Minories in TT:120 - Part 8

Scenic work

With rolling stock essentially sorted (at least to the point that my storage boxes were full and a mixture of trains could be assembled) it was time to return to the scenics -

 

Platforms

For the platforms, I bought kits from In The Greenwood, which are good value for money and easy to assemble... except for my one complaint which is that I've some kits turns up with bowed pieces. Straightening them out can be done, but it does cause frustration.

 

Here I just painted them up, applied some white lining to the edges with masking tape, and glued them down to the baseboard.

 

To complete the buildings, I ordered a few 3D printed items and a couple more wooden kits from In The Greenwood - 

 

Ballasting and weeds

Giving the game away in the photos above, but at the same time I ballasted the scenic sections on both baseboards. This is some ballast which I had in stock from before from Maxey Models - advertised specifically for TT:120 it seems a suitable size relative to the track. I wish I had gotten a different colour though as a red didn't dark down without considerable weathering when glued and suggests a terminus at the opposite end of the country to my initial setting.

 

Finally, some flock and scatter along with fencing was added. 

The signals are static and quite fiddly to paint accurately. They're also very fragile and I broke one during placement. They're available from WillingtonDene on Etsy.