45584 Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 The work in hand involves the completion of the last baseboard which is predominantly the small station of the same name as the shed and which stands at the opposite end of the layout to the shed. The platform walls have been erected and the surfaces scribed ready for laying. The trackwork has been assembled, laid, ballasted and painted. Unfortunately the new baseboard cannot be attached permanently to the layout as, at 44 feet long, the scenic part will not fit in the room. (58ft with two short fiddle yards attached). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45584 Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 The platform surfaces have now been fitted and glued down. Provisional painting has been completed. Work has started on the building for the opposite platform which will be a smaller affair of the wooden type for this area. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45584 Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 The enclosed photos show the smaller station building in the typical L and Y style of wooden construction with stone chimney. The model is based on an example at Radcliffe Black Lane station in the 1960s. Plastic card construction on a Dépron plinth which has yet to be painted. All to be weathered later. Work is progressing on cutting, filing etc all the individual components of the station fences. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Fitness Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 Super work as always Trevor! The brickwork colours are particularly nice. Just mentioning the footage that you need for the layout brings it all into perspective. Makes O gauge seem almost practical by comparison. Looking forward to seeing some signals sprouting on the layout too! Jon F. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45584 Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 Thanks Jon, Yes I'm looking forward to getting to the signals, hopefully next year. The fencing is taking some time as you'd imagine but I hope to get most of it installed before the temperature drops next month. Trevor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45584 Posted November 3, 2012 Author Share Posted November 3, 2012 The majority of the platform fencing has been built and installed. It will have to wait until the spring to be weathered by which time I hope to have added further detal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve fay Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 this is one I will be watching with interest . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45584 Posted November 23, 2012 Author Share Posted November 23, 2012 I have decided to have a break from the layout construction for a couple of weeks to allow me to build two or three wagons. The first one is based on the standard LMS all wooden cattle van. As always it is scratch-built in plastic card but in this case with a brass roof and some scraps of brass for the brake levers etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Flynn Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Building construction looks great ,will keep an eye on how it is coming along. well done Hugh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45584 Posted December 2, 2012 Author Share Posted December 2, 2012 This is the second of the wagons to be completed and is based on the LMS style of double bolster. Scratch built in plastic card but on a hidden aluminium sub frame to maintain the shape (being over 25cm long) and with details from wire and scrap brass. The girder load is obviously just plastic card. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jonte Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 First class, Trevor; thank you for sharing. Amongst other things, I particularly admire your track weathering technique and your rusty rails are most convincing. May I ask what colours you used please? Gratefully, Jonte Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45584 Posted December 2, 2012 Author Share Posted December 2, 2012 Hello Jonte, I'm pleased you like it. As you know all this modelling is subject to personal taste and interpretation. There are two distinct areas developing on the layout, the shed yard, and the through lines which pass through the station. The through lines were sprayed overall with Humbrol dark earth (29) then the rails/chairs brush painted with a mixture of equal parts Humbrol dark earth (29) and Humbrol brown (186). I mix a tin of each together then return the mix to the original containers to keep a stock so that I have some degree of consistency. I use a lot of 29. The shed yard ballast is fine sand with dark tones in water based acrylics mixed in with the diluted pva and will be softened further as above in due course. The whole layout is still very much a work in progress. I hope this is of interest. Trevor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jonte Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 Hello Jonte, I'm pleased you like it. As you know all this modelling is subject to personal taste and interpretation. There are two distinct areas developing on the layout, the shed yard, and the through lines which pass through the station. The through lines were sprayed overall with Humbrol dark earth (29) then the rails/chairs brush painted with a mixture of equal parts Humbrol dark earth (29) and Humbrol brown (186). I mix a tin of each together then return the mix to the original containers to keep a stock so that I have some degree of consistency. I use a lot of 29. The shed yard ballast is fine sand with dark tones in water based acrylics mixed in with the diluted pva and will be softened further as above in due course. The whole layout is still very much a work in progress. I hope this is of interest. Trevor Absolutely fascinating, Trevor. Thank you. Such attention to detail shows. I must try this for myself, if you don't mind. I shall follow with interest. Best wishes, Jonte Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45584 Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 The third wagon in this group is a 20T loco coal wagon in rather tired condition. Although intended as a static model for the shed yard it could be returned to running order by closing the doors. As usual it is scratch built in plastic card. