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Jamie Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 Good to see this back across Stuart. I've been silently following your wagonbashing, only clicking the green button but I might be able to post something useful here and there on the layout stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Russ (mines a pint) Posted December 26, 2009 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 26, 2009 The remaining widow frames have been removed (they were neither square nor particularly neatly done), and the window reveals have been given a skim of filler. When I built this I never bothered to finish the reveals properly, I just painted the cut edge of the balsa brick rred to match the rest of the window stonework. I also missed the fact that the door and window jambs are bevelled so I'll correct that too.H'mm interesting proof of the pudding here! I keep wondering about redoing the Deadwater station building- especially if I find some etched frames of the correct type/size! - proof it can be done without wrecking the buiding. :icon_thumbsup2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stuartp Posted December 26, 2009 Share Posted December 26, 2009 Etched frames would certainly be easier than microstrip Russ, unfortunately it would require all the windows to be exactly the same size and shape. These are supposed to be, but they're a bit variable ! Anyway, this is a relaxing doddle after the (ongoing) extreme baseboard re-alignment earlier in the thread ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 :icon_surprised: Images seem to have worked, but, er... don't think I'd want to be in it for long, for fear it collapsed! :icon_lol: Do tell - Garlieston? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stuartp Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Images seem to have worked, but, er... don't think I'd want to be in it for long, for fear it collapsed! Do tell - Garlieston? Hmm. I got error messages both times I attached those (hence the duplicate pics) and they're not visible in the editing thingy to delete one ! Close Jamie, on all counts, but a bit far north. It was McWilliams at Isle of Whithorn. I took the pic in 1995 when it was in use as a general store (we went in for cold drinks, it was scorching) before that it was a chandlers and before that (in the 18th century) a boatbuilding shed. It fell down in 2005 ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 Aha! Beside the Kirk. Long gone by my visits. It looked somehow "Galloway" though I couldn't figure what looked familiar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pennine MC Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 It fell down in 2005 ! I imagine the Escort van driver had got into the habit of parking well up the street by then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26power Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Or you could have Bladnoch distillery? http://www.bladnoch.co.uk/index.htm ? (Unfortunately they don't seem to have useful pictures of the buildings, but google brings up some). Cheers, 26power As well as the existing Portwilliam station I have to fit in: A distillery (Dailluaine, Edradour, a couple of others) Bladnoch Viaduct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Aha! Beside the Kirk. Long gone by my visits. It looked somehow "Galloway" though I couldn't figure what looked familiar. It's that completely un-fancy whitewashed look that you associate with Presbyterian churches in this corner of Scotland, Jamie. Remember that this is the land of the Covenanters with their plain, austere approach to worship (once they'd got their churches back!). Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Aha! Beside the Kirk. Long gone by my visits. It looked somehow "Galloway" though I couldn't figure what looked familiar. It's that completely un-fancy whitewashed look that you associate with Presbyterian churches in this corner of Scotland, Jamie. Remember that this is the land of the Covenanters with their plain, austere approach to worship(once they'd got their churches back!). Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I was meaning Stuart's photo - though I didn't recognise the street scene as I.o.Whithorn, something still twigged (regardless of knowing Stuart's modelled preferences). The church is pretty - as in fact is most of the harbourside area there - Stuart would be welcome to what pictures I have. The current crisp, generally dry weather tempts me back down with the camera, but the risk of getting stuck in a snowdrift the A75/A77 has dissuaded me so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Pic No.2 looks a promising angle, looking wide open and spacious. Two or three of the mysterious palvans in the siding nearest the station, and a couple of general goods vans dotted off to the right... I can see it now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Nice vehicle that Stuart. Is the kit still available? Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Wasn't that one of the last Scottish Rambler railtours on the branch? I'm sure it was a step up from riding in open wagons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Max Stafford Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Progressing nicely Stuart. Nice wee Sou'West siggy box too! Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 Progressing nicely Stuart. Nice wee Sou'West siggy box too! Dave. Shades of Millisle in the placement too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stuartp Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Shades of Millisle in the placement too! Thanks gents. The far line will be a harbour tramway , the exact format and backstory is yet to be finalised as a lot will depend on what I decide to do with the large 6' x 1' space beyond the running lines. Options at the moment include a small colliery (but how to do it without dominating the scene, many options under consideration), and various combinations of distillery, sawmill and village. The harbour proper won't fit. I suppose one option I should consider is the anti-shortbread tin option of 'do nothing' - just grass and cliff top scrub. At least the new board gives me the option of a bit of scenery below track level at the front - the old Portwilliam was very obviously 'hills on a flat board' rather than 'railway running through the landscape'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveBedding Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Stuart I take it that if it could go wrong, it has... ...despite the minor hiccups, you have overcome them and your narrative has been a joy to read . It is admirable how you have set yourself the challenge of completing your old layout; as you alluded to, it must have been very tempting to declare it a 'training exercise' or practice, and start again from scratch... Keep persevering, and keep with the pictures coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted September 19, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 19, 2010 Stuart, that little incline didn't look to bad to me, after all real railway have gradients don't they. It could have added some interest. Still what you are doing does look very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stuartp Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Thanks for the comments, much appreciated. Stuart, that little incline didn't look to bad to me... Doesn't look too bad in the pic, I agree, just a couple of mm over a wagon length or so, but it was noticeable as vehicles were being pushed over it. The break-over angle at the top was also enough to make rigid 0-6-0s see-saw over it and my chassis can get into enough trouble with trackholding and pick up all on their own without the track joining in ! I take it that if it could go wrong, it has... It's been an interesting excercise in how not to do things ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Thinking on the real Portwilliam, you could fill Great White Space with an expanse of farmland which would give the rural feel, or maybe an incursion of the rocky East shore of Luce Bay? While I'm on, have a link to some beautiful Galloway photographs, maybe to inspire you: http://www.flickr.com/photos/markmckie/tags/galloway/ Wish I was there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stuartp Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Thinking on the real Portwilliam you could fill Great White Space with an expanse of farmland which would give the rural feel That would certainly be the anti-shortbread option, as I envisage it that would be the space currently occupied by Maxwell Park. It might gain a couple of cottages or a farm though. Under earlier plans that wouldn't have been an option, the space available in the garage for Greater Portwilliam was limited and that much bare scenery would have been unthinkable. But then I had a brainwave... Thanks for the Flickr link, Minnigaff Boy's pics are rather nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 I talk a good layout don't I ? Absolutely, a mouthwatering concept, even just on the one level I had a look around virtual Portwilliam via maps, birds-eye views and Google Street View last night between your edit of the previous post and addition of the latest. Funnily enough I clocked the same "station yard" - perfectly plausible. Irrelevant: (1) I think you're right on the raised beach, whilst (the light-weight) Southwest Scotland, A Landscape Fashioned by Geology (pub. Scottish Natural Heritage) doesn't confirm the assumption, it looked very similar to the confirmed example around Girvan; (2) Killantrae is a good name for a layout based anywhere south of Ayr; (3) "to shortbread", the verb, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold John B Posted January 6, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 6, 2011 Fascinating stuff, Stuart. It's an area I wish I knew well, drawn as I am to it by reading Rice's ramblings and plans for layouts based on Isle of Whithorn and Garliestown amongst others, and a deep and long-abiding love for Bladnoch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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