Westerham, + Weald. Tarmac surface for the platform

[Horsetan]

....A Hillman Imp on the Westerham Valley Railway. And before anyone asks no I am not going to model it!

 

Funnily enough, the car is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year

[westerhamstation]

Why this is such a good hobby. A tale of two matchsticks and a piece of card.

I just wanted a Coal and Coke Merchant sign for Westerham Station coal yard and this is what I found out. 

[bagpipes331]

I like the history, love the pics!!

[westerhamstation]

A view from the allotment, to the back of  Westerham Station and Crown Hotel. Taken with the old Box Brownie camera. Just got the snaps back from Boots, This is the only one that came out, what a waste of half a crown, never mind.

[westerhamstation]

Just a bit of detailing to the warehouse in the goods yard today, in between painting the shed, mowing the lawn, and dodging the rain. And why when you want clutter for yards, like cog wheels, all you can find in the house are non working digital clocks, that need a sledge hammer to open, and then yield nothing more than a shiny inside. Does nothing run off clockwork these days.

I have put a bit of junk around and put some signs on the warehouse, it still needs a bit more of something I can't think what yet.

Edited May 10, 2013 by westerhamstation

[DLT]

Lovely model.  I have a vague memory of a very brief visit to the site some time after closure, and I'm now learning a lot more about it.

Many thanks,

Dave.

[westerhamstation]

Lovely model.  I have a vague memory of a very brief visit to the site some time after closure, and I'm now learning a lot more about it.

Many thanks,

Dave.

Thanks Dave.

      I am still finding out things about the line and it's buildings, that's what I like about making it.

                                  Adrian 

[Earl Bathurst]

Superb layout. It has some real character. Look forward to seeing more pictures of the layout.

 

Scott

[westerhamstation]

Superb layout. It has some real character. Look forward to seeing more pictures of the layout.

 

Scott

Thanks Scott.

                   I am just working on the weatherboarded building down by the goods shed, adding a sign board and some clutter and will post some pictures when finished. 

[Earl Bathurst]

No Problem, Looking forward to the next lot of pictures

 

Scott

[bagpipes331]

Hi Adrian,

 

Just been browsing through your pics. The attention to detail and realism is brilliantly captured.

I think you owe it to us novices to give a step by step tutorial on your building techniques!! Any chance of a residentual summer class?

[westerhamstation]

Hi Adrian,

 

Just been browsing through your pics. The attention to detail and realism is brilliantly captured.

I think you owe it to us novices to give a step by step tutorial on your building techniques!! Any chance of a residentual summer class?

Thanks Rich for your kind remarks, But I am still truly a novice at this modelling lark, this is my first go at it, although I have read about it and followed the hobby  for fifty plus years.

and still have all the Railway modeller magazines from fifty odd years back that I brought intermittently. Most of the buildings are constructed using 2mm card and slaters plasticard.

The Hotel is a much modified Superquick Hotel, the lamp hut & weighbridge are the only other buildings that I have not built. Bits of the water tower are Dapol which i cut into 6 pieces and resized to make into the one that was at Westerham. regards Adrian

[David C]

I'd like to add my compliments to all the others about your lovely layout. The prototype is not far from where I live (Bromley).

 

Just as an aside, what font did you use for the G Alderson signboard? It looks like Arial ....

 

David C

[westerhamstation]

Thank David C,

     The Font I used was News Gothic Std Bold, which was the best i could find on my computer that didn't look like some variation of Helvetica. I wanted something a bit looser than that, something that a local signwriter would have used everyday. Adrian  

[bagpipes331]

Me again.

Just reading your brief history of the area, and the detail you have captured is truly inspiring.

I have been to-ing and fro-ing about selling my layout (adding extensions-going outside etc) and I think this has given me the push to take a fresh look and take a look at a real location (smallish). I love research and have plenty of time for site visits etc, and I think replicating a real area, and having people recognise it must be very rewarding.

Keep it up!!

 

Rich

[westerhamstation]

Not much doing at home today, so I got the old sit up and beg push bike out of the shed, and cycled down to the allotment at Westerham Station. The sun was out as usual which was good and made a pleasant ride through the lanes down past Chevening House then along the Pilgrims Way coming out at the bottom of Westerham Hill, turned left onto London Road and was soon at Westerham Station and the allotment. But first into the newley painted Crown Hotel for a pie and a pint, It used to be called the Superquick Hotel but has been taken over and remodelled, they did something to the back of it but I can't get round there to see, nice Sunbeam Rapier outside the station, someones got some money. Off to see the how the veg is growing in a moment, but might just have another pint first.

[cromptonnut]

Love those allotment shots

[westerhamstation]

Love those allotment shots

Thanks, 

              Will send you a bag of spuds when they grow.

[pwr]

Wow!

 

Paul R

[JCL]

I think it's Iain Robinson in disguise! Show your true self.

[westerhamstation]

I think it's Iain Robinson in disguise! Show your true self.

Many thanks JCL, For the compliment, If only I was.

     The envelope of used Fivers will be left in it's usual place behind the flowerpot in the allotment shed.  

[westerhamstation]

Hortons Way, leading to Openshaws Concrete Products. I have taken a few liberties with the siting of this company, as it used to take up a large area adjacent to the goods yard, and would have been off the baseboard, so it's business as usual but, in one of the weatherboard sheds.

[bagpipes331]

Adrian,

You should post a video tour of your layout. 

[DLT]

What else can I say, but stunning modelling; and beautifully photographed as well!

Thanks very much,

Dave.

[Glynn Huggins]

I was a member of the Westerham Valley Railway Association around 1962/3 and used to spend my weekends oiling points and running telegraph wires whilst we all hoped to save the line.

Your model is so realistic it brought back fond memories. The modelling of the White Hart and St.Mary's Primary School (which all three of my children attended) are particularly realistic. Thank you for bringing back much pleasure and nostalga for days gone by.

(PS The bus is a 705 Green Line that ran between Windsor and Tunbridge Wells and was my only means of transport home on a Sunday when the 410 bus did not run!)