West Riding Terminus- Halifax Powell Street

[d winpenny]

Nice job looking good

 

David

[alangdance]

where did you get the winding assembly from. ?

you mention RATIO BUT I CAN NOT FIND ANY REERENCE TO IT ON THE PECO SITE.

[BurscoughCurves]

Hi Alan,

 

My mistake I meant Dapol not ratio. The kit is designed to be able to use parts from the classic airfix now Dapol turntable kit and the winding assembly is straight from that.

 

Pete

[380John]

Hi Pete,

 

Excellent work once again. That last overview shot is really starting to show the atmosphere over the entire area. I think with the orientation you have used that the location of the MPD in proximity to the station works really well for your layout. It has helped to give it a sense of 'busyness' and helps to set the scene.

 

Well done,

 

John

[lmsforever]

I really like your layout it reminds me so much of Bradford with the walls etc and the mpd is brilliant the turntable was a project I would not want to do! Have followed from first post and will keep following.

[AireValley1962]

Great work.  A turntable really advances both the scene and the whole project.

[BurscoughCurves]

Hi People,

 

Hope you are all well. Not very much to update unfortunately but I am pleased with how the turntable looks.

 

 Firstly a few images after an initial coat of grey primer;

 

 

 

Next I painted and began to weather the main deck with enamels and powders;

 

 

 

I gave the centre plate decking a dabbing of 'oily steel'. Next was to weather the frame (brown/black & rust powders onto the grey primer) and paint the handrails white. I have weathered these too but don't have any photos of this just yet.

 

 

 

My next task is to build the low relief station building. I have been thinking about this for an age now and really hope it will bring the station area together. I have not quite decided how to 'join' the station brickwork to the retaining wall stone;

 

Butt them together in the corner-

 

 

Or add a small section of retaining wall-

 

 

 

I'm pretty sure I'll go with the added piece of retaining wall, but reduce the angle so it blends with the rest of the wall.

 

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

Thanks folks,

Pete

 

 

[ben pez]

Great work on the turntable

 

I'd personally go with the small section on retaining wall,it looks better.

 

Cheers

 

Ben

[Jason T]

I'd go with the building hard up against the wall. Why would they build a section of retaining wall jutting out, when they didn't need to?

[Joseph_Pestell]

Correct solution is surely a gap between the two. Drainage/damp problems otherwise.

[BurscoughCurves]

Hmmm thanks gents.

 

I appreciate there may be damp issues but feel there needs to be continuity and disguise the fact that there is a 'real-world' wall immediately behind.   

 

I've mocked up an idea from foam board (which would be from the same stone block material as the piece plonked at the end of the rails);

 

 

 

 

 

Is it grand enough?I can't decide whether it would look better a little taller?

 

Pete

 

 

[great northern]

Hmmm thanks gents.

 

I appreciate there may be damp issues but feel there needs to be continuity and disguise the fact that there is a 'real-world' wall immediately behind.   

 

I've mocked up an idea from foam board (which would be from the same stone block material as the piece plonked at the end of the rails);

 

 

STATION 1.JPG

 

STATION 2.JPG

 

STATION 3.JPG

 

Is it grand enough?I can't decide whether it would look better a little taller?

 

Pete

I think a little taller would be good Pete. Other than that, it is hard to judge when the two walls are of different colours.

[Peter Kazmierczak]

Grand enough?

 

Reminds me of Leeds Central so I'd say it was pretty much spot-on.

[BurscoughCurves]

Hi all,

 

Just a few quick images of some progress to the station building facade. I have added an extra floor to the initial mock up and felt the second mock up sat much better next to the retaining walls now it is taller. I gave the bare plastikard a coat of grey primer and then a base wash of mid-stone. I wanted this base coat in place so I could make some progress on the windows.

 

I am not totally happy with what I have done, although it is my first attempt of this kind of scratch building. I am panning on continuing with the building for now and will decide on whether to use it or not down the line.

 

For the glazing I decided to try using microscope slip covers; tiny (approx. 20mm x 20mm x 0.25mm) pieces of glass which can be cleaned and are not affected by any adhesive. I have also discovered cyno glue activator- an aerosol which is an extremely effective catalyst for super-glue. One of the glass windows firmly glued in place has been broken during cleaning- I'm not sure how to rectify this yet as the tiny shards of glass are firmly glued in place! For the window frames I have used 0.6mm square and 1mm square plastruct rod.     

 

 

A lot of tidying up is needed:

 

 

An open sash window:

 

 

I quite like the bricked-up windows and am planning on adding wooden bracing to support the 'deliberate' and sever cracking than can be witnessed around one window. This was likely caused by war time bomb damage which resulted in the canopy being scrapped and removed.  

 

 

A messy rear shot:

 

 

Posed temporarily in place:

 

 

 

The glass microscope covers and plastruct rod;

 

 

I need to decide on the colour to paint the frames- green? Brown? LMR red?

 

More progress soon hopefully,

Pete

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WOW !!  You are making great progress, looks amazing. 

