RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted December 30, 2011 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 30, 2011 Well, with a long break for Christmas, I've had a bit of time to continue with more buildings for Burrington Arms. A start has been made on the goods shed, following the same method as the station building - i.e. plasticard walls, covered with tile grout and then carved. The stones have been painted with acrylics and the two end windows have been made (these are a real pain to make, but quite pleased with how they have turned out). I will make a start on the track side loading doors and the road side loading doors over the weekend and then get the roof sorted. As a change from the goods shed, I made the office / canteen / toilet block for the permanent way depot. This is based upon photos of the building that once stood at Taunton PW Depot, suitably modified for my needs. The structure is my usual plasticard, with Slaters brick plasticard. The roof (could not be seen from the photos) is roofing felt, represented with masking tape, cut to fit between the ribs and then painted. The ribs are first painted timber colour and then the final colours washed on and then drybrushed. A store building will also be required, but not entirely sure what this will be yet. No further work on the layout itself though, but I was hoping to get some work done. I will post some photos later. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted December 30, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 30, 2011 Hi Richard, A couple of questions, if I may... Do you prime the plasticard with anything (pva?) before applying the tiling grout ? Do you allow the grout to set before carving, or carve whilst still wet ? Cheers Stu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted December 31, 2011 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 31, 2011 Hi Richard, A couple of questions, if I may... Do you prime the plasticard with anything (pva?) before applying the tiling grout ? Do you allow the grout to set before carving, or carve whilst still wet ? Cheers Stu Hi Stu I just apply the grout straight onto the plasticard, in a thin layer. I find that I can't cover the whole building on one go and often takes three or four applications. I give the grout a sand with glass paper (held in a small block of wood to get flat) between the third and final coatings. This exposes the areas that need more grout. A final sanding gets the grout smooth, well smooth enough for our needs and a few blemishes add to the final effect. Carving follows after sanding and due to the tile grout being very hard when cured it needs to be dampened in small areas to enable carving. I start with the corners and around the windows / doors, filling in between afterwards. When finished, the whole building is painted a buff colour for the grout between the 'stones' and then drybrushed to the colour (s) required. I hope that this helps. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted January 2, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2, 2012 I have attached a few photos showing the goods shed and the office / canteen for the permanent way depot. Rail-side view - loading door to be added before the roof can be started. The end door fr the canteen. I will add interior details later. The door in the main building is for the office and the toilet block on the left. A rear view. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mason Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 The Canteen is fantastic Richard, that could fit any layout i think, love the roof, how did you do that?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted January 2, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2, 2012 Hi Neil, Thanks. The description of the roof construction on the canteen / office is detailed above. Masking tape strips are applied over the plasticard base, with plasticard strips between and then painted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Hi Richard once again the buildings a great bit of modelling, they are fantastic. RAY70B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
treggyman Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 I have attached a few photos showing the goods shed and the office / canteen for the permanent way depot. Rail-side view - loading door to be added before the roof can be started. The end door fr the canteen. I will add interior details later. The door in the main building is for the office and the toilet block on the left. A rear view. Hi Richard Superb as usual,I am really enjoying following your progress Cheers Bill Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westcountryman Posted January 2, 2012 Share Posted January 2, 2012 Hi Richard, Once again, you've made a great job of the buildings. Is that the goods shed based on the Braunton example? I particularly like the canteen, what a super piece of modelling. I love the way you achieve the worn look on the doors, very realistic. Can't wait to see your handiwork in print, I'm keeping my eyes peeled! Looking forward to meeting up at the next club meeting on the 10th. Compliments of the season & a happy new year. Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted January 3, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3, 2012 Hi Richard once again the buildings a great bit of modelling, they are fantastic. RAY70B Thanks Ray. Hi Richard Superb as usual,I am really enjoying following your progress Cheers Bill Glad you're enjoying the thread. Just goes to prove that people like to read / see photos of layout progress, rather than reading an article in a magazine when the layout is finished! Hi Richard, Once again, you've made a great job of the buildings. Is that the goods shed based on the Braunton example? I particularly like the canteen, what a super piece of modelling. I love the way you achieve the worn look on the doors, very realistic. Can't wait to see your handiwork in print, I'm keeping my eyes peeled! Looking forward to meeting up at the next club meeting on the 10th. Compliments of the season & a happy new year. Rob The goods shed is modelled on the one that once stood at Portsmouth Arms and similar to others on the Exeter / Barnstaple line and of course the one at Braunton! I'm also making a larger goods shed for our club layout (Tawbridge), which is modelled on the one at Braunton! The door effect is quite simple to achieve - paint first in a timber colour (Citadel burned earth) and when dry, the top colour is applied, allowing for the brown to show through. Then a dark grey / black is washed over. