RMweb Gold Joner Posted June 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 2, 2020 21 hours ago, Joner said: Love the point lovers. Removable too, great idea. Oops! I was very tired, but sober when I wrote that!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 12 minutes ago, Joner said: Oops! I was very tired, but sober when I wrote that!! I must have a sort of reverse-auto-spell-check as I didn't even notice your typo until you pointed it out! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joner Posted June 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 2, 2020 29 minutes ago, Fastdax said: I must have a sort of reverse-auto-spell-check as I didn't even notice your typo until you pointed it out! Doh! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted June 3, 2020 Author Share Posted June 3, 2020 (edited) Grass I've been playing with the static grass. The cruel camera shows all the little fibres I thought I'd vacuumed up ... Edited December 21, 2023 by Fastdax Reinstating photos. 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartMc Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 24 minutes ago, Fastdax said: I thought that was real when I first saw the picture! I think it's that every effective rust effect on the handrail and also the composition of the picture. Absolutely exquisite! 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted June 4, 2020 Author Share Posted June 4, 2020 10 hours ago, StuartMc said: I thought that was real when I first saw the picture! I think it's that every effective rust effect on the handrail and also the composition of the picture. Absolutely exquisite! Thanks Stuart. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 (edited) Point Rodding I got round to adding some lead-offs from under the signal box and bellcranks and point rodding. There are signal wire pulleys also, but no actual wires. i may or may not add them ... The rodding is Wills 'OO' point rodding, which is well over-scale for OO but matches the MSE 7mm rodding quite well, as I previously wrote about here. There is a single rod leading left towards the single point on the high level and two rods disappearing off the right-hand end, under the station canopy, to who knows where? Edited December 21, 2023 by Fastdax Reinstating photos. 10 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 I am blown away by your modelling. The trackwork is excellent. I must steal shamelessly when the time comes. I should mention that I was most impressed by your signal box. I made one from an Lcut kit which looks pretty good but yours is way out there. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 6 minutes ago, brossard said: I am blown away by your modelling. The trackwork is excellent. I must steal shamelessly when the time comes. I should mention that I was most impressed by your signal box. I made one from an Lcut kit which looks pretty good but yours is way out there. John Many thanks for the kind words again John! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted June 7, 2020 Author Share Posted June 7, 2020 38 minutes ago, brossard said: I made one from an Lcut kit which looks pretty good but yours is way out there. I should make it clear that the signal box kit is by Rail Model (link) not LCut. The interior is mostly Springside whitemetal castings, with a bit of Severn Models etched brass parts added (plus some scratch-building). I do have quite a bit of LCut stuff, but I preferred the look of the RM offering. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted June 7, 2020 Share Posted June 7, 2020 Thanks for that link, I have bookmarked it. I think Lcut are quite good value and less expensive than the laser cut wood kits. I tend to put quite a bit of work into the basic model to make it better. My signal box has interior elements from Severn Models. I find that, so often, if you don't do GWR, you are out of luck. John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fastdax Posted June 11, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) Point Rodding The left-bound point rod now connects to the turnout, via a compensator: I made a representation of a Midland Economical Facing Point Lock, as would be required here: When it's hidden under a cover, the lack of detail can't be seen: Edited December 21, 2023 by Fastdax Reinstating photos. 8 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaby Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Wow Duncan that looks incredibly realistic and you certainly have much more skill & patience than I have. Best 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted June 11, 2020 Author Share Posted June 11, 2020 Thanks Barnaby! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitpw Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Bravo! That's brickwork for sure - not to mention track and point rodding details! Kit PW 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium figworthy Posted June 11, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 11, 2020 5 hours ago, Fastdax said: Until I realised that the right hand side was bare baseboard, I thought that was the real thing. Adrian 3 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted June 11, 2020 Author Share Posted June 11, 2020 15 minutes ago, figworthy said: Until I realised that the right hand side was bare baseboard, I thought that was the real thing. Adrian Thanks Adrian. The bare board (in true lazy-man fashion) is not visible behind the parapet wall that's normally in place there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted June 11, 2020 Author Share Posted June 11, 2020 6 hours ago, kitpw said: Bravo! That's brickwork for sure - not to mention track and point rodding details! Kit PW Thanks Kit! The brickwork is textured, printed brick paper from ebay. Not Redutex, but the back of the paper resembles textured wallpaper. It gives the front a pleasing look. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 (edited) Wires and Cables On 07/06/2020 at 14:39, Fastdax said: There are signal wire pulleys also, but no actual wires. i may or may not add them .. Who was I kidding? Knowing that I could add detail made me kind of itchy until I had had a bash at it. So I added signal wires (single cores from multi-core layout wire), supported on cast brass pulleys, and anonymous cables, supported on laser-cut (4mm scale, but hey) hanger hooks: Even in 7mm scale, these details are tiny! They need weathering to remove the shiny finish and I'm pondering how best to do this without swamping the brick detail. Now I need to get on with the station building, although I've been distracted by @Giles' lovely radio control vehicles ... Edited December 21, 2023 by Fastdax Reinstating photos. 5 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaby Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Duncan you could try some India ink, make sure you get the waterproof ones and they come in 10 different colours. As it is a very watery medium it will paint on well with a brush thus localising the spread to the wires. New (4) from £7.97 + £2.80 Shipping Set of 6 20g drawing inks Black, Green, Blue, Yellow, Red, Brown colours Suitable for fountain, technical drawing brush and dropper I'm sure you will find a much more interesting use for them. Best 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted June 16, 2020 Author Share Posted June 16, 2020 Thanks Barnaby, that's an interesting suggestion. I have some black India ink which I'll take a look at. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted June 17, 2020 Author Share Posted June 17, 2020 (edited) Station Building I was going to re-make the foamboard skeleton of the station building, but I realised that my mockup was dimensionally accurate enough. I stripped off the support for the canopy roof, planned where the windows will go, and extended the length a bit with new 3mm foamboard: Since I'm only making half a building, I have a cunning plan to extend its apparent size using a mirror under the canopy. Whether it works or not, only time will tell but I held a mirror in position to see if the effect works. The 'split' will be down the middle of the main doors: This is the right-hand end of the layout with all buildings removed from the high level: The wall cladding is 1, 2 or 3 layers of Slaters English bond plasticard brick sheet. The windows and arched header bricks are from York Modelmaking. The prototype station (Duffield - photo above) has 2 different sizes of windows but I only got one size from York, so I'm making this minor compromise. Progress so far. I trimmed off the roof overhangs as they were visually too thick. I will replace with thin card: Edited December 21, 2023 by Fastdax Reinstating photos. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) Station Building A bit more progress, with roof sub-layer, extra wall layers, dental brickwork, window cills, unidentified hole in the gable, and a plinth. 'Standard Joe' measures the height: I think this is nearly ready for some primer, which always ties the whole thing together. Edited December 21, 2023 by Fastdax Reinstating photos. 6 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted June 28, 2020 Author Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) Station Building I did manage to prime the main building: I also constructed two chimneys, each of which had many more parts than the whole main building: They now need chimney pots and flaunching. I started to 3D-print some pots but my Anycubic Photon seems to have split its transparent film, halting progress there. I have been distracted by making a radio controlled Austin K8 van though, as documented over on my workbench thread. Edited December 21, 2023 by Fastdax Reinstating photos. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaby Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Hello Duncan your new building build looks nicely tanned now, must be due to the recent sunny weather. Looking forward to seeing it in position. Best 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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