380John Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 13 minutes ago, BobM said: Hi Thank you for your kind posting and suggestion of a canopy bracket signal..... this is the one as you mention at Llangollen,,,,and it is a great idea and would look good on platform two of Cambrian Street... I am not a great modeller, but I try and I often 'take the shortest route' to solve a problem.....I could build my platforms from scratch by various methods I've researched I'm sure, but the easiest way I have found here is just to use mdf, the depth is 18mm which for me is 'closest enough (whatsit) is to swearing' the recommended height of platforms in 00 to real life, I've found from experience that platforms were all sorts of depths. 18mm mdf brings it to a level just below of the step running board of my coaches and the middle of the loco buffer beam, which is good enough for my purposes I feel? Cheers once more, Regards as always Bob That's just the one I was thinking of Bob. Can't imagine it would be too difficult to achieve. Thanks for the advice on the platforms. All the best, John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted July 9, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 9, 2020 Looking good Bob. Regards Lez. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobM Posted July 13, 2020 Author Share Posted July 13, 2020 Evening all good chums.....Hope all are well? Have begun to form the grassy areas behind the retaining walls this evening, just using tissues which are then moistened with a weak pva / water solution which hardens to form a basis for the topping of 'whatever' to give the desired soil / grass/ weed surface to come...? Stay safe guys.... Regards always, Bob 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted July 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2020 It's coming on an absolute treat Bob. Regards Lez. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobM Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) Afternoon Guys....Hope the weather has been as glorious with you as it has been here in South Staffs, as I was off from work today have been for a walk, a long walk through the local woods over the road from my house, exiting at where Himley Station was located, the platforms of which are just still visible these days beneath the overgrowth and Sycamore saplings and then on to and along the Staffs and Worcs Canal to Bratch Locks, further onto the Wombourne Railway Walk formerly the 'Old Woose and Worse ' Oxley Branch Line, the station building converted in to a cafe' and then homeward along the old trackbed. ....also I know this may be 'small beer' to you talented guys, but never having assembled a white metal kit before, I thought it was time that I did, so have assembled a Dart Castings GWR Lamp Hut this afternoon on my return home. Used superglue rather than epoxy as I thought I'd keep it simple being my first attempt....pleased with it and fits in well with the signal box and station environs, only requires painting up now. Regards always, stay safe..... Bob Edited July 17, 2020 by BobM 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobM Posted July 17, 2020 Author Share Posted July 17, 2020 (edited) Hi.... My thoughts are turning towards how to create a suitable and atmospheric surface for the platforms, I am minded at this stage to create perhaps a paved or brick surface around the buildings, slabbed edges but ash surface elsewhere, cut plasticard is my first choice for the slab effect being painted or scribed on to it for effect, sand and or loco ash mix for the remainder? Or as an alternative, still 1mm plasticard for the slabs/ edges, but then impressed and DAS stipped clay for the ash effect as per Chris Nevaron his site? Hoping to achieve something such as here in Aberystwyth..... Any suggestions appreciated as always.... Regards always... Bob Edited July 17, 2020 by BobM 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted July 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 18, 2020 Hi Bob. You can use york stone paving for the paved areas and either a commercial tarmac effect product, Mig do one and I think gauge master do a textured paint for tarmac. OR use das. Roll it on flat and then use a 2" paint brush to stipple the top as it dries. Then dry brush it all to get a contrast in the colouring. OR you can cover the das with chinchilla dust and roll it into the das with a wallpaper edge roller, then paint to taste. The success or failure of using das is all in the paint job you understand. OR fall back on the old emery paper method , although for some reason I've never found it all that convincing. You can also just simulate tarmac by painting like you did with the concrete hardstanding with a weathered black as the base colour. I can talk you through any of the above but you have done most of this already Bob. I have the utmost faith that you can achieve any effect you want on the platforms mate. Regards Lez 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobM Posted July 18, 2020 Author Share Posted July 18, 2020 2 hours ago, lezz01 said: Hi Bob. You can use york stone paving for the paved areas and either a commercial tarmac effect product, Mig do one and I think gauge master do a