York station in the 1950's.

[TurboTim]

Absolutely stunning work Peter, I’m truly blown away by your skill.

 

cheers, Timmo 

[Rowsley17D]

Thanks for the window-making description, Peter. I short blow-by-blow would be useful though.

[kirtleypete]

Here we go then, step by step:

 

 

First you need the hole for the window cut in the wall! 

 

 

Hold a piece of plastic card behind the wall and draw round the openings. Because the pencil lead is tapered the drawn rectangle will be slightly smaller, which is what we want. I use 0.5mm (20 thou) thick for 4mm scale, 1mm (40 thou) for 7mm.

 

 

Then you can finish off the opening with a window sill and the brick courses above the openings.  You can fold the brick paper around and glue it behind but I prefer to paint the edges in 4mm scale as it's difficult getting a really tight fold in the paper. On this building I used Tamiya flat earth paint.

 

While that dries it's on with the windows.

 

 

Cut out the two rectangles....you may laugh but I always mark the top,  there is nothing worse than putting the windows into the wall covered in glue and finding you've got the damn things upside down!

 

 

Next I cut a piece of 2mm glazing and a piece of black card to match the plastic rectangle.  I use clear Polystyrene sheet as I need to glue the glazing bars to it; I buy it from B&Q in large sheets, it's under the 'Aerial' brand name.

 

 

The glazing is stuck behind the frames and the card behind the gazing.

 

 

Now the glazing bars have to be added; this building has a very distinctive pattern and there was no chance of finding something suitable ready made. I used 1mm and 0.5mm strip from Slater's; I put a little solvent on one end, glue it in place, cut it to length and then run solvent along the whole length. It needs a good sharp blade in the scalpel. I put on all the horizontal bars first. I position them by eye, but I have done this many many times over the years!

 

 

Then the vertical bars can be added in the same way, one at a time. When there are an odd number of bars as here always start in the centre and then do the ones on either side.

 

 

Two finished windows, but they look far too bright.

 

 

The final job is to give them a wash of diluted black acrylic paint, after which they can be glued in place and admired.

 

 

 

I did the skylight in exactly the same way,

 

Peter

Edited November 5, 2021 by kirtleypete

[Rowsley17D]

Great stuff, Peter and a very helpful tutorial. Just as a thought, would varnishing the black paper/card give a glazed effect? 

[Metropolitan H]

What a fantastic project of which all involved should be very proud.

 

Regards

Chris H

[kirtleypete]

It might Jonathan, I've never tried it.  

 

Peter

[kirtleypete]

Naturally having said that I wouldn't touch the grass I haven't been able to resist having a play!

 

As I mentioned earlier I regard the grass mat as a green undercoat.

 

 

It looks like a bowling green and the area around the building was pretty overgrown, although probably less so in 1958 than now.

 

 

First I put Woodland Scenics foliage around the walls, partly to hide any gaps.

 

 

I then sprayed the grass with Photomount glue and sprinkled on a coat of fairly dull green static grass. I don't use an applicator, I put a clump between my palms and rub my hands together, it works perfectly.

 

 

I then gave it another spray and added a thin coat of slightly brighter green.

 

 

I made some areas look rougher, as here alongside the building where it is unlikely to have been touched.

 

 

The parts in the foreground might need reducing when we model the coal yard.

 

 

I'm delivering the model on Wednesday so there will be pictures of it in place and bedded in then.

 

Peter

 

 

[David Bell]

Lovely work Peter

[TrevorP1]

Thats an interesting way of doing the grass. I think I'll give that a go.

[Rowsley17D]

That grass treatment certainly brings the area to life.

[kirtleypete]

It's cheap, quick and easy - what's not to like!

[kirtleypete]

I've been down to 'York' this morning with the models.

 

 

Making the power station with the tower and chimney was certainly the right decision.

 

 

The Leeman Road bridge is my next job, plus the coal yard on the right next time I visit.

 

 

The huge expanse of the loco shed roof is now complete.

 

 

The view looking across the layout.

 

 

The straight shed alongside the roundhouse shows well here.  Clearances are tight but acceptable.

 

I've got a carriage shed to build plus some smaller buildings and when they are complete I'll go down and finish off the coal yard and Leeman Road bridge. 

 

Peter

[Rowsley17D]

Looks the part in its position, Peter. Are there any tracks into the shed yet? It's difficult to see in the photos.

[kirtleypete]

The tracks are there but not wired up and operational yet. Unfortunately to do that all the boards with the shed on have to be removed....it's like a very big jigsaw puzzle! I'm happy that I'm only doing the pretty bits that don't have to work,

Peter

[kirtleypete]

These pictures should give you a better idea Jonathan:

 

 

These photos show the work in progress on the lines running into the roundhouse and the straight shed.   You can see from the map that the real roundhouse had two entrances, but we did not have room to model the second because of the overly tight curves that would have been needed to link it in, and we would also have struggled to model those very characteristic crossovers.   What this has also meant is that we have invented two 3 way points to get the same broad connectivity.   York yard in reality only had one 3 way, a little further north, and facing the other way. So as always, modellers license to the rescue. 

 

 

 

Peter

 

[Rowsley17D]

Thanks for the photos, Peter. The Midland used 3-ways quite often in restricted places, so I feel right at home. Not the easiest thing to build either. Thank goodness for Templot and  @MartinWynne  .

[kirtleypete]

The real shed had two rail entrances but modelling the second one would have made things far too complicated with some very tight curves - it's fine as it is. I do need to move those bike sheds though!

 

Peter

[AdeMoore]

Brilliant thread an what top notch modelling very inspirational.

Just managed to complete reading the 26 pages over the last few weeks amazing creations on every page.

Cheers for sharing.

Ade

[kirtleypete]

I've just come back from another visit, cut short because it's so damn cold and hypothermia was setting in!  I'm going back next Thursday to finish off.

 

 

I concentrated on the coal yard, using Will setts for the surface. These will get a wash of dilute back next week, the grey paint wasn't dry enough to do it today.

 

 

 

There is scope for a lorry or two here.

 

 

I had hoped to fit the Leeman road bridge but I need to make some small alterations first; this gives an ides of how it will look:

 

 

I'll post a set of pictures showing the finished area next week.

 

I also delivered a five foot long carriage shed today but I forgot to take any pictures of it! Another job for next week,

 

Peter

[Rowsley17D]

Have you skimmed over the setts to make it easier to ride a bike over them, Peter?

Edited November 26, 2021 by Rowsley17D

[kirtleypete]

Mainly to fill the gaps,  I find that it's almost impossible to get a perfect join every time. They will have to push their bikes over the join between the baseboards!

Peter

[kirtleypete]

I've been back today to finish off what didn't get done last week.  That will be my last visit for the time being.

 

 

I've completed the area around the coal yard and the Leeman Road bridge. 

 

 

 

The weigh bridge plate is just printed on paper.

 

 

 

Buffer stops etc. still need to be fitted.

 

This is the area that will be the loco depot:

 

The long building is the carriage shed.

 

Finally a pretty picture looking into the train shed to wind things up in the short term.

 

[Blandford1969]

Wow, that is incredible. 

[hmrspaul]

Wonderful work, The train shed needs a couple of class 68 sitting in the middle, as today. 

 

Paul

[Michael Hodgson]

4 hours ago, hmrspaul said:

Wonderful work, The train shed needs a couple of class 68 sitting in the middle, as today. 

 

Paul

No they would not be right for the period.  I liked it better before the overhead wiring was put up anyway.  Although, to be fair the OHLE was done as sympathetically as possible, and the place is certainly a lot cleaner now than it was in steam days.