RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 27, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2012 Here is a very early effort of a 7mm type 5 LNWR box Very nice, I've added the missing type Here's a more modern example. Widnes Vine Yard cabin (during installation), a model of Castelford by Tony Sissons. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted January 27, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2012 Do like the way the concrete base, ducts and walkways have been modelled! Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 ...Here's a more modern example.Widnes Vine Yard cabin (during installation), a model of Castelford by Tony Sissons... Lovely model; hideous, cheap and nasty prototype. Give me traditional brick, stone and wood any day! F 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted January 27, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2012 Forgot to add a back view More information is here - http://www.wirralfinescale.com/pages/layouts/widnes/wfrmwvycabin.html 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravy Train Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 Dave, cheers, that is superb, and in contrast to what we deem as a signal box design,excellently modelled by Tony, not my cup of tea but nevertheless top drawer modelling fantastic attention to ( correct detail ) :-) cheers Peter 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted January 27, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2012 Forgot to add a back view Doesn't look any better from the back Dave... Nice model though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Another three ex H&B signals I made some ten or more years ago. Usual construction, of interest the "Calling On" arms are actualy off one of the Irish Railways. Exact details of the H&B variation have not survived, but from photo's these look the part. The "Tapered" arm is, and like the prototype a Full Size arm cut down. Best Wishes, Mick. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 29, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 29, 2012 There is some superb modelling on this thread.Can anyone suggest what the interior walls would have been on boxes.Would it been painted brick or cladding of t&g perhaps ? I'm modelling the GWR if this makes a difference.This is the box I want to model. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted January 29, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 29, 2012 There is some superb modelling on this thread.Can anyone suggest what the interior walls would have been on boxes.Would it been painted brick or cladding of t&g perhaps ? I'm modelling the GWR if this makes a difference.This is the box I want to model. Where the walls are brick the interior side would usually be painted brick, where the outer covering is timber the interior would be vertical timber planking although this doesn't seem to be absolutely consistent (it might depend on the time of construction?). I have seen some interior brickwork plastered - again probably a date thing? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coach bogie Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 This is the box I want to model. Here is the same box created on a friends model of Brent. Regards Mike Wiltshire 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 30, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 30, 2012 Absolutely fabulous Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Another one "I made Earlier", Up Home bracket, once at Kirkella Cutting H&B, actualy c1908 to 1955. Usual filed brass posts and trimmers etc. The "Bracket" is a D&S etch modified to a more correct profile.Best Wishes, Mick. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Here is another one I made earlier, well started earlier. It looks a bit rough in places, it falling off the back of my bike didn't help. 1/32 Scale, but fabricated much the same as my 4mm versions. Best Wishes, Mick. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Super! These welded steel brackets are a favourite of mine. Within the next year or so i hope to be making one myself in 12 inch to the foot scale. I have drawings and these have been shown to a steel fabrication company. The ballpark figure quoted i'm sure is cheaper than recovering one, possibly 50 to 60 years old, that has been burnt off at ground level, that will need repairs,extending, shot blasting and painting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 So that it is "Spot On" and looks right, I hope the right size Imperial plate and channel is still available. Best Wishes, Mick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravy Train Posted February 1, 2012 Author Share Posted February 1, 2012 I like those Mick, very tasty, are they the ones that feature in your book? What I find difficult is getting the posts straight or lined up with each other on the bracket. cheers Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Here is another one I made some years ago, probably nearer to ten, If I remember rightly I made two and they are now I think side by side on a mate's layout. The etches are all D&S, the posts are filed from brass bar and the decking boards cut from brass strip. To give a bit of "Relief" the main stem is built up with 1mm angle. Mick. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I like those Mick, very tasty, are they the ones that feature in your book? What I find difficult is getting the posts straight or lined up with each other on the bracket. cheers Peter Gravy, I built these a year or two after I did the book. To keep the "Dolls" true I arrange for them to be a tight push fit between the trimmers. The tubular dolls on the 1/32 signal are faced off in the lathe and then scurered with screws. Best Wishes, Mick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERGE Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 So that it is "Spot On" and looks right, I hope the right size Imperial plate and channel is still available. Best Wishes, Mick. I've been able to source imperial sizes without too much difficulty so far. I have recently bought steel for tappets and bridle irons of the correct size. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
signalmaintainer Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Finally arrived today: a copy of your book, Mick. I've already enjoyed one perusal and plan on a second tonight, then more in-depth study this weekend. In short, it's a treasure trove of good information! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 Finally arrived today: a copy of your book, Mick. I've already enjoyed one perusal and plan on a second tonight, then more in-depth study this weekend. In short, it's a treasure trove of good information! Finally arrived today: a copy of your book, Mick. I've already enjoyed one perusal and plan on a second tonight, then more in-depth study this weekend. In short, it's a treasure trove of good information! Paul, I hope you find it of some use. Any queries, you know where to find me. Mick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Another blast from the past, about 15 years ago I think. D&S etches, Filed brass post and dolls etc. The arm connections are wire, bent "Hornby Dublo" fashion, from normal viewing distance, they don't look too much unlike the "Rocker Shafts" etc often used on NE signals. With the usual benifit of hindsight, I would now do the job properly and have working "Rockers". Nevertheless, I'm sure the signal will find a place somewhere on my layout. Mick. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Another one I made a few years ago, and now on a friends layout. It is based on a signal bridge that once existed at "Five Arches" on the GN, somewhere near King's Cross. Like the prototype, it is not "On Legs" but instead suspended on angle irons fitted to the bridge behind, and ence the "Sighting Board". The decking is fabricated from brass strip and everything is much the same as my other signals. The bridge seen in the atached pictures is not the bridge in question. Mick. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 Yet another "Blast From the Past", ex GN somersault bracket signal, and made for the same mate's layout. D&S etches almost throughout. Mick. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravy Train Posted February 8, 2012 Author Share Posted February 8, 2012 Blast from the past Hull and Barnsley4mm,from one of your drawings i think Mick 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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