RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted June 20, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2016 ... have you considered a wintry setting with vestiges of snow still just lurking around the north sides of walls, coal heaps etc. and a brazier under the water tank? Brrrrr dh Yes, it will be set in June... 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Worsdell forever Posted September 1, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted September 1, 2016 Making steady progress with the cottage, I've been working on Greyscroft in the last couple of months preparing it for ExpoEM North but most of that work is now done attention has returned to Rosedale. Most of the roof has been covered with slates and rainwater goods fitted and painted. The windows and weigh office have been painted too. Ridge tiles still need fitting along with glazing and a bit of lead flashing. 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aberdare Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Now then Paul. What a great subject to model, I have often walked around that area and Rosedale is one of the places me and the wife take her relatives when they visit, I always thought that the railway was worth modelling and if I hadn't done all the research and got the stuff for my layout, well, who knows? It's good to see all the history of the line too as I was always fascinated by it, so thanks for bringing it to life, so to speak. I love those two engines in your first post too, they have a unique beauty all of their own and I look forward to other developments, great period to choose as well. Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted September 22, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2016 Tonight I've built a mock up of the layout to get a better feel of how it should look, this is especially important with the geography overload the area has, this certainly isn't going to be a flat earth layout! This is the slope at the front of the layout, round about 1 in 1. The land in front of the coal depots is a bit of a puzzle, it's quite a bit higher than the cottage and yard, was there access from the road at the side or has a lot of land been dug out to build the sheds? Anyway, the mock up is 24" long by 5" wide (2" to the (model) foot) and a 1" thick piece of polystyrene stuck to a piece of card, the details was then 'pushed through' with a pencil and drawn on dot to dot style, it was then carved to shape, painted and basic wooden buildings added. 18 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Mark Forrest Posted September 23, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 23, 2016 When I saw the first two photos, I did think that's an exceptionally detailed mock up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted September 23, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 23, 2016 Well worth doing a mock up Paul, very nice. Saves building the layout... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted September 23, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2016 Well worth doing a mock up Paul, very nice. Saves building the layout... Yep, all done, next layout plan... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted September 24, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 24, 2016 Decided to build the full size layout after all. Let baseboard building begin. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted September 24, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 24, 2016 Good progress today, sides and ends made for the first board, sides 3" high, ends 10". There will also be a 2" high beam at the bottom of the back. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Lieutenant Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Very impressive, and I look forward to developments. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted October 6, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 6, 2016 Baseboard construction will continue soon but this has served as an interlude. See here for details. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete55 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 They look cute Paul.......will these replace the mythical etches someone Pickering way once did for a Rosedale layout, or are they a different hopper altogether? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derekstuart Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Paul Are you planning to rebuild the WHOLE of the NER in model form? I really like your work and have learned so much from it, but this thread is particularly interesting. I was up there at this very location at the end of last winter- it's a lovely place to be on a cold, windy day. Sorry- no photos or any info of any use to you I'm afraid. I suppose you'll have seen the picture of a moderate sized tender loco (J21?) being winched down the incline- middle axle and side rods removed etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted October 6, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 6, 2016 They look cute Paul.......will these replace the mythical etches someone Pickering way once did for a Rosedale layout, or are they a different hopper altogether? Same wagon, the only ones those kits were on the layout when I saw it as a kid. Are you planning to rebuild the WHOLE of the NER in model form? Yep... I suppose you'll have seen the picture of a moderate sized tender loco (J21?) being winched down the incline- middle axle and side rods removed etc. It's a J24, it was the only way to get it over the kip safely. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Worsdell forever Posted October 23, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2016 Although I've been doing some work on baseboards, there's not a lot new to show. However there's been some work on buildings, at Hartlepool yesterday I got some laser cut sash windows from Smart Models for use on the terrace. There aren't any good photos so a lot of this is educated guessing, the number and size has been worked out from maps, plans and the slightly better preserved row at High Baring on top of the moors. From the one photo there is the stone looks quite random, unlike the remaining piece of wall which is coursed even if it is rough cut stone, I decided to use Slaters rough stone, it's not the best but hopefully by the time I'm finished it should look ok. The shape of the houses is a little strange as they are an L shape, each has 2 windows on one side and 4 on the other alternating. This is the first block of 4 houses, another three of these to go, but I've run out of plastic. 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted October 24, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2016 The front of the second block is now cut out and lintels and sills fitted, so much quicker than the first one! Each block is slightly longer than the sheet of plastic, luckily the joint has ended up through the right hand window, not sure how I'm going to disguise the joints between blocks, especially on the removeable one that crosses the board joint. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 24, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 24, 2016 Had you cut the end of the longer sheet down the vertical mortar lines and around the stones, then cut and joined the shorter piece to match, you could have disguised the join as a subsidence crack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted October 27, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 27, 2016 Had you cut the end of the longer sheet down the vertical mortar lines and around the stones, then cut and joined the shorter piece to match, you could have disguised the join as a subsidence crack. Hopefully by the time I'm finished they'll be all but invisible, the bigger problem will be the joints between 'blocks'. The second block is now structurally complete, it's 4mm higher than the first, the next will be another 4 higher then the next too. Windows, lots of windows... and lots more to do too! 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Worsdell forever Posted November 6, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted November 6, 2016 The basic structure of the terrace is now built, the whole lot is 58" long, that's going to be a lot of slates. 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aberdare Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 (edited) That is a heck of a lot of slates to fit Paul and a lot of brickwork to paint later too. I think that amount of repetitive work would test my patience and I would have to have a good few breaks, it'll be a stunning feature once done though with a length of almost five feet. Jim Edited November 8, 2016 by aberdare Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted November 6, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 6, 2016 How many slates did Jason add to the houses on Bacup ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrkirtley800 Posted November 6, 2016 Share Posted November 6, 2016 Paul, how are you going to fit the slates? Are you going to fit them in strips, a bit of a lot to do them individually. I tend to use double sided tape -- you can get it up to 2" in width. Cover the side of the roof with tape, then stick your tile strips to that. I once tried sticking with solvent. The roof was plastikard, and warped badly. At least tape will not warp any part of the plastic roof. Derek Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted November 7, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 7, 2016 If you use double sided tape then unless you use loads of it to cover the uncovered areas of slates, aren't you in danger of them lifting? Paper slates will stick to Plastikard with PVA. I have used the paper /plastic combination a couple of times, and have glued the bottom row on with MEK and then PVA for the rest, the result being no warping whatsoever. Plastic on plastic will warp most of the time in my opinion (and individual slates looks far too random unless constructing a completely decrepit building). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 I made a goods shed with plasticard roof covered with strips of Superquick slate paper around 40 years ago. As far as I remember, I used MekPak to fix the slates, and they're still well attached. It will be appearing on a new layout soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted November 7, 2016 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted November 7, 2016 The roof will be card, with a bit more structure under it than there is now, I usually fix slates down in strips with PVA but I had thought about double sided tape. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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