RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted January 2, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 2, 2014 I love the trolley and cases they look real, The school crossing looks fantastic - is the school a photo? Happy New Year Hi Jaz, Happy New Year, the school building is a screenshot from Google street view with all the modern bits photoshopped out which took me quite a while. I have had to use a photo representation of the building due to it's location which you can see from the pictures is minimal, the wall in front of the school is made from Foamex curved to shape, and then covered in random stone plasticard and painted to look like Kentish rag stone, the entrance pillars are the buttresses from an old Airfix church cut down with Foamex cappings added. the playground area rises which gives a bit more perspective, the little bushes in front of the building are clump foliage and strands of static grass to mask the join.A link to how I made the belisha beacons http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/70678-making-something-from-something-else/ Regards Adrian 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted January 3, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3, 2014 The transformation between the second picture and the last two is amazing, and the comparison with Street View just shows how well you've captured the whole scene. Brilliant Work! Al. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronstrutt Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 I recently bought this postcard, which I thought you might be interested in. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted January 6, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 6, 2014 I love that top photo Adrian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I recently bought this postcard, which I thought you might be interested in. High res scan would be nice via email if you have a scanner. Never seen this card before, where did you get it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted January 7, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 7, 2014 I've just reached the end of this thread as it stands today, and I must say, it's an absolutely brilliant body of work and an invaluable source of inspiration. I will undoubtably be coming back here for reference! Hi Freebs, Many thanks for your encouragement, you must have some patience to read that lot! All the mince pies and the remains of the turkey have been eaten, so back on the next train to Brasted, to do some more work on the station. Regards Adrian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted January 7, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 7, 2014 (edited) I recently bought this postcard, which I thought you might be interested in. Hi Ron, many thanks for taking the trouble to post that image of the Crown Hotel it's not one that I have seen before, It's unusual that it shows the station building before the extension, what a shame that it was demolished so that they could replace it with the monstrosity that is there now. Regards Adrian. Edited January 7, 2014 by westerhamstation 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronstrutt Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 (edited) I just tried posting a hi-res scan of the postcard but I think the site software blew a gasket over it. Second try. I got the postcard on Ebay - I have a permanent search for Westerham pictures to provide illustrations for the planned book. Like you, I've never seen this one before and at £6 I couldn't let it go. Please restrict use to private research and similar purposes. A few things that the scan shows up. Firstly, is that the engine shed (with the 1882 replacement pitched roof) just to the right of the Crown? Secondly, note all the staff (plus postman?) posing in front of the station. Thirdly, are my eyes deceiving me or is the side door to the Crown bricked up? Btw, the National Archives has a photograph of a grave in Westerham churchyard dated 1894 and apparently the station is visible in the background. It must be quite a distant shot, though, because the church is some way from the station. Must have a look when I'm next there. Ron Edited January 7, 2014 by ronstrutt 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted January 7, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 7, 2014 I just tried posting a hi-res scan of the postcard but I think the site software blew a gasket over it. Second try. I got the postcard on Ebay - I have a permanent search for Westerham pictures to provide illustrations for the planned book. Like you, I've never seen this one before and at £6 I couldn't let it go. Please restrict use to private research and similar purposes. A few things that the scan shows up. Firstly, is that the engine shed (with the 1882 replacement pitched roof) just to the right of the Crown? Secondly, note all the staff (plus postman?) posing in front of the station. Thirdly, are my eyes deceiving me or is the side door to the Crown bricked up? Btw, the National Archives has a photograph of a grave in Westerham churchyard dated 1894 and apparently the station is visible in the background. It must be quite a distant shot, though, because the church is some way from the station. Must have a look when I'm next there. Ron W Station and Crown002.jpg Hi Ron, It looks like the doorway is still there as you can just make out the sill and the right hand side of the frame, It's strange what people used to take pictures of, to turn into postcards, but I am jolly glad that they did. Did the Stationmaster give them all permission to pose, or was it a lunchbreak. Thank you for sharing your postcard Regards Adrian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted January 7, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 7, 2014 Yesterday and Today, how things change and not for the better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronstrutt Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Hi Ron, It looks like the doorway is still there as you can just make out the sill and the right hand side of the frame, It's strange what people used to take pictures of, to turn into postcards, but I am jolly glad that they did. Did the Stationmaster give them all permission to pose, or was it a lunchbreak. Thank you for sharing your postcard Regards Adrian. You're right, I see the edge of the door now. During those early days of photography there were enthusiasts who went round taking pictures of everything - or things that didn't move, at least. Up here in Diss, Norfolk, we had one who ran a photographic studio but when he wasn't busy he would load up all his equipment on a cart and trundle off round the countryside taking pictures. For them the fascination was in being able to record things that previously only an artist would have been able to do. There was also a huge market for postcards - people sent them then much as we now send texts and postage was cheaper for postcards than for letters. This one was sent to apologise for the sender not being able to visit the recipient in Kensington as arranged. Fortunately for us, stations were a popular subject for postcards; they showed that the town was in the modern age. