Bakewell - Peak District Line BR - Layout Views

[Alister_G]

Thought I'd post some photos of what's been done over the weekend.

 

'Arry has been very busy, doing a lot of joinery, painting, and picture hanging, Whilst I've been supervising...

 

 

 

First, here's a couple of overviews of the booking hall and booking office insert:

 

 

 

 

 

Let's show some detail shots, first the booking office:

 

 

The big black thing on the wall is the ticket dispenser, it's not finished yet.

 

 

 

 

Next, the main booking hall:

 

 

 

 

And a couple of overhead shots:

 

 

 

I think this is about done now, but I need to order in some more materials before I move on to the next room.

 

It's amazing how much stuff has gone into this one section, I've used 2 full A4 sheets of 20thou black plastikard, and nearly 2 sheets of Slater's 2mm planking, as well as an impressive amount of various microstrip sizes.

 

I'll post more when I can, thanks for looking,

 

Al.

[RBE]

Great work Al. Its surprising how fast the plastic gets eaten up eh. Ive just had to buy myself over 10 sheets of 2mm scale stone for the viaducts on MD. Those bloody things have cost well over £160 so far and my time to build em. Worth it when finished though. Same Im sure can be said for your station!.

[Alister_G]

Hi Mate, thanks.

 

Yeah, I haven't stopped and added up what I've spent on materials - to be honest I really don't want to know!

[LNER4479]

Looks great Al, cracking close up shots. And you'll be pleased to know that I spotted it was a ticket dispenser before you mentioned it!

[JCL]

That's fantastic Al, I'm sat here with my mouth open! I kept paging up and down to look at the different photos.

[freebs]

Yep, I have to agree, Al that interior is absolutely spot on!

[ChrisN]

Al,

Yes I agree with all of the above, it does look good and I see that you have gone in for 00 painting as well, do you use a magnifying glass? 

 

Seriously though, where did you get the timetables from, are they generic or specific to the line?

[uax6]

OMG! I've not popped in here for a bit. It seems we've moved into miniature dolls house type stuff. I'm gobsmacked, I could never have that level of skill!

 

Fantastic. BTW just how much can you see through the windows?

 

Andy G

[Alister_G]

Al,

Yes I agree with all of the above, it does look good and I see that you have gone in for 00 painting as well, do you use a magnifying glass? 

 

Seriously though, where did you get the timetables from, are they generic or specific to the line?

 

Hi Chris, thank you very much.

 

You credit me with too much obsession No the timetables aren't the right ones - I think they're for Selby, Doncaster and London (Kings Cross), but they're of the right period, and don't look out of place, I just googled Railway Timetables and found some images which I shrunk down and then printed.

 

Mind you, having said I'm not obsessive, I did take the time to make sure the posters are authentic - I think I've posted before about a couple of sites which have a massive range of images of old railway posters, and I was able to find ones for Buxton, the Peak District and Derbyshire, as well as adverts for the Blue Pullman service, which again I shrunk and printed on high quality photo paper.

 

They've turned out quite well, I think.

 

Cheers,

 

Al.

[Alister_G]

OMG! I've not popped in here for a bit. It seems we've moved into miniature dolls house type stuff. I'm gobsmacked, I could never have that level of skill!

 

Fantastic. BTW just how much can you see through the windows?

 

Andy G

 

Thanks Andy, You're the second person to mention doll's houses

 

Maybe I've found a new career??

 

I'll try and take some photos from the outside, to show how much is visible through the windows, but I think the answer is "enough to make it worthwhile", the building is full of windows...

 

In fact, the next job - whilst I wait for fresh supplies of flooring -  is to start adding the external windows and doors, something I'm not particularly looking forward to.

 

Cheers

 

Al.

[Holmesfeldian]

As posted to the Millers Dale in N pages...

 

If you want to run authentic head codes and workings, here's the penultimate WTT for passenger trains 1966-67 a year before closure.

 

Stopping times are bold, else just passing times are shown. What strikes you is how quick trains were between stops despite the line being in its death throws and relatively sparse traffic by this time!

 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/iwh0av0jx8iphni/Peak%20Line%20Passenger%20WTT.pdf

[Alister_G]

That's great, thank you very much.

[Jaz]

All those little pieces add up to a magnificent representation....beautiful, love the mirrors.

[Alister_G]

A number of you have asked whether much of the interior detail I have done will actually be seen once in place in the building.

 

A fair point, so here's some photos to show you.

 

Here's the first module slid into the building structure:

 

 

And here's the view from the platform side.

