Popular Post alant Posted July 19, 2013 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2013 Another pub, this time from my current layout. 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post wenlock Posted July 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2013 I put some pictures of my station building on my blog a while ago, but as I'm still quite pleased with it, I thought I'd put some here! 7mm scale, built from plasticard model of a William Clark station building circa 1905 22 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 I put some pictures of my station building on my blog a while ago, but as I'm still quite pleased with it, I thought I'd put some here! 7mm scale, built from plasticard model of a William Clark station building circa 1905 blogentry-5869-0-67722200-1358517373_thumb1.jpg blogentry-5869-0-70991200-1358517888_thumb1.jpg blogentry-5869-0-85288700-1358518327_thumb1.jpg Looks fantastic! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 THAT Station, WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I give up........ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold wenlock Posted July 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2013 THAT Station, WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I give up........ Never give up Alan! I've been a huge fan of your work since my early teens, reading your Railway Modeller articles in the early 70's was instrumental in getting me started in railway modelling. Best wishes Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc smith Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 THAT Station, WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I give up........ Hi Allan & Dave, Having seen the building "in the flesh" - it really is a superb piece of work However Mr Downes, my pal Wenlock & I are both admirers of your work We both read RM avidly in the 70's drooling over your buildings & Downesplans I'm sure I speak for both of us, and many more of us when I say you have inspired so many.... So whatever happens.....pleeeease..... Don't give up Cheers Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted July 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2013 (No, DO give up, some of us want to have a go !! ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 Hi Allan & Dave, Having seen the building "in the flesh" - it really is a superb piece of work However Mr Downes, my pal Wenlock & I are both admirers of your work We both read RM avidly in the 70's drooling over your buildings & Downesplans I'm sure I speak for both of us, and many more of us when I say you have inspired so many.... So whatever happens.....pleeeease..... Don't give up Cheers Marc I'm sure Allan and Iain have been an inspiration to many of us over the years. I remember making a 4mm scale forge with thatched cottage after reading Allan's article in the RM in the seventies. The thatch was made of strands of knitting wool and then covered in flock powder! Alan. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 I'm sure Allan and Iain have been an inspiration to many of us over the years. I remember making a 4mm scale forge with thatched cottage after reading Allan's article in the RM in the seventies. The thatch was made of strands of knitting wool and then covered in flock powder! Alan. Hi Alan. Could this be that forge ? Cheers. Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted July 19, 2013 Author Share Posted July 19, 2013 Hi Alan. Could this be that forge ? Cheers. Allan. IMG_0117.jpg Yes, that's the one Allan. We had an exchange about it on your own topic some time ago. It started me on a voyage of migration from Superquick kits at the time! Alan. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Buckingham Posted July 19, 2013 Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2013 Here's my model of Buckingham station, made from plasticard, using foundation measurements and counting bricks. Platform side Entrance side The real thing by John Langford and a similar view on the layout and from the other platform 27 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 19, 2013 Share Posted July 19, 2013 STUNNING, would just love to see more ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted July 20, 2013 Author Share Posted July 20, 2013 Here's my model of Buckingham station, made from plasticard, using foundation measurements and counting bricks. Platform side P1010343 cropped.jpg Entrance side P1010340 cropped.jpg The real thing by John Langford Buckingham c1959-60 small.jpg and a similar view on the layout P1010188.JPG and from the other platform P1010191.JPG Would like to see more please. Have you modelled the goods yard area? Being local I have walked the old line a few times but only moved into the area after the railway had long gone. Alan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 That is a really top class layout worthy of it's own Thread, VERY impressive. Cheers. Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckingham Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Alan and Allan Thanks for your comments, I have considered a thread but not yet got round to it, the layout was started as a club layout in Bedford, but the club folded as we were down to three. The layout was started in 1998 or so, so it is very slow progress, I've inherited it and been fortunate to have a shed to put it in. It would have been a great shame not to keep it going. However, as ever, time to do things is always the issue, especially when most things are scratch or kit built, the layout is EM gauge. I have thought about the goods yard, but it was 750 yards away over the viaduct towards Banbury and then about as big again as the station, when I've got the station finished and built enough stock to run it, I might consider it. I have a number of photos and drawings and the plan so it may happen one day. I've given myself a deadline as I hope to take the layout as is to the March 2015 Leamington and Warwick club show, it still won't be finished but I hope it will be acceptable for that. I'm trying to finish things I've started but not completed, I'd like to put signals on but time may not permit that. One of the old club members is still helping on the layout so we might make some progress. Dave 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Hi Dave. You mentioned Bedford. Well I lived and worked in Bedford in 1960/62 and lived on Goldington Avenue. Also frequented the 'Garden Of Eden' coffee bar just off John Bunyon square opposite Condelli's. This was all pre railway modelling as a Burton's 'Saturday night special' a killer quiff and girls all took precedence ! Cheers. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 It definitely deserves a thread. And a work bench. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwrman Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Hi, I don't mind doing the building bit but when it come to painting them I can't seem to get it right, I pass our club buildings on to another member whose a artist / retired art teacher who transforms them. Any tips for future projects guys, I'm down the club tomorrow I'll take some photos of the 'O' gauge goods shed I built & he painted. Nigel 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted July 21, 2013 Author Share Posted July 21, 2013 Here's another building made a while ago for an old layout that no longer exists now. This is based on a house in a nearby village that I used to pass on my way to work. Construction is from foamboard with Howard Scenics printed brickpaper before I started using embossed plasticard. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Here's another building made a while ago for an old layout that no longer exists now. This is based on a house in a nearby village that I used to pass on my way to work. Construction is from foamboard with Howard Scenics printed brickpaper before I started using embossed plasticard. Stewkley House1.jpg Hi Alant, another superb job, and I particulary like your neat, crisp work. And that hedging is about the best I've seen. I've used that brickpaper myself before and I must say that I prefer it to Slaters embossed, but that's only because I'm totaly at a loss when it comes to colouring whereas Iain Robinson and Peter Leyland have got it down to a fine art - but don't tell them that I told you that ! Cheers. Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Well, I've got to say, that there are some truly talented modellers around here. That Buckingham Station building is fantastic, and the detached redbrick above is simply brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Well, after trawling back through my blog, the only other thing I could find to show you was one of my tunnel mouths... 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 Now just to show I have built in other scales, here's a 4mm example built for the Milton Keynes MRC EM gauge Milton Quays layout. Photo is attributed to Phil Parker and taken from Flickr. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Alant, You're one heck of a blinding model maker, ever thought of taking it up professionally ? Cheers. Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Well, after trawling back through my blog, the only other thing I could find to show you was one of my tunnel mouths... tunnel2.jpg Freebs, that tunnel mouth, what stonework did you use ? - it's brilliant, and that colour is right on the money for the Cotswolds look. Cheers. Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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