David Bell Posted May 10, 2021 Share Posted May 10, 2021 I had started documenting my build of a diorama of Embo in the Scratchbuilding thread. My first intention had been just to build a typical Dornoch train which is why I started the thread there. Like most of my projects it has grown arms and legs since i decided to make a diorama to put the train on. I think this is likely a more appropriate place to record the build of Embo. I will leave the train build on the other thread. Embo was an intermediate station on the Dornoch branch. It is the closest station to where I now live. It is a very simple affair. A single line and a short platform with a level crossing at one end and a single wooden station building. The chosen gauge is Gauge 3 and the whole thing is built on an old door 60cm x 180cm. Attached are some prototype pictures taken after closure. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 Here is an older photo showing the wooden facing to the platform. The new brick facing was installed quite late in the life of the branch. I am modelling the wooden version. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 (edited) And this is what I have done thus far Edited May 10, 2021 by David Bell Spelling correction! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 10, 2021 Author Share Posted May 10, 2021 In this scale you can incorporate a lot of detail. The track comes with some plastic rail joiners which incorporate some fishplate details. I cut one of them up to produce two separate fishplates and applied them to the rail. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCT Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 Hello - as I promised on your "Dornoch Train" thread, I've dug out my late father's Dornoch railway pics. Relevant to here, this shows Embo, and I'm confident it was taken in July 1959, and gives a good view of the level crossing gates. Some points to note... the platform was the more modern brick-built one by then, the ballast looks like ash rather than stone, the flangeway in the level crossing is formed by timbers rather than check-rails, and the sleepers at the rail-joint are closer together to give support - the PW Manual gives a dimension of 12" from the joint to the centres of the joint sleepers. HTH...! Alasdair 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 7 minutes ago, AJCT said: Hello - as I promised on your "Dornoch Train" thread, I've dug out my late father's Dornoch railway pics. Relevant to here, this shows Embo, and I'm confident it was taken in July 1959, and gives a good view of the level crossing gates. Some points to note... the platform was the more modern brick-built one by then, the ballast looks like ash rather than stone, the flangeway in the level crossing is formed by timbers rather than check-rails, and the sleepers at the rail-joint are closer together to give support - the PW Manual gives a dimension of 12" from the joint to the centres of the joint sleepers. HTH...! Alasdair That is a perfect photo thanks especially given what I have been doing today, making the crossing gates. Thanks very much Cheers David 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 Looking at the photo I will have to make an adjustment or two! I had assumed the diagonals on the gate would be a symmetrical, I was working from a picture of another gate at Cambusavie which I could only see half of! Nothing that can't be undone. The sleepers between the rails can be accommodated too since that bit is not fixed down yet. The picture is really good, full of all sorts of details. I note the posts on which the gates are hinged are set at an angle which makes sense. Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJCT Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 You're welcome. I hadn't noticed the angled hinge-posts... learn something new every day. I'll get on and scan the other pics for your "Dornoch Train" thread. Cheers - Alasdair 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 I have altered the gate to be closer to Alasdair's photo. Just need to do the other one now! 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted May 13, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2021 Awesome build there David and I like the polar opposites in different scales. I look forward to seeing the finished article. Is it just a diorama or are you planning to use it as part of a layout? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 It will just be a diorama. It is supposed to be light relief from GQS but is taking on a life of its own! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 13, 2021 Author Share Posted May 13, 2021 And then there were two 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share Posted May 17, 2021 Latest progress on the gates 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted May 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 17, 2021 Looking great 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share Posted May 17, 2021 (edited) Thanks Ade, I am pleased with it . Still getting my scale eye in for this giant scale! Cheers David Edited June 1, 2021 by David Bell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share Posted May 17, 2021 Thanks Eddie, I am really enjoying the bigger scale Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 23, 2021 Author Share Posted May 23, 2021 Progress on the gates continues. This end is now looking a little more like Alasdair's photo. Cheers David 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 27, 2021 Author Share Posted May 27, 2021 The platform face has been primed with a mixture of grey,white and a little brown. Now it needs to have some colouring and weathering. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share Posted May 29, 2021 I spent a rather enjoyable couple of hours this morning applying some weathering powders to the platform face 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 There is something about large scale that is really appealing, - I love watching the G3 layouts at shows. I'm enjoying watching this develop David, Peter 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 Thanks Peter. I am enjoying this distraction from the main layout project. Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 What scale is G3 David? I built an American narrow gauge layout about fifteen years ago in 1/20.3 scale, and a French narrow gauge which used 45mm gauge track and I think was the same scale as G3. The buildings were huge, they all had to be packed separately and took up a lot of room in the van but it was worth it for the chance to model the fully detailed interiors. I must admit I'd struggle loading it and unloading it these days though. We used Preiser figures and some LGB loco's so I suppose it must have been G Scale. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 30, 2021 Author Share Posted May 30, 2021 It is pretty much the same scale as G Gauge. The scale is 1/22.5 (13.5mm to 1 foot). I think that is the same as LGB use for their metre gauge prototypes on 45mm track. The track gauge of Gauge 3 is 63.5mm. I plan to use a couple of 1.24 kits on the diorama, one of BR Bedford O series flatbed truck and one of a grey Fergie tractor. Preiser figures will work too I think. Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 I have been terraforming! Laying the base for the landform at the front of the board. Plaster bandage will hide a multitude of sins 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted June 7, 2021 Author Share Posted June 7, 2021 A wee bit more groundwork done over weekend. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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