textured paint for tarmac. OR use das. Roll it on flat and then use a 2" paint brush to stipple the top as it dries. Then dry brush it all to get a contrast in the colouring. OR you can cover the das with chinchilla dust and roll it into the das with a wallpaper edge roller, then paint to taste. The success or failure of using das is all in the paint job you understand. OR fall back on the old emery paper method , although for some reason I've never found it all that convincing. You can also just simulate tarmac by painting like you did with the concrete hardstanding with a weathered black as the base colour. I can talk you through any of the above but you have done most of this already Bob. I have the utmost faith that you can achieve any effect you want on the platforms mate. Regards Lez Cheers Lez.... Hope all's well with you and all....thanks for the advice, I'll have a test run first on various methods to see which one is most comfortable and post each one on here for reference for all to comment on and advise,,! Regards always Bob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobM Posted July 18, 2020 Author Share Posted July 18, 2020 (edited) Hi all.... Hope your respective weekends are going well.... Working on the principle of doing everything from the ground upwards...... Have undertaken a little further preliminary ballastating along the front edge of the hardstanding for the signal box .....after placing a layer of pva soaked tissue paper, over the now set hard base for the grassy bank, applied a layer of artex to seal and take off the 'glassy' pva feel to the surface, when this is set will apply a base soil colour before applying grass scatter and bushes for effect, the retaining walls will be blue brick.... Regards always..... Bob Edited July 18, 2020 by BobM 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobM Posted July 18, 2020 Author Share Posted July 18, 2020 (edited) Evening Guys.... Hope your evening's gone well....? The ballast in the 6' in front of the signal box is setting and will be hoovered up tomorrow evening, yes even though I am on my own, I do know how the hoover operates however spasmodically! Also have given the 'grassy bank' an all over brown wash now it is set and have 'boxed in' the roof of the derelict terrace cottages and pub, will paint up all as and when. Regards always, Bob Edited July 18, 2020 by BobM 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted July 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2020 Hi Bob. There is an article in the toddler this month about painted road surfaces that might be of interest to you. Kimmy and I are fine thanks mate. Although our mental health could be better. Kimmy has a touch of the thousand yard stare, like many health workers and I too, am sick of all this death. It's one thing to see meaningless numbers on the news each night but it's quite another when so many of them have names and faces. The toll on family members is appalling, which, of course, we have to deal with as well. As you can imagine it's all got a bit wearing on the old nerves. I'm off for a couple of weeks as I'm exhibiting one or two of the more unpleasant symptoms of my personality disorder so I have taken a step back to recharge so I can go again for a few weeks and then we have 2 weeks off together. We don't have any plans but I think we should get a few days away just to have a change of scenery, even if it's just a tent in the corner of a field or a clearing in the woods somewhere. I know places and the people who own them so I can make that happen. We even still have all the gear and you never lose the skills, so it's not a problem. It might be fun, a bit of wild camping I mean. I'm thinking very seriously about building Tewkesbury shed and quay branch in EM. If I do I'll be starting my own thread. It might take my mind off things but I'm right in the middle of building a bigger pond so it will have to wait until that's done. I'm building it myself with railway sleepers this time not using a kit as you get more bang for your buck that way. Anyway onwards and upwards as they say. Regards Lez. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobM Posted July 20, 2020 Author Share Posted July 20, 2020 (edited) Hello All Good Chums Hope you're all okay..... have a gander at this I've been musing with.....thinking of something along this pattern for the platform flagstones, haven't looked into any magazines as yet but just messing around with 4'x2' edge flags, with a combination of 3' x 2's and 2' x 2's ( and plus possibly a line of blue diamonds to split the large (and extremely 'heavy)' 4x2's)...... Comments appreciated.... Sorry about the quality of the image, it's a photo of my pdf off the computer screen - the pdf is attached too plats (2).pdf Regards always Bob Edited July 20, 2020 by BobM 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobM Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) Evening Guys...All well I hope...? Have been testing my 'slab laying' on a smaller scale than usually employed at Arley! Began by cutting '2' strips' of 1mm plasticard and firstly cut into 4' slabs, these being laid at the edge of the platform, then further 2' x 2' and 3' x 2' pieces and then laid in the desired