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45584 Posted December 15, 2012 Author Share Posted December 15, 2012 This is the last of this group of wagons and is based on the Whiting. I cannot justify the appearance of this wagon on my layout as it appears they were constructed firstly by the GWR for the S & T Dept. with a further small batch built by BR and don't seem to have strayed very far from their home territory. I think it's an interesting subject. It is scratchbuilt in plastic card with an aluminium sub frame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45584 Posted December 26, 2012 Author Share Posted December 26, 2012 The last couple of weeks has seen me busy with a footbridge for the station. As the layout is based on L & Y style architecture I referred to the Oldham loop to find a suitable subject. There were several different styles of construction on the line from solid steel sheet sides to wooden frames etc. Having previously built a sheet steel sided example on my last layout 'Heyside' I opted on this occasion for something more decorative with lattice. It is built in plastic card and based on the one that stood at Milnrow. The photos show the progress of the bridge through construction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jonte Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Magnificent, Trevor. Jonte Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45584 Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 Thankyou Jonte for your interest which is much appreciated and also to the other members who have indicated their approval as this progresses, especially as I am modelling in isolation and some feed back is encouraging. The next stage for the station is to add some lamps, benches etc which I have started work on, then the façade of a road bridge at the end of the platform as a scenic break before going on to some larger buildings. Trevor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dikitriki Posted December 28, 2012 Share Posted December 28, 2012 Hi Trevor As ever, I am amazed at the speed at which you work - and to such a high standard too. Do you have trackplan you can post, I don't recall seeing it in the blogs? You state somewhere I think that it is too big to set up in the barn. Does that mean that this too is an exhibition layout? Regards Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45584 Posted December 28, 2012 Author Share Posted December 28, 2012 Hello Richard, I have to say in some respects it doesn't seem like four years since I changed scale and sometimes construction seems to have been slow although starting from scratch meant just that with the added complication that a lot of things that are available even in 0 gauge do not exist in Gauge 1. Yes, it is an exhibition layout and will hopefully have its first outings in the UK in September and November 2014. I have attached a trackplan(in 2 parts). I trust you are still using the old layout, Seasons greetings, Trevor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dikitriki Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Hi Trevor Thankyou for posting the plan. You do need a lot of space in 1/32 don't you! Yes, Heyside is permanently up in my cellar. It is at the same time both significantly changed and instantly recognisable. There's now a team of 6 regulars working on it, and its next outing is to Aylesbury in May 2013. I have a thread on Western Thunder http://www.westernthunder.co.uk/index.php?threads/re-heyside-7mm-l-y-late-50s-early-60s.552/page-29 and there are a good few photos and a revised trackplan from p29 onwards. I must admit to being very pleased as to how we have managed to blend in the new with the old. You never know, we might end up at the same show! Regards Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45584 Posted January 5, 2013 Author Share Posted January 5, 2013 This week I have made some benches etc to eventually add some interest to the station platforms. Scratch built in plastic card with some brass bits. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45584 Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share Posted January 26, 2013 During the last three weeks the bridge façade has been made and installed creating a scenic break before the fiddle yard. The photos show the general layout of the end of the station before things finally get glued in place. I small lamp building has also been added. There's obviously a lot to do before things are finally fixed. I've also been busy scratchbuilding ladders for the telegraph poles where lamps are fitted and some details for the shed yard of which more later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jonte Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 I really must make the effort to go and see this, Trevor, when it hits the exhibition circuit, wherever that may be. Magnificent! Best wishes, Jonte Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45584 Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share Posted January 26, 2013 Hello Jonte, As I'm sure you'll appreciate bringing it across the water to the UK is not only more complicated but significantly more expensive. I did it three times with my last layout and all things being equal I shall with this one. It is due to appear at the Lancashire show Sept. 2014 and Warley the same year. You'll have to come and help run it! As it's quite late now i've attached an appropriate photo. Trevor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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