RMweb Premium Northroader Posted November 14, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 14, 2017 And folks go to Benidorm.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftwood Posted November 14, 2017 Share Posted November 14, 2017 Now that the station has a name I might add some running in boards to the platform ends. In preparation, I have at last gotten round to painting the water columns. After a lot of research trawling through google images and elsewhere I have now painted them matt green - there is a glimpse of one this colour on the NYMR. Here they are having had one coat with adjacent arrival/departure activity. 20171113_170704rev.jpg 20171113_170511rev.jpg Regards, Brian. If its any help, the ones on Newcastle Central, (see my profile pic, behind the Deltic) were painted what looked like battleship grey. Like the Name b t w. Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 5BarVT Posted November 14, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 14, 2017 I thought of a Central too - they were grey, but it was a matt metallic type of paint possibly some sort of aluminium base which had been brighter and had weathered down. Paul. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted November 19, 2017 Author Share Posted November 19, 2017 For some time now I have been researching station roofs or canopies that might be used on Deneside. I wanted something that was "signature" North Eastern, preferably something in Durham. My NERA publication "A History of North Eastern Railway Architecture, Volume 3 - Bell and Beyond" was full of lots of inspiration but my full attention was eventually drawn to the roof at West Hartlepool station. There was an immediate emotional connection because this was usually the station where we alighted when I was a lad to visit relatives in Easington having come up from Kings Cross. But, being a little lad, I never looked up at the platform canopies so the book and subsequent google image searches were very revealing. It seems that the roof/canopies have been severely messed about with over the years. What started off as a complete roof over the through platforms was later much modified into something like this. I liked the look of the girders over the two tracks, the overall roof having been replaced by pitched roof canopies only covering the platforms. It seems that one slope is glazed and the other isn't over each platform, a feature I have not been aware of before either at West Hartlepool or elsewhere. Please note the COVHOPS behind the Q6 which I quite like the look of and thought a rake would be nice until I found out the price of each Bachmann version! But I digress. My track layout is not the same as at WH so after much guesswork and trying to scale off dodgy photos and drawings with no scale I dived into the tusty TurboCAD and came up with the following potential structure to model. You'll be pleased to know that I felt a mock-up coming on so some progress has been made today involving mounting card, glue sticks, drinking straws, the hot glue gun and a lot of mess. Pics to follow probably tomorrow. The final model will be made from Evergreen or Plastruct plastic sections and will probably take months to construct but, hey, once it's done, it's done. Regards, Brian. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AireValley1962 Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 That looks like a great idea, Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstercivicman Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 Keep missing this layout due to the new name! Good idea on the canopy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted November 19, 2017 Share Posted November 19, 2017 IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT I have at last come up with a name for the "new" layout so expect the name of this thread to change soon. I'll also post a potted history of the line represented by the model. Hopefully the name I have come up with will help signify its intended location somewhere on the north east coast. Best Regards, Brian. Agh, so that's where you got to, changed it whilst I was on Holiday and away from the internet, clever move, BUT I've found you again at last, nice matey, I like it. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted November 19, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 19, 2017 Tynemouth has a very close relation to your roof, and it’s well looked after these days 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 Agh, so that's where you got to, changed it whilst I was on Holiday and away from the internet, clever move, BUT I've found you again at last, nice matey, I like it. Sorry about that Andy. I've been dily-dalying about names for a while and at last thought s*d it, that's the name I'm going for, lets make it official so to speak. I'm sure you enjoyed your holiday though. Best Regards, Brian. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 Tynemouth has a very close relation to your roof, and it’s well looked after these daysAF4648B1-030F-4482-854D-D0257E8844ED.jpeg I think that would have been how the WH roof looked before modification with fully glazed pitch roof bays the ridges at right angles to the running lines. This looks even more work in 4mm scale than the option I've taken but I did consider something like this. Thanks for the pic and your continued interest. Regards, Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share Posted November 20, 2017 (edited) I've had a lot of fun making the mock up and I'm quite pleased at how it's turning out. Firstly, there now follows some dodgy phone pics of the main support structure comprising the columns (drinking straws) and roof girders (mounting board). Then I added folded paper pitched canopies. I need to complete the canopies and run some trains in and out so that I can be convinced that uncoupling using my manual "spade" uncoupler is still possible and that there isn't too much structure in the way, although I am