RMweb Premium Kylestrome Posted November 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2021 (edited) Not the greatest advert for MRC catering, but excellent in every other respect! David Edited November 29, 2021 by Kylestrome 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted November 29, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2021 One assumes that tea from that source is stronger than gnats! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon D. Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 I also had the pleasure of seeing the new York Road yesterday and a pleasant chat with the good professor. Exquisite work. 10 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted November 29, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted November 29, 2021 This image was used to make the first scene shown by Simon. We were musing about the likely date for this photo when 10 year old Oliver, on the next door layout, clearly pronounced that it was taken in WW2. When asked why he said that, came the answer, “because the horses are wearing gas masks”. Obvious, really… Tim 4 3 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bécasse Posted November 29, 2021 Share Posted November 29, 2021 Gas masks apart (and I am actually surprised that more of the horses haven't got nose bags as it was an obvious way to keep them quiet while loading up), there are few clues to narrow down the date particularly as it is difficult to see in detail much of the clothing being worn. The lack of any motor vehicles suggests that it predates the end of the Great War when significant numbers of war surplus vehicles became available cheaply (and there was a shortage of horses), while the number of fit young-ish men standing around suggests that it isn't during the war itself. On the other hand, photographs of relatively mundane subjects such as this were relatively rare before the very final years of Victoria's reign, thus I would suggest that there is a rather better than evens chance that it dates from the Edwardian era, and there is nothing in what I can see of the clothing being worn to contradict that. A search of old trade directories for the two business names visible might narrow the date further although such firms often stayed in business for decades in those days. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-A-T Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 It is photos like this that remind you just how labour intensive the trades and professions were only a 100 or so years ago. The 20th century has been a century of massive change and I, like many, am guilty of viewing it through heavily rose tinted glasses as being a “better” time, forgetting the long, often arduous, hours many people had to work to survive. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 Enjoyed the mini exhibition on Sunday, the York Road modelling is just stunning! Good to get a chance to see it close up and I was blown away by the level of detail and realism in such a small scale. I picked up a few tips watching the guy paint the backscene, namely I put on way too much paint when I've tried it! Thank you and well done to the MRC for putting opening their doors. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
east barnet andy Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Hello folks ; just travelled from Kings Cross platform 10 to Potters Bar. counted 4 , i think , tunnels by the time we got to the Emirates Stadium. anyone know which one was the Gasworks Tunnel? ( and therefore the next one was Copenhagen ; obviously ! ) best wishes all Andy. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mike_Walker Posted December 8, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 8, 2021 The first one leaving KX is Gasworks Tunnel which is actually three parallel bores (the eastern one has recently been reopened) followed by Copenhagen Tunnels, again three bores but with the east one disused. Those are the only tunnels before you reach Barnet. The others you may have seen are actually the Up Slow flyover north of Copenhagen Tunnel and the skew bridge carrying the Caledonian Road over the line. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted December 8, 2021 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted December 8, 2021 There are a couple of tunnels between Finsbury Park & Barnet. Tim 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
east barnet andy Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 thanks for that chaps ; next time i make the journey , i'll know exactly where i am vis a vis my favourite layout! bfn, Andy. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpgibbons Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 On 30/11/2021 at 05:03, CF MRC said: This image was used to make the first scene shown by Simon. We were musing about the likely date for this photo when 10 year old Oliver, on the next door layout, clearly pronounced that it was taken in WW2. When asked why he said that, came the answer, “because the horses are wearing gas masks”. Obvious, really… Tim The Finchley Society has a photo of Mr W Ashby in front of his premises on Regents Park Rd in 1933, if that helps. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 2mmMark Posted February 21, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2022 On 10/12/2021 at 14:22, east barnet andy said: thanks for that chaps ; next time i make the journey , i'll know exactly where i am vis a vis my favourite layout! bfn, Andy. One of these might be handy. This is the model of the model, made by John Birkett-Smith back in 1983 or thereabouts. We've stayed quite true to the design with the exception that the backscene comes closer to the York Road viaduct (bottom left) than originally envisaged. 17 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted February 21, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) 2mm fine scale modelling, but of what? Tim Edited February 21, 2022 by CF MRC 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethashenden Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 At first I was thinking its a tank, water or oil, something like that. But where would it go? Then I was thinking about what's being worked on, I think its the tube tunnel. I think this is a master that tunnel lining sections can be formed on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kylestrome Posted February 21, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 21, 2022 1 hour ago, CF MRC said: 2mm fine scale modelling, but of what? I'd guess it has something to do with the tube tunnel. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 2mmMark Posted February 21, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 21, 2022 It's a Pip-proof lift shaft. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Jim Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 34 minutes ago, 2mmMark said: It's a Pip-proof lift shaft. My guess too! Lift shaft for York Road tube station! Jim 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted February 21, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 21, 2022 Adds a bit of scrap value to the layout. Tim 14 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted February 22, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) The side of the stairwell will have a window cut into it so that the spiral stairs can be seen. These will be 3D printed by Richard Wilson, but he is currently engaged with sorting out the tube at the north end, at Caledonian Road. The lift shaft will also have a window cut into it so that the car can be seen going up and down. Eventually, the whole underground station at York Road will be modelled, including the cross over and tunnels: we have a full set of drawings for the tunnel construction - which will also be visible. Copyright LT Museum. Only the Southbound platform will be visible. Copyright Doug Rose Tim Edited February 22, 2022 by CF MRC 15 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Square Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 9 hours ago, CF MRC said: Adds a bit of scrap value to the layout. Tim They seem a bit heavy bore for toilet drains. Poor diet in the capital?? 4 1 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted February 25, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2022 The plate to support the shafts at YR has been fettled and aluminium plugs made to locate them. The larger mass of the central one will be adapted to locate the lift car mechanism. The plate was chemically blacked and the tubes given a quick spray of barbecue black paint. This came out blacker than I expected and doesn’t ‘work’. I then gave them a spray with grey undercoat, and they can now be seen on the complete layout. They look better and are not quite as light as shown in the picture. I will have to cut out the ‘windows’ for the spiral stair case and the lift shaft. I think it would look rather good with the shafts fully weathered. Question is, what would they look like? The inside looks like this: What does the team think? Tim 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bécasse Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 London clay ochre? Dabbed on using artists' acrylic paint straight from a tube to give it some body - think boots muddy with clay. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger.s Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 London clay before it is exposed to the atmosphere is a blue-grey. It only becomes brownish when exposed to the air and the iron content is oxidized. Roger 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CF MRC Posted February 25, 2022 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted February 25, 2022 It’s all a bit of a quandary, really. The iron may be in an anaerobic atmosphere within the clay so would probably not rust much. Equally it would be below the water table for some of the depth (Gasworks is a very wet tunnel). There could be water channels around the shafts. What colour are cast iron pipes when they’re dug up? Tim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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