RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted September 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2017 That's a grand bit of scratch-building, Coach. I expect there's going to be quite a few copies from GWR fans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 (edited) That's a grand bit of scratch-building, Coach. I expect there's going to be quite a few copies from GWR fans. Bachmann or Hornby could do a lot worse than adopt Carrog in resin. The station buildings on both platforms make for lovely models. Below is a cruel close up of the windows ledges. The lintels were glued on last night and left to harden, then this morning I set too with a file to shape them. The RH window has yet to be done... Edited September 8, 2017 by coachmann 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 More titivating sculpturing lintels and steps.... These close ups shows lots of marks and swarf that can barely be seen by the eye. Note the wear on the step showing 70 years of the effect of feet entering the Gents.... 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Bachmann or Hornby could do a lot worse than adopt Carrog in resin. The station buildings on both platforms make for lovely models. Below is a cruel close up of the windows ledges. The lintels were glued on last night and left to harden, then this morning I set too with a file to shape them. The RH window has yet to be done... WEB Waiting room 6.jpg Very nice building! Now you have said it...and built the models....it is a fair chance that someone will release a set of RTP models any time soon! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 (edited) Very nice building! Now you have said it...and built the models....it is a fair chance that someone will release a set of RTP models any time soon! It would be great I think. The brick waiting shelter in particular was typical and could be found all along the Ruabon-Dolgelley route not as well many GWR lines across the country. Edited September 8, 2017 by coachmann 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Focalplane Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 It is amazing how effective the rounding of brick corners looks. Particularly on older buildings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 (edited) My eldest grandson visited us today so, after some filming on his phone, Carrog is to appear on a golfing website! Cue for jokes... The GWR waiting room is all but built now... Roof supports..... Standard Ratio and Wills accessories used for detailing. Photographed at dusk... Edited September 8, 2017 by coachmann 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benbow Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Very nice building! Now you have said it...and built the models....it is a fair chance that someone will release a set of RTP models any time soon! Happened to me! I built Shillingstone and associated buildings and a year later Bachmann produced them. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 (edited) Ah daylight. Regarding the protruding layer of bricks around the Gents, the lowest course should be slightly recessed. It can be done by tinning down the plastikard sheet, but I found in 4mm scale it is easier to draw a black line beneath the second course down to act as a shadow..... Primer is a good leveller, in this instance Halfords Plastic Primer.... Edited September 9, 2017 by coachmann 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 The window frames were ruled in paint onto thick glazing material by tracing over the 4mm print of the building.... The engineering brick corners stones were picked out with Humbrol matt dark blue. As usual, I shouldn't have used Humbrol as it really is a mess of a paint nowadays. The dark blue used to cover well at one time but this stuff is transparent and needs stirring constantly. Railmatch GWR brown is also playing silly beggars and is translucent and slow drying. It really is time I took a proper look at acrylics for buildings. The main brick, lower blue and slate colours are cellulose, as I know where I am with this paint.... Mortar courses and weathering remain to be done as well as matt varnishing and fitting glazing. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted September 9, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 9, 2017 The engineering brick corners stones were picked out with Humbrol matt dark blue. As usual, I shouldn't have used Humbrol as it really is a mess of a paint nowadays. The dark blue used to cover well at one time but this stuff is transparent and needs stirring constantly. Railmatch GWR brown is also playing silly beggars and is translucent and slow drying. It really is time I took a proper look at acrylics for buildings. The main brick, lower blue and slate colours are cellulose, as I know where I am with this paint.... I've had a lot of problems with Humbrol paints in recent times. Colours that don't cover well, Matt paints drying shiny etc. I've taken to test painting on offcuts to make sure they are OK before I start the real thing. I recently found a box of various old Humbrol and Airfix tinlets, some unused, that we had mostly for aircraft kits when my son was about 10. Many of them still worked fine with a good stir, despite the fact he is turned 40 now. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted September 9, 2017 Author Share Posted September 9, 2017 I did the mortar courses on one end and immediately lost all the corner engineering bricks that had been done in Humbrol.....Ruddy stuff! I replaced them using cellulose, which is what I should have done first time round, as it is more controllable and less inclined to bleed into the mortar courses. Trouble is, I do so few buildings that I tend to forget how I did things last time. There is nothing for it but to seal all the paint with a spray coat of cellulose varnish before attempting the white mortar courses. A job for tomorrow morning that I hadn't planned for! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zunnan Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Humbrol really has gone naff in recent years. I've got to the point where I'll dry brush engineering blue after the mortar course has been applied and avoid Humbrol unless absolutely necessary. Railmatch enamel roof dirt has been my choice for the blue brick for a fair few years now. I've found it to be surprisingly close to the appearance desired, especially where the red primer I use for brickwork shows through in tiny patches, which well replicates the red inclusions found in engineering blue brick on railway infrastructure in the area I model. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium dhjgreen Posted September 10, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 10, 2017 The window frames were ruled in paint onto thick glazing material by tracing over the 4mm print of the building.... WEB Waiting room 14.jpg The engineering brick corners stones were picked out with Humbrol matt dark blue. As usual, I shouldn't have used Humbrol as it really is a mess of a paint nowadays. The dark blue used to cover well at one time but this stuff is transparent and needs stirring constantly. Railmatch GWR brown is also playing silly beggars and is translucent and slow drying. It really is time I took a proper look at acrylics for buildings. The main brick, lower blue and slate colours are cellulose, as I know where I am with this paint.... WEB Waiting Room 15.jpg Mortar courses and weathering remain to be done as well as matt varnishing and fitting glazing. Is your Humbrol paint a recent purchase? Someone said on here that a Union Flag on the tin indicated UK manufacture, and the quality had come back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coachmann Posted September 10, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 10, 2017 (edited) Finished, so I nipped out between the downpours for a couple of piccies... The real building is just over 20 years young. My model is representing a weathered building that had stood through the steam era for some 50-odd years... I made the chimney yonks ago and found it in the scrapbox...It'll do! Edited September 10, 2017 by coachmann 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted September 10, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 10, 2017 Blooming 'eck, you've even got the posters/enamel signs right. Let's have a shot of it in situ, Coach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
outcastjack Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 That is phenomenal. With some added bits (churns, barrow etc) and a scenic background I don't think I could tell which is the real one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted September 10, 2017 Author Share Posted September 10, 2017 (edited) Blooming 'eck, you've even got the posters/enamel signs right. Let's have a shot of it in situ, Coach. Okay.... Edited September 10, 2017 by coachmann 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom F Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 (edited) The up platform shelter looks great Larry. I couldn't believe it when my friend Martin Williamson told me that shelter, box etc were all rebuilt from scratch. Were they the original bricks used on rebuilding? Credit where credit is due to the Llangollen Railway. It all looks and feels like Carrog Larry, great work! Edited September 10, 2017 by 9793 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
380John Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 (edited) Marvellous work again Larry. I'm not sure if it's the speed you build or the accuracy which is most impressive. John Edited September 10, 2017 by 380John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 It's all looking superb Larry, as has been said, it has the TRUE FEEL of Carrog. SLENDIFERUS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coachmann Posted September 10, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 10, 2017 (edited) Been messing but the DSLR is not the machine for poking into tight corners... The cattle dock stands out like a sore thumb and is now sleeper grime color... Edited September 10, 2017 by coachmann 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 The new building looks stunning coach. Greta work! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandc_au Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 When are you going to cut that thingy off Coach?? Khris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted September 11, 2017 Author Share Posted September 11, 2017 (edited) When are you going to cut that thingy off Coach?? That thingy acted as a handle while the spraying was being done. The rest of the cattle path can be attached to this. This corner is an area I can be flexible with seeing as it doesn't exist in reality. Edited September 11, 2017 by coachmann 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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