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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...!

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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/

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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.

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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 ?

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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...

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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.

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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

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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.

 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

 

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Once all the details are added, I’ll fix the walls together and finish scribing the corners so they all meet neatly.

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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.

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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.

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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.

 

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These two pics are of the steps end inside and outside.

 

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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.

 

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This is the inside of the back wall, also showing cut away section and patriotic portrait of the newly crowned Edward VII.

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