RBE Posted November 29, 2013 Author Share Posted November 29, 2013 Yes I have seen pictures of the blue pullman there before. Its a bit before my layouts time though although it does if you squint give at least an impression of what the hst will look like going through there! Cav 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 I used to take a sandwich, packet of crisps and something to drink in my grandad's old WW2 gas mask bag! There was a tea shop just down the road from the entrance to the station yard where you could (if I remember correctly) buy things like a Kit-Kat. It looks like it's now a "luxury holiday cottage" http://www.wrigglytin.co.uk/aspx001/article.aspx?CID=5, a couple of interesting old pictures from bygone days. That's really interesting. I always thought it looked like an old chapel whenever I've walked passed it. Pity it's still not a cafe as it would be rather convenient. Marcus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted November 29, 2013 Share Posted November 29, 2013 Interesting that you should say that. I thought about a pw or train crew office. I have considered putting a vehicle entrance road across where the barrow crossing is at the platform ends and having it and its br van park in the old platform 4 and 5 location. That platform being demolished in my alternate reality. The office could be on the station platform though instead? Perfectly feasible to have a P way gang located on the station in the period your modelling. When I started on the railway in 1993 my dad was on the P way located at Hatton on the Birmingham Snow Hill to Leamington line. Their mess room was a portacabin type building on the end of the platform. He later transferred to Henley in Arden gang where he was the gang bus driver. Unfortunately on privatisation all the local gangs were transferred to one location at Saltley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted November 30, 2013 Author Share Posted November 30, 2013 Ill be modelling the wriggly tin of course and in its cafe guise as well. It was still open in the 80s I believe. I think Ill do the pw mess room on the ground where platforms 4 and 5 used to be. Its a nice place for it I think. Probably off down the signal box end. A few vans parked by the line down there should look good. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmesfeldian Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 A brief interlude for you... :-) 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 Thats very good. I like these old films. Ive never seen the line open in real life so its a nice way for me to get a feeling for what the line was like with trains running on it. Will be nice to see the steam trains replaced with 37s and 47s!! Cav 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tequila Sunrise Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Excellent topic - just wondered if you have seen the photos on the RCTS mystery photos site. Amongst other things it suggests much of the track thereabouts had been relaid with jointed FB rail on wooden sleepers some time before closure. http://rcts.org.uk/features/mysteryphotos/index.htm?location=Millers+Dale&srch=&page=1 (2 pages) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Joseph_Pestell Posted December 12, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2013 Brilliant piece of film. Gives a better impression of the scenery (awesome) than photos in the books. I did travel the line once - but I was only two years old so don't remember anything of it. Family photo album shows that we were hauled by a Black 5. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
highpeak Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Good photographs on that RCTS link, including some better idea of what the buildings look like if you revisit your decision to go with newer construction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 Some great pictures there. I would love to do the proper platform 2 buildings but there is so little info on them its criminal! Any help here would be very greatly appreiciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 (edited) A couple of hours spare last night so got the cosmetic refurbishment done on what will become my railfreight red stripe 37. No pics Im affraid but will post some after getting the primer on. Was just a case of removing nose handrails nose arials and filling the holes and then cutting off and filling the nose grilles and gluing the new etched steel ones in place. I also spent an hour or so weathering one of my cement tanks. It was an exercise in developing the look really as these tend to weather in a more unusual way. Not really just a blow over of white as some seem content with. The real wagons build up normal track dirt over the powder spill which after a while flakes off revealing white powder again or bare tank. The thing to try to get is the contrast of the darker weathering with that of the white powder. This isnt easy and Im not sure that this wagon is there yet. It does need its airbrush applied powder and track dirt yet though so may improve a little after that, overall Im reasonably happy with it so far. I have 15 of these to practice on though so should get better! Edited December 19, 2013 by RBE 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 That looks really good Cav! The build of the different colours works really well and looks realistic. Will you be replacing the couplings with your 3D designed versions? Best regards, Jeremy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 Thanks Jeremy, its good to get a second opinion. I will be doing 3D printed couplers yes, however as these are nem fitted I need to design a plug in one I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2013 Nice job Cav. It still amazes me that you are able to get such detail in "N". By the end of doing 15 of them I'd be permanently cross-eyed and screaming Good stuff, Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 I think you could cope Al looking at your 4mm furniture! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Tanks look excellent mate, really well done, I cant believe its N Gauge, the finish looks like O. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 Well its the same one showing each side but yeah. Cheers for the thumbs up. There would be a lot of work doing that to an O gauge wagon! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 Had a little play with the NEM version of the 3D printed wagon couplers. I am liking the look of these, not a big step on for a coach version either I would say, however I don't have any NEM coaches to dim them up from. Just uploaded to shapeways and will probably order a test batch shortly! Cav 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Looking good, a lot neater than the N Gauge hooks. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Looks good Cav. How do you think they will fair up round corners? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 They'll be fine, the NEM pockets pivot so no issue with pivoting on corners and I've left enough buffer clearance to hopefully take a 2nd radius which will be my minimum radius under the hillsides. The coach versions may need extra clearance but as I know nothing of N gauge coach NEMs I dont know if they employ the same cam style pivot action as their OO counterparts. Of course these will sit below the bufferbeam so not 100% accurate but as good as it gets without three links and bufferbeam mounted pipes! Cav Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Hi Cav, I forgot that the sockets pivoted. Looking forward to seeing these on your wagons. Best regards, Jeremy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 (edited) They won't of course work on locos though as their coupling mounts are not pivoting so would need a flexing coupler bar. Another render, I had to thicken up the tip of the NEM as it wouldn't print but a less pointy end should make no odds. Cav Edited December 20, 2013 by RBE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted December 21, 2013 Author Share Posted December 21, 2013 Samples ordered, due to be shipped on 1st Jan. We shall see how they fair! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 All looking good there Cav. Especially like the cement tank, that weathering is excellent. Can't wait until the "OO" versions get released. I shall be having a few for Kyle of Lochwilliam for the Alcan service. Looking forward to seeing some photos of the next 37. Cheers Marcus 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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