RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted July 8, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 8, 2015 That really, really needs a WOW button. There's a few of those photos where you'd be hard pressed to distinguish it from the real thing. Just don't leave it out in the sunshine too long Adrian, or it'll grow even quicker. Al. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted July 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 9, 2015 (edited) The brambles look like they have been made out of left over hanging basket liner.... Your first pictures look like something from the shower plughole!! Great they way you turned that into very realistic brambles. Nice job. Edit for typos Edited July 9, 2015 by Colin_McLeod 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted July 9, 2015 Share Posted July 9, 2015 Now there's an idea! ........ Your first pictures look like something from the shower plughole!! Great they way you turned that into very realistic brambles. Nice job. Edit for typos ........................................................................ .................................... thinking about that, there's not many of us have enough "thatch" left to block the plughole ...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted July 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 9, 2015 LOL speak for yourself Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted July 17, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17, 2015 I am a lineman for the county (Kent)And I drive the main roadSearchin' in the sun for another overloadI hear you singin' in the wireI can hear you through the whineAnd the Westerham lineman is still on the line. Telegraph poles for Chevening Halt have been delivered and planted, Ratio poles with footholds cut off and with the insulators turned upside down, straining wires and a representation of an adjuster added made from florists wire. Five lines of fine cotton for the lines, and some cut down net curtain with some twine glued on, to take the phone lines under the bridge. ( you wait when Mrs W Station finds out about the one short net curtain.) Some pictures of progress so far. PS. for some reason the photos are not displaying in the correct order. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted July 17, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 17, 2015 See, I knew you'd be up the pole eventually, it was only a matter of time... Nice job, very effective. How many more have you got to plant between Westerham and Chevening? Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted July 17, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 17, 2015 Your ingenuity when it comes to adapting every day items for modeling purposes never ceases to amaze Adrian. regards Shaun. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted July 20, 2015 Share Posted July 20, 2015 Just the ticket! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rue_d_etropal Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I only just found this thread. When I saw the article in magazine I emailed Ben to say I was impressed. I remember playing on the trackbed as a child(well nearly a teenager). My parents moved to Sevenoaks in the mid 60s, we lived just up from Riverhead on the A25. The Sevenaoks bypass was being built at the time, but we used to walk over the Chevening. I remember the bridge and the lane next to the trees on the north side of the bridge. There was no sign of the old halt, but I think we must have cycled down to Brasted station, as I remember the old station and have a couple of photos taken with my then brand new Instamatic camera. The old station at Westerham I think had already been demolished by the time I was looking around there. I remember one of my friends at school was planning a model of Westerham in P4. P4 was just starting to get publicity, but I am not sure the layout ever got built. I seem to remember my friend was the son of the no2 to the vicar at Westerham. I mentioned the new bypass, the junction with the A25 was massive, so I think there were already plans to link to the then not built M25. I certainly remember seeing footings to the north, before it was officially approved(memory not photos ). Given the route the Westerham branch line took, there would not have been room to keep it and build the motorway, so the line was doomed. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted July 25, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted July 25, 2015 (edited) Sequins, pearls and bamboo. I new some of that old glam rock stuff would come in handy one day. Chevening Halt needs 4 lights to guide any passengers up and down the stairs and onto the platform, the originals that used to illuminate these areas were just telegraph poles with a lamp fastened to the side of the pole. I have used a bamboo barbeque skewer, reduced in diameter by turning it down in the cordless drill with some sandpaper. The lamp and shade were made from a pearl bead and a sequin threaded onto some florists wire. the little bit at the top of the shade was some insulation from a bit of flex all secured with some superglue. A capping from a piece of card was made for the top of the pole. Some pictures of progress so far. Now were did I put that Marc Bolan LP. Apologies I have just looked and the pictures are out of sequence. Edited July 25, 2015 by westerhamstation 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted July 25, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 25, 2015 I.m disappointed that you aren't going to make them work... But they are superb, a lovely bit of modelling, and the whole area of the steps looks great. Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted July 27, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 27, 2015 Hi Adrian I took inspiration and ordered a load of Texan size coffee stirrers (because everything is bigger in Texas) and made a bridge last weekend. You wouldn't believe the amount of PVA I got through! My flocking needs more work though... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 It's Ok Adrian....... Hi Adrian I took inspiration and ordered a load of Texan size coffee stirrers (because everything is bigger in Texas) and made a bridge last weekend. You wouldn't believe the amount of PVA I got through! image1.JPG My flocking needs more work though... there will be lots of people flocking to help .... and there's plenty there already .... unless there is some other flocking going on, that I have missed in the picture .... oops - It's that hat and coat time again ....