RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted January 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2020 You're very welcome. Al. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted January 18, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2020 False wall covers the chocolate block connector nicely, not that you’d be able to see much once the roof and windows are on but it would drive me crackers if the light from outside caught one of the screws I still need to play with the brightness 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted January 18, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2020 (edited) I suppose if I were doing it properly the illuminated areas should really have an interior of some description Edited January 18, 2020 by chuffinghell 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted January 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2020 Depends how far the building is from the eventual viewer. This from Scale Model Scenery could be a start for a couple of quid: https://www.scalemodelscenery.co.uk/ax117-oo-steam-era-railway--station-building-interior-detailing-pack----oo4mm176-8808-p.asp 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted January 18, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2020 34 minutes ago, Rowsley17D said: Depends how far the building is from the eventual viewer. This from Scale Model Scenery could be a start for a couple of quid: https://www.scalemodelscenery.co.uk/ax117-oo-steam-era-railway--station-building-interior-detailing-pack----oo4mm176-8808-p.asp I won’t go too far but the link you’ve posted is very helpful, thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted January 18, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2020 As I damaged the original canopy when I removed the roof I’m going to look at doing the canopy tomorrow, should I make it slightly wider than I did before? And sticking out further? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted January 18, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2020 Thoughts anyone? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2020 Looks fine as it is to me. If any of the damage is visible, just add a ladder and a workman attending to the work. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted January 18, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 18, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, Stubby47 said: Looks fine as it is to me. If any of the damage is visible, just add a ladder and a workman attending to the work. Unfortunately the original canopy is in distorted. I inadvertently bent/twisted it out of shape when removing the roof, although I might be able to rescue the valance Edited January 19, 2020 by chuffinghell 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted January 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2020 I think it was fine as it was too. It looked right and in proportion. Al 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2020 8 hours ago, chuffinghell said: Unfortunately the original canopy is in several pieces, I inadvertently bent it out of shape when removing the roof, although I might be able to rescue the valance Use more workmen..... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted January 19, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2020 7 hours ago, Stubby47 said: Use more workmen..... there would be that many workmen that you wouldn’t be able to see any of the canopy Ive managed to straighten the original by sandwiching it between to lengths of timber and sitting it on top of the radiator overnight 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted January 19, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) I’d just like to thank everyone for the comments, help and likes.....why? Well since having other things to do and then breaking the building it when taking the roof off in the first place I allowed the black dog to reappear. Usually I’m very patient, methodical and tenacious but the black dog had me on the verge of giving up (didn’t help periodically forgetting to take my happy pills regularly...oops!) Anyway thanks to everyone’s help and encouragement I have given the black dog a kick in the gonads and my focus has returned Edited January 19, 2020 by chuffinghell Spelling correction 2 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted January 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2020 Well done mate. I know only too well how debilitating the black dog can be, so I know how hard it can be even to talk to people when it bites, never mind work up the effort to do any modelling. All the very best to you Chris. Al. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted January 19, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2020 33 minutes ago, Alister_G said: Well done mate. I know only too well how debilitating the black dog can be, so I know how hard it can be even to talk to people when it bites, never mind work up the effort to do any modelling. All the very best to you Chris. Al. Thanks Al Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 (edited) Well said Chris, kick it in the nuts and keep kicking it - and if you can't FFS keep talking to people - real ones ideally but failing that us folk on t'internet... Oh, and I agree - leave the canopy as it was. Edited January 19, 2020 by Gypsy 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted January 22, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) Having finished my other jobs I’ve managed to get back to my station building Canopy and roof repaired as best as I could and fixed in place The station masters house roof was too far gone for repair so I made a new one Edited January 22, 2020 by chuffinghell 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted January 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2020 Hi Chris, looking good! Cheers, Ade. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted January 22, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Adrian Stevenson said: Hi Chris, looking good! Cheers, Ade. Thanks Ade I thought I’d gone overboard with the green weathering powder but it seems to work some how? Edited January 22, 2020 by chuffinghell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 That's looking great Chris, the roof weathering looks fine, I'm glad you didn't give up on it. Sometimes you cant avoid a visit from the "dog" it can creep up and appear when you're not always aware. The important thing is you've dealt with it and got your focus back, that's not always easy, well done for that. Take care Chris. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordon s Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 I woke around 5.00am this morning, so logged in for something to read. I hadn't seen your thread before, but pleased to say it kept me engrossed for an hour or so. Some of the neatest work I've seen. At one stage it looked like you were building furniture rather than a model railway.... I have traverser to build in the next six months, so will follow your progress with interest. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted January 23, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2020 (edited) Looking at the photos I think I may need to repaint the flashing in blue/grey as the green weathering powder has covered a little too well I'm getting a bit fed up of doing things more than once It might have been better to buy a Bachmann station building and cut it in half length ways Edited January 23, 2020 by chuffinghell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted January 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2020 Would the powder come off using a wet cotton bud? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold chuffinghell Posted January 23, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2020 19 minutes ago, Rowsley17D said: Would the powder come off using a wet cotton bud? Ordinarily yes but it's been given a blast of matt varnish Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Harlequin Posted January 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 23, 2020 1 hour ago, chuffinghell said: Looking at the photos I think I may need to repaint the flashing in blue/grey as the green weathering powder has covered a little too well I'm getting a bit fed up of doing things more than once It might have been better to buy a Bachmann station building and cut it in half length ways Not much difference between masking the flashing and doing the green or doing the green and repainting the flashing! You have to build these effects up in stages... And talking of effects in stages I have one word for you: Lichen 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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