RMweb Premium Nick Mitchell Posted July 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2020 7 hours ago, CF MRC said: I had not found the coloured original plans which are very pretty, but had found a version of the Halcrow report, presumably truncated for a different audience and without the plan. The version of the Halcrow report I gave a link to makes reference to an Appendix B - existing drawings. A chap called William Perrin was given access to the content of this appendix by TFL in 2008, and has put low resolution copies of the drawings on-line here: https://northkingscross.typepad.co.uk/photos/york_road_tube_drawings/index.html It was a post of his on the Kings Cross Environment community website that led me to the Halcrow report. These probably won't give you any additional useful information, but they are there for completeness. It appears that one of the drawings in the appendix was used as the basis for the re-drawn version included in the body of the report. I fully expect to see the toilet cubicles correctly modelled now you know how they were arranged... there's a nice reference photo of the Gent's urinals half way down this page: http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/York_Road_station.html 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted July 30, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted July 30, 2020 You should take up this researching business for a living, you know, Nick... The extra drawings have been really helpful in getting the front rooms more correct. The changes don’t look that much, but it makes the building much more plausible. I will probably draw up some artwork for the interiors, but I’m afraid that the urinals will not be modelled as the structure is sliced through by the front of the layout. Tim 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 11 hours ago, CF MRC said: ..... but I’m afraid that the urinals will not be modelled as the structure is sliced through by the front of the layout. Just watch where you're standing , lads, or it could be painful! Jim 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kylestrome Posted July 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2020 15 hours ago, CF MRC said: I’m afraid that the urinals will not be modelled as the structure is sliced through by the front of the layout. Now if this was a German layout, that would have provided the perfect excuse for a lewd cameo. David 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Nick Mitchell Posted July 31, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 31, 2020 As a change from looking at photos taken in Gents toilets, I've been staring again at the enhanced exterior photo from a few posts ago. Tim - you suggested there might be a rack against the back wall of the room. Could this actually be a roll down security grille behind the windows? It would make sense in light of your comment that the location would not be very secure for a ticket office? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bécasse Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 4 hours ago, Nick Mitchell said: As a change from looking at photos taken in Gents toilets, I've been staring again at the enhanced exterior photo from a few posts ago. Tim - you suggested there might be a rack against the back wall of the room. Could this actually be a roll down security grille behind the windows? It would make sense in light of your comment that the location would not be very secure for a ticket office? Any grill would almost certainly have been a permanent one but it is certainly a possibility, a probability even. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted August 5, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 5, 2020 The pilasters and entrance bits on the tube station are nearing completion, apart from some of the decorative motifs. There are about fifty components involved with each opening as there are many layers involved: thank goodness for Evergreen strips. At the top of the pilaster there is a prominent ridge that raps around the sides. This was made by putting two stop cuts across the top of the pilaster and then using a very fine chisel to remove the material between. The chisel is literally razor sharp and comes from Japan. https://www.ebay.com/p/2134870965 They are eye wateringly expensive, especially the very small versions, but I have a colleague at Guys who can get them when he goes to Tokyo - still expensive though. With the trough made a little strip of styrene was inserted. The front walls are beginning to look a bit better now, but I had quite forgotten how much work was involved in making a tube station. It will be interesting to compare it with its older brother, when complete. Tim 4 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Being familiar with the drawings from making the window etchings it's good to see it all coming together nicely in three dimensions. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted August 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 5, 2020 Out now and in your local newsagent soon is MRJ 279, the 2mm special edition featuring a fascinating article by the Prof on over thirty years working on CF - get on with it chaps!! Lots of other 2mm content as well. Jerry 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbishop Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Seems I will be purchasing it at Ian Allen on Saturday morning and reading it in London Ambulance Service HQ. Bill 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted August 5, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 5, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, queensquare said: Out now and in your local newsagent soon is MRJ 279, the 2mm special edition featuring a fascinating article by the Prof on over thirty years working on CF - get on with it chaps!! Lots of other 2mm content as well. Jerry Like a good malt, it matures / improves (?) with age... Look forward to seeing the issue. Tim Edited August 5, 2020 by CF MRC 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisf Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 Not since the last issue will this subscriber be awaiting the arrival of Postie so eagerly! Chris 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richbrummitt Posted August 6, 2020 Share Posted August 6, 2020 We can finally read how to finish a stay alive. I’m sure there’s some irony there... 