RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted November 30, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 30, 2018 Adrian, That is too clever by three quarters. (What was your profession? ) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted December 1, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 1, 2018 Adrian, That is too clever by three quarters. (What was your profession? ) Hi Chris, in answer to your question, I was a sign & poster writer using brushes and a mahl stick before computers and vinyl cutters made that job obsolete. (A mahlstick, or maulstick, is a stick with a soft leather or padded head used by painters to support the hand holding the paintbrush) All the best Adrian.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted December 1, 2018 Share Posted December 1, 2018 I gotta ask ... what are the ridges in the machine? Kind regards Julian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted December 2, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 2, 2018 Hi Julian, in answer to your question, the ridges are some scraps of slaters corrugated plasticard cut to the scale width of a sheet of corrugated iron, which in this case is 3ft, they are positioned to leave a small space in between to represent the overlap of the sheets, this gives a finished strip of corrugations a scale 9ft wide by however long your strip of self adhesive foil is. The block that you push down on to create the corrugations is a mirror image of the lower one. Please feel free to contact the Customer service desk at Acme Products of this address if you have any more questions, All the best Adrian. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Ah, Slaters, I'd forgotten about their sheets. It produces an industrial version of the ones from the single corrugated sheets from Modelscene, I showed earlier. I reclon rather useful in view of the size of those roofs. Have McAlpine been in touch yet, to see about a full scale version? Kind regards. Julian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted December 3, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 3, 2018 (edited) Hi Adrian. We are awaiting the arrival of the "Acme Mk1 Corrugator" (Patent pending no doubt) in the model shop with great anticipation over here. Looks like a true winner. On a different note we have truly entered the modern age at Sasquatch cabin with Prime TV. What's this got to do with you I hear you asking. Well Mrs. S. & I were up before the dawn this morning huddled around the tiny fan heater when SWMBO typed British trains into the smart television. There's a whole plethora of train films on there of which we chose to watch British Railways volume 3, southern steam. Which featured your layouts Westerham, Brasted and even Chevening Halt. What a close job they did of reproducing it all in 12 inch scale for the camera! Hope you are well, Regards The Squatches. Edited December 4, 2018 by Sasquatch 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 I know I just rated your post "informative" ... although I have to wonder which upper Bovine Heart Chamber the latest US Beef Cut, Prime TV {Top Ventricle} might be. Alternatively, I can only assume that the beast was deceased as cameras were was eased.... Kind regards ..... and should the former be the case, perhaps tasting notes might be appropriate, in the latter case one can only assume that the cameras needed the uttermost possible sealed protection from the British version of the circumstance we tend to refer to as "Weather". Julian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted December 7, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 7, 2018 Just some pictures of progress to date, the roof is nearly finished and the next job is to build the signal box, which is currently that white cardboard box structure at the end of the platform. All the best Adrian. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Outstanding Adrian, fantastic set of pics. Well done :-) Steve. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 7, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 7, 2018 All looking great Adrian, Are you sick of corrugations yet? Looking forward to seeing the signal box appear. Al. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 G'Day Folks A Great inner city view. manna 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted December 15, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 15, 2018 Now the Corrugator is back in it's cage for awhile, a start can be made on the signal box at the end of the depot. This is a very small brick built structure as can be seen from the only picture that I have of it,so will make a nice change from modelling corrugated iron roofing sheets. Construction is mountboard and brick paper with a scrap of plasticard for the door, a self adhesive label stuck onto some clear film and then cut out for the windows. the next jobs to do on the box will be the signs, a light over the board and the bells on the wall, also i need to make the yard light that is affixed to the box. here are some pictures of progress so far. All the best Adrian. 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted December 20, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 20, 2018 Happy Christmas and New Year to you all, and thanks for following and all your comments and clicks over the past year. All the festive best Adrian. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 20, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 20, 2018 Happy Christmas Adrian, and all the best for the New Year. Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted December 20, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 20, 2018 Adrian, All the best, have a good Christmas and a Happy New Year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Thanks Adrian, all the best to you as well, I'll look forward to liking many more posts next year. Steve. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Happy Christmas to you and your long suffering Mrs W, You have provided so much inspiration over the last year, thank you. Hope you have a lovely Christmas and New Year. Julian PS. Presumably there is another Dishwasher, Oven, Washing Machine for Santa to deliver next door. I would have saved the Amazon packing for the Christmas presents delivered for you, but Mrs R has insisted that the Workshop / Storage be cleared and converted to a temporary Dining Room for the coming festive season and provision for feeding M-in-Law over the coming week. [Life is sooo unfair!!] Kind regards and heartfelt wishes for next-door's presents. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Now the Corrugator is back in it's cage for awhile, a start can be made on the signal box at the end of the depot. This is a very small brick built structure as can be seen from the only picture that I have of it,so will make a nice change from modelling corrugated iron roofing sheets. Construction is mountboard and brick paper with a scrap of plasticard for the door, a self adhesive label stuck onto some clear film and then cut out for the windows. the next jobs to do on the box will be the signs, a light over the board and the bells on the wall, also i need to make the yard light that is affixed to the box. here are some pictures of progress so far. All the best Adrian. Glad to see the picture was of use. Dave 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted December 21, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2018 Thanks Dave, all of the pictures that you sent were most useful, without them i would have really struggled to get as far as I have. All the best Adrian. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dasatcopthorne Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 I made my corrugated stuff by wrapping a roller with old ribbon cable and rolling this along another lenth of cable (offset) with the material in between. My is paper with a rusty iron print on it. Brushed with thin PVA and pressed. Then left to dry so it keeps its corrugations. Even used the actual cable for a small bit. Dave 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted December 24, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 24, 2018 Adrian, Happy Christmas, and I hope you have a good New Year Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted December 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 25, 2018 Having a break after making breakfast. I’m going to go back to the early part of this thread and read through from there. Merry Christmas Adrian, and to Mrs. W. Jason 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted December 30, 2018 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 30, 2018 The small signal box is now finished along with the yard lamp, the bell on the box is made from 3 pin heads, construction of the yard lamp was made from my usual method of a bit of florists wire,a seqiun for the shade and a bead for the lamp, the ladder is out of the ratio signal kit, the post is some plastic tube and the wire safety hoop is a bit of wire. The lamp over the sign is made from a staple cut down to form a bracket and another bit of clear plastic tube makes the shade. All that remains is to wish you all a very Happy and Peaceful New Year. All the Best Adrian. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 30, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 30, 2018 Superb! Yet again, you show how you can make believable models from everyday items, and they rival the best that can be bought, and then you set a scene that looks so real. just love those photos, you really get a sense of inner-city grot. Well done mate. Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Another bit of inspiration for me to drool over Adrian, that looks great, I love the lamp. Steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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