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Sequins, pearls and bamboo. I new some of that old glam rock stuff would come in handy one day. Chevening Halt needs 4 lights to guide any passengers up and down the stairs and onto the platform, the originals that used to illuminate these areas were just telegraph poles with a lamp fastened to the side of the pole. I have used a bamboo barbeque skewer, reduced in diameter by turning it down in the cordless drill with some sandpaper. The lamp and shade were made from a pearl bead and a sequin threaded onto some florists wire. the little bit at the top of the shade was some insulation from a bit of flex all secured with some superglue. A capping from a piece of card was made for the top of the pole. Some pictures of progress so far. Now were did I put that Marc Bolan LP. Apologies I have just looked and the pictures are out of sequence. Just get's better and better Adrian, if your down this way, visiting Westerrham, you can finish off DP, for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted July 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 28, 2015 I used some of those beads to make the lights on Santa Barbara. They are really useful being available in so many different shapes and sizes. I took my other half with me so I wasnt quite so embarrassed looking through them in Hobbycraft!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Superb workmanship and ideas Adrian, really looking good, well done, keep it up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Strathwood Posted July 28, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 28, 2015 Hi Adrian I took inspiration and ordered a load of Texan size coffee stirrers (because everything is bigger in Texas) and made a bridge last weekend. You wouldn't believe the amount of PVA I got through! image1.JPG My flocking needs more work though... Crikey how big is your craft knife??? Kevin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 What a great idea !!! Locked in the vault now for possible future use Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronstrutt Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I'm about to drive back from Reigate to Norfolk, with a diversion to Westerham for an all stations trip to Dunton Green taking photographs of the line as it is today. I'm also going to try to walk along the surviving stretch between Westerham and the motorway with the permission of the landowner. The good news is that a contract for my book about the line is about to be signed. The sad news is that it will only cover the closure and preservation periods. I'd been happily writing away and discovered that I was heading towards a 200,000 word epic. That would, unfortunately, have pushed the book into a price bracket that would have severely limited its sales, to the point of being uneconomic. Having said that, though, the 1950-65 period is probably the most interesting in the line's history though it probably won't appeal much to those who want to know which engine worked the 2.43 on Easter Sunday 1945. But for those who want to know how and why lines such as Westerham were closed and why the preservation scheme failed, it will be an eye-opener. It will come with a CD-ROM which will include reproductions of the important BR and Ministry of Transport documents of the period. My work on the earlier period won't be wasted though - there's at least a couple of magazine articles to be had from it and I am also thinking of producing a strictly-limited edition of the complete thing for Kent Libraries and the National Railway Museum so that future researchers will have access to it. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigherb Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I'm about to drive back from Reigate to Norfolk, with a diversion to Westerham for an all stations trip to Dunton Green taking photographs of the line as it is today. I'm also going to try to walk along the surviving stretch between Westerham and the motorway with the permission of the landowner. Don't try and drive down the south part of Combe Bank Drive if you only have a car, it really is bad, you will probably bottom out and it is not easy to turn around. Enter from the Pilgrims way. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronstrutt Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Don't try and drive down the south part of Combe Bank Drive if you only have a car, it really is bad, you will probably bottom out and it is not easy to turn around. Enter from the Pilgrims way. Thank you for the warning. Noted! It looks as bad as Combe Bank Cutting used to be. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted August 9, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 9, 2015 Crikey how big is your craft knife??? Kevin Never mind the knife, how big was the cup of coffee ??!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted August 9, 2015 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted August 9, 2015 (edited) I'm about to drive back from Reigate to Norfolk, with a diversion to Westerham for an all stations trip to Dunton Green taking photographs of the line as it is today. I'm also going to try to walk along the surviving stretch between Westerham and the motorway with the permission of the landowner. The good news is that a contract for my book about the line is about to be signed. The sad news is that it will only cover the closure and preservation periods. I'd been happily writing away and discovered that I was heading towards a 200,000 word epic. That would, unfortunately, have pushed the book into a price bracket that would have severely limited its sales, to the point of being uneconomic. Having said that, though, the 1950-65 period is probably the most interesting in the line's history though it probably won't appeal much to those who want to know which engine worked the 2.43 on Easter Sunday 1945. But for those who want to know how and why lines such as Westerham were closed and why the preservation scheme failed, it will be an eye-opener. It will come with a CD-ROM which will include reproductions of the important BR and Ministry of Transport documents of the period. My work on the earlier period won't be wasted though - there's at least a couple of magazine articles to be had from it and I am also thinking of producing a strictly-limited edition of the complete thing for Kent Libraries and the National Railway Museum so that future researchers will have access to it. Hi Ron, best of luck with the book, I will be looking forward to it. Hope you enjoy your trip along the route of the line, a picture of how it was today at Chevening Halt with the sun out. all the best Adrian Edited August 9, 2015 by westerhamstation 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronstrutt Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Hi Ron, best of luck with the book, I will be looking forward to it. Hope you enjoy your trip along the route of the line, a picture of how it was today at Chevening Halt with the sun out. all the best Adrian Sadly I had to postpone the photographic trip. The M25 was in a particularly bad state yesterday afternoon and I didn't want to risk it getting worse. Unfortunately I'm finding driving tiring enough at the moment without coping with traffic jams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Never mind the knife, how big was the cup of coffee ??!!t Just standard USA .............. Cup....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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