Westerham, + Weald. Tarmac surface for the platform

[dasatcopthorne]

Hi Dave, these pictures are so useful, and what a great record of what has now vanished for ever. Digital cameras should now enable us to record all the things that we think will be there for ever, but in a blink of an eye are suddenly gone, and we only have what's in our minds eye as to what they were like. Thank you for sharing your images with us. All the best Adrian.

 

You're welcome.

 

Dave

[C&WR]

Very interested in seeing how this comes out, Adrian.  Funnily enough having received my Bachmann S-Stock set for Christmas gone I'm planning something similar, imagining that the Underground had made it out to the Waterloo-Deptford direction.  

 

The idea is to have essentially a diorama with elevated railway lines running through it & some sort of representation of Borough Market between two lines.  Interested to see the low relief factory, too, I am using this kit to produce a scenic break to the "inland" end of my home railway!

[westerhamstation]

At last some progress on Ewer Street and the Grand Vitesse (or in this case Mini Vitesse). It is proving a bit of a challenge to cram it in to the space available, without losing the feel of the original.

   Corrugated cardboard that a boiler came in, is providing all the card for the elevated section, and will also be  used for the carcassing of the buildings. As it is

double corrugated, it is really strong and can be cut on one side following the corrugations allowing it to be curved to support the elevated section. The Mdf baseboard was cut either side of where the track will rise to meet the raised section to give a smooth approach, it is just flexible enough to be able to raise it about 5mm. I hope the pictures show what i have been up to.  All the best Adrian.

 

[jcredfer]

WHAT???     ......   call yourself some sort of a modeller   .............   putting creature comforts before materiels for the layout   .....   Whatever next - what a total disgrace to these posts   ......   go and stand in the corner, until you can come and apologise properly   .....     :jester:

 

Apart from that - it seems to be coming along very nicely.  :sungum:

 

J

[Alister_G]

Nice work Adrian, great use of materials.

 

I see you are routing your high level track through the fridge, as I was doing earlier.

 

Al.

[jcredfer]

Nice work Adrian, great use of materials.

 

I see you are routing your high level track through the fridge, as I was doing earlier.

 

Al.

 

 

BLIMEY!!!      ..........   two of Uum!!              ......................                      .........................      Fr...     ...........................    Fridge???         

 

 

 

J

[westerhamstation]

Hi Al and Julian, thanks for your comments.

Point 1. Regarding buying a boiler as a ruse just for the cardboard it was wrapped in. Myself and Mrs W Station will keep ourselves warm this winter with a bowl of gruel, and a brisk rub down with the Sporting Life. The cardboard was obtained from my next door neighbour who was throwing it out for the bin men/women.

Point 2. The line going through the fridge route. London has/had numerous brewerys, and as I keep my beer in the fridge as I am guessing you do Al what better than a siding in the fridge for direct delivery of beer to the operator. I hope this answers your points raised. All the best cold and drunk Adrian.

[ronstrutt]

Just received Hornby's latest email, referring to this:

http://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/news/the-engine-shed/2017-announcement-the-wainwright-h-class/

 

Whoopee!

[jcredfer]

Just received Hornby's latest email, referring to this:

http://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/news/the-engine-shed/2017-announcement-the-wainwright-h-class/

 

Whoopee!

 

 

Now you just be calmer now    ...............   and don't go trying to hold your breath, for too long     .......   

[ChrisN]

Just received Hornby's latest email, referring to this:

http://www.Hornby.com/uk-en/news/the-engine-shed/2017-announcement-the-wainwright-h-class/

 

Whoopee!

 

Warning! Warning! Thread Hijack!

 

One day they will produce an LCDR Locomotive, maybe.  Until then I will just have to model the Cambrian.

[westerhamstation]

Three Cheers For Hornby.

Thanks for the heads up chaps I would have missed seeing the announcement, All the best Adrian.

[Andrew P]

Three Cheers For Hornby.

Thanks for the heads up chaps I would have missed seeing the announcement, All the best Adrian.

So can I take it that you quite pleased then? hahhahah

 

All the best.

[westerhamstation]

Crossrail borrowed the Brasted Ballaster with added toothbrush (I hope they have looked after it). for a  job they were doing in London, and have just delivered it back to Ewer street and the Grand Vittesse.

   Now I can start the ballasting, as the tracks are down and fixed with spray carpet adhesive, slots have been cut for seep point motors, droppers have been soldered on, also the track has been painted with a rattle cans, a shade of matt brown with a very light dusting of Nato green wet on wet.

  Some pictures of progress so far. 

[manna]

G'day Gents

 

That'll be out of gauge........... But good progress.

 

manna

[ChrisN]

What a clever set of pictures.  I am surprised the Brasted Ballaster with added toothbrush managed to fit down the Crossrail tunnels, they must be bigger than I thought.  The trackwork is looking good.

