pharrc20 Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 Hi Andy thanks for the photo of the track renewal of the Up line - what date was that? I already have 37688 ;-) plus 687 in Construction so might have 683 in plain 3tg or maybe even 684 "PNP".... decisions decisions! Cheers Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordbank Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 Hi Andy thanks for the photo of the track renewal of the Up line - what date was that? I already have 37688 ;-) plus 687 in Construction so might have 683 in plain 3tg or maybe even 684 "PNP".... decisions decisions! Cheers Paul My vote is for Peak National Park. Sorry, no exact date for the track renewal. Cheers, Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordbank Posted November 3, 2017 Author Share Posted November 3, 2017 Peak Forest Station revived. The story so far - (1) :- The main building of Peak Forest is highly similar to the station building at Great Longstone on the now closed Peak Line. Excellent plans for Great Longstone ( although the published scale may be misleading!) are to be found in that wonderful book Through Limestone Hills by Bill Hudson. These plans were used as the blueprint for Peak Forest Revived. The site for the finished building. (Beware of building cardboard models. They risk becoming long term fixtures!) Photos of Peak Forest were used to inform the colouring of the Wills plastic sheets. Windows apertures carefully cut out using plans of Great Longstone. Window frames and windows attached to the back of the walls. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharrc20 Posted November 3, 2017 Share Posted November 3, 2017 My vote is for Peak National Park. Sorry, no exact date for the track renewal. Cheers, Andy Ah no worries it must have been sometime since July as that is when I last went up to Peak Forest for the day. Oh look some Buxton plaques, PNP plates just fallen out of my nameplate box lol! Cheers Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordbank Posted November 6, 2017 Author Share Posted November 6, 2017 Peak Forest Station revived. The story so far - Part 2: 'Out of the box' :- Forty four months in in waiting. What have I been doing! 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 6, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 6, 2017 well worth the wait, in my opinion! That's a cracking job so far, the colouring is spot on, you've really captured the look of the real thing. Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordbank Posted November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 Peak Forest Station revived. The story so far - Part 3: 'Back to the drawing board' :- A wet November day, logs on the stove, and encouragement from Al: time to resume modelling. Reviving Peak Forest Station in accord with Friends of the Peak Line 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordbank Posted November 9, 2017 Author Share Posted November 9, 2017 Throwback Thursday. Bring on the PHVs! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordbank Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share Posted November 16, 2017 A Shed for Peak Forest.Although Peak Forest Station and the station down the line of Great Longstone shared a near identical architectural plan, their character was widely divergent.The intended aristocratic passengers of Great Longstone ( It is the nearest station to the Duke of Devonshire's house at Chatsworth ) meant the station was finely detailed, and surrounded by the Tudor style buildings of Woodlands which acted as private waiting rooms for the nearby Thornbridge Hall.In contrast the character of Peak Forest station was more mundane: from the start Peak Forest Station sported not posh private waiting halls but an add on shed.Today Peak Forest's Shed has blossomed(?) into a kind of industrial bungalow which acts as driver and management offices and rest facilities for DB Schenker, and before that for EWS. Prior to the construction of this carbuncle the station was adjoined by a succession of wooden buildings which became in turn dilapidated after the closure of the station in 1967. The backstory for Peak Forest Revived requires that the station remained open to passengers after 1967 so it is fair to assume that the much needed refurbishment of the station and its accompanying structures would be undertaken with more respect for the architectural traditions of the Midland Railway, and the views of the Friends of The Peak Line who had campaigned so successfully to keep the line open. So Peak Forest Revived still sports a shed to honour its humble history, but one slightly pimped along the lines of that other Midland heritage Line, the Settle and Carlisle.New windows for PF Shed:- The new windows were based on a design used on the Midland style waiting room below, Progress on Peak Forest Station Shed so far: 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordbank Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 (edited) Wordless Wednesday:- Edited August 10, 2022 by Fordbank 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 21, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 21, 2017 Um... It's Tuesday?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordbank Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share Posted November 22, 2017 Um... It's Tuesday?? Not now it ain't, Al! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 22, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 22, 2017 You stayed up specially to do that, didn't you... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordbank Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share Posted November 22, 2017 You stayed up specially to do that, didn't you... Yep! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordbank Posted December 7, 2017 Author Share Posted December 7, 2017 (edited) Nearly there.... Just gutters, downpipes and a couple more chimneys to go. Edited August 11, 2022 by Fordbank To restore photos after Great Outage. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordbank Posted December 8, 2017 Author Share Posted December 8, 2017 (edited) Seasonal self indulgence... Not recorded around Peak Forest, but a Janus was owned by ICI. It reminds me of Dovedale, the Thomas Hill Steelman based at Tunstead. Of course Judith Edge makes a fine brass model of the Steelman but despite plenty of encouragement from Michael Edge I still lack the confidence to launch into the black arts of soldering brass kits. One for the future. The Golden Valley Janus pleasantly surprised me with its fine running, but is sorely in need of some bold weathering. Watch this space. Edited August 10, 2022 by Fordbank Restore some photos to this thread. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordbank Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 (edited) A chilly day at Peak Forest... Edited August 10, 2022 by Fordbank Restore some photos to this thread. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted December 11, 2017 Share Posted December 11, 2017 Good model of station see you have a helper ,mine sleeps on the step of the shed in summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 11, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 11, 2017 A chilly day at Peak Forest... IMG_3132.JPG IMG_3139.JPG IMG_3177.JPG And the solitary (at the moment) HRA as lead wagon..... Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordbank Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 (edited) On 11/12/2017 at 20:41, newbryford said: And the solitary (at the moment) HRA as lead wagon..... Cheers, Mick Yep... And it makes the rake both more interesting but still not too hard to model. Edited August 10, 2022 by Fordbank 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordbank Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 (edited) I can only assume that recent building work on Peak Forest Revived has shamed DB into revitalising the paintwork on the prototype! . Edited August 11, 2022 by Fordbank Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 12, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 12, 2017 Yep... IMG_3137.JPG And it makes the rake both more interesting but still not too hard to model. Like this? Cheers, Mick 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordbank Posted December 12, 2017 Author Share Posted December 12, 2017 Like this? 20171209_201442_001s.jpg Cheers, Mick And just where did THAT beauty come from? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted December 12, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 12, 2017 And just where did THAT beauty come from? Here I have a couple more photos of progress, but PC problems are preventing me uploading them at the moment. Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordbank Posted December 14, 2017 Author Share Posted December 14, 2017 (edited) Throwback Thursday... ...and as its been snowing up at Peak Forest (Photo Bingley Hall) Edited August 11, 2022 by Fordbank To restore photos after Great Outage. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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