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

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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

[@CharlesPruden]

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.

[@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt]

Thanks. I think I do need some personalisation on the layout - no doubt it will be something I’ll add to the ‘list’ 👍

[@pompeyyard6381]

Great videos liking your work

[@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt]

Thanks very much 👍

[@WILLMERE.]

“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]

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.

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

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

[@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt]

Thanks very much 👍

[@jamesmackinlay2500]

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

[@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt]

Thanks. It did take an age to do! 👍

[@Railway_Terrace_modelling]

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]

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

[@Railway_Terrace_modelling]

@@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 😅

[@Jules-zo3ds]

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]

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]

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

[@alanbarker0901]

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]

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

[@Amberlea-Model-Railway]

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

[@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt]

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

[@oberfeldremer]

Well, that's me subscribed 🙂Love the idea with the foam sheet cobbles. I wish I'd seen this technique when I'd started my harbour scene! Great stuff.

[@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt]

Thanks very much 😊

[@rocknroll527]

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]

Thanks. That could speed things up! 👍

[@charlescrompton2009]

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]

Thanks very much Richard. Kind regards, Andy

[@briansewell7263]

🎉 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]

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

[@simaesthesia]

Andy, dude, that was so worth the effort with the cobble effect! Looks fantastic!

[@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt]

Thanks. I didn’t think so at the time!! 👍

[@delphjunction1168]

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]

Thanks Pete. Hope you’re keeping well mate 😊

[@carltontweedle5724]

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

[@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt]

Thank you. That’s a great idea 👍

[@DavidL_atashgroveparkmr]

The cobbles look fantastic & realistic

[@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt]

Thank you ☺️

[@diggidybay41]

Looks fantastic- is there going to be another running session soon?

[@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt]

Thank you. Yes I must! I get so side tracked with building sometimes that I forget to actually run trains! 👍

[@kelvinVAUGHAN]

The road looks brilliant. Well done you.

[@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt]

Thanks very much 👍

[@going2thedogs]

Well done. Impressive cobbled street. 👍

[@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt]

Thank you ☺️

[@jimbobwhale]

Nice work Andy..very nice work

[@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt]

Thanks Jim 👍

[@GamingFnaticYT]

Great job Andy, can I ask where you got that foam board at all? Thinking about using it for a few projects myself. Please let me know kind regards Callum.

[@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt]

Hi Callum. Thanks. Found it on eBay listed as ‘300mmx300mm by 3mm thick 15of. Carving foam XPS foam sheets’. Tried to copy the link but it wouldn’t work. If you search 3mm XPS Foam Sheet it should bring it up 👍

[@GamingFnaticYT]

@@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt okay that’s great thank you, keep up the good work with the videos. 👍🏻

[@barrypick5361]

That was heroic! Well done..

[@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt]

Ha, thank you! 👍

[@BobTodd-t6e]

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]

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

[@BobTodd-t6e]

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

[@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt]

@@BobTodd-t6e brilliant. Thank you.

[@Tommo140265]

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]

Thanks. It just about did! 👍

[@duncanholden7214]

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]

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!

[@paulturnbull5861]

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]

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

[@nickdolman6927]

Looking good 👍

[@Grandadstrainroom-pn3tt]

Thank you 👍