Gravy Train Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 Hi Lee, don't worry about that,:-) you were asking a valid question, I look at buildings sometimes, especially photos and can't really make out what I see so have to hazzard a guess based on past experience, to judge that what I'm looking at is what I think it is. cheers Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravy Train Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 I have been hesitant to post these photos as the colour reproduction on the photos give the brickwork in the arches a pink colour, bizzarre! :-) cheers Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Do you think it's supposed to be something more like this? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravy Train Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 Hi Lee, yes, but the brickwork should be more darker, alltho in real life not too red but much more than the photo show's, the stonework was nearer too the colour and perhaps more to what you have done there, it should lokk like the Viaduct i did earlier in the thread. cheers Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravy Train Posted October 7, 2013 Author Share Posted October 7, 2013 (edited) Hi Folks Further down the Network but on the same layout/plan the other part GARSDALE, here the ( Signal box ) more to follow Edited February 1, 2020 by Gravy Train 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Do you think it's supposed to be something more like this? retouch.jpg Many buildings in Carlisle are built from Permian red sandstone, which is brick red in colour, especially when weathered... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartM Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Excellent model, impressed! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartM Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 Hi Folks,this is the only photo I have of no5 here is No5 Carlisle, this box ha the correct amount of levers and all in their appropriate place :-) Any chance of some (un-blurred) photos of this impressive model as I would really like to see the detail, very inspiring Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravy Train Posted October 8, 2013 Author Share Posted October 8, 2013 Hi Folks, chees for the encouraging comments, very much appreciated. Hi StuatM, unfortunately this is the only photo I have of the box unless I can get a photo of it in situ on the layout, from memory I think there were 185 levers installed of which were all in there correct order as from the original lever diagram, there is also interior detailing and a light also. cheers Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravy Train Posted March 16, 2014 Author Share Posted March 16, 2014 Here are some photos of Victoria Viaduct sat on my lounge floor. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micknich2003 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Excellant, as always. Mick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain C Robinson Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Superb work, what a job! cheers, Iain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Absolutely top gun stuff Peter, but I bet that gave you a few headaches working out the geometry for that lot! Cheers Mate, keep up the brilliant work, you're an inspiratrion to us all. Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brass0four Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Well said, Allan - and from an expert eye! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravy Train Posted March 21, 2014 Author Share Posted March 21, 2014 Roadside building 2 although this building now complete, here is a photo of the early progress of construction. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 Reasonably tidy work station there Peter, or was that just for the photograph ?! - mine you can't even see the work top ! That's a mighty impressive building there and I reckon you must be using Slaters jumbo sized styrene sheets as I do ?? Cheers. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravy Train Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 (edited) Hi Alan, yes reasonably tidy, the day before the photo was unrecognisable, I have used 1mm mounting board for the shell with a layer of 20thou plastic sheet and layers of brickwork/stone sheets of Slaters followed by inner bracing of stripwood 21mmx12mm. I am refraining from posting up the finished product in respect for the customers wishes to see the model first, then I will post up. The middle building that is seen on the laptop is the model in question, the first building was the Ballantyne building and the end one 'the Hotel' comes next in order. cheers Pete Edited March 22, 2014 by Gravy Train Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravy Train Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 more photos 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted March 22, 2014 Share Posted March 22, 2014 There's brilliant model makers and there's Peter Leyland - need I say more ? Cheers. Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAB Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 .. and Gravy Train is definitely one of the latter ... as well as one of the former - and many thanks to him for the super posts... Cheers, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisH-UK Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Somehow I'd managed to overlook that stunning building at the north end of the station, ever since I stumbled across this thread I've been wondering how I was going to represent it. I just figured it out, I take one of your workbench pics, print it out on plain paper, pritt stick it to a piece of board as a photo backdrop and it will automatically look better than anything I can produce. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
citadel12003 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 I am not often on this Forum although I joined up several years ago.... Today I stumbled upon this thread and am in awe of the work done in the pictures above. I am even more impressed because I am working on my own depiction of Carlisle (from 1985ish up to date!) and realise only too well what a challenge there is in producing such stunning models. My baseboards are built partly open-top to help me create some of the varied levels in and around the station. I think the Victoria Viaduct has been beautifully captured along with Ballantynes building. My skill level is such that I have to make some compromises here and there but this work clearly sets an inspirational example as well as a challenge. Will fuller details of the layout as well as the rest of your building work for Carlisle emerge in due course? Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravy Train Posted March 25, 2014 Author Share Posted March 25, 2014 Hi folks, thanks so much for your appreciative comments, very much appreciated. Hi Tom, Another, modelling Carlisle, there are at least 3 on here modelling Carlisle, as you say it is a huge undertaking, how much of the layout are you modelling, I must point out that the layout is not mine, I am commissioned to build various models of the structures in its environs as a model maker. How far have you got with the layout thus far and have you any photos to share with us? Many thanks for your kind comments Peter A L 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
citadel12003 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Hi folks, thanks so much for your appreciative comments, very much appreciated. Hi Tom, Another, modelling Carlisle, there are at least 3 on here modelling Carlisle, as you say it is a huge undertaking, how much of the layout are you modelling, I must point out that the layout is not mine, I am commissioned to build various models of the structures in its environs as a model maker. How far have you got with the layout thus far and have you any photos to share with us? Many thanks for your kind comments Peter A L Hi Peter, How much am I modelling and how far have I got???? The "scenic" bit of my model will stretch from the over bridge beyond Victoria Viaduct in the north to the over bridge over the WCML just before Upperby, and will include the diverging Eastern lines (Newcastle and S&C) and the Maryport line. This will be housed in a shed in the garden which is now complete with an internal space of 25ft by 8ft. While this seemed generous I had several goes at "distilling" the essence of Carlisle into a plan which was drawn out full size on lining paper and that needed several reworkings in order to get it to fit. I have had to accept a ruling radius of 30' minimum on all lines except the Maryport one where I am down to 27" but I can live with this. I have a scan of the plan somewhere which I can post on here if that would be of interest (without hijacking your thread!). All baseboards have been completed (ply beam Barry Norman style) with an open top arrangement on the station side. Trackwork - Peco Code 75 - has been purchased and track laying is about to start. I could try to find some photos of the baseboards... I plan to operate using DCC which will be a first for me. My previous layouts have all been analogue, but I am so impressed with the capabilities of the digital stuff that I have decided to go that way. I will have to sell off some of my loco fleet in due course to pay for enough "chips" to get me started down that route but that's another story. I retired a few years ago so I theoretically have more time (when not babysitting grandchildren and decorating!!) but it's slow progress when you are working away on a project of this size. I was tempted to start an OMWB thread but I think folk may be quickly bored as there may not be much other than track laying and basic scenery to report for a while. What size is the layout for which you are doing the buildings? Is there a plan of it on here? Regards for now, Tom 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravy Train Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 Hi Tom, Well you appear to have it all planed out which is a must for a project like this, it will speed things up in the long term progress of the build, with regard to size of the layout I have built for, 'I think' but may be way of track, probably 100ft long, I will for sure be corrected on that. The trouble with Carlisle is its as wide as it is long in some respects given the diverging lines etc, no doubt you will have to resort to tailor made pointwork to get the trackwork in the space you have available. with regard to starting a thread, I think that would be a great idea and would certainly create interest. cheers Peter A L 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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