A start on the station building
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Well with the baseboards ordered and a pile of plasticard to play with i decided to bite the bullet and start on the station building and rear support wall.
I will cover this over multiple videos as i slowly build it up. But this is simply a list of what i use within my builds
0.5mm plasticard
1mm plasticard
Slaters Brick sheets
Wills arch frames
MM laser cut large industrial windows
wills doors and window surrounds
3.2mm plastic square rod
2mm plastic square rod
8mm Square tube
Scale Model Scenary building inner wall detail sheets.
Wills station shop fronts
The painting i will cover when i get to it but so far the maroon used is humbrol 20 and the cream is 103.
I always start with drawings of my buildings as i not only find the challenge enjoyable it means you can get the look of the building before you start marking and cutting. Also to take a full drawing and work out how to split it down into component parts and make it structurally sound is interesting. Then slowly building it back up again in 3D.
The back retaining wall will be fairly simple just some layering similar to that done at the bridge end of the board so should go together quick easy and maybe.... quickly but 1m by 14cm is alot of brown painting to do with my usual method plus weathering which will probably take the time.
Since my last blog ive mostly been doing wagon kits and covered these in a video on the Leith Central thread, Since closing off that production line ive since turned out a modelmaster leyland national in Edinburgh transport livery and restocked the kit shelf which i may make a start on when i get to tough points with the station building to avoid frustration and mistakes. So there is a nice long sturgeon there and 3 more 24.5t MEOs plus 3 more buses. So plenty to be getting on with. My aim though is to hopefully have the boards next month so i can get the room rearranged, boards up and make a start on the track laying and wiring with the aim of have a christmas running session. So plenty to do but waiting on the postman for big progress.
Ive also been adding alot of photos and making changes to the layouts facebook page which now includes 3 generations of our family as contributors hence a lot of photo work plus freeze frameing the video archive taking up some time too. Please go give the page a like and take a look at the photos
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