Some footage

It's been a while since I posted any footage of the layout on this blog.  For those who are interested in seeing some movements, here are some videos:

Scenery Work

I have been playing God lately - in the form of Terra forming and scenery work.  For ground cover I used some soil which I scooped up on my way home from work one day and sifted this through one of those small tea-strainers. 

I also found a pretty good static grass applicator.  You can buy this in a kit and it goes together without any soldering required.  One uses a 12 V DC transformer and the output is in the range of 40KV. 

Being my first attempt, I am pretty pleased on how it turned out and enjoy watching trains pass in this open scene.

The photos show the progress so far.

The following photos with the morning sunlight:

Building a VR Signal Box from Plans

Here is my first attempt at making a building from styrene.  The plans are from Australian Model Railway Magazine and the building is of a two story Victorian Railways Signal Box.
The windows are from Ratio.  It is still far from complete obviously. I need to get some corrugated iron sheets, and the steps to complete the model.
I am quite pleased on how it has turned out.  It has been a joy to build and to see it come together.  The author of the article has done a very good job of explaining the steps to put together and build this signal box.