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Tintern - a 2-D modelling interlude

Barry Ten

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While I carry on with the Collett coach, here's a bit of 2-D modelling that's been keeping me occupied since last summer. Those of you who've seen a copy of Neil Parkhouse's recent book "West Gloucester and Wye Valley Lines" will recognise the inspiration, in that there's a captivating colour image of Tintern station, taken somewhere between 1936 and 1939, and probably around 1937. It's one of the most amazing images I've ever seen in a railway book, a real glimpse back into the pre-nationalisation era, bringing it alive in a way that B&W photography never quite manages. Not only does it show wagons, locomotive, camping coach and so on in full GWR glory, but it's the kind of railway-in-the-landscape shot that you see very rarely even in BR-era pictures.

 

I was so taken with the picture that I fancied doing a painting of it, and so last July I picked up a huge canvas from an art shop in Bristol and have been working on it ever since, almost entirely on Wednesday evenings at the local art society. There's still a fair bit to do, but I'm happy with the way it's developing. Its not a straight copy of the original, as I wanted to make it more "summery" than the photo, and I've deviated a bit in the relative positioning and angles of things, not always intentionally! The medium is acrylic.

 

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Having studied the original photograph for hours and hours, it strikes me that Tintern would make a wonderful model, with the sweeping curves of the track layout, the gently sloping terrain, the line on an embankment etc.

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Lovely painting Al, you've captured the perspective very well.  Totally agree about Tintern making a great subject for a model.  The station building is one of my favourite motorbiking stop off's these days http://www.tinternvillage.co.uk/seedo/tintern-old-station/ , excellent coffee and a damn fine breakfast :-)

 

I don't suppose you fancy painting 18 feet of back scene for Sherton Abbas? :-)

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I'd be worried about cocking up Sherton Abbas, Dave - it's one thing to cock-up your own model, quite another to cock-up someone else's! Besides, I'm sure you're more than up to it!

 

On my own layout the backscene is primed MDF, so in principle if the painting went wrong, I could sand it back at any point and start again.

 

I did stop at Tintern station quite a few years ago, I think we were coming back from Ross. I seem to remember walking out along the trackbed, following a miniature railway line, for some way? I must go back one of these days.

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