Lineside at Templefield

[westernviscount]

Hi All, 

 

I recently decided to revamp teh goods yard end of my layout Templefield. I never treated this end with the same care and enthusiasm as the station end.   As well as refurbishing the fencing and replacing the yard gate with a mechanical opening and closing one I needed to replace a layouts4u yard lamp.  I had already replaced the ladder and toned down the gloss finish but have never really been satisfied. So, a scratch build project was the order of the order of the day.

 

I used items i already had to hand which included copper tube, .33mm brass wire, MSE ladder etch, plastikard sheet and rod. 

 

 

I didn't have any brass strip so cut some from the ladder itself to make the brackets and safety loop. 

 

The lamp bracket was made from .33mm brass wire. The lamp holder was shaped from 2 thicknesses of plastikard and plastic rod. The rod end was shaped to a semi circle by mounting it in a mini drill and shaping the end as it spins with 600 grit sanding block. The bottom part of the lamp holder was cut into as near a circle as posible, a whole drill to push the rod through, then again mounted in the mini drill to shape as desired. 

 

I then built the telegraph crossbeam and isulators from plastikard, plastic rod and .33mm brass wire. 

 

A comparison of the new lamp and old one. I am happy with the finer finish of my version. 

 

next will be the painting.

 

 

[westernviscount]

So the whole thing was hit with Halfords grey primer. i wasn't hopeful of getting a good likeness for a wooden telegraph pole, painting the copper tube but i gave it a shot. 

 

The pole was dry brushed using humbrol enamels. The base colours are grey 32, pale stone 121 and gunmetal 27004. These are applied one on top of the other, dry brushed together unevenly. 

 

To attempt to show texture, in addition to layering up the paint i scraped very lightly a piece of 240 grit sand paper vertically up and down the pole whilst the paint was still tacky. 

 

After this layer dried, small amounts of humbrol natural wood 110 was dry and wet brushed vertically up and down the pole. Additional flecks of rust 113 are dry brushed to vary the wood tones. 

 

Additional humbrol grey 32 was dry brushed to suggest the weathered creosote or whatever telegraph poles are treated with. 

 

 

 

The telgraph insulators are weathered with a dark grey wash and the cross bar they are mounted on dry brushed with natural wood 110 and grey 32. The bolt in the middle is picked put with rust 113. Further rusty areas are washed over with a 113 wash.  

 

The lampholder was painted PRU blue 230 simply because i thought it looked right.