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Par Station in N Gauge - Progress!

cornish trains jez

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Good afternoon,

 

It's been a while since I wrote my last blog and since then I have got married, found out my wife is now pregnant with our first child, and I've also changed jobs. And all that in the last 6 weeks!!!

 

Since the wedding and honeymoon, I have been making some good progress with the layout and in particular the station building for Par.

 

Since my last entry I have completed the windows, attached the roof and layered strips of thick paper to represent the tiles, made the chimney stacks (as they were in the late 80's) from cut down Ratio chimney stacks.

The front and rear canopies have also been made using a sheet of 0.75mm plasticard cut to size to make the main structure and then ratio canopy edging (taken from kits) to finish off.

 

The wooden fence panels around the entrance to the toilets has also been made, again using parts from the ratio GWR station building kit, but this needs to be adjusted as it seems to have dried slight "skew wiff"!

 

A few jobs remain, painting and weathering of the roof tiles, canopy and loo entrance fence. Fitting of drainpipes and gutters.

 

I have also started to make the changes to my Dapol class 56 to represent it's condition as it was when it visited Cornwall for the day in 1990, using the superb references and photos in John Vaughan's excellent books "Cornish Mainline" and "An illustrated History of China Clay". To do this some depot plaques and etched arrows were ordered from Shawplan and some brass oval buffers were ordered from N-Brass as it appears that one end of the loco had oval buffers and the other end had large round buffers. Rather unusual I would say but the pictures clearly show this, especially Winterbourne's brilliant photo of 56013 at Burngullow, posted in the Cornish Railways pages of this website.

I still need to attach the oval buffers, buffer beam detailing and weather this loco before it is finished, and the next blog will be dedicated to this loco.

 

Anyway, here are some progress shots. As always, all comments and any tips are most welcome.

 

Roof tiles going on.

 

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Rear canopy before it was attached in place.

 

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Various shots from different angles of the more or less finished building.

 

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Pictures of the station building in position on the layout.

 

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Class 56013 straight out of the box......

 

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......and with etched depot plaques and arrows added.

 

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And heading through Par station with CDA china clay wagons in tow!!

 

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Best regards,

 

Jeremy

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Hi Jeremy,

 

Firstly congratulations on your new job, marriage and first baby on the way :O

 

You need to get a bit more modelling in otherwise your family might start multiplying rapidly :D

 

The station buildings looking good - well worth applying those strips individually although at the time I bet you weren't thinking so. And the 56 is looking nice too...look forward to see that finished....perhaps it can make a cameo on Moorswater viaduct one day ;)

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Hi Jeremy,

 

As Pete says congrats on the all of the above! Blimey!

 

Looking good. Nice of Dapol to oblige with the Class 56 as well.

 

Didn't this loco make it down to Moorswater?

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

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Hi Jeremy,

 

Firstly congratulations on your new job, marriage and first baby on the way :O

 

You need to get a bit more modelling in otherwise your family might start multiplying rapidly :D

 

The station buildings looking good - well worth applying those strips individually although at the time I bet you weren't thinking so. And the 56 is looking nice too...look forward to see that finished....perhaps it can make a cameo on Moorswater viaduct one day ;)

 

 

Thanks Pete! It certainly has been a busy time lately. I seem to have done more modelling since I've been married than before! The strips on the station roof were a nightmare and a painfully long process but hopefully they look the part.

In terms of the 56, I'm pleased so far, and yes, it can definitely make a cameo on Moorswater Viaduct!

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cornish trains jez

Hi Jeremy,

 

As Pete says congrats on the all of the above! Blimey!

 

Looking good. Nice of Dapol to oblige with the Class 56 as well.

 

Didn't this loco make it down to Moorswater?

 

Cheers,

 

Mark

 

 

Thanks Mark. I'm not sure if the class 56 made it down to Moorswater, I'll have to look into this a bit further. I think however it did make it down to Fowey harbour.

Best regards,

Jeremy

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Nice work on the station building.

 

I'd send the loco back though; the BR blue has rather faded... :D

 

 

 

Thanks Tony. The station building has been a long process so far but it seems to be coming together now. I must say though, the lower grey section of the two tone grey on the bodyside of the 56 does look like it has a slightly green tint!

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Congratulations!

You are going to have to work like mad on the layout now, as the arrival of baby will throw a monster spanner in the works! Building looks nice, do you intend to colour the exposed card on the corners?

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Congratulations!

You are going to have to work like mad on the layout now, as the arrival of baby will throw a monster spanner in the works! Building looks nice, do you intend to colour the exposed card on the corners?

 

 

Thanks mate! The baby will definitely slow down the progress of the model, need to get as much modelling time in between now and end of April as possible!! In terms of the exposed card on the corners, I will probably paint those in when I paint the roof tiles. It may need several different shades of grey to get it looking right.

Best regards,

Jeremy

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I seem to have done more modelling since I've been married than before!

 

Likewise...I got married to my wife on our 10th anniversary of 'going out together'...and then shortly afterwards my trains started to appear...she was like, 'WTF have I just got into'...:D

 

Way to go Jeremy...

 

 

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Wow, those have been six eventful weeks. You really made progress. Congratulations. The station looks great!

 

Oh, and did you mention some family stuff too? :D

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Wow, those have been six eventful weeks. You really made progress. Congratulations. The station looks great!

 

Oh, and did you mention some family stuff too? :D

 

 

Thanks! It has been eventful. Once the station building is finished I'll move onto the footbridge which I have already got some parts for. Watch this space!!

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Thrice Congratulations. Nice work. Will it all be finished before the arrival of nappies, sick and sleeplessness?

 

 

Thank you! Not sure if it will be finished before the new born arrives but I hope to get the majority done. Maybe I'll start some late night modelling just to get myself used to getting up in the middle of the night!!!

Best regards,

Jeremy

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