Copenhagen Fields

[JohnBS]

23 hours ago, Mick Bonwick said:

Following a comment by @queensquare at a recent online event, about only frequenting this part of RMweb, I thought that followers of this thread might like to see what went on during Saturday afternoon:

 

https://www.missendenrailwaymodellers.org.uk/index.php/spring-2021-tims-workbench-part-3/

 

There's more than just this that fits the 2mm scale discipline.

Tim,

a lovely presentation - thank you and thanks to Mick for posting the link.

John,

 

[PSi]

Again, some old shots, this time Copenhagen Fields. Sorry for lousy quality.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pekka

[CF MRC]

Those are fascinating pictures Pekka, thank you for posting. 

The top photo of the bare boards would be autumn ‘84; the next two were probably ‘85 or ‘86 at IMREX, Wembley. What is interesting is that the original low height back scene, with a much less extensive modelled scene is evident  in the second photo. Also, one of the chaps is sitting in the middle of an access hatch that was made, but never used subsequently.  The method of construction for the tube station is also the same as for its younger brother, York Road - funny that.
 

The last four photos show the layout at Keen House, probably in the early ‘90s, by that time with the tall back scene. Again, quite interesting as they show N gauge stock running on the Holloway Bank section and in BR period, as well. In the early days the layout ran in two distinct periods as we did not have enough LNER / GNR locos and stock. Once the Belle Isle section was added to the layout and we started to get through running on the main lines then the dual standards disappeared, but the down goods line retained that capability until 2014.

 

Interesting to me, anyway. 
 

Tim

[Sithlord75]

I never realised CF had N gauge running ability.  I saw it in the Graham Farish Catalogue back in the 90s (first sighting by this little Aussie Battler) and assumed at the time it was N, then found out via a 2mm member that it wasn't and the catalogue shots were stills.    

[CF MRC]

The Copenhagen Fields team is hosting the next online Model Railway Club Zoom Night this Thursday. Please register here:

 

https://www.themodelrailwayclub.org/events/mrc-zoom-club-meeting/

 

We will be showing the latest York Road tube station developments underground and recent work on the KX potato warehouses and Goods Yard. Simon Humphries  will be talking about the restoration of the original 2mm fine scale exhibition layout, ‘Rydes Vale’, along with other 2mm scale projects from group members.

 

Tim

Edited March 22, 2021 by CF MRC

[Theakerr]

Man, you all look so young!

[Caley Jim]

4 hours ago, Theakerr said:

Man, you all look so young!

Just like all the policemen and the professors on the telly!  What I want to know is why all those folk I've known for years have got so old?

 

Jim ( who only started counting after 50 and so will be 24 in ten days time)

[Ian Morgan]

11 hours ago, Caley Jim said:

What I want to know is why all those folk I've known for years have got so old?

 

... and who stuck that photo of an old man on my bathroom mirror?

 

[CF MRC]

Trouble is, we were quite young when CF started. It’s just taken a very long time (over half my life!)
 

Tim

Edited March 23, 2021 by CF MRC

[CF MRC]

Why have a simple building when you can make it complicated?  The cart road rooves are 1/2 staggered relative to the rooves behind. 

The front of the potato warehouses have been completely rebuilt to represent those in the photo. 

Will make for a much more interesting scene. 
 

Tim

[CF MRC]

The brick frontage of the potato warehouse has been roughed in with a bit of colour. 

I’ll probably make a start on the frontage of the cart road tomorrow.  It’s all going to look very busy. 
 

Tim

[CF MRC]

Quite a day for pondering how to make the cart road rooves. Some sort of jig would be needed for assembly to support the ‘I’ beams and position them in the wall sockets. The tapered and jiggled front doesn’t help either. 

It will all be jolly close to the retaining wall, but that is how it was. I think I have worked out how it will all be assembled.

Tim

 

 

[CF MRC]

A super little package arrived this morning from Tom E. 

These columns are really very fine indeed and one can be seen supporting the beam at the north end of the canopy with the construction jig nearby. 

They will very likely be converted into a very strong metal alloy.  Meanwhile, the roof beam jig has been further refined and will be very useful for setting out and assembling the structure. The front face is currently simply resting on the beams so is a bit wonky. 