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted January 7, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 7, 2012 I've managed to finish the goods shed today and have posted a couple of photos below. I have also added the bench inside the waiting shelter - the stone work being simply a photocopy of the rear wall, cut to size and glued in place. Waiting shelter Goods shed - rail side Goods shed - road side (not that much of this will be seen when placed on layout). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Ramblin Rich Posted January 7, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 7, 2012 Clever idea re copying stonework for inside the shelter! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted January 10, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 10, 2012 Clever idea re copying stonework for inside the shelter! I like the K.I.S.S. principle (Keep-It-Simple-Stupid), plus I was not going to even attempt carving the inside walls and they won't easily be seen when the waiting shelter is fitted onto the platform! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 HI Richard I do like your workmens rest room and the little good shed is very good as well!, well done . Going to be a good start to your layout and will look very much at home once in place ,keep up the good work All the best Darren Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted January 14, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2012 HI Richard I do like your workmens rest room and the little good shed is very good as well!, well done . Going to be a good start to your layout and will look very much at home once in place ,keep up the good work All the best Darren Thanks Darren. It's not the normal process / sequence for my layout building - i.e. doing most of the buildings first! I just hope that they all fit in as planned! I'm thinking about a couple more structures, which may get started soon. I also need to have a think about having a scenic break along part of the front of the layout, forcing different views and needing to look around the scenic break to see more of the layout. I want to try and avoid being able to see the whole of the layout from one view point - i.e. will need to move down the layout to see everything. This also has the benefit of making the layout seem larger than it actually is when you look at photos - I have a similar effect on Orchard Road - which appears to be larger that the layout is actually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jamest Posted January 14, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2012 I also need to have a think about having a scenic break along part of the front of the layout, forcing different views and needing to look around the scenic break to see more of the layout. I want to try and avoid being able to see the whole of the layout from one view point - i.e. will need to move down the layout to see everything. This also has the benefit of making the layout seem larger than it actually is when you look at photos - I have a similar effect on Orchard Road - which appears to be larger that the layout is actually. Hi Richard, That sounds like a really good idea - just like the real world - and has the benefit of making it appear larger as you say. I've missed a few of your posts so I'll go back and comment on the buildings too - really excellent. I like the roof on the office/canteen/toilet with the battening - I bet it used to leak like my garden shed always does! Simple but effective. Cheers, James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted January 28, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 28, 2012 Not much progress on the layout, but I have been working on a couple grounded van bodies. One will find it's way into the corner of one of the fields or near the farm at some point. The other will find it's way to another layout! Both are modelled on LSWR vans (from a drawing in Railway Modeller in the early 70's), using pre-scribed plastic sheets (Evergreen), with plasticard strips for the framing. The roof is a piece of 20thou pre-curved. Then painted light brown (wood colour) and then the darker brown (Railmatch) painted on top, but a little patching to allow some of the lighter brown to show through. The roof covering is tissue paper glued with a glue stick and painted grey, followed by black weathering powders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Hi Richard They do look fantastic. I like the paper on top very afective. RAY70B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted January 29, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 29, 2012 Hi Richard They do look fantastic. I like the paper on top very afective. RAY70B hi Ray, I will bring these two over to the club on Tuesday for you to have a closer look! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 That is very kind of you. Thanks Richard. All the best. RAY70B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matto21 Posted January 29, 2012 Share Posted January 29, 2012 The roofs on the grounded van bodies are superb! That is some fantastic weathering Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted January 30, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 30, 2012 The roofs on the grounded van bodies are superb! That is some fantastic weathering Thanks Matt - a simple enough method. The only thing next time, would be paint the whole of the roof brown first and introduce the graining effect before gluing the tissue paper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matloughe Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 That looks fantastic! I've heard of that technique before but not seen such great results with it before. I do love the weathering & the paint job really looks the part. Cheers, ~ Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold mudmagnet Posted March 4, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted March 4, 2012 No major progress on the layout as of late - the boards are currently stacked on the floor of the garage while I use the space for something else - but I've made a couple of fuel / oil tanks which will find their way onto the layout eventually. A little more oil will be added once these are glued into place and then blended into the scene. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
barneyman Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Hi, All great but loving the canteen the most ! Regards David aka barneyman aka mr smallworld Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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