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York Model Making have made a great job of the Station, looking forward to you adding the stonework now. What are you going to do for the canopies, have you got them done as well?

 

All looking very good Rob, I do like your Headstone viaduct as well.

 

Al.

This looks really lovely. A very interesting bit of railway, too.

Really  like your station building. Do York MM do it for joe public?

York Model Making have made a great job of the Station, looking forward to you adding the stonework now. What are you going to do for the canopies, have you got them done as well?

 

All looking very good Rob, I do like your Headstone viaduct as well.

 

Al.

Hi Al,

 

Thanks for your comment. In answer to your question, yes York Model Making have made the canopy brackets by laser cutting but I need to purchase the columns which they also do. Once I have done thsi, the canopies will be added.  I will be putting these together once the kit is assembled with the stone, doors and windows

 

I spoke to my colleague at my club who recommended a thin layer of plaster of Paris on the surfaces and then scribe out the stone work on it. He says that it may work better than the Redutex stone sheets.

However, I need to show the stone profiles better especially the curved lines above the windows so may scan them in and 3 D print it on thin card or plasticard. If you have nay recommendations on the thickness of material I would be most grateful,

 

My other Monsall Head viaduct was made earlier last Summer . I will post some more pictures on my blog.

 

Best regards,

Rob

Really  like your station building. Do York MM do it for joe public?

Hi,

 

Thanks for your kind comment. Yes, York Making do work for the general public. They have a comprehensive website of windows, doors,  canopies etc. However, I did get them to laser cut the building from my drawings. This kept the cost down but the laser cutting was about £130 for the whole building.  You can keep the costs in check by using their generic components as much as possible. These are extremely fine but really look the part.

 

Will up date my blog as I make more progress. 

 

Rob 

Hi Rob, out of interest for your followers, York MM are quoting £190 for the kit of parts inc doors and windows, provided you will agree to them using your drawings. A bit much for me at the moment, but hopefully in the near future.

Hi, 

 

Sorry the figure I quoted was slightly wrong. The building shell was about £130 but with the canopy brackets, doors, windows valances etc it was over £200. Yes, I agree the figure is high but you are paying for a bespoke service. There are other laser cutting companies around but on this occasion, I wanted to have the confidence that the correct doors and windows could be supplied. I felt that York's website clearly showed what could be made as in my opinion, this was a unique project. I felt that having waited over 6 months for the CAD drawings to be supplied, it was worth investing in the superior quality on what is not an off the shelf product. 

 

Rob 

Hi Rob, not quibbling about the cost, I just thought I would let your "other reader" know what I was quoted. I am a happy customer of York MM for their off the shelf products, I have the Midland footbridge, signal box and platform seats, not doubt you will be needing these in the near future.

Hi,

 

Thanks for your reply. I have bought the Midland footbridge kit from Churchwood Models part of Phoenix paints as an etched brass kit. It is waiting assembly.  The signal box seems to be available with quite a few options. Alistair Green's feature on U tube is good as he shows how to convert the Ratio kit to the exact Bakewell box replica as it was taller than the standard Midland box. Granted,  the York Model making kit is excellent. 

York Model Making have made a great job of the Station, looking forward to you adding the stonework now. What are you going to do for the canopies, have you got them done as well?

 

All looking very good Rob, I do like your Headstone viaduct as well.

 

Al.

 

Hi Al,

 

Just wondering if you received my message sent earlier this week. I was asking if you used Slaters Plastikard on your station building for the stone courses. It has been suggested that I use  the 4mm dressed stone. My friend is producing the stone reliefs and we have produced some card mock ups to test before proceeding with the MDF shell. I would be most grateful for your opinion.

Best regards,

 

Rob