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post CF MRC Posted August 7, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted August 7, 2020 (edited) All the fiddly bits are now complete, having been whittled and carved out of styrene. The main frontage had some fill-in bits at the intersection of the arches. The two main flourishes over the entrance required setting in to the corners, so that the angled front sits correctly. The porthole window surround was made from some strip, bent to shape with a few extra bits added and carved for the detailing. I will give the whole lot a puff of primer tomorrow, to see if there are areas that need much adjustment and filling. Tim Edited August 8, 2020 by CF MRC Improved photos 10 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post CF MRC Posted August 8, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted August 8, 2020 The excellence of the 3D prints from Richard Wilson really shows up now. I think this might turn out better than the original, but it will all depend on the painting. Tim 15 10 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 Looking really good, Tim. Jim 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted August 8, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8, 2020 Waiting the glazier to turn up on site, Jim. Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted August 8, 2020 Share Posted August 8, 2020 That's the trouble with tradesmen, they can never come exactly when you need them! Anyway, you need the painter to paint the frames first. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted August 8, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 8, 2020 Got the painting contractor in this evening. Tim 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted August 9, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 9, 2020 (edited) Will be transformed when the glazing is in place. Tim Edited August 9, 2020 by CF MRC Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted August 10, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 10, 2020 (edited) Quite a busy time over the last 24 hrs. The front walls were sprayed last night with a variety of tube-like colours. The cement courses were then scribed in with a pair of dividers, through to the white styrene. Jim’s windows were also sprayed with a dark brown cellulose colour and then lightly weathered (not the most inspiring photograph). I didn’t want to assemble the front walls onto the structural shell until the interiors were a little more advanced. However, the two corners at the front will need dressing and touching in - a job better done before final assembly with the interiors present. I have therefore glued the three front walls together with impact adhesive against the shell, but with cling film over the relevant parts of the shell so that it can be removed. The observant amongst you will notice that the ceramic station name boards / entrance & exit signs were also painted in, whilst in the flat - quite a tedious job. As I write this, the whole assembly is bandaged up with elastic bands to hold it stable while the glue sets. With a bit of luck tomorrow, it should all come apart where required and the front facade will then be stuck to a base so that the corners can be worked on. Thence the interiors, roof details, chimneys and south end brick detailing. All-in-all a quite long-winded way of making a building, but it allows progress on various components without manoeuvring oneself into a constructional corner. Tim Edited August 10, 2020 by CF MRC 10 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post CF MRC Posted August 11, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted August 11, 2020 (edited) The patient had the bandages removed this morning. With the structural core added. Should be OK. In daylight, the maroon predominates, in artificial lighting the red oxides/ tera cotta colours. The lighting at the south end of CF is quite cool, because it is where a storm has passed over, so I expect the building will look a little more maroon. Windows next. Tim Edited August 11, 2020 by CF MRC 15 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post CF MRC Posted August 11, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted August 11, 2020 The corner cracks were filled with strips of styrene, welded into place. Once hard, a samurai chisel was used to pare away the excess material. The surfaces were tidied up and then needed touching in with paint. The main colour was Revell acrylic reddish-brown 36/37 with a light overspray of a gloss dark mahogany cellulose (actually the same colour as used on the frames of L&B locos). Some of the tiles were picked out with a red Lumicolour permanent marker. The whole was then matt varnished with Tamiya XF86 (sort of) which lifted some of the marker colour and distributed it more widely, at the same time playing down the whiteness of the cement courses. Finally the tiles were given a light wash with Lifecolor UA724 a yellow ochre brake dust colour which was also used to slightly highlight features, in effect, acting as the colour of the glaze. The lettering was also done with this colour which is suitably subdued. In the warm evening sun, the terracotta hues come out strongly. In a cold northern light it is quite maroon. I am very glad that it has been made as a shell in this way, it was much easier to work on, whilst the interiors can be added, as required. Tim 16 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post CF MRC Posted August 13, 2020 Author RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted August 13, 2020 (edited) The glazing contractor turned up today and made the front of York Road tube station weather proof (thank you Jim). The tile work has also had further painting and weathering: I’ll keep working at it until I’m satisfied. There is a problem with the geometry of the heavily truncated exit opening, but I have a cunning plan for that. Tim Edited August 13, 2020 by CF MRC 15 12 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 14 minutes ago, CF MRC said: The glazing contractor turned up today and made the front of York Road tube station weather proof (thank you Jim). You're welcome, Tim. An honour to have contributed in a small way to CF. I'm pleased with the way the various depths and thicknesses of the window framing have turned out, also that doorway beside the exit. Jim 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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