Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 Sorry I haven't posted any images yet. Hopefully I'll get them compressed tomorrow. Ive done alot of scratch building on this layout so I thought I'd give myself a break and buy a pre built station shelter. Does this one look OK for a generic br halt?if anyone can point me in the direction of a good halt waiting room / shelter it would be much appreciated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 Retaining wall I have finally organised my photos and compressed some so i can now break down my recent work into a few posts. I continued scribing das clay all along the retaining wall using the method shown in a previous post. During this process i also added some support pillars and re modeled the tunnel entrance with better clearences. I continued adding clay detail such as capping stones and then let it all cure for a few days , meanwhile an order arrived with some scratchbuilding supplies, as well as some tamiya paints. I began by painting all of the square cut stones with Tamiya Deck tan. (you may note i also added brick plasticard to the central supporting pillar. Once this was dry i carefully painted all of the round stones with Tamiya Ocean grey. You can see here i added detail into the first sectiion of the tunnel, I also scribbed a builders date into the tunnel portal. The final stage was weathering, i used several light airbrushings of black and brown as well as a final dusting of thinned deck tan to tone down the blue. I also made sure to add streaks etc. and weather key areas more. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 Shed i began by adding 3 warm white leds, these are soldered to steel wire which is airbrushed brown to look like some sort of scale lighting assembly. whilst working on the retaining wall i embedded a section of brick plasticard to imply the wall had been reinforced when the shed was built. i gave this a quick white wash and installed some timbers. These Timbers form part of the buildings "framework" and allowed me to slot the existing structure into the retaining wall. it was then glued in place and i set about making a roof out of slaters corrugated plasticard. i cut it into rectangles wich were then overlapped and superglued together. i then removed it from the timber frame before priming it in my leftover deck tan . the roof was then glued on and weathering began using different washes , dry brushes, sponges and my airbrush. i didnt get many photos of the process but im very happy with the results. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted November 4, 2020 Author Share Posted November 4, 2020 Warehouse since the inception of this track plan i have wanted to build a small warehouse / representation of a loading bay of a larger off scene warehouse. i have had an exact scale design for the dimensions of this building for several months, and being strapped for cash i decided to try and scratchbuild at least a mock up with out spending a penny, however im so pleased with the results it will be staying on the layout. i began by cutting out the building in cardboard and hot gluing its shell together. This shell was then covered in brick plasticard I then cut out two personell doors and clad the roof in corrugated plasticard using the same method as above. The final build stage was to add a goods door and timber details, as well as a tin foil flashing strip. To start painting i gave all of the brick a thin white wash. i also weathered the roof with some dark washes. The whole building was then airbrushed and weathered further and the wood detail was painted Tamiya deep green. i also added bolt details to the doors using a pencil and a fine brush. you may also note a light was added above the loading door in the form of an led and some heatshrink. finally the building was glued in place and received some vegetation. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share Posted November 9, 2020 (edited) Hi guys, Does anyone know of a plastic kit, wills ratio etc. For terraced house backs. I need some half relief buildings and I know the metcalf kits will look okay and fit but I really don't want to have the village of metcalf shire feature on the layout. David Edited November 9, 2020 by Horsehay Railway Modeller Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share Posted November 9, 2020 This is the kit I'm looking for an alternative to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 12 hours ago, Horsehay Railway Modeller said: Hi guys, Does anyone know of a plastic kit, wills ratio etc. For terraced house backs. I need some half relief buildings and I know the metcalf kits will look okay and fit but I really don't want to have the village of metcalf shire feature on the layout. David I know they're not plastic but have you seen Scalescenes range of downloadable kits? You can get different wall finishes as well. https://scalescenes.com/product/t008-low-relief-house-backs/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 5 hours ago, sb67 said: I know they're not plastic but have you seen Scalescenes range of downloadable kits? You can get different wall finishes as well. https://scalescenes.com/product/t008-low-relief-house-backs/ Hi there, these are a great option and I've made several of their kits in the past, however I was hoping to have all my buildings made of plastic and resin etc. On this layout. I will keep them in mind though thanks. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 I continued my search to little avail. so ive bitten the bullet and bought the scalescenes kit. At 4.99 even if i dont end up using it im not out of pocket. hopefully i can get it printed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmsforever Posted November 13, 2020 Share Posted November 13, 2020 I only looked at your very interesting thread your request about a replacement kit may I suggest you look at In The Greenwood .A wide range of excellent wood kits that can be modified they do an exact replacement of the building you want to replace.I have built a lot of these kits and they go together easily and are fun to decorate and light etc.Have a look at thier website its well worth it downloading is okay but this will give you a model to be proud of.I have no connections to the company just a very satisfied customer.pm me if you have any queries Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold simon b Posted November 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2020 On 09/11/2020 at 18:13, Horsehay Railway Modeller said: Hi guys, Does anyone know of a plastic kit, wills ratio etc. For terraced house backs. I need some half relief buildings and I know the metcalf kits will look okay and fit but I really don't want to have the village of metcalf shire feature on the layout. David How many do you need? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 15 minutes ago, simon b said: How many do you need? I'm looking at about 45-50cm ish of low relief house backs so 2 metcalfe kits or 1 of the scale scenes kits. But I was hoping to find a resin or plastic equivalent. At the moment my plan is to build the scale scenes kit and see what it looks like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold simon b Posted November 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 13, 2020 2 hours ago, Horsehay Railway Modeller said: I'm looking at about 45-50cm ish of low relief house backs so 2 metcalfe kits or 1 of the scale scenes kits. But I was hoping to find a resin or plastic equivalent. At the moment my plan is to build the scale scenes kit and see what it looks like. I like to use the old Hornby kits as low relief house backs, the numbers are R273 and R274. The other option is the Wills CK11 kit but those are very time consuming to build correctly. You can see 2 of the Hornby kits minus their chimneys at the back of this pic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 35 minutes ago, simon b said: I like to use the old Hornby kits as low relief house backs, the numbers are R273 and R274. The other option is the Wills CK11 kit but those are very time consuming to build correctly. You can see 2 of the Hornby kits minus their chimneys at the back of this pic. Thank you very much for the advice some more kits to look at if I'm not happy with the Scalescenes one. Nice layout BTW. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 over the last few days i have been progressing with the station area. i began by cladding all of the wall sections in brick plasticard, and adding edging stones to the platform using card. I also added an embankment leading up to the platform as well as a small mound along the tracks using sculptamold. Thes next step was to paint the platform surface with various shades of grey . this has already received some weathering but will receive more soon. Finally for this stage i added details, such as stone edging around the arch as well as a pavement on the road using das clay. i also added a second wall to the stair case, and finally platform edging using matchsticks. Ive also been doing some scenic work on the embankments which i will show you in my next post , and have ordered the necessary paints for the brickwork. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 some more of the work ive completed in the last few days: I continued the station area by giving all of the brick plasticard a white wash to fill the mortar. im still waiting for the rest of the paints for the brick and stone work. I then continued work on the embankment by adding a layer of soil , on top of which i added a variety of static grasses and some coarse turf. Whilst this was drying i began adding trees. I decided to try some woodland scenics fine leaf foliage. i was relatively impressed however the "medium green" is a bit vibrant and will need toning down. i also realised it is basically a pack of premade seafoam trees, so in future i will buy more noch seafoam and make my own again. When adding the trees i also added some shrubbery behind the platform to cover a line i accidently made on the backscene . i also added a wills gwr fence. this mornings project was to add a hedgerow between the station and sidings. this was acheived using rubberised horsehair which i painted brown and covered in coarse turf. I am quite happy with how the station is progressing. finally for today i am looking at how the baseboard join can be covered or disguised slightly , i was thinking about some sort of pathway between the station and the yard. is a barrow crossing along the join too cliche ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted November 15, 2020 Author Share Posted November 15, 2020 I'm just waiting for a few bits and bobs to arrive so I can either work on the station or attempt to make the scale scenes terraced house kit. I've just been looking at the raised area and having marked out the location of the terraced houses... there's still alot of space. I could make another set of houses however I feel this would be the boring option. I grabbed some of the Wills fencing I had lying around and have mocked in an area for some sort of industry. I feel like it could be a good location for the back of an industrial unit or car workshop etc. Any ideas? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share Posted November 16, 2020 hi all, this morning my skaledale magna waiting room arrived. so in between lectures i have set about trying to make it fit. i knew it was too big out of the box ... so i went rogue with my rotary tool and cut it about 60/40 giving me two options for my halt building. Im not entirely sure whether i like the smaller or bigger half. so any advice is welcome. option a: option B: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold GWR57xx Posted December 3, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 3, 2020 Option B looks better to me, only because it allows more platform width in front of the building. Option A looks very cramped. Cheers. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 Apologies for not posting for so long, West canal sidings was shelved for a few months and then a whole lot happened meaning I either didn't work on railways or haven't posted about them. The layout had seen alot of atte tion since around August and I will slowly bri g this thread back up to date. David 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Good to see you back and the results of your work. I think that we all presumed that you were busy with studies, but you obviously had some downtime too. It's looking very good! I like the detail shots. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted January 18, 2022 Author Share Posted January 18, 2022 1 hour ago, MrWolf said: Good to see you back and the results of your work. I think that we all presumed that you were busy with studies, but you obviously had some downtime too. It's looking very good! I like the detail shots. Thank you, Im going to try and write up everything that has been achieved over the next week or so. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidMcKenzie Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Horsehay Railway Modeller said: Apologies for not posting for so long, West canal sidings was shelved for a few months and then a whole lot happened meaning I either didn't work on railways or haven't posted about them. The layout had seen alot of atte tion since around August and I will slowly bri g this thread back up to date. David Impressive stuff, each scene has such life in it. I'm looking forward to the write up of your latest progress. All the best, Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 The earliest photos on my phone still are from around August 21. Having Installed the station as discussed after a few weeks I decided to repaint all of the brickwork to match. A burnt umber paint was applied before going over the mortar with diluted deck tan. These photos are before weathering. You can also see sculptamold and brown paint applied to the coal sidings. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsehay Railway Modeller Posted January 19, 2022 Author Share Posted January 19, 2022 I assembled and painted a wills coal office kit at the same time as modifying some gaugemaster lms Station lamps. The lamps were sprayed black and all glazing replaced with crystal clear. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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