The first roof gutter can be seen in grey Plastruct. I am awaiting suitable solvent to make these integral with the roof beams at each end and then I can make a start on the glazing.  The half sectioned end of the roof, which is at the very limit of the scene, will be supported by a stout piece of Perspex which will also provide a window into the cart road -a similar concept to the clear covers on the tube station building.

 

Tim

Edited March 30, 2021 by CF MRC

[Simon D.]

There was a discussion a while back on wagons etc for the potato market.  You may well have seen this site: http://www.peterberthoud.co.uk/blog/18022018105946-london-markets-in-the-1930s/.  A couple of fascinating photos.  I imagine Kings X was much like Borough Market in terms of service vehicles, and some firms served both markets as evidenced by the still extant sign at the Borough.

 

Incidentally, googling 'Lee Potatoes' finds a number of farms and companies called Lee in the Ely area - clearly a spud dynasty.

[CF MRC]

“Incidentally, googling 'Lee Potatoes' finds a number of farms and companies called Lee in the Ely area - clearly a spud dynasty.”

If they’re from Ely, they will certainly all be related..

 

Tim

[stewartingram]

Fenland inbreeding - we all do it apparently....

[CF MRC]

The Potato Market cart road canopies have been making steady progress. The assembly jig has been invaluable.  The gutters and beams are supported by the jig to allow the glazing to be made and fitted.

The glazing has been made from a polyester sheet, with partial slate coverage on the York Road side.

There is currently no means of front support other than a piece of styrene propping up the construction at the front. Pip isn’t fussed either way...

The main colours have been blocked in, but there is no weathering as yet.  A recent addition is the pavement that was along the frontage. 

The view under the canopy roof will be available to the operator, but scarcely the public. In this view, the precarious support  for the structure can be seen as the beams are not correctly fitted onto their pads and sockets in the walls. It will, of course, have Tom E’s excellent columns supporting the roof, but they have yet to be cast in metal. At the very end, there will be a substantial sheet of Perspex which will both support the roof and provide a window into this scene. The slightly foggy glass in the roof will obscure some of the detail from the public side, whilst the roof supporting iron work will be simplified, as it is very fine. A recent colour image has shown that the lintels were not in a red brick, so those will need to be changed. 

Just for good measure, here is the prototype again. 

The name boards are in hand. I wonder who will be on them?

Tim

 

[Caley Jim]

1 hour ago, CF MRC said:

The name boards are in hand. I wonder who will be on them?

I would guess 'King Edward' won't be one!  

 

Jim

[CF MRC]

8 minutes ago, Caley Jim said:

I would guess 'King Edward' won't be one!  

 

Jim

Correct Jim. He wasn’t a Club or an Association member. 
 

Tim

[Kylestrome]

1 hour ago, CF MRC said:

The name boards are in hand. I wonder who will be on them?

 

Spud U Like?

 

[mullie]

Sorry my attention was taken by the works fore-dog in the 3rd photo. Grew up with a few smooth and rough coated versions and have very fond memories 

 

Martyn

[CF MRC]

He’s a Parson Jack Russel, 10 months old and full of beans.  As fast as any dog of equivalent size and a squirrel laxative, when first let out in the morning. 
 

Tim

[CF MRC]

The potato market cart road now has a solidly fixed cantilevered roof, albeit awaiting the front cast iron columns to come back from the foundry. 

Painting and weathering are also proceeding, but not quite there yet. 

A few advertising hoardings on the railings will add a splash of colour, as will the merchant’s names on the market. 
 

Tim
 

[CF MRC]

For Sale

One careful owner. Canopy making jig. Offers accepted. Ideal for...?

Tim

Edited April 10, 2021 by CF MRC
Problem with image posting

[bécasse]

15 hours ago, CF MRC said:

 

A few advertising hoardings on the railings will add a splash of colour, as will the merchant’s names on the market. 
 

Are you sure that advertising hoardings on the railings would be prototypical Tim? It was unusual to fix anything to cast-iron railings (other than, sometimes, street name plaques) because the railings needed regular repainting and that meant that anything fixed to them had to be removed for the task. A newspaper or flower seller who had taken up an adjacent patch might well have temporary signs but at that location any such sellers would be the other side of the road in front of the tube station.