CharlesAndHenry

Hi All. I have tried the hanging basket liner method but the fibres were too random. The carpet/mat option was considered. I got hold of some plumbers hemp. cout it of in equal size chunks and stuck them down into pva. When the glue was dry I trimmed it level with hairdressers clippers ( don't tell my wife!). It has a bit of a windswept look but that is quite often the case. The tree is hand made as well.

I want to create a scene with wheat being cut by a combine harvester. This reqires the grass stems to be a vertical cut straight edge, if they are floppy , limp or all over the place the "cut" edge won't look right. Has anyone managed to acheive this? The stems will need to be 3-4ft 12-16mm. I am experimenting with plumbers hemp and may even try teddy bear fur stiffened with pva or hairspray. So far my experiments havn't been particularly successful.......

Thank you everybody for your help. I am by nature a researcher so I haven't been sitting on my hands. 1. Signal Cabin Style: Thanks Ceptic for your drawing it helps me a lot. I have come to a conclusion. The style of Signal Box I am looking at for "Lees Lane", on the Gosport to Fareham Line" is part of a Modular Style. My Box is One bay wide, so is Clandon. Fareham East is two bays and Your Bournemouth West is Three bays Wide. I used Brick counting to get the dimensions but had difficulty with the windows. I was going to make them 12"X12" but that didn't seem right so I am going to use your dimensions of 12" X 9"(rounded). This also means that I have to redo my plans. Perhaps it was as well that Alton Models was closed yesterday. 2.Thanks for all of the guidance on the Goods Shed. Currently I have no plans to go West otherwise Crewkerne would have suited. Winchester is out for a day trip because........I have found architects plans for LSWR Aldershot. It is a little confusing because it sits close to the SER Reading - Redhill interface. Plan 1 is 1890 and it has the line on it "Alterations to the Aldershot Goods Shed for SERly" and is dated 1890. Plan 2 has a title "LSWR Aldershot goods Shed", then it repeats the same line saying it is for the SER. We think that it is a transfer shed. It suits my scheme as I live at Blackwater on the SER Reading - Redhill Line just N of Aldershot, see the RCH map on this link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_railway_station I am a 90% LSWR with a litte GWR, S&D( with a Midland excuse) and as I use it a lot SER so I think a transfer shed is ideal. The only problem, decent copies are going to cost. I will be enrolling on the South West Circle after Christmas.

Thanks for your help, please see a later reply in this correspondence.

Hi, As someone who lived at Ilminster and at Creech St Michael directly opposite the Paper Mill I will be watching closely. When I built a conservatory/porch onto the front of my house my neighbours put a sign on it "Hatch Junction".. They are the owners of "Wiveliscombe" on the exhibition circuit. I have just got my garage back and am just about at the stage of putting up baseboards.

Thanks, I have already been in contact with them about the Goods Sheds. Peter Swift provided me with a few phots of some that he thought were still standing and may be useful to work from. Goods Sheds seem to be the Cinderellas. I am just putting out feelers to see if anyone may have something. As for the windows, I was just scaling some photos I have of Lees Lane Signal box but the angle and the light doesn't allow me to get a decent brick count to be certain of the measurements. At best I will have to rely on approximation. Charles.

Is there any information on LSWR/SR standards. 1.I want to scratchbuild what looks like a standard LSWR signal cabin but my photographs are not sufficient for scaling. Are standard LSWR window pane 12inches by 12inches set in 4ft by 4ft frames or 4ft by 3ft frames. If they are then I can used tis to scale my cabin. Ta 2. I also want to build typical LSWR goods shed. I know of the type 1 and 2 but they are too small for my requirements. Does anyone have information on this, from what I can determine, very little studies or photographed subject.