RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted September 15, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 15, 2014 Lamps are in place, all I had to do was dirty them up a little, next job the platelayers hut to make. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 you just need a mini me of you and your good wife to take a train trip........ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Well done for the next issue of BRM Adrian, I am really looking forward to that, brilliant news. Bodge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jason T Posted September 15, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 15, 2014 Congrats from me too Adrian; I have been told that the layout was a pleasure to photograph and I too am looking forward to seeing it. My turn in the sun this month, yours next Cheers, Jason. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted September 17, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 17, 2014 The platelayers hut at Brasted Station. This is the last building for Brasted, and I have put off making it for ages, firstly I didn't have a decent picture of it, and secondly it can't be seen from the front of the layout as it's hidden by trees, but as I know it's there it had to be made. Thanks to two people who follow these ramblings of mine, a image of the hut came to light last week both the same picture but two different sources. One from the Bluebell railway online archive of Alan Postlewaite. http://www.bluebell-railway-museum.co.uk/archive/photos/ap/b01/AS14.htm and the other from Alan Postlewaites book More Odd Corners Of The Southern In Steam published by Sutton Publishing. The hut is going to be made from card covered in cut down coffee stirrers, on the front of the hut is a bridge gauge that's been tied to the hut, also a nice detail is the saw horse,chimney, bits of corrugated iron and the blanked out window so although none of it will be readily seen, we will know that it's there. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 the last building .......NO!!!!!!!....... theres only one solution after you finish it you'll....have to do a Larry!!!! (only joking ) serious only joking no ripping it up..... am so looking forward to see the building progress, and so sad ......last building.....sniffs... hmmmm.....new layout??? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold nest Posted September 17, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 17, 2014 Last building ay?.....so Chevening Halt it is then? Nestor 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 There's nothing else for it folks! once he's finishes the hut, he's going to have to knock through into the garden and progress the line towards London 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darren01 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Hi Well done on getting your layout in the mag!,it was good to meet you at the show at the weekend. Darren Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted September 20, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 20, 2014 Meanwhile back at the platelayers hut, a bit more work has been done. Two pieces of sleeper (coffee stirrer) were glued together to form the end timbers of the front wall of the hut, and glued to the card. same again at the other end, then infilled with more sleepers, The end wall sleepers don't have the corner pieces, and the sleepers have been layed around the windows rather than going straight across, and then cutting the window out afterwards, as the coffee stirrers are fairly tough to cut. the pictures show the methods better than my waffling. More exciting adventures of the platelayers hut next week. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Your ingenuity continues to amaze me.....this is all you have done so far....but I have expectations of something very tasty to come....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronstrutt Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 And to think that there were those people who complained when we moved from proper teaspoons to coffee stirrers! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 PS. Westerham Station will be in the November issue of BRM out in October. So thanks again for all your votes Aha, I gleefully bought the October edition and settled down in the garden with it only to find no Westerham. That'll be why! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 (edited) Aha, I gleefully bought the October edition and settled down in the garden with it only to find no Westerham. That'll be why! We needed................ a "Back Up", layout ....................in this month's BRM mag,..........................as a prelude, to Westerham, next month........... Edited September 22, 2014 by David Todd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted September 22, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2014 Just a little bit done on the platelayers hut today, as I am trying to make it last. It's all been clad now with the coffee stirrers, a space has been left on the back wall for the brick chimney. Strips of thin card have been cut and glued on for the battens, when you cut thin card in strips, it wants to curl up like a pigs tail, but if you cut them a little way in on the sheet, and leave the card uncut at the top and bottom and then cut them off they will stay nice and straight, the picture shows it better. The roof has been cut from a piece of card, and the ends of some sleepers have been marked in very hard into the surface with a 2h pencil, also the ends have been nicked in with a knife, the roof has then been covered with some paper and glued onto the roof. And that's it so far. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Very good step by step Adrian, now, we must get Nest,........to make one......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold nest Posted September 22, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 22, 2014 Very good step by step Adrian, now, we must get Nest,........to make one......... Don't distract me further! haha Nestor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted September 23, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2014 Just a little bit done on the platelayers hut today, as I am trying to make it last. It's all been clad now with the coffee stirrers, a space has been left on the back wall for the brick chimney. Strips of thin card have been cut and glued on for the battens, when you cut thin card in strips, it wants to curl up like a pigs tail, but if you cut them a little way in on the sheet, and leave the card uncut at the top and bottom and then cut them off they will stay nice and straight, the picture shows it better. The roof has been cut from a piece of card, and the ends of some sleepers have been marked in very hard into the surface with a 2h pencil, also the ends have been nicked in with a knife, the roof has then been covered with some paper and glued onto the roof. And that's it so far. Is that my old snooker table you are modelling on? If so don't cut so deep into the beize old chap as I was saving it for some scenery on my next layout... Kevin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted September 23, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2014 Hi Kevin, you will be relieved to know that it's not your snooker table that I am cutting on, the legs of that got used to make coffee stirrers. It's the Bumfold mat from Ikea (or what ever name they call it ). about a £1 or so made from polypropylene. all the best Adrian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted September 23, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2014 Amazing diligence with the battens, Adrian! Lesser modellers, like me, would simply have used Slaters Microstrip.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Brilliant work Adrian, like Ian said most people would have gone down the easy route and used micro strip, but then card is FREE, good man, like it. Bodge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted September 23, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2014 Hi Kevin, you will be relieved to know that it's not your snooker table that I am cutting on, the legs of that got used to make coffee stirrers. It's the Bumfold mat from Ikea (or what ever name they call it ). about a £1 or so made from polypropylene. all the best Adrian I might have to invest in one from Ikea on my next visit to either Aberdeen or Glasgow, both three hours distant from Inverness and the nearest they wish to sell to this part of the Highlands it seems. Otherwise I shall continue using old phonebooks or Viking catalogues as cutting mats me thinks. Now back to my snooker table, what have you done with the pockets you bounder, turned them into a tunnel or two I suspect! Kevin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted September 23, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2014 The roof has gone on, and a door has been made. When the glue had dried on the roof, the paper was torn to give a ragged edge to look like well worn felt. The door was made from a piece of card with the planks marked out with a scalpel, and then the surface of the card removed to give it some texture, the hinges are cut from thin card and a lot of swearing. Its all been given a first coat of paint. I still have the back wall to finish and the chimney, also the bits and pieces that are on the front of the hut, so some more pictures for you, and thank you for all your comments and clicks. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold nest Posted September 23, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2014 That's looking the bee's knees Adrian. Nestor 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Anotheran Posted September 23, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2014 Removing the smooth surface of the card to create texture on the door is a stroke of genius. The rest of it is pretty special too! Kind regards, Neil 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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