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Rail Around Bristol
Nice album of old stations around Bristol, UK, from Bristol247. Ham Green looks likely to be an inspiration for Boltorr Road Halt
Posted in Boltorr Road Halt, Modelling, Railways
Tagged Boltorr Road Halt, Bristol, bristol247, GWR, landscape, railways
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Boltorr Embankment to Bolt Tor Tunnel
I know. I really need to get on with establishing the rest of the landscape. But occasionally just putting a couple of engines and coaches on the tracks give a preview of what will eventually be. It’s a carrot. So … Continue reading
Boltorr Road | Crossing the Bolt Brook
The right hand half – southern section – of my little world of Boltorr Road Halt consists largely of a scenic vista of the railway – perched on an embankment – crossing the Bolt Brook, a small river which has … Continue reading
Boltorr Road – 20160218 -Terraforming
I’m in the process of getting the basics of the topography of the layout before I finally fix down the track. I’m using Woodland Scenics’ Shaper Sheet for the surface. It’s a very interesting material being a thick aluminium foil … Continue reading
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Tagged Boltorr Road Halt, bridge, Dartmoor, embankment, granite, landscape, model railroads, model railways, modelling, Profile Boards, reservoir dam, river, Shaper Sheets, tunnel, Woodland Scenics
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Boltorr Road – 20160215 – Getting the lie of the land
Before there were railways … in fact before humans imposed their mark on the Earth there was The Landscape, formed by billions of years of geology and evolution and then whatever scars we mere mortals could impose on its surface. … Continue reading
Boltorr Road – 20160130
Originally Boltorr Road was going to be represented in a 12ft x 2ft area, but reality intervened and I’ve cut the size to 8ft x 2ft. This isn’t really a compromise. It means that the layout will be able to … Continue reading