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The Long Drag to Garsdale

Southern Fabricator

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Well hello to my first attempt to post my scratch built Version of Garsdale Junction Station and its associated buildings. I have been inspired by the many RM Web contributors and offer an insight into my 3.0mm foam board efforts.
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It has taken me a while to regain some of the skills in modelling that I had when I was 16 or so, but now old age only affects one's physical abilities to accomplish what seems a challenge to model in OO Scale.
I had started planning for this project back in 2014,hence 'The Long Drag to Garsdale' title. I must acknowledge Physicsman's KL and Rob's Bakewell Station blogs for their dedication to this hobby. So I will have more to come soon.

 

Well thanks for your comments; at least I feel that I can expand on this project further.
Back in April 2014 I started to browse through all the information I could find on modelling a UK style railway after coming across Richard’s ‘Everard Junction’ You Tube postings. Using a free downloadable AnyRail5 program I learnt a lot about helixes and gradients and decided to plan a layout that I could fit into my garage.

 


Whilst trying various layout ideas, I began reading through Jeff’s 1st Kirkby Luneside experiences and hopefully learn about more modelling from his contributors and other RM Web pages on how to avoid most of the basic mistakes we all make.
So above all I wanted have portability on a robust baseboard, a basic prototypical layout (hence Garsdale/Hawes Junction) and also because I live in New Zealand near middle earth, I needed plenty of photographs and ‘cabride’ videos of the subject matter.
For me the Settle and Carlisle Railway won through.

 

So planning and research does take time, but it is well worthwhile. Here are some of my original layout plans and building dimensions/positions.

 

 

 

I had one major issue, how to model the Dandry Mire/Moorcock Viaduct Yorkshire stone prototype block work sizes?
I wasn’t keen on investing large amounts of money on materials that are not available here in NZ unless one imports them from overseas, so that using Foamboard became my best option.
This medium is relatively cheap to obtain and with a little patience gives results that as a first time scratch modeller that are gratifying.

 

So why did I start on the station buildings? For a start less block work while I work through my own methodology to do things quicker and secondly I had already made scale plans of the buildings using research, photos and block and quoin counting.
I’ll admit I’m no expert, but as one learns one improves.
Below is the Down Line to Carlisle Waiting Room. It is nowhere finished yet as the fine detailing is yet to be done.

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Knuckles

Surprised you used foam board as a construction material yet the results show it to be good. Great result.

Will be looking forward to more. :)

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DonB

I'm wondering whether we have a "language " difference here?

In the UK we get supplies of Foam Board from Craft shops as an (often) A4 sheet size sandwich  of thin card outer layer and a plastic (Polyurethane?) foam inner layer.

Does Southern Fabricator use what we would call Insulation board from building or roofing supplies?

 

Could you describe your raw material ? Thanks 

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Southern Fabricator

Hello DonB, I've just reviewed this post and come across your post. Foam board is a sheet that is comprised of two sheets of paper with a very fine closed cell urethane sheet in between. Here in NZ it is sold in craft shops as foam board.

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BlasterBob

Thanks for your interest Knuckles. I'm still working through with it. Check out David Neat https://davidneat.wordpress.com/

There's a lot of very helpful reference information at the link. Thank you for sharing.

Note to others: when you go to the page, clink on the various menus down the right-hand side of the page. The main category pages are often blank and so you need to click on the sub-categories to reach the information.

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