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Hi, I learnt by watching a few YouTube videos. You need to think of what you want as a building. Work on one side at a time. Think in basic shapes so a gable end is a square/oblong with a triangle on top. So you need a basic square sized to your scale in mm - use the x and y axis. Then use a triangle shape with the bottom edge the same width as the square shape. Place them exactly together using the coordinates on the top bar. Once both are sited use the weld tool in the righthand column. This will make both shapes a single entity. Windows are then squares (usually) that are sized appropriately and placed over the wall shape in the required location using the coordinate tool again (it's in mm). Once in place then you need to weld the two and delete the original window square. This leaves an appropriate opening the size of the window you need. Doors are done the same way. Remember, make every object out of a new shape from the left hand menu then weld once sized and placed. Then delete the original if you want a hole. For window frames, i use 1mm polycarbonate sheet with lines scribed at appropriate distances using the scribing tool. Hope this helps a bit? Cheers Stu

Hi, The GT Andrews designed trainshed is progressing well. I have it to a point where the outer wall is fixed in place, the ground where the removed platform was, has been covered and the roof has been formed with some internal trussing fitted. I soldered up some 0.8mm brass wire to represent trussing. I would have got a finer finish using 0.3mm but I had the former to hand and it can barely be seen when the roof is in place. An ariel view of the station so far with the trainshed roof in place. This is the view towards York. Once the greyboard is covered with slate tile paper it will start to look better. The view towards Scarborough. There's quite a bit of detailing to add to the roof. The ground needs painting with various shades of muck as do the bulidings before the roof can be fitted. The whole area remained pretty sooty and oily until the roof was demolished in the mid-80s. I hope anyone familiar with the station at the time will recognise it from this progress so far. Cheers Stu

Hi, I have begun to construct the overall roof. This no longer exists but other similar designs are extant at Filey and Beverley stations. First bit is the support wall between the up and down main lines that, prior to the 1966 remodelling, stood in the centre of the island platform. Here are 3 x 1mm thick greyboard arch wall sections ready to be laminated. Measurements are best guesses based on images all of which were at a 45 to 60 degree angle. These have been glued and covered in Scalescenes coursed ashlar paper. Further vertical strips were added to represent intermediate and end pillars. Images show 2 of the 8 arches were blocked in by wood planking and this has been recreated using thin wood sheet. The wood is gained from removing the sandpaper from used nail files. These will be painted a sooty grey and black as per images. The inside of the wall has been treated the same way but the blocked in arches had poster boards on them. Here's the wall shown between the main running lines in the gap created by the loss of the platform in '66. . The wall will have detailing added before fixing in place. Cheers Stu

Thank you for the interest and very kind words. I grew up in Malton in the 70s and can remember the station cafe from the platform side. It had a high ceiling with very traditional station buffet fittings. My abiding memory is the bell codes that sounded on the station when a train was approaching, the noise and bustle of its passing and fall back into peaceful quiet aside from birdsong and the dustant hum of road traffic. Cheers Stu

Early morning at Malton and 14 16t minerals loaded with coal have been left in the up loop awaiting a C&W inspection - probably a hot axle (they are fitted with Peco plastic axles for now...). Passing through the station are empty grain hoppers on the way to ABM at Knapton for loading. On the other side, here are the station buildings that no longer exist. Much of this area is built based on a best guesstimate. I assume these were a combination of stores warehousing and workshops associated with the general running of the area including branches, yards and depot. Anyone with knowledge of what these were used for? Cheers Stu

Ha yes - that oddity! I think it was removed in 66 when the up platform was demolished. I'm not sure if the gap left was bricked up. I would imagine there are no images of that!

Hi, I'm trying to create a layout with a full 360 deg view so all angles will be modelled. Here's some views of the platform side of the buildings. Most of these will be largely covered by the GT Andrews trainshed which is the next job on the list. This is the platform exit area with ticket office on one side and the news stand on the other. This image was taken prior to detailing and the construction of the main buildings. A wider view. The raised point marks the interface between the trainshed and canopy. Images from this period are fairly rare. I became a member of the North Eastern Railway Society to gain lots of information and widen my knowledge. They are brilliant with help and joining such organisations can be extremely helpful with projects like this. This is an early construction view of the west end of the station with the Station Master's house propped in position and a DMU pretending to be a local Scarborough to York train. Cheers Stu

