Popular Post kirtleypete Posted September 7, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) I have just begin work on the buildings at York for a 00 layout set in the late 1950's. My customer is doing the track and electrics, I will be providing the station hotel, station buildings and train shed, Leeman Road bridge, the river bridge and a terrace of adjacent houses. Loco sheds and more fill follow in due course. This is the beginning of the hotel, the first model. it's a vast building, the model is only 2/3rds scale size but is still 900mm long! Numbers of windows have had to be reduced but it should be possible to keep the proportions so it is recognisable. Peter Edited September 7, 2020 by kirtleypete Adding information 23 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted September 7, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 7, 2020 Wow! As a "Yorkie" I will be following this with interest. I can imagine the level of detail and effort required will be something akin to "Heaton Lodge". Good luck "kirtleypete". 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 I might need it! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 If 900mm is just the hotel, how big is the station ?! This layout is going to need an awfully big attic or garden shed to accommodate even 2/3 of York!! I hope by buildings you mean former signal boxes rather than the ROC - though it must be said the latter would take you rather less time. A good few decades ago I was a member of the Peterborough MRC, and somebody approached us to model the station there in OO. They rather lost interest when we told them just how big that would be. We did have a reasonable representation of Crescent Bridge though. Good luck - and yes, you're going to need it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 It will be big....it's in an outbuilding and there will be room for Louth station along one side as well! The overall roof is being reduced somewhat - apart from anything else it might need to be lifted off in case of emergencies. It will certainly be recognisable as York station though. We have original architects drawings, so there's no excuse for getting it wrong. Peter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 I've put together the basic shell; it's flipping enormous! Bear in mind that to scale it would be a third larger than this. 9 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted September 8, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 8, 2020 All one can say is - wow! 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) I can think of one or two others! I've been thinking about the brickwork; this is a photo taken a couple of weeks ago but it's much too clean for the 1950's: I use a picture like this to produce an A4 sheet of brick paper. The two below are much more realistic for the steam age even though they are not from York station: I've also worked out how to do the columns holding up the overall roof; Langley do these lovely castings but they are too short. I cut them in half, superglue a length of brass tube to each piece to lengthen it, and drill to give a fixing point of brass rod top and bottom. The base needs extending with a little plastic card. When painted they will look fine. Sorry I got the two untouched ones upside down in the picture! Edited September 8, 2020 by kirtleypete Adding more info. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) Wonderful modelling. But I would suggest being careful with the brickwork. York has a lot of different bricks and many are very rough. However it is very noticeable that there is a very high quality white engineers brick used for both commercial and domestic buildings. They also have very thin mortar and this can be in a contrasting black as well as the white here. These don't appear to weather much if at all. We have them at the end of my road making a considerable contrast to the 160 year old brickwork of most of the other houses. Becareful I think you need to model the brickwork very neatly. I can send you some links to Google maps photos of what I mean. As to the hotel well one of the worst night sleeps I've ever had. In a high room at the back the 6,00 was on time; the 06.10 was on time, the 06.30 was on time...... And as it was a conference I probably didn't get to bed before 03.00. Paul Edited September 8, 2020 by hmrspaul 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac1960 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Given the model is going to be in the 1950,s that stone work would be heavily contaminated with Soot. There was a lot of zealous cleaning of stonework from mid 70,s onwards, so you might need to try You Tube for more accuracy for the period. I think there is a British Transport film called "This is York" (in BW unfortunately) from that period which may help. Mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 I won't make a decision about the bricks yet, but thanks or your suggestions. Colour pictures from the 50's/60's are surprisingly hard to find and naturally those there are concentrate on the trains. I have taken a series of screen caps of the BT film, but again it's not a lot of help. Peter 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmrspaul Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 4 hours ago, mac1960 said: Given the model is going to be in the 1950,s that stone work would be heavily contaminated with Soot. There was a lot of zealous cleaning of stonework from mid 70,s onwards, so you might need to try You Tube for more accuracy for the period. I think there is a British Transport film called "This is York" (in BW unfortunately) from that period which may help. Mac What we are discussing is brick work, not stone. I simply stress that all over York there are commercial and domestic buildings made from very hard creamy white bricks with