RMweb Gold john new Posted November 12, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 12, 2020 1 hour ago, kirtleypete said: The aerial photo's taken in 1947 arrived today; there are four and unfortunately they are all very similar. I've tried focussing in on the station area but naturally the sharpness is lost. The wartime damage to the station is still under repair in the centre of the station. I was hoping for a clear image of the coal yard but it's still frustratingly fuzzy. Never happy, are we! Peter You probably know this already but if these are real photo prints what can work is scanning the part you want to see at a very high dpi rate and then resizing, but not recalibrating, so you get a zoom effect. Say scan at 1200 and look again at it at say 300 dpi. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 They were downloads John, real prints would have cost more! Peter 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kirtleypete Posted November 16, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) I've made more progress with the portico and booking hall area, but I'm stuck now until I can get hold of more of the glazing sheet. I normally buy it from B&Q but they haven't got any. The whole area is hugely reduced in size so the proportions look a bit odd. The flat roofed area was a result of the wartime damage. The taxi office will stand in the far corner. Edited November 16, 2020 by kirtleypete 13 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGR Model Store Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 This Build is just WOW. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted November 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2020 Wot he sed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kirtleypete Posted November 19, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 19, 2020 I've been working on the booking hall area; it's nearly ready for final painting and weathering now. The booking hall has a lovely hammer beam roof which I'm going to get laser cut so it will be seen when the roof is lifted off. The tea room on the right will almost touch the brick building so the bay window has had to be removed. Space is tight! The model with both the removeable roofs in place. It all looks much too clean of course but that's about to change. Peter 11 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted November 19, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 19, 2020 Absolutely breath-taking. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 Brilliant modelling 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted November 19, 2020 Author Share Posted November 19, 2020 You're making me blush! Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted November 20, 2020 Author Share Posted November 20, 2020 The booking hall has this wonderful roof with wooden beams: I want to include them on the model, so drew a simple shape to have laser cut in 2mm acrylic: However, when I went back to the model I had a problem, because when the beams were in the right position at one side they were in the wrong place on the opposite wall, coming over windows and doors. I hadn't thought about this when I built the walls, but with everything in different places due to the size reductions it should have been planned in. The only thing to do was remove some of the walls: The black pieces are where the beams will be attached, six in all. The new walls have been made, reusing the original doors and windows. The new walls are complete, including period 1950's adverts for locally made chocolate. I imagine adverts for Cadbury's were a bit thin on the ground around York. Here it has all been reassembled, so that hopefully it is not obvious that anything has been done at all. Normally when I make mistakes I just keep quiet, put them right and hope no one will notice! I can't fit the roof of the booking hall until the beams arrive, so I'll leave that area for the time being. The one I made before can't be reused, it will be better to make a new section from scratch. I've also got a couple of balustrades to fit when they arrive. In the meantime I can now weather everything to make it look suitable grimy. Peter 8 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 A couple of pictures of the weathered model - not great images but they give the general idea. I'll take some better ones when I complete the booking hall roof, Peter 12 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Time for you to blush some more. This is absolutely superb modelling Cheers David 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted November 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 21, 2020 There’s no 11 out of 10 button! Superb work, my wife used to work in the Travel Centre at York station. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 On 20/11/2020 at 13:19, kirtleypete said: The new walls are complete, including period 1950's adverts for locally made chocolate. I imagine adverts for Cadbury's were a bit thin on the ground around York. Brilliant work, I hope I will be able to see this for real when all this Covid stuff is behind us. As to chocolate advertising that's a very good question. If I were one of the Cadbury family I might think it good business to push my own brand even more strongly in "enemy territory", and the railway company would no doubt be only too happy to receive more advertising revenue. However Cadbury, Rowntree and Fry were all members of the Society of Friends (Quakers), so perhaps there was some sort of understanding? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kirtleypete Posted November 22, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 22, 2020 True, they may well have had some sort of 'gentlemen's agreement', a bit like pre group railways having poster boards from other lines on a reciprocal basis. As it will be all but impossible to see the ads anyway I'm not going to worry about it! I've finished off the underside of the portico roof: ...and added the clock to the portico...I'd been leaving this because it is very delicate, but I think it will be OK now. I used a 7mm scale canopy bracket and the clock face is just printed paper. The bracket isn't quite correct but it's close enough. Peter 11 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted November 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 22, 2020 Reminds me, I need a clock too. Very impressive. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted November 22, 2020 Author Share Posted November 22, 2020 This one tells the right time twice a day! Tomorrow I'll add the taxi office, and then the curved wall behind the booking hall that supports the roof is the next job. Peter. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 The taxi office has been added, not an exact replica as has had to be much narrower than the scale size. I've finished it in BR colours in the absence of any other information. Peter 8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 I've been working on the ornate tea room this afternoon. The biggest challenge is going to be that revolving door! The stained glass windows are just printed on paper, and will get a coat of gloss varnish to seal them and give the shine of glass. Peter 12 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
73c Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Just bloomin amazing! You don't hang about either Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted November 23, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 23, 2020 Exquisite. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 Bear in mind that this is my job so I'm working on it for eight hours a day. That's a lot of modelling time! Peter 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 (edited) I've been working on the tea room today; I've painted one side but I can't do much more until new supplies arrive from Slater's and more castings from Langley. The flat roof isn't fixed as there are domes to add as well as a roof support column which inconveniently will go right into the building. I won't weather it until the structure is complete. According to those who remember York the building was used by staff in the 50's so I'm not putting the tea room sign over the door. I like to use Tamiya acrylic paints so I mix my own BR colours, adding a touch of black to a new jar of flat white, and the same thing with a touch of sky blue. The paper windows are surprisingly effective. Peter Edited November 24, 2020 by kirtleypete 12 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted November 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 24, 2020 24 minutes ago, kirtleypete said: The paper windows are surprisingly effective. Peter Unless it's a trade secret, Peter it would be interesting and informative to know how these are made/done. Thanks. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 Certainly. What I should have done when I went to York was go into the York Tap and photograph the actual windows from the inside, but I didn't. What I did do was Google 'stained glass window pictures', and scrolled down until I found something suitable. I saved the picture, resized it on the computer, copied and pasted the image to create a full window and then printed it off on matt paper. I had to do the search again for the curved window above the door. In many ways it is easier than doing a proper glazed window because I just backed the opening with plastic card and stuck the printed image to it....getting the image the right size took a bit of trial and error. When the building is complete I'll give all the windows a coat of gloss varnish which will give the appearance of them being glazed. This is how they look on the flat sheet - I always do more than I'll need because there are always wasted ones. 8 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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