Hi, I've been placing some of the progress of this diorama (to become a larger layout) on my Summer Saturdays thread. However, it's taking up increasingly more of my modelling time and enthusiasm and so I thought an independent thread would be better. We are planning a house move in a couple of years so I'm reluctant to construct anything with permanence and size that can't be moved without issues in the meantime. Therefore this will be a diorama which will be integrated into a permanent layout once we've moved. I've concentrated initial efforts on a managable board measuring 1220mm (48") by 450mm (just under 18"). All is 9mm plywood top and sides which has given me a strong but light board. This size allows me to get on with recreating the station building, main trainshed, bay canopy and platform from the west end to just past the end of the canopy cover at the east end of Malton. There have been many changes to rather complex buildings at Malton since opening. I have based my build on the period from 1966 to the mid-80s. This covers the period immediately after the removal the up platform, some sidings and the bay trackwork. However, the station buildings remained in-situ although rundown. Here's my efforts so far. This is 2mm scale with code 55 N gauge track. It's wired up for DCC and the single turnout on this board is operated by a Cobalt motor. This view shows the bay area with whitewashed back wall. The up loop and up main are in the foreground. The platform line is reversible. Most of this platform area will be covered with canopies. This is a general view of the station buildings from the opposite direction showing the frontage and station approach. The nearest building is the SM's house. The entrance is just past the 'phonebox. The large building beyond is the cafe. This area is still similar today. The buildings beyond the cafe are now gone with a supermarket covering this ground. This is a close up of the cafe. I have tried to capture the Italianate style of the original buildings. Construction is mainly greyboard, cereal box card and polycarbonate sheet (windows) with a 'brickpaper' overlay for walling. This view of the cafe is now partly obscured by a new pharmacy building. Cheers Stu

The plastic has deteriorated through exposure to the ultra violet radiation end of the light spectrum from our sun. All plastics will degrade eventually. If white dust is coming off it then the process is well advanced. You could coat it in a protective coating.

Hi Phil, I have the Parkside mini rotary tool I purchased for about £20 odd and it really is very good. My main construction material for scenery and buildings is cereal box card. It is around 0.5mm thick and comes in a variety of natural stone shades from brown to light grey. For 2mm scale the thickness is 6 inches so it is simple for scaling. Grey board is also abundant and very cheap. I also only use a pva glue for everything involving sticking card to card, plastic or wood. That makes it cheaper as even a good quality pva like Gorilla's will last a long time. Cheers Stu

I'm currently recreating Malton station as it was in the 70s in 2mm scale using card and scrap as construction with cheap printed papers for cover. Chimney pots are rolled up paper. Windows are old cellophane packaging etc.. Cheers Stu

Lots of progress on the station approach view of the station buildings. About half are complete bar slate tiling, detailing and chimney stacks. I've detailed the ticket office a bit as this will be almost viewable through the open entrance. The phone box has also had some basic details added. The best images i have of this section date from 1965 +1978. I've gone with the 78 images for paint schemes etcetera. Cheers Stu

Hi, Most of the platform facing wall-mounted items are now in place. Posters, signs, postbox, litterbins and the clock are done. Time to turn the board to tackle the station approach view. Cheers

Today's efforts have concentrated on the station exit, news stand and cafe area plus roof base and chimneys for the SM's house. The colour scheme for the news stand is a 'guesstimate' based on grainy b/w images. Guttering drops and cable runs will be added before the sections are glued in. The exit opening is based on the current refurbished version which I think is almost certainly very, very similar to the 70s version. The frames are made from a white sticky label sliced to size and backed appropriately with clear plastic sheet. Again, this section will be within the cover of the overall trainshed area. Cheers Stu

Another venture has begun to enjoy some holiday train running (eventually. I'm recreating Malton as it was from about 1966 to 1980. Two mill scale again with code 55 N gauge p.way. I'm busy with the station building section at the mo on a 1220x450mm board. I've attempted to recreate the gentle curvature through the station. All is wired up for DCC with the turnout operated using a Cobalt motor. Looking west. The DMU car is sat in what will be the centre of the GT Andrews trainshed roof. I've added the slight cant to the down line curve at the west end of the platform using a card shim. This view of the side of the Station Master's house is no longer possible. This is the front of the house and is the last building from east to west of the various ones that made up the station complex. The model is designed to be viewed from 360 degrees. This is the bay area that's a small supermarket now. The interior wall held up the canopies and was whitewashed in images i have. Track was lifted in '66 from what i can tell. This is the waiting room towards the west end of the platform. Cruel close-up to show the detail of the windows. I scribed polycarbonate sheet and filled the grooves with with acrylic paint. Lots of weathering to do in stages as the various layers of construction take place. Cheers Stu

