RMweb Gold Popular Post Brinkly Posted August 14, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted August 14, 2019 Greetings, Having spent a very enjoyable Sunday at Wells, I decided to crack on with some small modelling jobs. Before that though, I'd just like to say a big thank you to RMWeb's resident shepherd @NHY 581 who kindly passed on a rather lovely GWR pagoda shelter: I look forward to weathering and detailing it in due course. Something I want to recreate on Whitchurch, is the run down image of many stations in the late 1950s. The stations on the Launceston branch became quite run down by 1960; although, not as bad as some! Tavistock South, December 1962, only days before closure. Still rather smart; although, look at the rust on the foot bridge! Horrabridge, a little run down. Earlier in the week, I completed one of the Wills PW huts. It was a rather nice kit and went together really quickly. It was primed using dark grey primer and painted in a suitable dark brown shade. The roof was painted in Humbrol no. 11. I opted to go for a heavily weathered and generally clapped out look! The roof was dry brushed first using Precision Dark Rust and Humbrol 62. Precision track dirt, sleeper grime and dirty black were used too. The sides were dry brushed in a similar way, with Humbrol 71 and then the precision weathering paints. I need to do some final touches and then add some weathering powders. I haven't done anything like this before, but I don't think it looks too bad for a first go. The lamp huts received a similar treatment. The main station building, lurking in the background, will be the subject of a later post! Anyway, thanks for reading. Please do feel free to comment! Kind regards, Nick 23 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggoforgold Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 The Wills hut looks ideal! I'm off to get one.... Alex 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted August 15, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 15, 2019 Bloody good show, Brinkers!!! 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggoforgold Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 I'm rather taken with the PW hut Nick, but I'm not sure whether to do mine with a corragated roof (I like yours) or to change it for slates. Do you know if the one at the south end of the up platform at Yelverton had a slate or corragated roof? Alex 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Brinkly Posted August 15, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 15, 2019 2 hours ago, wiggoforgold said: I'm rather taken with the PW hut Nick, but I'm not sure whether to do mine with a corragated roof (I like yours) or to change it for slates. Do you know if the one at the south end of the up platform at Yelverton had a slate or corragated roof? Alex Give me an hour or two Alex and I'll find out! Regards, Nick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Brinkly Posted August 15, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 15, 2019 @wiggoforgold Hi Alex, I've had a quick look through some of my photos. It would appear that it had a corrugated roof. It is the small hut next to the signal in this photo you mean? You can just about make it out in this photo. The curve of the roof would suggest corrugated sheet, opposed to slate. It isn't interetesting to note the change of sign in the two pictures: no change for Princetown at this point! The one above was taken in 1955 and this one was taken in the summer of 1962. As far as I'm aware, these huts behind the signal box on the Down platform were for railway use and not privately rented. I might be wrong mind. The one in the far distance has a slate roof, the rest I believe are canvas. The timber one by the buffer stops would be a nice little project. Completely unrelated, yet related! Severn Models produce a rather nice set of GWR seats in etched form. They also produce a rather nice Platelayers Hut (kit D2), which is similar, but subtly different, to the Wills kit. I have one built and primed: it is rather nice. I will keep looking and see what turns up. I hope this is useful. Regards, Nick. Regards, Nick. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted August 15, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 15, 2019 17 hours ago, Brinkly said: The lamp huts received a similar treatment. The general dirt on the huts does suggest rusting, so typical of aged corrugated iron structures at this time and yours look very good indeed. Suggestions: - try dry brushing a slightly 'newer' rust in places on the top 'curve' of some of the corrugations, especially near the edges of the sheet, near the floor etc. - how about some glazing in the PW hut, perhaps a broken window? Very nice work. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggoforgold Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 Thanks Nick. Yes, that's the hut I meant, the one on the extreme left in the photos. I agree, the ome's behing the signal box make a nice group. I may make a start on the this weekend.... Alex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted August 15, 2019 Share Posted August 15, 2019 The train in 1962 has a fair number of trucks for the time, the first six are similar to some I've seen at Lifton. Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Brinkly Posted August 15, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 15, 2019 2 hours ago, brianusa said: The train in 1962 has a fair number of trucks for the time, the first six are similar to some I've seen at Lifton. Brian They are container vans Brian, for tinned Ambrosia products! Rice pudding and dried milk bring the main outgoing products. The majority of post war freight workings on the branch would have a good number in the consist. The conflat wagons seemed to be stored at Coryton and Lydford during busy periods. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Brinkly Posted August 16, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 16, 2019 19 hours ago, Captain Kernow said: The general dirt on the huts does suggest rusting, so typical of aged corrugated iron structures at this time and yours look very good indeed. Suggestions: - try dry brushing a slightly 'newer' rust in places on the top 'curve' of some of the corrugations, especially near the edges of the sheet, near the floor etc. - how about some glazing in the PW hut, perhaps a broken window? Very nice work. Thanks @Captain Kernow! I will have a go at that later on. Would Humbrol 62, be a good shade to represent the new rust? I have some powders to try at some point too. Cheers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted August 16, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, Brinkly said: Thanks @Captain Kernow! I will have a go at that later on. Would Humbrol 62, be a good shade to represent the new rust? I have some powders to try at some point too I think that No. 62 Matt Leather would be a good place to start for rusty highlights, but I'd also add a bit of darker brown and (in just a few places) something a bit more orangy, to represent new rust. Think of areas of the corrugated sheeting where rust might start to form, around bolt hole openings, the edges of the sheet (especially near the ground), where perhaps some damage has occurred. I'd personally stick to the enamels for the rust effects, although powders to have their place to represent a more general coating of dirt and small rust particles (just used some on a bridge girder, for example). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Brinkly Posted August 16, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 16, 2019 Greetings, Thank you for all your likes and comments: all very encouraging! Over the past couple of days, I have weathered the Wills station building. Looking at a couple of colour photographs (fortunately there are quite a few) of various stations on the Launceston branch, most were a little run-down, but not totally decrepit. Indeed, even the former GWR station at Launceston, which hadn't seen a passenger train since the early 1950s, was, rather surprisingly, in a rather good state even as late as 1964. Launceston in the mid 1960s. Horrabridge in December 1962: sporting what appears to be a hybrid GWR/BR Western Region paint scheme. The station box had been repainted into BR Western Region colours at some point in the late 1950s; however, the station building seemed to be in GWR style colours. Was this typical? I ordered a set of Notices and Posters from Sankey Scenics. The posters are lovely. The station building has been painted in Humbrol No 71, which I really like as a match for BR Western Region Cream. The doors and facia boards received a coat of Humbrol 160 and the roof was painted using precision slate grey, with individual slates picked out in different Humbrol and Revel grey shades. Dry brushing then too place, with a mixture of browns and grey shades on the woodwork, with dark grey and precision dirty black on the roof. Glazing will be completed soon @Captain Kernow I need to add some 'private' signs on the door. I picked up a Blacksmiths GWR station board etch at Wells last weekend, but haven't got round to painting it yet. Please forgive the chimney pot! I've only just spotted how 'off' it is! It is a cast replacement, which seemed to shift during the gluing stage. It will be fixed! The brick work was painted in Humbrol No 70, with some bricks picked out in darker shades. Dry brushing then took place. Overall, I'm quite pleased with it. As I said in a previous post, I haven't weathered anything before. This was a real learning curve! Anyway, I'm off to complete a few models for @Re6/6 and @10800 Balcombe empire! Scaleforum isn't far away! Any comments most welcome as always. Regards, Nick 13 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted August 16, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 16, 2019 Station building is looking good, the weathering is looking convincing. 13 minutes ago, Brinkly said: Horrabridge in December 1962: sporting what appears to be a hybrid GWR/BR Western Region paint scheme. The station box had been repainted into BR Western Region colours at some point in the late 1950s; however, the station building seemed to be in GWR style colours. Was this typical? I have a feeling that I have mentioned it before to you, but there are a series of very good 1950/60s photos of Yelverton station in colour on Malcolm Mitchell's Facebook page, showing the station buildings still in very worn GWR light and dark stone. So based upon that photo of Horrabridge I think it must have been fairly common for the branch. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Brinkly Posted August 16, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, The Fatadder said: Station building is looking good, the weathering is looking convincing. I have a feeling that I have mentioned it before to you, but there are a series of very good 1950/60s photos of Yelverton station in colour on Malcolm Mitchell's Facebook page, showing the station buildings still in very worn GWR light and dark stone. So based upon that photo of Horrabridge I think it must have been fairly common for the branch. Hi Rich, Yes! I do remember that. Thanks for the reminder. Cheers, Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Brinkly Posted August 16, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 16, 2019 Right last bit of work for the day. One rather rusty lamp hut. 