[manna]

G'day Gents

 

Very impressive, I'd leave it in LMS colours, unlikely to have been repainted, after the bomb damage, also need to leave clean lines where the roof used to be, Excellent build.

 

manna

[BurscoughCurves]

Hi,

 

Just a quick update. I have finished the (currently un-glazed) end window of the demolished canopy and am just planning a brick extension which will be to the left of the stone facade.

 

 

 

 

 

Popped to Crewe after work last night and met a lovely lady:

 

 

 

 

 

Apparently the flooded inspection pit was a present from Mr Stanier!

 

Pete

 

[SGJ]

Hi,

 

Just a quick update. I have finished the (currently un-glazed) end window of the demolished canopy and am just planning a brick extension which will be to the left of the stone facade.

 

Station 1.JPG

 

Station 2.JPG

 

Station 3.JPG

 

Station 4.JPG

 

Popped to Crewe after work last night and met a lovely lady:

 

Scotsman 2.JPG

 

Scotsman 3.JPG

 

Scotsman.JPG

 

Scotsman 1.JPG

 

Apparently the flooded inspection pit was a present from Mr Stanier!

 

Pete

 

I like the bricked up windows, in my opinion, makes the building more interesting and suggests it has a history.

[MikeHemmings]

Not necessarily there building new houses with bricked up windows these days.

 

Mike

[BurscoughCurves]

Hi people,

 

I've made a little progress on the 'modern' extension to the station building. At the same time as the damaged canopy was cut-down (around 1946 I believe), the damaged parts of the station building were put right and a small section extended.

 

The brick part was made out of 1.5mm mounting card and slaters 4mm brick plastikard. I wanted the windows to be a different style to the main building so used some C&L ones. I am yet to glaze these. I sprayed the shell with grey primer, then rubbed it down with emery before colouring with watercolour pencils (as described previously). Next up is to detail the office area and add LED's for lighting. 

 

 

 

 

The interior showing the balsa floor. I will put up a dividing wall to create two rooms- lost luggage and an admin office perhaps;

 

 

Pete

[stevescan]

Excellent work Pete, the building is great and there is a real atmosphere to it all already.

[AireValley1962]

That's looking terrific, Pete.  This has got to be one o my favourite layouts to follow on RMWeb.

[BurscoughCurves]

Thanks for the kind comments gents; William- I'm extremely flattered for you to say it's up there with your favourites, thank you.

 

A few pictures of the station building to follow. I've made a crude interior for the 'modern' office rooms; one can be seen fairly clearly but I have modelled closed curtains in the back office room apart from a porter peaking through the front curtain. The front office is illuminated with a clear LED painted with a translucent yellow paint- I presume either gas or period electric lighting would have a more yellow glow than modern white lighting? 

 

 

 

You can barely see into the room to be honest but I like subtle details.

 

 

After quite a lot of messy building it had been a while since my last running session so I gave the track a good clean and really enjoyed running some locos! I will definitely work on a timetable in the future (and maybe introduce a random roll of a dice to see if I have any locomotive breakdowns!). I realised I had never shedded all of my steam locos together at the same time so now for some more bl##dy shed pics!

 

 

 

 

I have made some lamps to mount to the station wall. I went with the method I had used previously-a rubber grommet cut in half to act as a shade on an LED. They were primed and painted black and will be wired when I finish the building off this week. I have dry brushed the station facade with some browns and blacks- more dirt needed on the right hand side yet though!

 

 

 

 

 

I finished the flat roof of the extension with fine wet & dry paper and added a hatch made from balsa;

 

 

 

Thanks for reading,

Pete

 

 

[5BarVT]

Grommet as an led shade is brilliant. When I eventually get started on my layout and then get to the scenic stage I hope I remember it.

 

Thanks, Paul.

[BurscoughCurves]

Hello again!

 

I'm afraid my work/life balance has been in favour of work recently but I have made some decent progress towards finishing the station building. Yesterday I added a corrugated roof using wills sheets and painted/ weathered it today. I also added some signs from Sankey Scenics.

 

Note the random cable covering the plastikard joins (I was thinking of adding a drain pipe but thought it would be an odd location);

 

 

The ridge of the corrugated roof with some lead flashing made from kitchen foil, before painting;

 

 

The roof after a coat of grey primer, some dry brushing with dirty blacks and weathering with a rust coloured wash from Model Mates. After applying and letting it dry, I dulled it down with a damp cotton bud;

 

 

 

 

I plan to use several photographic images behind the building of station forecourts to try to add some dept to the visible openings. I have printed some (poor quality) test pieces of Liverpool Exchange station to try to get a feel of how it may look;

 

 

 

I have also wired in the LED lamps, tested here off the layout on the work bench;

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hopefully I should have the building bedded in to its final position soon.

 

Many thanks for reading,

Pete

 

Edit- I always get Wills and Ratio products mixed up!

Edited July 24, 2016 by BurscoughCurves