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Cheddar P4 - October 2019 update


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Due to the pressures of a new job and other distractions, modelling activity over the summer has slowed somewhat. Now the nights are drawing in, I have turned to the project for Cheddar, namely the station building.

The component parts for this were cut by York Modelmaking from drawings I prepared on Coreldraw. Being over 2 feet long, it's going to be a big project but who's rushing?

The basis is an pdf carcass, with layers of Rowmark and perspex for the window, door and glazing, over which lies a layer of embossed ABS from Green Stuff World. The ashlar window and door surrounds are mdf. All of this uses the same methodology I employed for the goods shed, except the window frame layers lie over the mdf carcass, to avoid being set too deep. You can't see the mid layers behind the white Rowmark but they are there!

The photos show how the parts fit together, with progress limited to cutting out the window and door openings for the side walls (inside and out) and the end shed walls having some initial work done to thicken out the pillars.

Not very exciting, but it's progress and now hardening under a coat of primer before I start to assemble complete wall units.

In case you're wondering, the walls have a thickening/build out at the base, so I'll be adding that later.

I'm having an internal debate about the colour of the window surrounds. Frames would be white and under GWR days the surrounds would be dark stone no 3. Wonder what they'd be post war in this part of Somerset??

Answers on a post card please.

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What colour?

 

Well, quite often, a painting date would be on the woodwork on the building. Usually on the canopy. I've had a look at pictures of Cheddar, but can't see one, but Winscombe has a date 4-51. You can clearly see it here.

 

Winscombe 13 March 1975 Zenit 48- (7).jpg

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Thanks Tim. Didn’t know that. I’ll have a look through my photo collection and see what I can find. Cheddar got pretty tatty towards the end so I wouldn’t be surprised if it was last painted some considerable time before it closed. I’ve ordered some GWR no3 stone, just to make sure it’s something else!!

2 hours ago, Tim V said:

What colour?

 

Well, quite often, a painting date would be on the woodwork on the building. Usually on the canopy. I've had a look at pictures of Cheddar, but can't see one, but Winscombe has a date 4-51. You can clearly see it here.

 

Winscombe 13 March 1975 Zenit 48- (7).jpg

 

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For information:

Clutton 5-52

Pensford 4-52

Brislington 4-52

Midsomer Norton 4-52

 

Notice a pattern?

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