Patrick Davey Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) My current project is a 'micro' layout (48in x 18in scenic area) based on a fictional location on the Great Northern Railway of Ireland, in Co. Antrim. The project is steadily turning into a tribute to the distinctive work of the GN's Chief Engineer William Hemingway Mills, who was with the company from 1876 to 1910 and left a legacy of incredible buildings including stations, signal cabins, engine sheds and many others. His most memorable architectural style is often referred to as 'polychromatic' in that it uses different colours of brick, with either yellow or red being the predominant colour, relived by contrasting courses of black and either red or yellow. Thankfully a good number of Mills' structures survive such as the yellow brick station buildings at Lisburn, Dundalk and Ardee, the red brick station buildings at Stewartstown, Ballyroney and Dunleer, the signal cabins at Moira, Ballyward and Irvinestown, and numerous station houses including those at Balmoral, Fintona, Victoria Bridge and elsewhere. For my layout I have already built a station house, signal cabin and platform shelter in Mills' style so I thought it was time to tackle something in the yellow brick style, and I decided on a small office building. The inspiration for the building is the small building which stands beside the running shed at Connolly Station. Here are a few photos from the build - the main material is plasticard, with brick embossed plasticard for the outside walls, and the distinctive and authentic GNR(I) windows are a brass etch from Bill Bedford. There are a few other detail items too such as white metal chimney pots and doors from York Modelmaking, and the over-window mouldings are laser printed in strong card. For this build I decided to make more of an effort on the interior, and things got a bit carried away.....ah well!! Edited February 28, 2021 by Patrick Davey 5 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irish Padre Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 (edited) That’s lovely. Really captures the W H Mills look. Nothing says GNRI quite like polychromatic brick ! Edited February 28, 2021 by Irish Padre 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
antony Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 A super model! All it needs is a roaring fire in the grate and smoke from the chimney. What colour shade is the yellow brick? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunslet 102 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Very nice and realistic, captures the feel of a GNRI building totally 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Davey Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 1 hour ago, antony said: A super model! All it needs is a roaring fire in the grate and smoke from the chimney. What colour shade is the yellow brick? Thanks Tony! It's 'Pale Lemon', Winsor & Newton acrylic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Davey Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 36 minutes ago, Hunslet 102 said: Very nice and realistic, captures the feel of a GNRI building totally Cheers Hunslet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Beautiful job, congratulations 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunslet 102 Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Love the railway map in the interior, looks like it is from a time when we had a decent railway network 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Davey Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 4 hours ago, Michael Hodgson said: Beautiful job, congratulations Many thanks Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Davey Posted February 28, 2021 Author Share Posted February 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Hunslet 102 said: Love the railway map in the interior, looks like it is from a time when we had a decent railway network Yip, that's the GNR(I) network at its maximum event, including Armagh-Castleblayney! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted March 1, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 1, 2021 Congratulations Patrick. You have really captured the atmosphere of the GNR(I) with that model. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Davey Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 3 hours ago, Colin_McLeod said: Congratulations Patrick. You have really captured the atmosphere of the GNR(I) with that model. Very kind Colin, thank you! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelG Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Truly wonderful scratch building. Epic result. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Davey Posted March 7, 2021 Author Share Posted March 7, 2021 On 06/03/2021 at 09:31, NoelG said: Truly wonderful scratch building. Epic result. Very kind thank you Noel! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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