[Layout photos]

Any chance of restoring the photos

[Dirty fingers: Trial and error with bricks and mortar]

Nice work, but don't forget that mortar was sometimes tinted and rather than having darkened with age, it started out that colour.

[Edwardian mischief - Modelu & Andrew Stadden figures]

Your GWR bus driver looks rather like Captain EJ Smith of the Titanic. Hope that's not an omen!

[3d printed ww1 ww2 artillery]

Now that's what I call steam punk

[The Model-Railway Men]

Goodness, I remember reading some of these books when I was a child. How many of them were published?

[A move is on the cards.]

My sincere commiserations

[Lima LMS 42 ft CCT.]

Nice work

[4mm Loco Shed - Part 2]

Looking good. Interesting to see new life breathed into what is a very old kit

[The ex GWR ‘B’ Set - Continued]

Great post. I did something similar with some bent wire, but your version is much more elegant.

Dean

[Taking the Enterprise to warp speed]

Is this the appropriate point to say

 

"the (Lima) engines canny take it, Captain"

[Rule 1 and other guidelines]

Rule 6 - they must be a bus crossing a bridge over the railway

[A work in progress - The Great Western Arcade]

That thought had occurred to me.

 

I know you can get laser cut windows from certain suppliers but to me they look distinctly flat, whereas with laser printing you can get more of a feeling of depth

[A work in progress - The Great Western Arcade]

Thanks Mikkel

 

This was one days work - Its amazing how quickly you can knock something up. I haven't priced it up on Shapeways yet - it might be cost prohibitive. My inclination is to try printing it. It feels like cheating in a way, but when you consider the time saving. The rest of the building and the arcade behind would be plasticard.

 

I'm also considering drawing up some gothic windows, bays etc for city centre style buildings, the rest being plasticard. As well as the time saving there is also the issue of being able to produce lots of idential items which if made the old fashioned way would look anything but identical.

 

Dean

[Brackhampton - Track laying - take 2]

Thanks Weaselfish. There are some photos on this blog giving an impression as to how the Noth box was done

 

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/191/entry-6824-brackhampton-north-signal-box/

 

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/191/entry-6857-brackhampton-north-signal-box-part-2/

 

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/191/entry-14235-brackhampton-north-sb-goes-all-colourful/

 

These are probably the best ones

 

regards

 

Dean

[Moonlight scenes]

some great photos, very atmospheric. Thanks for sharing

[Brackhampton - Track laying - take 2]

the track has been sprayed red to simulate the rust. I'll be painting the sleepers a more normal colur once all the track is down.

[Sproston - more on the signalbox]

impessive work

[Cometh the Hour- Cometh the Axeman- Beeching Closures announced- tracks being lifted :(]

Its amazing just what Dr Beeching has to answer for

 

You have my sympathies - been there and done that.

 

Good luck with the next one

[Brackhampton and the 21st century - part 8]

I never knew the station in service, but my researches (rather grand way of saying I've read everyone elses books) suggest three entrances, one from Colmore Row and the top of Livery street into the main ticket office. the second midway down Livery Street through this doorway which led into a subway under the platforms shared with the parcels traffic and the third under Great Charles St bridge, the white arcaded remains of which can still be seen.

 

I've often wondered what it must have looked like walking down those side streets of Colmore Row with Snow Hill at the end rising like a brick glass and cast iron cliff face at the end of the street.

[Brackhampton and the 21st century - part 5]

Thanks MIkkel, it struck me that the platform buildings lent themselves to being broken down into standard parts - bit like the old timber framed buildings do. I'll be posting a picture of the finished design work for this bit of wall probably tonight. Although it has taken an awful long time adding all the brickwork, if it can be used either as is or for producing castings. At least it will mean that the arches and such like do look then same which would have been the problem with scratchbuilding.

 

As to materials, like you I don't know much about them, but the cheaper the material the coarser the level of detail. Shapeways wouldn't print the exterior column as it was too brittle in White plastic, but was ok in Fine Ultra Detail acrylic (and more than twice as expensive).

 

Horsetan - I'm toying with moulding and resin - something else new to me - but I think it will work better for the wall sections, than for the columns and girders as these have relief both sides and the walls are flat on the back - or could be.

 

If I do cast the walls I need to consider whether leaving the windows out and perhaps having these etched. At the moment the wall section includes the window frames.

[Likely Lads]

The one with the little moustrache looke like he's about to drive his engine into Poland!!!

[Brackhampton and the 21st Century - part 2]

I don't know about a talent, persevernace may be a better way of putting it - lol

 

I don't know anyone else but Shapeways. I'll let you all know what they turn out like

 

Dean

[slowly slowly or building bridges]

Thanks

 

without wishing to appear lazy, is there anywhere on RMweb that discusses the likely modifications needed?

 

Dean

[slowly slowly or building bridges]

You're worrying me now! Are the motors likely to be too strong for the point or not strong enough - I hope not since I have loads left over from my old layout?

[slowly slowly or building bridges]

Oh before anyone mentions it, the scissors crossings will be put the correct side of the bridge and not as shown