quite interested in installing a remote uncoupler on the lines of the Heathcote version, see http://heathcote-electronics.co.uk/uncoupler_oo_gauge.html if there's a problem. Regards, Brian. Edited November 20, 2017 by Brian D 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les1952 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 I see the tide was in on that visit, Brian. . . and did you take any shots to the south across Teesbay? I don't think I'll be bothering now till next year . . I can't take the biting winds these days. By the way, I learned to swim round about there. . .the breaking waves were a dirty grey colour. . no, not from me, . from the pit waste John I went sailing with college in Sunderland harbour and fell in - or more accurately jumped over the side into what I though was 18 inches of water that turned out to be five feet. I managed not to swallow any but I had what I thought was an oil slick on my T-shirt for several months until I gave up trying to wash it out and binned it (quite a financial wrench for a student in the seventies...) The harbour water at South Shields was no cleaner. Les 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 G'Day Folks Very impressive structure, and something different. Hope it all works out. manna Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Superb work Brian, well done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Brian D Posted November 21, 2017 Author Share Posted November 21, 2017 (edited) The station platform canopies mock up is now complete - see below. EDIT - apologies for not removing the coaster from this shot. The mock up is modular so there are some ripples as it where in the appearance but it gives me an excellent idea how the finished article will look. Now, I only have to sort out a way of constructing the proper version which won't drive me round the bend! In the meantime, A2 "Happy Knight" was seen arriving with a parcels train. The J39 was acting as station pilot and was called to remove the parcel rake so that the A2, using the crossover between the platforms could access the shed to be turned etc... ...before backing down onto its train ready for departure. Shortly thereafter, a K3 arrives on a goods train. I could bore you further with the goings on at Deneside but I'll sign off for now. Regards, Brian. Edited November 21, 2017 by Brian D 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted November 21, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 21, 2017 I could watch A2s all night... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 G'Day Folks. I do like that roof, has a good vibe to it. Also like all 'Eastern' loco's. manna 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstercivicman Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Like the roof. Looks really good. Also great running pics! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold trw1089 Posted November 22, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 22, 2017 I really like the station roof and your pics of the A2 and parcels trains. I don’t think I could ever be bored of pics of Eastern Region stock coming and going, especially on a layout as nice as yours Brian! Cheers Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zomboid Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 I'm pretty sure no one is bored of photos of this charming layout. You might get bored of taking them when you could be playing trains though, that would be entirely understandable... I'm not at all familiar with the NE, but that canopy certainly places the layout well away from the south. It is very definitely an atmospheric layout you're building. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share Posted November 22, 2017 (edited) I could watch A2s all night... G'Day Folks. I do like that roof, has a good vibe to it. Also like all 'Eastern' loco's. manna Like the roof. Looks really good. Also great running pics! I really like the station roof and your pics of the A2 and parcels trains. I don’t think I could ever be bored of pics of Eastern Region stock coming and going, especially on a layout as nice as yours Brian! Cheers Tony I'm pretty sure no one is bored of photos of this charming layout. You might get bored of taking them when you could be playing trains though, that would be entirely understandable... I'm not at all familiar with the NE, but that canopy certainly places the layout well away from the south. It is very definitely an atmospheric layout you're building. Thanks for all the kind comments and your interest and support guys - much appreciated and it's always nice to know that someone out there in the interweb thingy whatsit is reading my ramblings. For those who want to see more, see below. Regards, Brian. Edited November 22, 2017 by Brian D 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian D Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share Posted November 22, 2017 Encouraged by some of the kind comments above, I decided to get out some of the big stuff this afternoon . The line controller has a loco crisis on his hands - there is a shortage of the usual K1 or D49 locos to handle the passenger traffic calling for drastic measures. Fortunately A3 "St Gatien" was available to cover seen here arriving at Deneside... ...where other pacifics are awaiting departure. First away after the incoming A3 and train have cleared the station throat is A4 "Andrew K McKosh". The station pilot having repositioned the A3's train in the adjoining platform recently vacated by the A4, the A3 proceeds to the turntable to be turned... ...before backing down on its train to await departure. That's all for now. Regards, Brian. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 And very handsome they look too Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstercivicman Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Great stuff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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