Popular Post coachmann Posted June 3, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 3, 2017 I made a start of the Up platform, building it from Peco platform edging (reduced in height) and 60 thou Plastikard platform surface... The cattle dock and end loading ramp were constructed on a stone base. I used Slater embossed stone.... The main platforms are on a brick base of blue engineering brick. Slaters English bond was used... The thickness of the plastikard prevented me copying the prototype and so I shamferred one row of bricks, which I think is passable in 4mm... 27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 It is looking good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coachmann Posted June 3, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 3, 2017 (edited) The ground is at platform level outside the main booking hall and then slopes down into the goods yard proper. I used scrap plywood for this... It was then covered in 1/8" cork. While that is screwed down, the platform was removable for painting... Platform sprayed in the basic colours for a tar surface, engineering blue brick and stone... Diluted green was added where the tar gets slightly mossy around the cattle dock and in shadow areas.... I wiped the brickwork with white spirit before brushing on well-diluted Humbrol matt white. After a minute, I wiped the surface of the bricks with a clean kitchen tissue until they were blue and dry again. This left the white in the mortar courses. I then dry brushed the bricks with Humbrol Matt 112 using a No.6 brush... A different method was used with the stonework. Soapy water was brushed over the stonework then a diluted 'stain' of brown mixed from black, red & yellow acrylic paint was brushed on and left to run into between the stonework. When dry, some of the stonework was picked out with a small brush. The more 'stain' that was added the darker the stonework went. Platform edging slabs at the back of the passenger platform do not overhang the brickwork... The white platform was added to more or less complete this section, however, some individual bricks will be picked out tomorrow before finally securing the platform to the baseboard... Edited June 4, 2017 by coachmann 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Holt Posted June 3, 2017 Share Posted June 3, 2017 Coming along very nicely, Larry. I'm pleased to see that Ian Smeeton's fears have not been realised. I was beginning to wonder along similar lines myself! Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted June 4, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 4, 2017 It's looking very good Coach, I think the subterfuge with the corbelling will work well at normal viewing distances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Just going to throw in you are edging away from prototype, the last picture of the goods dock clearly has a plastic chair which is missing from yours and they have opted for N gauge track whereas I recall you are using 4mm. Tsk Tsk, it is little things like this that really spoil a layout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted June 4, 2017 Author Share Posted June 4, 2017 (edited) It's looking very good Coach, I think the subterfuge with the corbelling will work well at normal viewing distances. Thanks for proving the word 'corebelling'', as I now know how to describe the stepped brickwork. I only built one platform for the time being to minimize mistakes while trying to replicate GWR architecture. I am well used to building LNWR, which is where the sandstone ideas came from. On reflection, I got the stonework wrong and I should have used a weathering technique I developed for grey stone. Just going to throw in you are edging away from prototype, the last picture of the goods dock clearly has a plastic chair which is missing from yours and they have opted for N gauge track whereas I recall you are using 4mm. Tsk Tsk, it is little things like this that really spoil a layout I must try harder haha. In BR days, and probably later GWR days, there was a embankment of grassland and weeds up against the platform rear and that is what I have yet to model. Preservationists removed it in the 1990's and allowed the brickwork to breath again. At every stage of the model I am thinking, what was it like in BR days. Colour photos show the ballast on the running lines was brown. I can only guess at the goods yard, but seeing as so many were in ash for drainage, I followed likewise. The track leading to the cattle dock and unloading platform was given a bit a variety with new ballast here and there simply because that track was used the most often and could conceivably have had sleepers replaced particularly by the cattle dock. Edited June 4, 2017 by coachmann 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 So will you be doing a model of that green chair then? John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 So will you be doing a model of that green chair then? John He can probably get one from the expansive Noch range - I believe some are part of a BBQ set. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted June 4, 2017 Author Share Posted June 4, 2017 (edited) Yay, that green chair again. I had nightmares, but not about the chair. The power of photography showed up my stonework so I rebuilt it today using Wills SSMP200 Course Stone, then coloured it as grey stone... Edited June 4, 2017 by coachmann 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 It looks fantastic. I think the new stonework looks much better. Now...about that green chair...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post coachmann Posted June 4, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2017 (edited) I started to build a model of Carrog's signalbox a few days ago using a Ratio 553 GWR kit as a basis. The roof and window frames were extremely useful while the rest was built as per Carrog using Wills English Bond sheets. The roof outriggers are very tiny, so I attached them with Mekpak to a piece of Plastikard and then cut them out as solid triangles.... Glued in place around the top of the signalbox... A cock-up with dimensions left insufficient clearance around the back of the box, so I completely relaid the two sidings. The mistake proved fortuitous, as the sidings now replicate the curve around the back of the box far better... I find it easier to spot mistakes in primer (Halfords Plastic Primer)..... The locking room has doors at each end of the box. This door is accessed via a set of steps. This was at the painting stage hence the gloss GWR coach brown purchased in the early 1970's and found lurking in the garage... Edited June 4, 2017 by coachmann 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 This is marvelous Larry, notwithstanding the lack of the green chair. You've recreated the location to a tee as far as I can tell. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gismorail Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 Wow what excellent progress Larry have to say 'I'm impressed' with the signal box especially as I'm sure you said you don't do buildings .........that looks spot on I will of course be down to check with the real thing next time a have a walk in that general direction .......... you should be well pleased with your efforts ....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 No I'm sorry Larry but I reckon this is a better 'box. It even has a resident robin who likes to watch proceedings from a Wickham trolley in the rear siding, but he has been known to have come into the signalbox. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted June 4, 2017 Author Share Posted June 4, 2017 Wow what excellent progress Larry have to say 'I'm impressed' with the signal box especially as I'm sure you said you don't do buildings .........that looks spot on I will of course be down to check with the real thing next time a have a walk in that general direction .......... you should be well pleased with your efforts ....... Thanks Gismo'. Buildings are not my 'thing' that's for sure. But for some strange reason, it suddenly seemed the natural thing to do hence making a start on the station. I won't stop now until it is completed, but I admit the station building/house is bugging me. The image of Highley signalbox by SVRlad probably isn't to far out as am fighting the temptation to use a Bachmann Highley station house! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brossard Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 No I'm sorry Larry but I reckon this is a better 'box. It even has a resident robin who likes to watch proceedings from a Wickham trolley in the rear siding, but he has been known to have come into the signalbox. That's the box that Ratio based their kit on I think, I built one. John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnauthorisedCinnamon Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 He can probably get one from the expansive Noch range - I believe some are part of a BBQ set. Busch BBQ & Garden Party Set 1190 It's even the right colour Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted June 4, 2017 Author Share Posted June 4, 2017 What is with you guys and green chairs? It was only two days ago that some members were wondering why I had not posted any updates. The answer is obvious. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyram Posted June 4, 2017 Share Posted June 4, 2017 What is with you guys and green chairs? It was only two days ago that some members were wondering why I had not posted any updates. The answer is obvious. We're you seeking out a 00 gauge green chair ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kandc_au Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Thanks Gismo'. Buildings are not my 'thing' that's for sure. But for some strange reason, it suddenly seemed the natural thing to do hence making a start on the station. I won't stop now until it is completed, but I admit the station building/house is bugging me. The image of Highley signalbox by SVRlad probably isn't to far out as am fighting the temptation to use a Bachmann Highley station house! And look what happened when you relaid the tracks at the back of the box....you are much happier. I wouldn't try to cheat when you have gotten this far, and it is looking brilliant! Khris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 (edited) One of the beauties of basing ones station on a real location is modelling detail that one overlooks when not modelling. The non-slip floor bricks that were familiar at many GWR stations were not even noticed when taking the photo of the signalbox entrance below.... The starting point should be ordinarry brick but I only had English Bond in stock. I figured that by the time I had scribed on the diamond pattern, the courses would barely show. I am surprised Slaters has not done its embossed bricks on blue Plastikard before now to represent Engineering bricks..... Shown below painted engineering brick blue with moss between the courses and in areas where feet barely wander. The green was much diluted mid to light green brushed on and then wiped off with as tissue until the blue bricks were relatively clean. Then I dry-brushed the surfaces with dark blue enamel (Humbrol Matt 112) to restore the coluring where people walk. Close up photography is very cruel, but despite being measuring only 38mm x 36mm, this surface adds a bit of character to the area.... Edited June 5, 2017 by coachmann 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 You've got one hell of a good eye for this stuff Larry - you make it look so easy to get great results. From the platform edging to the non-slip bricks, this is all shouting BR(W) to me - it's already brimming with character. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted June 5, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5, 2017 That's the box that Ratio based their kit on I think, I built one. Johnyle Agree. It's actually a standard McKenzie & Holland design structure which has got a bit 'Westernised' (e.g. the steps) over the years but the brick bit at the bottom has remained 'pure' McKH in style 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Agree. It's actually a standard McKenzie & Holland design structure which has got a bit 'Westernised' (e.g. the steps) over the years but the brick bit at the bottom has remained 'pure' McKH in style And who do you think regularly ascends those steps? A relative volunteers there and sometimes when it's the evening I pop in for a few minutes and witness operations. The inside is really nice, but as yet I don't think it's quite as advanced as Kiddy or Bewdley South in that as far as I know it hasn't got a microwave oven. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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