Tricky Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 (edited) So....I’ve decided to enter this competition with a stab at (another) signal box. As you may know, I’m a Midland man really so quite a change of pace and style to be studying the ‘Premier Line’! My inspiration so far has come from a drawing in LNWR Portrayed of a signal box shown cut away to reveal the construction and the innards. So this is how I’m going to make the model. It will be built at a scale of 1:24 (beautifully imperial 1/2”/ft) and made mostly of wood. Progress might initially be a bit slow as I’m currenty also working on my entry for the MRJ Cameo Competiton and I’m trying not to distract myself too much with this...! Edited August 28, 2018 by Tricky 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted August 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2018 LNWR Signalling by Richard Foster has the standard dimensions listed. You'll find photos of boxes and interiors on my thread http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/134940-beasts-photos-ongoing-last-update-04-august-2018/ Kev - SHMD - is making an all wood, type 4 http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/136116-an-lnwr-type-4-size-j-all-wooden-signal-cabin/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 Great, thanks. I checked it out with Kev that he was ok with me making a box as well as him!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted August 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 5, 2018 Hi, 1:24 could be something truly stunning. A friend models narrow gauge at that scale, and has found quite a lot of resources from the doll's house 'world'. Regards, Alex. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 Superb photos - will come in very handy. My box will have a brick base. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted August 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2018 Don't me tempted to follow some of the manufacturers models, they have some glaring mistakes (to signal box fans). Superb photos - will come in very handy. My box will have a brick base. How many levers ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 24’ long, so not sure - 30-35? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 Hi, 1:24 could be something truly stunning. A friend models narrow gauge at that scale, and has found quite a lot of resources from the doll's house 'world'. Regards, Alex. I had a quick google at figures at this scale. I’m well catered for if I want a scantily clad young lady it seems... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted August 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2018 24’ long, so not sure - 30-35? 24' 1.5" x 12'0" - 30 levers. Size G Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium t-b-g Posted August 5, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 5, 2018 (edited) I had a quick google at figures at this scale. I’m well catered for if I want a scantily clad young lady it seems... If you talk nicely to Alan Buttler at Modelu he may well be able to provide a very decent pre-grouping figure or two at your required scale. His technology allows his figures to be created at just about any size you like. I am not sure that he has scanned any scantily clad young ladies yet but I am sure he would be open to offers from volunteers. Edited August 5, 2018 by t-b-g Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted August 5, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2018 I had a quick google at figures at this scale. I’m well catered for if I want a scantily clad young lady it seems... Unfortunately that box wasn't a size G and if you want a signalman using a vacuum cleaner (do the math) then again, wrong size boxes (yes, plural) ... I'm now taking the 5th Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted August 9, 2018 Author Share Posted August 9, 2018 So I’ve decided to go for Beeston Castle & Tarporley box as a suitable prototype. It has the panelled brickwork which I think is a good feature to model. And being a Type E isn’t too big with too many windows! I’ve made a start cutting 3mm MDF blanks which will be laminated to mount board and the brickwork scribed on it. I appreciate it doesn’t look very exciting at the moment but hopefully over the next few days it will start to take shape. I’ve also purchased the LNWR Signaling book which I am sure will prove invaluable. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted August 11, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 11, 2018 BC&T is an LNWR Type 5, 26 lever tappet frame, provided in 1915, it has an elongated rear wall due to (unusually being a composite construction) sitting on an embankment - normally an all timber box would have been provided to minimise the risk of subsidence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 BC&T is an LNWR Type 5, 26 lever tappet frame, provided in 1915, it has an elongated rear wall due to (unusually being a composite construction) sitting on an embankment - normally an all timber box would have been provided to minimise the risk of subsidence. Hmm, interesting and thanks. Do you know if any photos exist of the rear elevation? Although I think what I'm going to do is model it on flat 'ground' anyway; more of a display board really than a full scenic setting. It is only based on Beeston after all, not a slavish copy. Hopefully tonight I will have cut out and scribed the remaining wall sections and maybe get round to gluing them up into a box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted August 14, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 14, 2018 Hmm, interesting and thanks. Do you know if any photos exist of the rear elevation? Although I think what I'm going to do is model it on flat 'ground' anyway; more of a display board really than a full scenic setting. It is only based on Beeston after all, not a slavish copy. Hopefully tonight I will have cut out and scribed the remaining wall sections and maybe get round to gluing them up into a box. Have a google theres some out there. Not sure if I've got any of the back, I know I've got the front but they aren't scanned yet so not accessible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 A bit of progress over the past few days on the walls. The aim being to get the brick base completely finished before moving on to the top half. The walls are all scribed and a start has been made to add the sloping string courses, machined up from maple. I’ve also got the row of corbelled headers to add above the windows and door. Once all the details are added, I’ll fix the walls together and finish scribing the corners so they all meet neatly. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted August 17, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 17, 2018 That brickwork looks wonderful. I can see I am going to have to up my game! Kev. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 Not if yours is all timber...! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted August 19, 2018 Author Share Posted August 19, 2018 Here are the walls all finished as far as construction is concerned. I’ve painted over with a rough colour approximating to mortar; not too fussed about the exact shade at this stage as the next stage will be to add the brick colours and then wash over the mortar colour last. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PaternosterRow Posted August 26, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 26, 2018 That’s a great piece of modelling. Love the brickwork and how square it all is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted August 26, 2018 Author Share Posted August 26, 2018 I think the brickwork is more or less finished. The risk now is to keep fiddling with it and over-egg the omelette so to speak. Work will next progress to the staircase and timber-work up to floor level, along with the door to the locking room and windows of course. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted August 27, 2018 Author Share Posted August 27, 2018 We have a door! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold SHMD Posted August 27, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 27, 2018 (edited) That looks superb. Kev. Edited August 27, 2018 by SHMD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted September 5, 2018 Author Share Posted September 5, 2018 And now we have windows! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 It’s been quite a while since an update but fear not, I have been busy! The main walls are more or less complete and I’ve started fitting the windows in, building the frames around them as I go. These two pics are of the steps end inside and outside. This pic of the main side with frames glued and drying to the top bit of wall. This shows the cut away end. The right hand pair are only there to support the left hand pair while they dry. This is the inside of the back wall, also showing cut away section and patriotic portrait of the newly crowned Edward VII. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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