MrWolf Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 On 27/06/2021 at 12:26, Nick Gough said: Fixing glazing to the window frames: 1mm clear plasticard, using Glue 'n' Glaze. I have started using Glue 'n' Glaze recently. Do you find that it lasts well? I have several coaches that require glazing, that will inevitably get a bit knocked about. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share Posted June 27, 2021 6 hours ago, MrWolf said: I have started using Glue 'n' Glaze recently. Do you find that it lasts well? Sorry, I don't know yet - this project is the first time I have used it. I thought I'd try it since it has good reviews and it glues pre-painted surfaces without reacting with the paint. So far I'm happy with it. 6 hours ago, MrWolf said: I have several coaches that require glazing, that will inevitably get a bit knocked about. Are you expecting some rough shunting? 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Not so much rough shunting as general cack-handedness. The first law of the cosmos (Thou shalt not win.) teaches us that once the roof is firmly attached, the glazing will somehow become dislodged. 3 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted June 27, 2021 Share Posted June 27, 2021 Canopy officially open (from the HRA Facebook page) 7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted June 28, 2021 Author Share Posted June 28, 2021 9 hours ago, RJS1977 said: Canopy officially open (from the HRA Facebook page) A fantastic sight! Beautifully restored. It's great to see an historic railway structure saved and reused in an appropriate setting like this. Wallingford, and the railway, truly has a station to be proud of now. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
-missy- Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 6 minutes ago, Nick Gough said: Beautifully restored. Wallingford, and the railway, truly has a station to be proud of now. The canopy does look amazing. I really hope it has shown the guys there what can be done with a little bit of encouragement. Such a shame the rest of the site looks like a shanty town with all the old portacabins. M. 2 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mike_Walker Posted June 28, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 28, 2021 (edited) Good to see it back in use. There were many of us who feared that when it went to Wallingford from Maidenhead it would be allowed to rot away in a field - particularly in view of the brutal way NR's contractors dismantled it despite instructions to do it carefully. Here's a view of the demolition in progress at Maidenhead in October 2014. More views om my SmugMug site at https://mike-walker.smugmug.com/Trains/Great-Britain/October-2014/i-qLqfHpR Edited April 11, 2022 by Mike_Walker 2 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 (edited) Thanks, everyone. It's good progress, and a big improvement - but as Missy has indicated, there is still a lot more to do. The Cambrian coach has now been relocated under the canopy extension, which has cleared space for a permanent station building in due course. Plans are being drawn up and funding options being looked at. In the meantime, we are negotiating acquisition of a signal box, there is a GWR pattern water tank being restored off-site, and there is a funding bid in submission for a new loco shed. Edited June 28, 2021 by RJS1977 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted June 28, 2021 Author Share Posted June 28, 2021 (edited) A couple of photos of the trainshed when it was still in one piece at its previous location: Edited May 1, 2022 by Nick Gough 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted June 28, 2021 Author Share Posted June 28, 2021 (edited) These four pieces: Have been stuck together to create the two sash windows: For the goods office: Edited May 8, 2022 by Nick Gough 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted July 4, 2021 Author Share Posted July 4, 2021 (edited) The last few days I have been doing some painting on the goods shed. The office windows: The office window reveals, window sills and archways: The same for the main shed plus the edges of the buttressing: The stonework around the rail entrances: I have used Humbrol lining orange for brickwork which may seem bright but the GWR did seem to favour an orange coloured brick, as seen at Maidenhead: The brick arches are Humbrol tank grey and the sills and stonework are an old tin of Humbrol concrete (now obsolete I believe). Very soon I hope to be fitting the windows. Edited May 8, 2022 by Nick Gough 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallpaul69 Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 Hi Nick, Once weathered and otherwise distressed, I think your brickwork will look spot on! So Humbrol think concrete obsolete? typical, I wonder what they suggest to use instead?? Never mind, I am sure someone will suggest a sensible alternative. Best regards Paul 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted July 4, 2021 Author Share Posted July 4, 2021 12 minutes ago, Tallpaul69 said: Hi Nick, Once weathered and otherwise distressed, I think your brickwork will look spot on! So Humbrol think concrete obsolete? typical, I wonder what they suggest to use instead?? Never mind, I am sure someone will suggest a sensible alternative. Best regards Paul Back in the 1970s Humbrol used to do a number of ranges of "authentic" colours - you might remember the quite extensive railway range? Their concrete colour was in one of these. For some reason they seem to have dropped most of these ranges/colours a while back, although in recent years they have produced a more limited range of railway colours in acrylics, but (for example) they don't do GWR chocolate or freight stock grey now. You would think concrete would be a basic colour - but it seems you have to go to other manufacturers like Railmatch or Phoenix now. It's a pain though when you either have to go to mail order or visit model shows (whatever they are) to buy them. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted July 4, 2021 Author Share Posted July 4, 2021 (edited) On 04/07/2021 at 17:14, Nick Gough said: The last few days I have been doing some painting on the goods shed. The office windows: Of course - having posted this - I could see, in the photo, a couple of small areas that needed touching up. Mind you I needed to use my head magnifier to see to do it! Edited May 8, 2022 by Nick Gough 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 I have tried getting hold of Humbrol concrete, as my tin from 25 years ago has mysteriously turned into a previously undiscovered element, I have had to look elsewhere. The best one I have found so far is Railmatch Concrete. I also use Humbrol 67 Tank grey for blue Engineering brick. You're not alone in posting a picture of your work on here and having to get the paint brush out again. I have to do it every damn time... 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted July 4, 2021 Author Share Posted July 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, MrWolf said: I have tried getting hold of Humbrol concrete, as my tin from 25 years ago has mysteriously turned into a previously undiscovered element, I have had to look elsewhere. The best one I have found so far is Railmatch Concrete. I have about half a tin left and it needed a good stir for about a quarter of an hour but it seems okay. Goodness knows when I last used it. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted July 4, 2021 Author Share Posted July 4, 2021 (edited) Talking of old paint I still have a few good Airfix tins: I don't know when that was last made? If I remember correctly it was originally sold in small glass jars? Edited May 8, 2022 by Nick Gough 1 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted July 4, 2021 Share Posted July 4, 2021 It did come in tall square glass jars back in the 60s, in the 80s I remember only the thinners came in the glass jar. There's people asking about £30 each for original Airfix paint on eBay. I doubt that they have any takers. I still think that Airfix M6 Matt black has never been surpassed! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie586 Posted July 5, 2021 Share Posted July 5, 2021 On 17/03/2021 at 18:36, Nick Gough said: I have managed to acquire some very useful material this week. Eight digital, plan drawings of the 'new' station at 'Wallingford Junction', thanks to Network Rail Archives. These are TIF format copies of the 1891 contractors drawings for, what was to become, Cholsey & Moulsford station. They contain elevations, sections and floor plans of all the station buildings together with detail drawings of certain features like the roofing, canopies, chimneys, doors, windows. I was having a browse of the Network Rail Archives page at the weekend and noticed that it is now possible to download scanned, historic drawings that they have on their site. Additionally you can enquire whether they hold other drawings not currently shewn - so I did! In less than 24 hours I received an e-mail to tell me that they had added the Wallingford Junction drawings on a temporary basis. You are permitted to download any of their drawings for personal, non-commercial use. If anyone's interested they can be found on this link (for 30 days from Monday): https://history.networkrail.co.uk/uncategorized/SO_ac3959ab-0b31-4252-a963-39903aa56d0d/ Although I took measurements of the existing buildings at Cholsey about twenty years ago the drawings contain a lot of features that are no longer present. Two of the buildings have been shortened and canopies removed in the last forty years or so, some parts have been remodelled - and, of course, I couldn't measure things like chimneys or roofs on my site visits. All in all a very useful step forward for my project. Nick I'm catching up with your thread, and thanks for sharing this link. I've checked on their search and they have some original drawings of Wantage road bridge prior to the station being built. I've sent them a message and hopefully they will have more drawings of the bridge and area. Charlie 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted July 5, 2021 Author Share Posted July 5, 2021 3 hours ago, Charlie586 said: Nick I'm catching up with your thread, and thanks for sharing this link. I've checked on their search and they have some original drawings of Wantage road bridge prior to the station being built. I've sent them a message and hopefully they will have more drawings of the bridge and area. Charlie Hi Charlie Thanks for taking an interest in my efforts. I'm glad to hear you have found some useful drawings there as well. There seem to be quite a few from the Brunel era. It's definitely a very useful resource. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted July 7, 2021 Author Share Posted July 7, 2021 (edited) The windows have been fixed in place on the road loading side of the shed: And in the office: Now the office windows are in I could also fit the desk behind them: Edited May 8, 2022 by Nick Gough 7 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted July 8, 2021 Author Share Posted July 8, 2021 (edited) The last few windows, on the rail side, have been glued in place: The public counter and screen are ready to glue in place once the office has been attached to the main shed: Edited May 8, 2022 by Nick Gough 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted July 11, 2021 Author Share Posted July 11, 2021 (edited) Two new components for the goods shed from the Silhouette cutter: Edited May 8, 2022 by Nick Gough 4 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 (edited) Loosely placed on the shed: I think this makes a big difference towards capturing the look of the real buildings: Edited May 8, 2022 by Nick Gough Removing an error. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Gough Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 (edited) I have built up the raised sections of the framework with strips of 40 thou plasticard: Edited May 8, 2022 by Nick Gough 8 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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