 

 

Most of this will be obscured by the canopies, and is facing away from the front of the layout, so you won't see much from above, but if I take photos of the layout from eye level, you will see this sort of thing:

 

 

However, most of the time, normal viewers will see the view from the car-park side, and you will see this:

 

 

 

and if you stick your nose up close, you'll see this:

 

 

On balance, I reckon it was worth spending the time to do the detail.

 

This layout is unlikely to be exhibited, it's stuck pretty firmly in the cellar, so the majority of the time it will be seen in photographs - which have a nasty habit of exposing missing details!

 

I may put the buildings on show somewhere though, and then people will be able to stare through the windows.

 

Thanks for looking,

 

Al.

[freebs]

Brilliant Al - worth the effort, even if it's just to up your game and improve skills

[Removed a/c]

Have to agree with freebs Al. Looks great !! 

[Jaz]

I agreed too, and anyway I thing it's a cool idea, visitors will be impressed. You'll have to make VERY clean windows to maximise the view.

[ChrisN]

Al,

Once the roof is on it will be a bit dark so I am not sure how much you will be able to see but it is definately worth it.  I decided just before I started to build the ratio station kit that I would model the interior.  Some of it is scratchbuilt and some is Springeside and to be honest I do not care whether they can see Jones the Fare sitting on his stool as I will know he is there.  I have glued the outside doors open though.

 

As for clean windows Monty's do some one to sort that out.  He is a scale 7ft tall so he will not need a ladder.

 

Internal doors.  I should have said this earlier but have you cut holes for them.  If not just mark them where they need to be on the walls, just a mark at the bottom.  Cut out the door surrounds, in either one or two layers.  You will need four sides and two tops.  Cut them out so that you know the sides are the same length and the tops are the same length.  Glue one set of surrounds on on one side and providing the first one is perfectly vertical, when you put the other side on it will match.  Then do the door pattern assuming that there were Vctorian style panelled doors.  If you do not do this then you have to make your doors fit somehow and have door surrounds.

 

Does that make sense?  I did not do it that way but I will next time as it will look better than what I have produced.

 

I think the interior is brilliant and have to stop feelings of envy every time I see it.  Excellent!

[JCL]

Now that's cool! I know you said you'll probably not put lighting inside the buildings, but just in case you change your mind, you could light a small city with this 12V DC LED lighting strip: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Flexiable-KITCHENS-LIGHTING-RESTAURANTS-DELIVERY/dp/B007O4I30O/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1385508058&sr=8-6&keywords=led+strip . They can be cut every three LEDs and wired up.

[Guest bri.s]

Very,very nice modelling

 

Brian

[stannyblade]

Poundland have some Xmas Led lights in at the minute that may well do a job. Think they are white as well rather than multicoloured

[Andrew P]

Hi Al that looks the Dogs mate, well done yet again, I recon a Yellow LED in each room should be enough to make out the details inside.

 

Andy

[C&WR]

I must admit I am an aficionado of lighting interiors to show off what's in there.  Copper tape and LEDs are your friend - you can paint over to hide the tape.

 

Only thing is, as someone pointed put, that then leads to the need to make the platform lights work... 

[jon_1066]

You've got to at least leave the provision to light it inside.  All that beautiful detail will be pretty hard to see once the roof is on without an internal light.

[Alister_G]

Thanks for all your comments and suggestions.

 

I think the consensus is that I should light the interior of the building

 

However, for now, let's get on with providing something to make lighting it worthwhile.

 

I've started on the next set of rooms, which are the First Class waiting room, and the Station Master's office. These will be to the left of the building looking from the platform side.

 

So here's the kit of parts cut out of black 20thou plasticard:

 

 

The interior wall between the waiting room and the office needs building up, so I've made it so it will be three thicknesses laminated together:

 

Here's one side with the second layer of interior bracing applied:

 

 

Most of the rest of the pictures in this post are showing how I built the fireplace and chimney for the waiting room.

 

So, starting with the blank wall, I mark out the dimensions of the chimney, and cut a piece of 2mm stone courses to fit, this will hopefully keep everything else square:

 

 

Then, I add the sides of the chimney, and the hearth:

 

 

I cut another piece the width of the chimney, which will form the chimney breast, and add the fireplace details:

 

 

I've now painted the interior stone in Humbrol Matt Sand:

 

 

Once that had dried, and some time after, when I'd painted the wall, I came back to it and painted over the inside with Humbrol Dirty Black:

 

 

The next couple of photos show how I cut out the grate from a piece of 2mm planking:

 

 

 

 

Finally, here's the completed fireplace and chimney painted up:

 

 

More in a minute, thanks for looking.

 

Al.