Bridport Town - Carrying On

[Graham_Muz]

Wow, a stunning addition to the already great layout , wonderful painting skills and fits in with the layout buildings so well! 

[MPR]

That’s a lovely addition - it fits the overall look and feel of the 3D parts of the railway so well.

[DLT]

The corner board features structures based on bits of the Bridport Industries building, formerly Edwards & Sons Ropeworks.  See Here

As this is another distinctive building I wanted to feature it in the backscene, and much the same procedure took place with sketches etc, and this was the result.

 

 

 

 

If anything its a bit too high, so I might try and lower it.  One of the advantages of Spraymount.

Edited December 21, 2023 by DLT

[mudmagnet]

Superb work Dave.

 

The photos don't do the backscene work justice having spend a long time looking at these at Warley!

 

 

[DLT]

This fill another gap in the buildings, and another view of Colmers Hill.

[DLT]

Finally, the street disappearing into the backscene at the station end.  It's loosely based on the view down Gundry Lane  from South Street.

 

 

The perspective looks a bit odd in the photos, but you don't notice it when you see it in three dimensions.

Anyway, I'm not changing it again!

 

Not sure if its obvious, but the end boards are now covered with self-adhesive vinyl mirror.  It works very well at the level-crossing end, but not so well here.  I've ended up with some very thin-looking buildings.

Edited December 21, 2023 by DLT

[rockershovel]

I do enjoy this layout. It has that elusive narrow-gauge "look" and increasingly, an eye for time and place

[Graham_Muz]

Super effective @DLT

[Graham_Muz]

You use of the self-adhesive vinyl mirror has always been effective, I've been meaning to ask where you obtain it from?

[DLT]

1 hour ago, Graham_Muz said:

You use of the self-adhesive vinyl mirror has always been effective, I've been meaning to ask where you obtain it from?

Hi Graham,

There are many outlets via Amazon or Ebay, and they all get a mixture of 5 and 1-star reviews.   I THINK I remember getting from B&Q, and there seem to be different thicknesses.   I'll dig out the remains of my roll and check it.

Even though it looks great on the roll, its very difficult to get it stuck completely flat and you end up with a slightly mottled finish.   For this purpose though, that's ok.

[Andy Kirkham]

17 hours ago, DLT said:

The corner board features structures based on bits of the Bridport Industries building, formerly Edwards & Sons Ropeworks.  See Here

As this is another distinctive building I wanted to feature it in the backscene, and much the same procedure took place with sketches etc, and this was the result.

 

 

 

 

If anything its a bit too high, so I might try and lower it.  One of the advantages of Spraymount.

 

It's hard to believe that factory is just two-dimensional!

 

I've put the Weston show in my diary, as I'd really like to see this again. I think Bridport succeeds in capturing the true spirit of British narrow gauge by being so mundane and utilitarian; it completely resists the temptation to be self-consciously quaint or quirky.

Edited December 22, 2023 by Andy Kirkham

[DLT]

On 22/12/2023 at 12:06, Andy Kirkham said:

It's hard to believe that factory is just two-dimensional!

I've put the Weston show in my diary, as I'd really like to see this again. I think Bridport succeeds in capturing the true spirit of British narrow gauge by being so mundane and utilitarian; it completely resists the temptation to be self-consciously quaint or quirky.

Thanks very much Andy, sounds like I must be doing something right!  I've always set out to be mundane and everyday, although at times I think I've missed the mark. 

It started looking very "busy" on Sunday afternoon at Warley, with umpteen locos outside the shed, a Garratt pulling two-coach trains etc, etc.

[DLT]

Time for some more agonising decision making about small details!

Replacing the GW station nameboard, made with Slaters lettering with something more authentic.

Thanks to Stubby47 for pointing out the laser-cut alphabets from Scale Model Scenery  I have what they claim to be the 4mm scale set, and they're already bigger than than the original:

 

So the nameboard is being simplified, or it's size will dwarf the space its in.  I know these things are big, so I've tried a few variations to see how they look:

I think bottom right is the favourite from a space/size point of view.  Whether it's "correct" I can't really say, as there seem to be many variations.  Also the style was used by the GW from about 1930 onwards I think, before that it was a different lettering style on a blue background.  But I'm no expert, this is more of a question for Wenlock or Bulwell Hall to comment on.

Several variations at Maiden Newton on Disused Stations

Edited January 1 by DLT

[Stubby47]

Happy New Year to you and yours, and just to say the overshot water wheel is now available,  if you still need one.

 

https://www.scalemodelscenery.co.uk/lx495-oo-overshot-waterwheel---oo4mm176-14570-p.asp

[DLT]

[Donw]

Sorry about this Dave  but I think the GWR used slightly smaller lettering for the name of the place you can change to.  so I would suggest 

 

BRIDPORT TOWN

CHANGE FOR

CHARMOUTH

 

 I would suggest  it is Charmouth rather than the Marshwood Railway

 

Don

[TrainMan2001]

Dave,

The new backscene looks great! What methods do you use to paint the buildings and greenery (acrylic, oil, etc)? Thanks!

- Kenyon

[DLT]

23 hours ago, Donw said:

Sorry about this Dave  but I think the GWR used slightly smaller lettering for the name of the place you can change to.  so I would suggest 

BRIDPORT TOWN

CHANGE FOR

CHARMOUTH

 I would suggest  it is Charmouth rather than the Marshwood Railway

Don

Hi Don,

Yes I think you're generally right, problem is I've only got two sizes of lettering available!

There do seem to be many variations in size and letter spacing, possibly depending on the length of the names, or amount of information needed.

Several examples can be seen:  here,  Here,  Here,  Here  and  Here.  And a chat about the subject on RMweb  Here

[DLT]

Three sizes  Here

[2E Sub Shed]

 

On 02/01/2024 at 16:15, Donw said:

Sorry about this Dave  but I think the GWR used slightly smaller lettering for the name of the place you can change to.  so I would suggest 

 

BRIDPORT TOWN

CHANGE FOR

CHARMOUTH

 

 

GWR style at Uffington in 1951 shows UFFINGTON and FARINGDON  (Branch) in same size lettering, however several pictures of Kingham show the "Change to" stations in smaller size lettering in both !908, and 1950's but there was a lot to get on the board with "Chipping Norton, Bourton on the Water and Cheltenham Lines"

[DLT]

I think will have to do:

[DLT]

And installed on the platform.

 

Still needs bedding down a bit, but that's not so obvious when viewing.

 

Bridport Town will be at Weston Super Mare this Sunday,  Weston Show  Is anyone coming?

 

[Fair Oak Junction]

That looks marvellous! I didn't know it was the Weston show this weekend, might try and pop along for that.

[Gilbert]

43 minutes ago, DLT said:

And installed on the platform.

 

Still needs bedding down a bit, but that's not so obvious when viewing.

 

Bridport Town will be at Weston Super Mare this Sunday,  Weston Show  Is anyone coming?

 

I'm there with Penmaenbach...

Chris H

Edited January 11 by Gilbert

[DLT]

Seems a long time ago now, but really enjoyed the Weston Show.  Busy all day, hot inside, freezing outside.  Many thanks to everyone for helping out of just saying nice things!

 

 

 

 

Took some more photos that I think show the changes well.