Fastdax Posted April 3, 2020 Author Share Posted April 3, 2020 Thanks Adam! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted April 3, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 3, 2020 That looks fantastic. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaby Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 Coming to life Duncan. Best 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 (edited) North Light Roof For a while, I've had a foam-board mock up of a couple of North-light roof sections above the wall with the archway: I decided to press on with this design and used the mock-up as a basis for the real roof. here it is with thin ply cladding and lead flashing (takeaway container foil) started: Edited December 21, 2023 by Fastdax Reinstating photos. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 (edited) North Light Roof Here's the finished roof section (apart from a bit more weathering round the drain pipe): It's lit by warm white LEDs from the inside: Those windows need a good wash! Edited December 21, 2023 by Fastdax Reinstating photos. 15 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted April 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 10, 2020 Hi Duncan, I love the way you have re-created the dirt on the north lights. Reminds me of our conservatory roof...... Cheers, Ade. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 3 hours ago, Adrian Stevenson said: Hi Duncan, I love the way you have re-created the dirt on the north lights. Reminds me of our conservatory roof...... Cheers, Ade. Thanks Ade. It was, as the late, great Bob Ross would have put it, a "happy accident". It's MIG black enamel wash over barely-dry acrylic paint, then spritzed with a water/IPA mix. Everything reacted with everything and made those run-off trails which I immediately settled for! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calidore Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 13 hours ago, Fastdax said: Everything reacted with everything and made those run-off trails which I immediately settled for! Sounds like you're taking the common 'attacked with _______' phrase to describe weathering a little too literally here Duncan The result certainly looks great though! Adam 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fastdax Posted April 12, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 12, 2020 (edited) North Light Grot The drain pipe has gone rusty and its overflow has seriously stained the wriggly tin roof below: The North light windows have a growth of moss and mould where they can't be washed. The local birds have also been busy: Edited December 21, 2023 by Fastdax Reinstating photos. 13 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold bcnPete Posted April 12, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 12, 2020 Stunning Great work 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted April 12, 2020 Author Share Posted April 12, 2020 2 hours ago, bcnPete said: Stunning Great work Thanks Pete! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) Must stop adding detail and move on to some of the untouched areas of Offerston Quay! Edited December 21, 2023 by Fastdax Reinstating photos. 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Very cleaver bit of artistic work 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 1 hour ago, hayfield said: Very cleaver bit of artistic work Thanks John! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted April 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 13, 2020 Hi Duncan, the weather worn and flaking paintwork looks fantastic. Cheers, Ade. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted April 13, 2020 Author Share Posted April 13, 2020 32 minutes ago, Adrian Stevenson said: Hi Duncan, the weather worn and flaking paintwork looks fantastic. Cheers, Ade. Many thanks Ade! Sometimes I get carried away with the grot and the detail. Now I'm back to painting and ballasting the remaining bit of bare track. Progress is slowly moving towards the station! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted April 17, 2020 Author Share Posted April 17, 2020 (edited) Track Painting and Ballasting I finally painted and ballasted the point on the high level. I added short bits of C&L sleeper to act as point rodding stools before painting commenced. This sequence of photos shows my usual method of finishing trackwork: The ballasting doesn't come to the front of the board as there's a parapet wall which hides the nearest bit of ballast. I may add some more ballast if there's any chance of seeing bare plywood from the front. A bit of greenery has also appeared at the base of the back wall! Edited December 21, 2023 by Fastdax Reinstating photos. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) Yard Lamps I was thinking of some Midland-style goods yard lamps, when I came across @Jon Fitness's posts about his yard lamps. With thanks and acknowledgements to Jon, I used his ideas and drawings to create my version. I built it pretty much as Jon describes. Here's the prototype lamp, lit with a 5mm warm white LED. The lampshade is the snap-on lid of a decorative plastic screw cover, drilled 5mm for the LED. I used Plastruct ladders instead of brass both because they're a bit more "3D" and because that are what I've got! I added conduit and a switch box. the switch is permanently in the "on" position. If the lamp is off, the bulb must have blown ... Edited December 21, 2023 by Fastdax Reinstating photos. 6 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 (edited) Yard Lamps The finished article: Installed with its two friends in the goods yard: Edited December 21, 2023 by Fastdax Reinstating photos. 8 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share Posted May 1, 2020 Station Building - Opinions Sought! For a while, I've had some basic flat-roofed station buildings knocked up from foamboard: But i have been experimenting with a couple of alternatives. I still want to keep the overall canopy roof as it hides the fact that the through roads aren't. I'll be using some laser-cut roof trusses and I tacked one in place on the end of the canopy to make sure it fits OK. So I made up another couple of foamboard buildings, each with provision to support the edge of the canopy. Obviously, no doors, windows, chimneys or other details yet. These are just mock-ups to give the feel of what could be done. Alternative #2 - Here's a pitched-roof station building with extended gable end: And here's alternative #3 - a Midland-style Pavilion building with two extensions: I gave the new buildings, plus a "gents" block and a nondescript extension (Porters' cabin?) a quick blow-over with red and grey primers. Here's #2 with the footbridge in place: And here's #3: I would value your opinions on which looks better. Personally I'm leaning towards #3 as I have a good picture of Duffield Station, which is a Midland structure in the same vague area that OQ is set: P.S. Not my car although I did pass my test in an Austin 1300 just like that one! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NeilHB Posted May 1, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 1, 2020 I would say option 3 looks the best Duncan. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnaby Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 3 for me too Duncan. Best 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimhurst Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 Definitely option 3! I think it looks more prototypical, my opinion for what it’s worth ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Adrian Stevenson Posted May 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 10, 2020 Three for me too. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share Posted May 11, 2020 (edited) OK, that's four votes for the Midland pavilion-style building, plus my own preference, so that's the way I'll go! I'm just finishing off the signal box, then I'll get on with the station buildings. Thanks chaps. Edited May 11, 2020 by Fastdax 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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