turtlebah Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 3 hours ago, 5 C said: A locally built and liveried Guy Arab would certainly help place the model in the Wolverhampton area. There is a Roe bodied Corgi example currently on eBay although the price is ambitious compared to sold listings in the last couple of months (and there were a few). A legitimate alternative might be a Midland Red D9. BMMO ran services in the Wolverhampton area and had a depot at Bilston Street then Dudley Road: http://midlandred.net/depots/index.php?depot=wn Corgi D9s are readily available and can be bought for sensible money. More bus help! Much appreciated. Hopefully i can find something based on the advice above for a reasonable price. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlebah Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 (edited) Todays activity, after giving the retaining walls a once over with the airbrush to get rid of any brush stroke marks, is to get to work on Waterloo Road bridge. Hoping to finish it in Shell form this evening. It might take a little longer to detail given the amount of rivet strips that need to be cut. Edited December 29, 2020 by turtlebah 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve45 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 7 hours ago, turtlebah said: More bus help! Much appreciated. Hopefully i can find something based on the advice above for a reasonable price. Its always worth waiting for the right bus to come along, sometimes they come in two's 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlebah Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 The first section of the bridge is complete. I couldn’t manage to do the station side as well as I ran out of styrene tee sections so had to order some more. Probably a good excuse to leave West Park for a day or two and get on with some true scale DIY jobs around the house. ....or maybe I could get cracking on the warehouse, station or Great Western hotel!? 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post turtlebah Posted December 30, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2020 (edited) The bridge warehouse frontage is coming along nicely. Obviously the letters need centring, but I was mocking it up in a rush. The factory name, although not synonymous with the Wolverhampton area, is a homage to my daughter, Edie. A very dirty Black 5 leaves platform 3 with a stopping service for Wellington. Edited December 30, 2020 by turtlebah 19 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danstercivicman Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 This looks great! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlebah Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 17 hours ago, danstercivicman said: This looks great! Thanks Dan. It’s slowly getting there. I’m sure once work starts again in Jan the modelling will have to take a bit of a back seat. By the way, full of admiration for your forthcoming Class 126 attempt. I’ve often mused over the silver fox models (I’d love a class 120 for West Park). Never had the bottle to give scratch building / kit bashing on stock a go. Will be watching your efforts with anticipation (and hoping for a bit of inspiration). Good luck. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post turtlebah Posted January 3, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2021 The Great Western Hotel that borders platform 1 is underway. Still loads of detail to add but getting there slowly. A class 121 ticks over in platform 1 before making the return journey to Dudley. 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post turtlebah Posted January 5, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 5, 2021 (edited) West Park station platform entrance and the Great Western Hotel are nearly ready for their coat of primer (I ran out of grey plasticard brick, lol). Edited January 5, 2021 by turtlebah 22 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam_uk Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 I've just caught up with the full thread. I originally found the layout from Youtube videos, but I have really enjoyed seeing the layout developing. Please keep up the good work, and I will be keeping up to date with the layout 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlebah Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) 12 hours ago, Liam_uk said: I've just caught up with the full thread. I originally found the layout from YouTube videos, but I have really enjoyed seeing the layout developing. Please keep up the good work, and I will be keeping up to date with the layout Thanks, Liam. It's been a while since I've posted a new vid, but as you'll see, I really wanted to make some progress on the layout buildings. Hopefully I'll be able to do a running session soon. I was keen to get some sprat and winkle couplings fitted and the un-couplers wired up so i could do a proper session, but that might have to wait a while. Edited January 6, 2021 by turtlebah 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post turtlebah Posted January 6, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) A black five rests at the buffer stops in platform 2 after bringing in a Shrewsbury local. Edited January 6, 2021 by turtlebah 20 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlebah Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 Finally some trains running... A local service for Shrewsbury waits in platform 2. The vans for the daily warehouse goods have arrived and are waiting to be marshalled in between passenger services. Some footage of the Shrewsbury service departing. By now the vans have been marshalled into the warehouse sidings. 16 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post turtlebah Posted February 7, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 7, 2021 (edited) Work has got super busy again and so progress on West Park has been a little slow of late. I did manage to crack on with the detailing work on Waterloo Road bridge. The abutment looks loads better and I’ve made a start on the painstaking process of adding the rivet transfers. The archer transfers are awesome! It’s going to be at least a couple of evenings to get the whole bridge done. Edited February 7, 2021 by turtlebah 19 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Superb workmanship going on here. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwr Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 16 hours ago, turtlebah said: Work has got super busy again and so progress on West Park has been a little slow of late. I did manage to crack on with the detailing work on Waterloo Road bridge. The abutment looks loads better and I’ve made a start on the painstaking process of adding the rivet transfers. The archer transfers are awesome! It’s going to be at least a couple of evenings to get the whole bridge done. I seem to have come to this layout a bit late but how are you producing those rivets in your plastikard? They look so real. Paul R Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlebah Posted March 21, 2021 Author Share Posted March 21, 2021 (edited) On 08/02/2021 at 16:20, pwr said: I seem to have come to this layout a bit late but how are you producing those rivets in your plastikard? They look so real. Paul R Hi Paul - apologies, work and family life have been all encompassing recently and so i missed your message. The white rivets are simply slaters plasticard rivet sheets cut out. The black rivets that i'm working through at present are from Archers. Both are an excellent products, but the Archers transfers allow for more flexibility even if they take an age to apply. Edited March 21, 2021 by turtlebah Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post turtlebah Posted March 21, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 21, 2021 (edited) I realised that a few weeks ago i passed the 2 year anniversary since the birth of West Park. I must admit that i thought i would have made a lot more progress since then, but family life and work mean the best laid hobby plans have to take a backseat every now and again. Sadly (or fortunately depending on how you look at it), work has been incredibly busy during the pandemic and so modelling has not been the relief I know it has been for some through all these crazy times. Going to try and get a two year anniversary running session posted up at some point this week! I've also got a few well earned days off around Easter so will try and get my head down during that time and make some serious headway. I want to at least get the main board buildings finished before the summer kicks in (and the fishing season!). Meanwhile it's early 1962 and Abergavenny Castle, by now demoted to short formation cross country stoppers, waits to depart for Hereford, whilst a Black 5 waits in the centre road to take over an incoming Shrewsbury service. The Pannier shunts a lonely van into the warehouse sidings. In these days the daily warehouse freight sometimes only consists of 1 wagon, sometimes hauled by an 8F, a massive power overload! The station running board is just leaning against a station lamp that probably doesn't work. The days for West Park are numbered... Edited March 21, 2021 by turtlebah 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melangoose Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Like the Station Running Board propped against the lamp post, has a real run down look about it. Keep up the good work and I will look forward to your Video in due course. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinofLoxley Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Interesting to see this, especially the historical origins of the project, as a similar fictitious location concept is in my new layout, but being a large loft project the scope is different. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlebah Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 10 hours ago, RobinofLoxley said: Interesting to see this, especially the historical origins of the project, as a similar fictitious location concept is in my new layout, but being a large loft project the scope is different. I’d love a loft layout! One day I hope to have the space to attempt one of the through stations on the Wolverhampton - Birmingham route. You should start a thread if you haven’t already! Dead keen to see your plans given your increased scope. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlebah Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 11 hours ago, Melangoose said: Like the Station Running Board propped against the lamp post, has a real run down look about it. Keep up the good work and I will look forward to your Video in due course. Desperately need to get those arches airbrushed. Been really bugging me that they’re still in Wills plasticised red! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinofLoxley Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 1 hour ago, turtlebah said: I’d love a loft layout! One day I hope to have the space to attempt one of the through stations on the Wolverhampton - Birmingham route. You should start a thread if you haven’t already! Dead keen to see your plans given your increased scope. There's a very small blog I can't even remember the name I think it's Midland Misadventure. My loft space is very challenging nothing like a free space. Loft timber structure everywhere. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
turtlebah Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 19 minutes ago, RobinofLoxley said: There's a very small blog I can't even remember the name I think it's Midland Misadventure. My loft space is very challenging nothing like a free space. Loft timber structure everywhere. Just stumbled across your blog, that is quite a baseboard structure you’ve got going around all of those beams! Super work. Must have been very fiddly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinofLoxley Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 2 minutes ago, turtlebah said: Just stumbled across your blog, that is quite a baseboard structure you’ve got going around all of those beams! Super work. Must have been very fiddly. It's the offset from truss to truss that is so bizarre. The house must be anything up to 2 feet out of square. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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