pattern. The effect produced is okay I hope and this being a very rough test, can only be improved when more care is taken...? Comments please.... The gaps would be filled between.....slabs either stretching across the width of the platform or with an ash central area, the slabs coloured and weathered for distressed effect. Regards always Bob Edited July 21, 2020 by BobM 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobM Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 (edited) Evening all.... Just for effect, have taken the plastic shine off and infilled the gaps with biro as a test, the distance between platform edge and the rear bricks will be 10' at scale here. Regards always Bob Edited July 21, 2020 by BobM 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted July 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2020 Looks good Bob. I would grout the slabs with das or milliput like you did the setts in the coal yard mate. regards Lez. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobM Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, lezz01 said: Looks good Bob. I would grout the slabs with das or milliput like you did the setts in the coal yard mate. regards Lez. Cheers Lez..... Having a dabble with this method, quite therapeutic cutting out these tiles and sticking them down, just like being back in infants art class again, an ash central block on the larger platforms or back section may be effective? Regards always, Bob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted July 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 22, 2020 Yes Bob. I think it will look fab mate. Regards Lez. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobM Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 (edited) Evening Guys..... Hope all are chipper...? Have sliced up some plasticard into 2' wide strips....these will be cut further into the desires 4' / 3' / 2' lengths to form the slabs on the platform, will do this section by section as I go along rather than enmasse. Regards always..... Bob Edited July 22, 2020 by BobM 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobM Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) Evening my friends..... Hope all are well...? Have made a start on the first section slab surface of Platform 1..... Laid the 4' x 2' edging slabs and then making progress to lay the mix of 2' x 2' and 3' x 2' 's in standard pattern, but showing signs of broken or mismatched or distressed work that may have occurred over the years...hopefully this is agreeable and produces an authentic look to be weathered? Quite a time consuming method, but as mentioned previously, strangely therapeutic in nature and I wanted something 'of my own work' rather than an off the shelf product...! Regards always..... Bob Edited July 23, 2020 by BobM 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobM Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) Hi All...... Have completed a 25' scale length of the platform....so a question for you, do I carry on to the end of the section and hope I don't fall asleep first, or take a break and infill with the grouting mix and then move on to the next section, I know which one I am minded to do, but I await your comments.... Hope all'e well with everyone.... Regards always Bob Edited July 23, 2020 by BobM 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted July 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 23, 2020 Hi Bob I think you should do it in short bursts rather than a marathon. You have too many straight lines if you see what I mean. Regards Lez. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobM Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, lezz01 said: Hi Bob I think you should do it in short bursts rather than a marathon. You have too many straight lines if you see what I mean. Regards Lez. Hi My friend..... That was my thinking too, .......I don't want a crazy paved surface but also not a perfectly regimented alignment either, hopefully the grouting and weathering will provided the desired effects...? Regards always..... Bob 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobM Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 Hi.... Can see that it is my slab pattern of 2'x2' and 3'x2' that's producing a 'join' every 5' width, have I erred? It's not too late to start this section again an am quite willing to take another look. Regards always Bob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted July 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) Maybe stick to one size Bob. Use the smaller ones where the paving comes up against the buildings and foot bridge like you have with the platform edge. Just personal opinion you understand mate. I have no knowledge about paving other than observation. Regards Lez. Edited July 23, 2020 by lezz01 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobM Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 (edited) HI All... When I compare my slab pattern to this.... I can see immediately where I have 'botched' it...! Oh dear....will redo, 1,000 apologies.... Regards always Bob Edited July 23, 2020 by BobM 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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