very fine mortar - about 1/3rd of what is usually used. There are also red brick buildings with the same but black mortar. Quite often this is only on a frontage and the back is ordinary local bricks (York has brick pits out near the outer ring road) and those bricks are quite poor. I don't believe they have been cleaned - and yes I can remember my college days in Liverpool (69 -74) when many buildings emerged from their black chrysalis to be colourful sandstones etc. I've never noticed this type of brickwork elsewhere, except where engineering brick is required and these are usually dark blue/black. And I have been sad enough to photograph a brick wall around the old gas works because I wanted to copy it for a model. There is plenty of brickwork in those two photos which are not stained black, and they are inside the station roof. Look behind the smokebox of the B1 the lower half is in the cream brickwork, the upper half is a rough yellow local brick. Burger King is there now! Paul 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 I think the best thing I can do is use the picture of the brick wall at the station and overlay it with black, varying the transparency like this: 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted September 19, 2020 Author Share Posted September 19, 2020 (edited) There has been a delay while I finished an O Gauge layout for a customer, but now I'm able to get on with the York hotel again. The shell is about complete so I can order all the laser cut windows from York Modelmaking on Monday. In the meantime I'll begin doing the bay windows and fit those. Peter Edited September 19, 2020 by kirtleypete spelling correction 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 Lovely modelling. I shall take some inspiration from this to start my build of the North British Hotel for my Glasgow Queen Street model Cheers David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 (edited) Good luck! I have begun the detailing work, starting with the large bay window on the basis that it's best to get it out of the way! The pictures are of the actual rooms in the real hotel, taken from their website. There is a basement level below this and I am waiting to see if my customer wants to include that on the model. From ground level you don't notice it, but from above you probably would. Peter Edited September 21, 2020 by kirtleypete 15 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TravisM Posted September 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 21, 2020 29 minutes ago, kirtleypete said: Good luck! I have begun the detailing work, starting with the large bay window on the basis that it's best to get it out of the way! The pictures are of the actual rooms in the real hotel, taken from their website. There is a basement level below this and I am waiting to see if my customer wants to include that on the model. From ground level you don't notice it, but from above you probably would. Peter Wow 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 (edited) After an e-mail chat with my customer we agreed that including the basement would be a good idea so I've spent today adding it, and it really does improve the model. The decision had to be made now, it would have been very difficult to add it later. Peter It was finding this picture on the Hotel website that made it possible, as it is almost invisible from ground level. It's going to be very useful for modelling the roof too. Edited September 22, 2020 by kirtleypete 15 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kirtleypete Posted September 24, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2020 I'm making slow progress, but this is by far the most complicated wall which is why I've done it first. Langley castings are a life saver! Peter 14 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 Wow! Just brilliant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kirtleypete Posted September 25, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2020 (edited) Thanks David. I've painted a small section so my customer can see how it looks and we can make any changes he may want when I paint the whole thing, I used Tamiya Flat Earth for the base coat, dry brushed with Humbrol grey, tan and white. When that was dry I applied the brick paper using impact adhesive. I'm not going to paint any more, but it's nice to see a small section looking finished. If anyone would find the brick useful e-mail me at kirtleymodels@ntlworld.com and I'll e-mail you the artwork. Peter Edited September 25, 2020 by kirtleypete 18 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 That is lovely. The colour really brings it to life. Cheers David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted September 26, 2020 Author Share Posted September 26, 2020 (edited) I decided to use the unweathered brick as when I printed the version with a grey overlay it came out slightly green! I can use weathering powders in it if we think it needs it. However this picture from the 50's shows that the brick stayed a lot cleaner than the stonework so it might better to leave it alone. Sorry about the fingers - it was in danger of blowing away! Peter Edited September 26, 2020 by kirtleypete 11 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kirtleypete Posted September 28, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 28, 2020 I know it's not the way you're supposed to do things, but I couldn't resist finishing off this side before working my way around the building. I still need to tidy it up, do more dry brushing and add the drain pipes. Peter 14 16 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 I am sure your client is going to be very happy with that. Absolutely superb modelling and in no time at all 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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