RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted September 11, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 11, 2011 This text is also replicated on my blog... Since finishing the signal box, I've been working on the railway goods shed for Callow Lane. Several years ago, I bought a Townstreet plaster-cast kit, which I felt has a sufficiently 'Midland' appearance to it. I'm aware it's not in the styles of the M.R. goods sheds at Bitton or Yate, for example, but I like it, it cost a lot of money at the time, and so I'm going to use it on my train set. The gist of these kits is that you fettle the individual cast components to get a good fit, then glue them together with PVA, so this is what I did. Although the small office features solid, cast windows (which can be disguised and weathered to good effect with paints and varnish), the main part of the shed has some rather nice etched windows, which do need careful trimming to fit the plaster-cast window frames. Some modifications I'm making as I go along are: - replacing the plaster-cast valancing with Slaters plastic variety - crisper and more even finish - replacing the roof sections with thin ply, laminated to card, to which slate strips will have been affixed - glueing the whole assembly to a Dalerboard sub-base (as seen in the photo), which provides extra strength whilst the model is being assembled and allows it to be handled with much more confidence. When the model is finished, I will cut away the card that obstructs the track. What I do like about these kits and this material is the way that it takes paint so nicely, resulting in dead matt brick or stone finishes. The plaster-cast road-side valancing has mostly been filed away and will be replaced by Slaters plastic valancing in due course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted September 11, 2011 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 11, 2011 I changed the title, didn't like the implications regarding how it appeared on the main RMWeb screen!! :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 Gordon S posted some fine images on a previous incarnation of RMWeb. These seem to be excellent kits and easily repairable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted September 11, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 11, 2011 Excellent kits that deserve to be used more.I think the RTP ranges would have hit Townstreets sales but if you want something individual you won't beat these from a kit.As Mickey said,they come alive with painting.I think Coachman built one of these for Greenfield a few years back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted September 11, 2011 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 11, 2011 This is exactly the one that Coachman built. I was tempted to put an offer in, when he put it up for sale, but I decided to build my own kit. Their range is steadily expanding, and one of their latest products is the 'Citadel' station building, a mighty edifice it looks too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted September 11, 2011 Share Posted September 11, 2011 This was the fellow. I attempted to make it look LNWR-ish to suit Diggle. I think these plaster kits are quite adaptable.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted April 23, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 23, 2012 Not sure if some intervening posts haven't gone astray somewhere?..... Anyway, latest update is here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/21/entry-9267-callow-lane-goods-shed-plunge-taken-re-awning-roof/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 The opened window looks fantastic. Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted April 25, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2012 The process of removing the moulded plaster slates from the awning roof produced an interesting effect, rather like a light fall of snow... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted May 13, 2012 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted May 13, 2012 The shed is more or less finished now, as described on the blog here - http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/21/entry-9446-callow-lane-goods-shed-fitting-it-to-the-baseboard/ I don't think I will be adding the doors after all, due to the extremely tight clearances, so I will probably model a pair of them in derelict condition amongst the weeds at the back of the yard... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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