Just called in today. They are located in a farmyard barn just to the North of Skipton. An absolute goldmine literally packed with models, materials and tools. Lots of O gauge on show. I went in looking for N gauge accessories and wasn't disappointed. Well worth a scenic drive for a visit. Link to the website here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Hobby-Store/Pennine-Model-Shop-269791833143518/ No association. Just a happy customer who likes to see traditional local shops doing well. Cheers Stu

Looking at the Modelling industry... A quick search reveals 'flesh' colours on offer to be a pinkish colour of various hues. A search of ready to plant people in various scales reveals few if any depicted in any flesh tone other than pinky/yellow... When i was on BR in the 80s many of my colleagues and passengers didn't have this type of skin tone. The industry really needs to address this issue before we worry about ommitting or including historical facts.

Here's the actual building compared to my 2mm scale effort. For anyone who likes to scratchbuild in card, thin wood and plastics, I can't recommend the Cricut enough.

Thanks. It's Selby and it doesn't swing - that would require ingenuity beyond this project...

Hi, Latest little project is nearly finished. The below is a representation of the old BRSA club in Hull - now known as the Tiger's Lair. This was drawn out to scale using Google maps and brick counting to get an approximate measure. The chimneys are not present on the current building and i did a bit of back dating. I used scrap 1mm thick card and cereal packet card overlaid with Scalescenes' papers. The windows are 160gsm paper with clear plastic packaging backing. Here's a ruler for scaling. The whole thing was drawn in Design Space - a CAD software program free with Cricut machines. The walls, roof and windows were then cut out by the Cricut (Maker 3 model). The window frames are down to 0.8mm width. I'm not sure i could get a much thinner cut on the 160gsm paper. I may try scoring clear plastic next time and the use the brush on/wipe off paint method to get really thin frames. The Cricut is a remarkable and versatile machine and the design software is very easy to use. I have plenty of buildings to create and this is a great investment. Just need to weather down the building and add a bit of signage. I think it will be a BRSA club again... Cheers Stu

On the South Western of the Southern we ran fresh ballast in vac mixed rakes of crab and dace steel bodied wagons - usually 30 to 40 a rake. Also sealions, seacows and (a bit earlier) whale hoppers. These usually were in a rake of 10 to 15. We also had some old WR based MDV types for grit and spoil with holes cut in the sides to prevent overfilling.

I drove engineering trains in the 80s on the SWD of BR and there were no hard and fast rules. I do remember turbot spoil wagons tended to run in rakes of 20 to 25. There were a variety of wagons with differing brake systems and so marshalling was important (vac or air piped were common). Wagon sequences were also carefully planned so that lowmacs with plant was in the right place on a site etc... Also remember, BR ran a network of timetabled trains m-f dedicated to CMEE trains between yards so that trains could be made up for weekend engineering jobs. These could have lots of variety of vehicles...

There's a lot of different types of engineering trains. Spoil empties or loaded - spent ballast. Stone loaded or empty - new ballast. A crane/track relayer with a couple of wagons - with materials on for unloading or empty for collecting used stuff. Track panel train. LWR train. Weekend material trains, some with a mess and tool van. The list goes in and on.

Hi, I have begun using a Cricut Maker 3 for cutting out windows and buildings in card, wood and plastic. I have my design space template files saved for reuse over and over again. So far i have some 12 pane 6x4 foot windows and a single storey NER building saved (Tiger's Lair in Hull for those in the know..). Are there any Cricut Design Space users on here who would like to share design files? Mine are in 2mm scale but these can be easily scaled up to 4 or 7mm etc... Cheers Stu

Acid use in carriage washing plants bleached blue paint. Varying shades reflects the reality to a degree. It would also fade over time too with noticibly darker areas that were invariably shaded. I wouldn't worry about it.