Porthleven - Cornish Harbour & China Clay Circa 1990

[Rhysb]

And here is a weathered and rusted view of the girders:

 

 

Thanks

 

Rhys

[Temeraire]

Looks much better mate will look superb once its all done.

[PaulRhB]

I wonder if there’s any home printer ink that is truly stable in a similar way to paint or tampo prints?

It’s a shame all the hard work has to be redone but the plastic version is looking great!  

[TrevorP1]

2 hours ago, PaulRhB said:

I wonder if there’s any home printer ink that is truly stable in a similar way to paint or tampo prints?

It’s a shame all the hard work has to be redone but the plastic version is looking great!  

Yes. I’ve never had much luck with printed items either. There’s a couple on my linhay - I have my fingers crossed!

 

Looking good though Rhys.

[KeithMacdonald]

9 hours ago, PaulRhB said:

I wonder if there’s any home printer ink that is truly stable in a similar way to paint or tampo prints?

It’s a shame all the hard work has to be redone but the plastic version is looking great!  

 

Is it an InkJet -v- Colour Laser printer issue?

(Sorry if that's thread drift)

[KeithMacdonald]

If anyone needs an excuse for extra traffic to Porthleven, the extension from Helston to Penryn has just been opened.

 

[37Oban]

Hi,

 

I spray all home-printed card and paper with artist fixative which contains a u v blocker, ultraviolet light being the main cause of inks fading and changing hue.  I've had one card model sat in a south facing window for almost 18 months ( I really must move it!) and, touch wood, it's not faded.  On most model layouts that don't get much direct sunlight the fixative is a good investment.  It also has the advantage, if you get the correct one, of waterproofing the paper/card so you can repaint areas with acrylics or use a pva glue to attach additional details.

 

Roja

[Stoker]

12 hours ago, 37Oban said:

Hi,

 

I spray all home-printed card and paper with artist fixative which contains a u v blocker, ultraviolet light being the main cause of inks fading and changing hue.  I've had one card model sat in a south facing window for almost 18 months ( I really must move it!) and, touch wood, it's not faded.  On most model layouts that don't get much direct sunlight the fixative is a good investment.  It also has the advantage, if you get the correct one, of waterproofing the paper/card so you can repaint areas with acrylics or use a pva glue to attach additional details.

 

Roja

This was going to be my suggestion as well. I know that the chaps at Pendon have a very similar process for their hand painted card models and that's held up for donkeys now.

[drduncan]

On 17/06/2020 at 12:50, Stoker said:

In the early 1990's only two coal fired drys remained; Great Wheal Prosper dry at Carbis Wharf, and another (not rail served) deep in the west near St Just. 

Stoker,

Can you say a bit more about the China clay industry at St Just? 
Duncan

[Andrew P]

Any more updates Rhys?

[Stoker]

On 26/06/2021 at 00:33, drduncan said:

Stoker,

Can you say a bit more about the China clay industry at St Just? 
Duncan

There isn't really a lot to tell. West of St Austell kaolinized granite was very sparse, with deposits occurring all over the place, but never very much in any one place. A lot of it was used for brickmaking rather than shipping as regular bulk clay, as there was much demand for fire bricks at the height of Cornish metal mining. The workings near St Just were one of the more significant deposits in the west, and occurred on the St Just moors. The deposit was ultimately split between two works; Lower Bostraze and Leswidden. The latter was closed during WW2 and never re-opened, while the former ended up in ECC hands, working in rather primitive fashion until the early 90s. "'Ow 'bout Bostraze?" became the common retort from Goonvean & Rostowrack employees whenever the ECLP lads jokingly referred to the company as "Goonvean & Prehistoric".

[Rhysb]

On 22/07/2021 at 23:33, Andrew P said:

Any more updates Rhys?

 

Moving house at the moment Andy! Updates hopefully in a couple of weeks

 

Rhys

[Andrew P]

2 minutes ago, Rhysb said:

 

Moving house at the moment Andy! Updates hopefully in a couple of weeks

 

Rhys

Yes, I forgot, You also have that other small matter to deal with anytime now as well. All the best for that.

[Rhysb]

Wow, almost a year! Lots going on in that time and with the pandemic causing a backlog on shows, I decided to put the expo layout on the back foot.

 

However upcoming is a cameo appearance of part of the layout at DEMU. So its time to get the linhay board finished. Decided to get a bit of painting done on the main structure and finish off the plasticard elements.

 

As with Treviscoe I wanted to get a clear difference on the roof for the older part with algae and moss and the newer part/replaced roof as a point of interest:

 

Started to add some moss and vegetation, mixed with the odd replacement roof panel:

 

 

Also I was going to rebuild elements of the platform but decided on trying some paint effects to get the concrete slab look:

 

Finally an overview of the linhay on its board. The left door has had the completed concrete look on the platform below while the other two are in progress:

 

Thanks for now

 

Rhys

Edited June 15, 2022 by Rhysb

[Rhysb]

So another afternoon and evening on the linhay.

 

Managed to get all the breezeblock plasticard onto the main structure, finish off the metal framing and also the concrete platform, just detailing to come now:

 

Tre Pol & Pen brings a couple of CDA's into the dry:

 

 

 

Finally an overall view of the board:

 

Now its time for moss, moss and a bit more moss!

 

Thanks

 

Rhys

[Rhysb]

Again with the big layout, apologies for the lack of updates. Been working on the join from the lower and upper boards. Now that is done the greenery etc can begin!

 

The layout will be making its debut at the Taunton show in October so its full steam ahead on the layout. While it looks a long way off most of the buildings, trackwork, wiring etc is all done so its all about the greenery.

 

Was testing the track before ballast hits it. While the layout is set in 1992/93 I can run modern day stuff as well so decided to take a few pics while testing:

 

 

 

 

Thanks

 

Rhys

[pitbull1845]

Looks great, nicely executed. 

 

[rob D2]

great looking building 

[Rhysb]

Bit more progress on the linhay. Namely the concrete hardstanding out the front. I based this on the below at Treviscoe which again the linhay is inspired from:

 

 

Built up using layers of varnished card:

 

 

Next onto a bit of painting then hopefully start to bed this area in.

 

Thanks

 

Rhys

[jamest]

Hi,

 

Look forward to seeing it at Taunton....and watching the progress with the scenics.

 

Cheers,

James

[Melangoose]

Looking Good Rhys, the layout is progressing well.  Keep up the hard work.

[Rhysb]

Painting of the concrete effect onto the card done. Happy with the outcome:

 

 

Added some initial china clay weathering as well as starting some ballasting:

 

 

Really happy with the overall effect:

 

 

 

Thanks

 

Rhys

Edited July 14, 2023 by Rhysb

[Rhysb]

Well with little over a month until Porthleven makes it’s debut at the Taunton Railex show I have a lot to do!

 

However I have got to a good place in that the China clay linhay is pretty much complete and this board is nearing completion

 

 

Now back to the other boards!

 

Rhys

 

[Rhysb]

Well this time next week the layout should hopefully be setup at Taunton!

 

Will be very much WIP but happy where it’s going!

 

Thanks

 

Rhys

[Temeraire]

Chill out Rhys it’s gonna be fine! 😉

 

The layout looks great and will get even better with time, trust me I’ve been there!🤣