One of the great joys for me is to recreate and photograph prototypical scenes on my model railway. Engine smoke/steam effects have been added to the photograph of the model, where appropriate. Apart from that they are true images of the model.
This week it is Swanage Loco Yard in 1958.
The display case was made from 1200 x 600 x 2mm Wickes Acrylic Sheet, cut with a Dremel and the panels glued together with Superglue. It is not fully dust proof as there is no rear acrylic panel or seals between it and the diorama. At least it protects the model from finger poking damage.
I have in mind to make two improvements to the model, if I ever get around to doing so.
The backscene should be professionally printed as one piece instead of the three I printed on A4 sheets. This will eliminate the joins and colour imbalance of the three sheets.
One of the level crossing gates takes on an angle when closed to the road. These gates were fabricated from two Airfix/Dapol level crossing sets (nothing wrong with that) long before I acquired a 3D resin printer. The resin printer now gives opportunity for a redesign to improve detail of the gates and their posts to represent the prototype more accurately and I'll take greater care in setting the gates uniformly.