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 20 hours ago, Brinkly said: They are container vans Brian, for tinned Ambrosia products! Rice pudding and dried milk bring the main outgoing products. The majority of post war freight workings on the branch would have a good number in the consist. The conflat wagons seemed to be stored at Coryton and Lydford during busy periods. Thanks for the info, Nick. You can get imported Ambrosia products in grocery stores over here. Like the huts, adds interest. Brian. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Blandford1969 Posted August 19, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 19, 2019 On 16/08/2019 at 12:06, Brinkly said: Horrabridge in December 1962: sporting what appears to be a hybrid GWR/BR Western Region paint scheme. The station box had been repainted into BR Western Region colours at some point in the late 1950s; however, the station building seemed to be in GWR style colours. Was this typical? I've not been on for some while and have only just picked up on your thread. The slide above does not show much of the building and was a sod to get a decent print from. The slide before on the film shows more of the building and box. If its any good I can post it up as I was lucky enough to buy the full set of slides for this film?. Sadly most on it are dark being in December. I have got some other original colour slides in my collection as well of this line (if of any interest) best wishes Duncan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiggoforgold Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Hi Duncan (slight thread hijack here - apologies Nick) I'm building a model of Yelverton circa 1958 (see my layout thread) so anything you have of that place will likely be of interest. Alex Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Brinkly Posted August 19, 2019 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Blandford1969 said: I've not been on for some while and have only just picked up on your thread. The slide above does not show much of the building and was a sod to get a decent print from. The slide before on the film shows more of the building and box. If its any good I can post it up as I was lucky enough to buy the full set of slides for this film?. Sadly most on it are dark being in December. I have got some other original colour slides in my collection as well of this line (if of any interest) best wishes Duncan Hi Duncan, I would be bery interested in any footage footage or photographs of the Launceston branch, but in particular Horrabridge. Everything is useful! The front of the station and the rear (forecourt side) are difficult to come by, so any assistance would be most helpful. best wishes, Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted August 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2019 On 16/08/2019 at 12:06, Brinkly said: Horrabridge in December 1962: sporting what appears to be a hybrid GWR/BR Western Region paint scheme. The station box had been repainted into BR Western Region colours at some point in the late 1950s; however, the station building seemed to be in GWR style colours. Was this typical? Do you have other colour photos showing the station building in light and dark stone at that time? I can see where you're coming from, if referring just to that one photo, but equally, you could interpret that cream as a W.R. cream, even if the barge boards weren't painted chocolate (perhaps they didn't have enough chocolate paint on the day, it could happen). The colours of the wooden fence on the platform do admittedly look a bit 'GWR', though. Either way, the colours on your station building for Whitchurch Down Halt and the weathering are spot on for the period, in my view. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted August 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2019 Saw this Nick and thought of you. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted August 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2019 @Captain Kernow Here is a link to the photos of Yelverton https://m.facebook.com/pg/Malcolm-Mitchells-A-Shop-429787867073126/photos/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=0 you shouldnt need an account to access, click on photos and “timeline photos” then a scroll down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted August 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2019 22 minutes ago, The Fatadder said: @Captain Kernow Here is a link to the photos of Yelverton https://m.facebook.com/pg/Malcolm-Mitchells-A-Shop-429787867073126/photos/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=0 you shouldnt need an account to access, click on photos and “timeline photos” then a scroll down. Rich, not sure what this refers to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Fatadder Posted August 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 20, 2019 53 minutes ago, Captain Kernow said: Rich, not sure what this refers to. Poor quoting on my part photos of buildings on the launceston branch in BR day’s still Painted in GWR colours Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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