PAUL WAYNE Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 HI CHAPS I'M BUILDING THE 3DK SMALL BRICK STATION BUT I DON'T KNOW WICH PLATFORM BRICKS TO ORDER FROM SCALE SCENES I'M DOING IN THE GW ERA BUT LATER ON IN THE 60'S SO I NEED THE RIGHT BRICKS FROM THE GROUND UP TO THE PLATFORM LIP AND MY PLATFORM IS GREY WITH A WHITE LINE DOWN IT SO ANY HELP WOULD BE A GREAT HELP MANY THANKS PAUL THE YOUNGEST 0 GAUGE MODELLER AT 43 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristian1401 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 No the Youngest O gauge modeller would be me age 16. I think they would be the same bricks that the original station has under original company ownership. so if GW it would assumedly still be GW? Kristian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAUL WAYNE Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 ok i'll take that back then but it still don't tell me what brick paper to use Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristian1401 Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 Dont really no what brick paper would be suitable as my layout has not progressed that far to be searching for that, Im sure someone knows on here Or ask at One of the O gauge shows. Kristian Dont really no what brick paper would be suitable as my layout has not progressed that far to be searching for that, Im sure someone knows on here Or ask at One of the O gauge shows. Kristian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAUL WAYNE Posted May 25, 2011 Author Share Posted May 25, 2011 well i goto the kettering and reading shows i feel like the youngest guy there cos i'm surrounded by older guys only lol and i worked on british rail down on the tracks from 84 to 88 i know just about all there is to know about railways but not the gw era there are lots of papers on scale scenes but i just can't decied what colour to pick so i hope someone out there can clear this up for me thanks for ya help anyway chap Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jamie92208 Posted May 25, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 25, 2011 I'm no GW expert but platforms could be built of anything usually the local material that was available. They can be stone or brick. I would use whatever material the nearby bridges and buildings are made off. Normally if they were brick I think they would be in a style called English Bond. This has a full brick then another at right angles to lock to the next course, so it looks like a constatn repeat of full brick, half brick, full brick, half brick. In 7mm Slaters plasticard looks very effective, cut into strips as it has depth. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katier Posted May 25, 2011 Share Posted May 25, 2011 What Jamie says I believe is correct. In the Midlands it's red brick (use Moor Street station in Birmingham for reference) but cornwall would probably be stone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAUL WAYNE Posted May 26, 2011 Author Share Posted May 26, 2011 I SEE I SHALL HAVE A LOOK AT THAT BOND BRICK ON SCALE SCENES AND SEE HOW IT LOOKS OK THANKS JAMIE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katier Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 I SEE I SHALL HAVE A LOOK AT THAT BOND BRICK ON SCALE SCENES AND SEE HOW IT LOOKS OK THANKS JAMIE Oh and you don't need to shout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
davec.hh Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Or just turn off the caps lock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Holliday Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Normally if they were brick I think they would be in a style called English Bond. This has a full brick then another at right angles to lock to the next course, so it looks like a constant repeat of full brick, half brick, full brick, half brick. In 7mm Slaters plasticard looks very effective, cut into strips as it has depth. Jamie I am not sure about this. English bond usually consists of one course laid with full bricks, with the next course laid with the bricks at right angles, showing as half bricks, which tie the two skins of brickwork together, with the next course full bricks and so on. Occasionally the half brick course is only every fourth one. The description of full brick, half brick, full brick sounds to me more like Flemish bond, where the bricks on each course are laid in this manner. One of the latest model magazines has a short piece showing these bonds. English bond is more likely than Flemish, but both were used extensively. A good photo of a suitable example for your location should clear this up, even a modern view, as many platforms have been little altered since Victorian times, apart from perhaps a few extra courses of brickwork to raise the level of the platform. I know of plenty of examples in Southern Electric commuter land where parts of the platform date back to 1880 and even earlier. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAUL WAYNE Posted May 26, 2011 Author Share Posted May 26, 2011 hi don't worry i found the paper colour nene valley railway platform has the colour i want wich is a close match to scale scenes so job donne many thanks to everyone who sent me some info Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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