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted January 8, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 8, 2014 The rain has stopped, so time to nip up on to Brasted Stations roof and do something about the the lack of guttering. First job put some soffits up to hang the gutters on, next a Shredded Wheat box for the gutters, with a coat of grey car spray paint they should hold water. Florists wire for the brackets to hang the gutters on, then back in doors for a cuppa. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted January 8, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 8, 2014 Amazing! Fantastic result from a cereal packet and a bit of wire, really great. I bet you eat three blah blah blah... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 (edited) Westerhamstation Oh rugger, I have to start adding you to my scratch builder list of people to go see their threads..... So good, the scale works brilliantly,you must have got a Blue Peter's badge as a kid, maybe a handful.... I said it before, and I'll say it again...you do things that you think, naaaagh won't work....but it does. Stupendous. edit=Oh and as for the belishas...they so look the business.....have you considered working on a formula to make ones that work? Hint...hint..... Edited January 8, 2014 by Jaz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 wow! Absolute genius! Brilliant modelling sir! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 Oh and I forgot to say, really like the way you incorporated the school, it photographs like a dream, you aligned the zebra crossing getting a realistic shot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted January 9, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2014 On a cold windswept platform on a dismal January afternoon you need a bit of shelter from the elements, what could be cheerier than a cardboard and balsa wood canopy, supported by thin card brackets. In time this will have a corrugated iron topping and some valance to finish it off. For some reason that I can't fathom this has given me a great deal of aggravation to build, it's possible that it's due to Tony Robinson and Time Team being on whilst I am trying to fiddle with bits of balsa wood,perhaps they will stick him in one of the holes he has been prancing around !!!! ( I suppose that I could have changed the channel) 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Well that's a bit bloomin' good. It would have taken me 5 evenings to do that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted January 9, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2014 Wow Adrian, You're giving us some stiff competition here. That's some amazing work, and the comparison with the prototype is spot on. Well done mate, now give it a rest, me and freebs have got some catching up to do Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted January 9, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2014 Wow Adrian, You're giving us some stiff competition here. That's some amazing work, and the comparison with the prototype is spot on. Well done mate, now give it a rest, me and freebs have got some catching up to do Thanks for your encouragement, you and freebs are both in luck no modelling till Monday, as one of my small grandsons is looking after me till I take him to nursery school at lunchtime. Regards Adrian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted January 11, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 11, 2014 Sometimes you can't see the wood for the trees. I need on Brasted Station lots of scrubby trees and bushes, and not wanting to spend any money on lots of scrubby trees or endless hours twisting bits of wire to make scrubby trees I searched for an alternative in the garden, and this is what I found, now the more keener gardners amongst you may recognise this shrub, personally I have know idea, only that it flowers in summer and has white and pink flowers on the same bush. if you leave it till this time of year all the leaves drop off saves you trying to pull them off yourself. I gathered a load and trimmed off the bits that I didn't need wired them together sprayed them with spray adhesive, put some scatter in a polythene bag held the tree by the trunk upside down in the bag with the neck closed gave it a good shake and thats it. What I might do with the rest of them is to soak them in a mixture of Gycerin and water for a few days to preserve them, and then do the scatter when they have dryed out. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) It looks like Spirea japonica.......it's too dark...or I would run out and check.....those trees are gorgeous. And the scratch build platform shelter.....is making my mouth water Edited January 11, 2014 by Jaz 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted January 11, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 11, 2014 It looks like Spirea japonica.. It looks like a tree to me... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 (edited) Westerham (7mm.0.)TMRC's new layout,based on the former terminus,at Westerham,Kent.............. This layout,will be at.................http://www.tonbridgemrc.com/9.html http://www.tonbridgemrc.com/3.html Edited January 12, 2014 by David Todd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted January 14, 2014 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2014 Right I found my way out of the woods (spirea japonica, thanks Jaz) and I am now back at the platform looking at making the valance for the canopy, rather than spend £3.75 on the ratio one, I thought that spending the best part of the day making one was a good option! i drew the valence up in Ilustrator and printed it out on thin card,rather than do it in indivdual strips as I did on the entrance canopy I have done it in a continuous strip which has saved a fair bit of effort. the gutters are the old shredded wheat box.The canopy still needs fixing to the building and the gutters need joining together, I also put the gutters on the entrance canopy. Next will be drainpipes and painting the corrugated iron. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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