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    Caledonian Blues I love the Caledonian 812 that Dad picked up recently. It finds a home on 'Braeside' on the excuse that it could have been one of the locos singled out to run RCTS specials in the last days of Scottish steam. Here she is, backing onto the Braeside coaling stage. Perish anyone that tips the coal carelessly, spoiling her pristine appearance in a cloud of coal ash.
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    Et voilà! The station has been a slow-burner of a model but is finally installed It has been a joy to finally see trains underneath the platform canopies. Here, an old Hornby 101 DMU burbles away before departing for Aberdeen Aberdeen Ferryhill stalwart WD 2-8-0 90441 clanks and hisses as she slips through
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    Thank you - I just looked at the date stamp on the early photos and the station has been 14 months in the making.
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    Pressing on with the platform buildings, we now have another building ready to fit. It's going to look like a model railway if I carry on like this!
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    I feel like I should apologise!
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    Dad's main station buildings will be largely out of view but it gets plenty of detailing as it's possible to peer along its length and shove a camera between the tracks. I rustled up the canopies using sheet styrene, styrene rod and some brackets & valances from York Models but it's largely scratch-built. I've seen some lovely canopies using photo-teched components but I was happy to bash it together with styrene. It was easier to make adjustments as I went along and fettle it out of materials that fell to-hand.
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    Pointy Baronial Madness A little flourish at the top of the turrets, finishes off a long process to get these made. But I'm rather happy with the result ..
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    I haven't flattened the wheels but I have tried to tone down the tyres and vehicle
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    Looking good David, reminds me of some of the '60s photos that surfaced in the research. When it's finished, a street-lit night scene would be ace.
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    Thank you Grahame - funnily enough I'm just about to fit both canopies permanently and fix the station in place.
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    As companion to the bridge at New Galloway, I fettled a spare cottage for my client, to represent the station master's house. The proportions are those of the original model but I added a porch and a similar palette of colours and stonework to help push it from Aberdeenshire to Dumfries & Galloway.
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    Cheers Lez - that's an excellent resource. Sadly the wheels on the transit measure up at 9mm and Langley's smallest wheel is 10.5 and therefore a tad large. But I've tucked the info away for future use!
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    I'm not so up on developments in vehicle models but I have seen larger scale models being kitted out with really impressive 3D printed wheels. It would be a great upgrade for the sort of die-cast models that we rely on in 1:76
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    After a disastrous mould-making adventure, I ended up having to rescue some buildings that were trapped in some unforgiving blocks of silicone rubber. Most were rescued from the broken pile of silicone with minor damage. This liberated cottage should be happy now that it is breathing fresh coastal air and will now find a home amidst the coastal buildings on Dad's harbour branch.
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    Cheers David - another adventure into reproducing a new type of structure. It was originally considered as a potential resin-cast but ended up as a straightforward commission. Fortunately it turned out well and my client is happy.
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    or border collies for that matter!
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    When I can, I'm still beavering away on side-projects for Dad's 'Braeside' layout. There's an 'unsatisfying' section of scenery that doesn't look right with just a couple of randomly plonked cottages. So I scratchbuilt a tiny Aberdeenshire steading, giving a more interesting combination of buildings and more excuses for Landrovers and border collies.
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    .. a bit of paint and some dry brushing later
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    .. once dry, it can be sanded into a sharper looking carcass and the stonework carved. Et voilà !
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    .. applying sheets of clay in the manner of a pastry chef, gives a good starting point for the scribing process. I allow for 1mm or greater depth, so I can dig around a bit, especially with more 'rustic' stone courses! The visible gaps show that it's a bridge in 3 x separate pieces, allowing access parts of the bridge more easily when scribing - especially the underside of the arch.
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    It's a stone structure and will be clad in modelling clay to render stonework. This called for a simple card carcass ...
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    New Galloway bridge A little piece of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway (later Caledonian Railway ) has just finished its journey through my studio. The railway has gone but the bridge remains to carry the A762 over what's left of the original track-bed. Despite my client giving a good set of drawings and photos, there was a bit of faff, making sure that it had clearances for coarse scale track (PECO code 100) and a cork track-bed. So I made a simple card mock-up from my drawings ..
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    How did I miss this post? The hotel suddenly looks really 'planted' with your paving sections. I don't feel too bad that it's missing the side entrance porch features! It makes sense to adjust the ramp until you are happy and we can get it made to fit the exact space. I have some etches to design for another project and will add the components to the order.
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    You're on a roll with these!
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