get a reasonably straight cut with the hot wire cutter.
	March 2017 I fill the gaps at the formers with filler before applying Mod-Roc. I'd seen Mod-Roc advertised many years ago so it's a bit of a disappointment when you find out it's just plaster bandage. It works but it's no good as a final surface - you can see the joins. So it's a layer of filler over the top and then sand it down. After that it's fine filler to get it reasonably smooth. I think you need a few undulations as real ground isn't flat.
	March 2017 I've decided that the lifting drawbridge will be a non scenic area with tunnels/bridges to cover the gap. So we exit the scenic section through the standard tunnel. This one is modelled on the southern portal of Blea Moor tunnel. Sticking all of the plastic card blocks took 2 days and was a bit tedious. The right hand side may need some rock outcrops as the sides are a bit steep.
	March 2017 Mod-Roc applied. This is going to need a lot of filler.
	March 2017 Looking the other way, Langley Models do some nice canal lock gates - these are just the base gates, I need to build up the kit. Some people recommend a base colour under the grass so I bought some poster paint (Reeves Tempera). Unfortunately the colour has come out more red than implied on the label so I need to look for a browner shade. In the end I used standard emulsion of a shade that looked OK.

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