[JCL]

Marvellous! For a minute there I thought you'd modified that chassis and that the ballaster was now fully automated within a permanent way train. It ballasts while you put the kettle on. Though I was wondering how the toothbrush was going to get on going over points. Maybe some sort of retracting mechanism...hmmm.

Edited October 15, 2016 by JCL

[jcredfer]

Oh  .....   lummy!!!      

 

Marvellous! For a minute there I thought you'd modified that chassis and that the ballaster was now fully automated within a permanent way train. It ballasts while you put the kettle on. Though I was wondering how the toothbrush was going to get on going over points. Maybe some sort of retracting mechanism...hmmm.

 

 

..........................     He's got enough ideas, without anything like that one!!         

[westerhamstation]

Oh  .....   lummy!!!      

 

 

 

..........................     He's got enough ideas, without anything like that one!!         

Hi Jason and Julian, Plans for the MK 2.

(design by H.Robinson)

[JCL]

Bum, now you've got me thinking, and I've enough to do...although... a couple of bogies, stout card (do they sell stout card now, or is it just thick?)... pva...hearth brush for the larger scales,... do you still have the other half of your toothbrush? You could have a fleet!

 

Would you include sound or just rattle some stones in a box while it's moving?

[jcredfer]

Oh my goodness - gracious me!!  .........  

 

Bum, now you've got me thinking, and I've enough to do...although... a couple of bogies, stout card [!!](do they sell stout card now, or is it just thick?)... pva...

hearth brush [!!].....   [!!]   for the larger scales,... do you still have the other half of your toothbrush? You could have a fleet!

Would you include sound or just rattle some stones in a box while it's moving?

 

..........   let me guess now   ............   ah yes, there it is   ...........   you still uncouple trucks with one of those things for removing hooves from stoned horses!! 

 

J

Edited October 16, 2016 by jcredfer

[westerhamstation]

The site of Ewer Street and the Grand (in my case small) Vittesse and surrounding lines were built on brick arches. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_and_Greenwich_Railway

The thought of cutting all those arches and forming the curved brickwork in plasticard was putting my mojo in deep freeze mode.

. So I have decided to use Scalescenes dark brown brick arches and brick paper for all the arches/retaining walls and buildings that are needed, this can be weathered with chalks as needed, and give me the uniform dirty grimey look of the area.

 When I started building the arches I quickly realised that it is not just a quick sticking of paper onto card and job done. As much care and thought is needed as if you were scratch building in plasticard, to get a decent result. Saying that I am finding it a very satisfying medium to work with, and other structures might be a mix of both materials. Some pictures of progress so far. All the best Adrian.

[Andrew P]

Excellent work on the Arches Adrian, really nice idea.

[CME and Bottlewasher]

Hi Adrian,

 

Lovely work on your shed - just reading through your Thread, excellent work and superb progress BTW - I model in 7mm nearly everything has to be built - although there are one or two easy-build kits, here are a few photos (I will remove them if they are too much of a hijack  ).

 

I have used coffee stirrers on the engine-shed doors of my loco shed (which is a modified RTP Bachmann item - which may be replaced if time and thus scratch-building permits).

 

The little Peco Lineside hut (I have a wooden version to build) is a nice little kit, yet I have merely painted and weathered the roof, knowing it needs some battening around the edges and something else done to the roof so as to better represent mineralised roofing felt.

 

Seeing the roof on your hut - in the How Realistic Are Your Models Thread - and your work here has inspired me to revisit the roof on my model before it goes on the layout.

 

Keep up the great work and many thanks for the help its greatly appreciated.

 

Kind regards with thanks,

 

CME

 

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[Alister_G]

Those arches really look great, Adrian.

 

I don't blame you for balking at the thought of doing them in styrene though, both in terms of cost and sheer volume of work, there would have been a lot of faff to get them done properly.

 

The end result, with your usual superlative weathering, looks spot on.

 

Al.

[westerhamstation]

The site for the semi low relief  jam / biscuit /custard powder whatever factory has been started, I am going to use the scalescenes t27 low relief factory in dark brown brick as a starting point (http://scalescenes.com/product/t027-low-relief-factory/). In its basic form it measures 295mm long, the space that i need to cover is 800mm x 150mm so a lot of additions are needed. It will be a mix of card and plasticard, and when finished will cover the tracks on the left hand side of the baseboard.

After building the first of the arches, a few lessons have been learned, and a couple of tools have been purchased. I was using a carpenters try square which was not that square, so an engineer square has been purchased, also a wallpaper seam roller, which makes such a difference when glueing the various elements together. Some pictures of progress so far.

Edited November 7, 2016 by westerhamstation