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Awreville O Gauge Diesel Depot is currently in construction, automated using iTrain and Roco Z21 and Digikeijs DR5088RC occupancy detection and servo controlled points. 

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Planning details

I tested a couple of ideas for detailing around the buffer stops, fuelling point and walling to see what worked and gave me the look I was after. I am after a dated look for the depot so wanted the look of grass and plants growing from the ballast. Once I was happy I continued placing clumps of small static grass randomly around the layout especially the buffer stops and fuelling point. I purchased some Railway Laser Lines yard tower lights to give some height to the scenery, these don't come wi
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Continuation of the scenery

I purchased some trees and bushes from Primo Models after seeing their stand at Warley, really impressed with the quality and look of these. Started adding these in to see some progress on the scenery and also adding some additional details, it was time for some H&S so installed some safety railing around the depot. I started on weathering the ballast and rails to make the depot look more dated, I used weathering powders with a mixture of brown and black to give the desired effect around the
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The back scene

I wanted a retaining wall with a back scene, I had chosen the Slaters O Gauge Dressed stone for the walling. This was fixed to the rear sheet and sprayed with Halfords primer grey, I painted individual stones on the sheet multiple tones of grey which was then given a wash of Ammo Mig dark grime. This gave a nice finish to the stone wall so I continued using this method, I built some retaining wall buttress which were added to the wall and were painted in the same way, these were then added to th
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Starting the scenery

With the ballasting in place I started building up the scenery locations, these were initially PU foam blocks cut and shaped to the contours I wanted. These were glued into place and covered with two layers of plaster cloth to give it strength and then a layer of sculptamold. These were then painted brown ready for static grass to be placed on top. A few additional depot buildings were purchased from Railway Laser Lines and Intentio, I planned to put a retaining wall at the back of the depot and
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Continuing the build

With the scenic section built I needed an off scene area for trains to run to which would enable running of the layout. The off scene section needed to be small enough not to take up too much room on my work bench but large enough to provide enough interest in running, I added a section which routed to 3 sidings along my work bench and terminated at the far end. In time I would construct an off scene section if I was ever lucky enough to the layout to an exhibition but for now this would enable
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The beginning

After helping my dad with his OO Gauge layout, I decided that I would like to build myself an O gauge layout that could be taken to an exhibition. I wanted to continue with the DCC control and automation using iTrain as this was part of my enjoyment of the hobby and I thought it would allow visitors to an exhibition the chance to actually control the layout themselves. I was restricted with room within my workshop to be able to build and run the layout so decided on a small depot layout, the the
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