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JDaniels

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A few more photos that I took today.

 

The first shows the Blagdon branch goods in the mid 1930's. The second van is another ABS kit, as I mentioned in my earlier blog these are excellent and cover the more unusual prototypes. I would also add that not all my coaches and vans have roofs this white!

 

The second and third are shots of the platform and station building. The station buildings on the Wrington Vale line followed a standard pattern but that at Blagdon and Langford were extended a few years after opening. The extension is on the left hand side, if you look carefully you should be able to see the original end wall on to which the extension has been built. You will also see that the chimneys were originally on the ends of the station building and that the left hand pot has been replaced. I might see if I can get a better shot of the underside of the canopy where it wil be apparent that the bay windows were cantilevered out which made for interesting modelling. The roof appears to be of lead and I do need to have another look at the gutter.

 

The final shot is of a 58xx 0-4-2T (and also the one in the first photo). I included this as it is a Rod Neep etched kit made for Puffers of York. I don't know whether it is still available anywhere but I haven't heard of it for some time so probably not. As you'd expect from Rod Neep the kit is very detailed (the instructions run to 16 pages) and went together fairly easily. I quite like the 48xx / 58xx as built when their lines were much cleaner without the added ATC piping, whistle shields and steps and handrails on one side of the bunker. The loco has a Portescap RG4C motor and was painted by Larry Goddard. The loco is spoilt by the buffers which are clearly too small for this class of loco. It should be a simple job to replace the buffer heads and one day I will get around to it but I need to check that whatever I get will fit the buffer stocks.

 

Hope these are of interest and thanks to all those who commented. I now need to get back to the railmotor.

 

John

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Tim V

I would suggest the roof is made of felt, looks like that in the pictures I took there in the 70s. Lead would be too heavy. I can't post pictures on your blog to show you!

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JDaniels

I would suggest the roof is made of felt, looks like that in the pictures I took there in the 70s. Lead would be too heavy. I can't post pictures on your blog to show you!

Yes thinking about it lead would have been too heavy. I have an old copy of Steam Days which had an article "Light rails to Wrington" which crucially included a colour photo, albeit of Wrington in 1961. The roof is a very light grey although by that time it would have faded. If my shed is typical though the felt must have been replaced many times over the lifetime of the building! I will have a look at earlier photos of the station as I suspect that when newly felted the colour would have been much darker; even a B & W photo would show the shade.

 

Thank you for your contribution.

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aberdare

Hi John

 

I've got no other photographs to look at other than the GWR stations book which is very indistinct. When I was researching Tiverton Junction though for the rebuild in the 1890s I managed to get hold of the construction plans to identify the materials used, as like you it was hard to see clearly, I was surprised to see that large sections were corrugated iron alongside the original slate tiles (on the main buildings). All the canopies and walkways between buildings were the corrugated and skylights, must have been noisy during heavy rain though.

 

I just thought it worth a mention as this rebuild was only a few years earlier than blagdons build date. Either way it's still grey though isn't it and to be honest I think Tim is probably correct judging by the battens or ribbing down the roof.

 

Great photos anyway

 

Jim

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JDaniels
Hi John

 

I've got no other photographs to look at other than the GWR stations book which is very indistinct. When I was researching Tiverton Junction though for the rebuild in the 1890s I managed to get hold of the construction plans to identify the materials used, as like you it was hard to see clearly, I was surprised to see that large sections were corrugated iron alongside the original slate tiles (on the main buildings). All the canopies and walkways between buildings were the corrugated and skylights, must have been noisy during heavy rain though.

 

I just thought it worth a mention as this rebuild was only a few years earlier than blagdons build date. Either way it's still grey though isn't it and to be honest I think Tim is probably correct judging by the battens or ribbing down the roof.

 

Great photos anyway

 

Jim

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JDaniels

Hi Jim,

 

Thanks your E mail. Sorry to be so late in responding but I'm still struggling with the railmotor chassis.All I need say in that respect is that I've abandoned using plastic wheels and am taking a trip down memory lane using Romford, now Markit wheels. Regarding the station roof, I think it must be roofing felt of some sort or whatever passed for that in 1902. I think I will paint it a darker grey along with some other improvements I'll be making including a total rewiring under the baseboards and a respray of some of the grass where I overdid the water colour tinting. Hopefully I should be able to update progress on the railmotor after Christmas celebrations.

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