cornish trains jez Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 I've been considering seasons for Par. I'm kinda thinking height of Summer however Spring is tempting too. Anyone else as mad as me to model a particular season or is this something everyone does?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 Could even go for winter.....dump a load of snow down and cover up all those strips of slabs that I have painstakingly scribed!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I think you have to mate. Im modelling late summer on mine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TrevorP1 Posted July 28, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 28, 2014 I've been considering seasons for Par. I'm kinda thinking height of Summer however Spring is tempting too. Anyone else as mad as me to model a particular season or is this something everyone does?? I think choosing the season is vital. Summer is always good but how about autumn with all those colours? TP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 Autumn could provide some interesting colours. Or I could go really mad and do a wet summers day!!! All those puddles of water to model!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 Well. I've been "slabbing" happy tonight and have almost finished the island platform on board 2. I've added some filler to the joins of the non slabbed area and also a little to bring the slabs and concrete areas together. A bit late now to take photos as they always seem to come out with a yellow tinge from the light in the modelling room. I'll take a few photos tomorrow morning before work and then post them on when I get back home. RSLR Reece, I'll take one with a DMU as you requested this in a post a little while back. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PaulCheffus Posted July 28, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 28, 2014 I've been considering seasons for Par. I'm kinda thinking height of Summer however Spring is tempting too. Anyone else as mad as me to model a particular season or is this something everyone does?? Hi My layout when I get around to the scenery will be set in Autumn to reflect the decline of the line. Cheers Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 Well here are some shots of the completed slabs on the island platform on board 2. There is still some filler to sand down but it gives an idea and I'm quite pleased with the result, well worth the effort of scribing all the strips of plastic. The pattern of slabs is almost accurate and true to the original. Next will be to build the island canopy, which once built, will finish off the island platform nicely! Best regards, Jeremy 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branwell Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I do like those platforms. May have to try something similar. Regards, David V. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 Here are a few more close ups. Best regards, Jeremy 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSLR Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Looks fantastic Jerry, should be awesome with some colour on there with a load of station staff and a few waiting passengers - be sure to model Tiddles Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Looking very good Jeremy. As said itll be good to see some colour on them! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 (edited) Cheers guys. Glad to know my efforts have paid off. Been looking at numerous photos of Par today and it looks like I'll need a fair mixture of variations of grey to paint individual slabs and then a wash of all the colours followed by a wash of dirty black to bring it all together. Tonight's work has been to rebuild the Y turnout where the line diverges to Newquay as I still wasn't happy with it. I've now soldered a brand new V crossing together and it looks a whole load better and neater. I'll finish this off over the next couple of evenings. Day off work on Satuurday and I plan to spend the majority of the day on Par.........don't tell the wife!!! Edited July 29, 2014 by cornish trains jez 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSLR Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Thats a proper labour of love! The cat shouldn't be Tiddles though, we did have a station cat at one point .....who one day went "walkabout" Just giving an example, all the Proper stations have cats Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted July 29, 2014 Author Share Posted July 29, 2014 Wasn't swampy the graffiti guy? Maybe a cat who does graffiti!! Ha ha!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSLR Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Wasn't swampy the graffiti guy? Maybe a cat who does graffiti!! Ha ha!! Nah that's the 'modern' image when vandals moved into the Par area. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSLR Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Cheers guys. Glad to know my efforts have paid off. Been looking at numerous photos of Par today and it looks like I'll need a fair mixture of variations of grey to paint individual slabs and then a wash of all the colours followed by a wash of dirty black to bring it all together. Tonight's work has been to rebuild the Y turnout where the line diverges to Newquay as I still wasn't happy with it. I've now soldered a brand new V crossing together and it looks a whole load better and neater. I'll finish this off over the next couple of evenings. Day off work on Satuurday and I plan to spend the majority of the day on Par.........don't tell the wife!!! Been looking into doing something similar myself although in the slightly larger scale of 4mm on my platforms, I'll probably do like you and use a few mixes of greys mixed up to a couple of pics with a wash of blackish colour between the joins. I look forward to seeing your efforts. I think the platform paving stones are are a mix of cut granite and cast replacements. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 Spent the evening last night working on the track work. Still not being entirely happy with the V crossing on the Y turnout which gives access to the Newquay line, I decided to rip it up and have a 4th attempt to get it right. It now looks spot on and I'm pleased with it now. I also manged to lay one of the curves that runs round to the Newquay branch and also the line which heads back onto the mainline. Just need to add the dropper wires and then finish the last few sleepers and it will be done. I'll post some photos over the weekend and hope to spend more time on the layout tomorrow with hopefully some more progress to report. My "Par mojo" is certainly back now!! Best regards, Jeremy 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted August 2, 2014 Author Share Posted August 2, 2014 Good evening, Over the last few evenings I have managed to get some work in on the trackwork as detailed in my previous post. With a bit of a hangover today and family over, the modelling room door has remained closed and work will resume later tonight and tomorrow. However, I have manged to take a couple of progress shots to show how the easitrac is coming along. Best regards, Jeremy 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted August 3, 2014 Author Share Posted August 3, 2014 Well, I've been back on it today! (The layout not the beers!!) The final bits of easitrac have been laid and I have soldered all the dropper wires into position ready for connection underneath the board. Here are some more progress shots. Another close up shot of the slabs, seems to show them a bit better. This week I'll be cracking on with the track work on board 1 and then probably back to more buildings. Well it's off to the outlaws now for a few beers in their garden and a catch up! Best regards, Jeremy 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 Good morning, On the agenda for tonights modelling session will be sorting out the island platform canopy. I started this little structure quite a while back so it will be nice to see this progress a little now as it will make the island platform feel a little more like Par. Photos to follow.... Best regards, Jeremy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 Good afternoon, The platform canopy is making slow progression but here are a couple of progress shots. As mentioned before, I'm building it to as close to the prototype as possible by using various shapes and sizes of plastic strip and some parts from Ratio's GWR island platform canopy kit. While the detailing on these parts isn't quite like the one at Par, it's as close as!! So I have fitted the "I" section support girders and have added 4 of the cross trusses. I just need to source one more canopy kit from somewhere to provide me with the part for the last cross truss. In the meantime, I'll press on with the other parts that form the canopy. More to follow soon! Best regards, Jeremy 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Looking very good Jez. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornish trains jez Posted August 17, 2014 Author Share Posted August 17, 2014 Looking very good Jez. Cheers mate! It should look pretty good once finished. Still plenty to do though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted August 17, 2014 Share Posted August 17, 2014 Worth the effort though it seems! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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