RMweb Gold russ p Posted September 17, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 17, 2018 (edited) Is that a skip loaded with Lego I saw today? A recent delivery of the stuff! Edited September 17, 2018 by russ p 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) Is that a skip loaded with Lego I saw today? A recent delivery of the stuff! Sadly, the skip on the drive arrived empty and I do feel I missed a trick there... the 4 yard skip replaced an 8 yard one and I'm curious how much Lego I could have had delivered in those two? I reckon I'd have been alright for a layout or two in the future... I'm also left wondering what a 50 sq m patio made of multicoloured Lego would look like? I think it would look terrific. Indian Sandstone is so yesterday... In other layout-related news, there isn't any, sorry. I'm still fiddling about with the ramp up from Platform 16. Can't make my mind up whether to use the Auhagen skylights (too European?) or the Ratio ones, which to me look more like allotment cold frames. Edited September 18, 2018 by Pete 75C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted September 18, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2018 In other layout-related news, there isn't any, sorry. I'm still fiddling about with the ramp up from Platform 16. Can't make my mind up whether to use the Auhagen skylights (too European?) or the Ratio ones, which to me look more like allotment cold frames. So therefore build your own, you know you want to! QED. Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 So therefore build your own, you know you want to! QED. Mike. We've met, Mike. You know I can't be @rsed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted September 18, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2018 We've met, Mike. You know I can't be @rsed... Such a waste of talent! Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted September 18, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2018 Morning Pete Have you been to the model shop at Northrepps he sells Auhagen, he's also great for scenery Russ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted September 18, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2018 There's a model shop at Northrepps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 Such a waste of talent! Mike. Oh I don't know - real talent is cutting corners but still achieving the same desired result. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted September 18, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2018 There's a model shop at Northrepps? Model scenery supplies, he builds base boards but has a good stock of scenic items and the full range of ID back scenes. Run by a great bloke called Paul He also does a lot of linka moulds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted September 18, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 18, 2018 Is he the chap who used to be at Wroxham Barns Russ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 ...I'm also left wondering what a 50 sq m patio made of multicoloured Lego would look like? I think it would look terrific. Indian Sandstone is so yesterday... ... Give these people a call: https://www.jpconcrete.co.uk/concrete-lego-blocks/ or http://www.everblocksystems.com/modular-construction-industrial-applications/ http://www.everblocksystems.com/garden-border-edging/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Guest Posted September 23, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 23, 2018 (edited) I grabbed an hour each evening this week to crack on with the covered ramp. An effort was made to add handrails and a couple of poster boards to the interior even though when roofed, there will be hardly anything to see. Spot the Lego. You knew there had to be some, didn't you...? The internal floor of the ramp threw up a problem. How to transition from ramp to level at the mid-point exit to Platform 17? This was the best solution I could come up with. It involves a couple of steps but seems to look ok. Again, there will be nothing to see when the roof is on, so it's a bit of a non-problem. I've always liked the sliding roller gates so often seen at the entrance to Underground stations, so I figured I'd make a crude attempt here. I think it looks, okay, not terrific, but it is a very basic attempt using 1mm strip. I haven't even attempted the hinges as they would be microscopic. Finally, a question. The original ramp had only a single skylight at mid-point along the roof. The ramp is long enough, I think, to justify two. Take a look at the pictures below and let me know if you think one or two looks better? Edited September 23, 2018 by Pete 75C 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stivesnick Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Pete My thoughts on the ramp ( without any knowledge of the actual site) is that the ramp would have a full width landing at the platform entrance. The area of flat roof above would be the ideal place for a roof light. Having said that, I have come across stations with the half landing and steps as you have shown. It would depend of the number of passengers expected to use the entrance. Regards Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted September 23, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2018 I haven't any knowledge of the original but as skylights are to get light in where it is not available from other sources I cant see them putting one directly above where those windows are. I'd go for just one in the lower position in your second photo. If you did go fo two Id put ths second one further uphill. Great work as usual Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Better with 2 skylights for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Thanks guys. It's a tricky one to judge... There's a decent view of the ramp and single skylight in the 5th picture down in this link... http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/127688-kings-cross-york-road-suburban-platforms/page-10&do=findComment&comment=2951810 Many thanks to Mike Trice for posting his original photos over on the prototype Kings Cross thread, they've been really useful. Also thanks to Mike, the only shot I've ever seen showing the interior of the ramp (including the skylight). Last photo in this link... http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/127688-kings-cross-york-road-suburban-platforms/page-10&do=findComment&comment=2951967 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foulounoux Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 A dilemma because asthetically two look better But in terms of evoking the mood of the place which as a 10/11 year old always felt dark and gloomy a single skylight is it. But then we don't have 1/76th people who can express that moodiness Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodenhead Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 I love that we're debating the lighting of a ramp that will have very little light when complete and which no one will use or see. But for what it is worth, if the prototype only had one and it added to the gloom of the station then it needs only one on the model. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PMP Posted September 23, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 23, 2018 Perhaps one skylight that’s slightly longer than the singles? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium uax6 Posted September 23, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 23, 2018 (edited) Which ever way you go with the number of skylights (and my guess would be that they are over the area of the join with the higher platform, to make sure that the change in the slope is very well lit Edit, looking at Mikes photo, it appears that this is not the case, but it does just about show that there seems to be a landing at the junction with Platform 17) can you shave the bottom of the coldframe down so that the lights themselves sit much closer to the roof, and therefore look less like cold frames? Andy G Edited after looking at Mikes photos..... Edited September 23, 2018 by uax6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted September 23, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2018 Is he the chap who used to be at Wroxham Barns Russ? I don't think so Colin, he was at Bodham before but I didn't know then, less than mile from my house! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manna Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 G'Day Folks There was no ramp to access platform 17, it was just a couple of steps, thin one end, three /four steps the other as the ramp went down. manna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 ...can you shave the bottom of the coldframe down so that the lights themselves sit much closer to the roof, and therefore look less like cold frames? Absolutely. The "cold frame" look was bothering me. The skylight(s) will sit in a recess. The roof is likely to be 1.5mm plasticard topped with 1 or 1.5mm fab foam to give a slight texture. That should substantially reduce the height of the sides, looking much more like the original. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 There was no ramp to access platform 17, it was just a couple of steps, thin one end, three /four steps the other as the ramp went down. Ah. That I did not know. It just goes to show that it's dangerous to assume things. I think it was always a much better (safer?) idea to try and give this a "feel" of Kings Cross suburban, rather than try to go for something totally authentic. Without a time machine, or thousands more prototype pictures than actually exist, I reckon an accurate model is impossible. For that reason, I may go for the two skylights, based on nothing more than aesthetics. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foulounoux Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 But post 243 in the othe thread in the last photo clearly shows it was a ramp I can't recall if steps at the top and bottom at that age was more concerned if we would get thevfrontbseatsvon the Cravens and hoping the driver had left the blinds up ;-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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