MullionPeter

An interesting little project last night was to take the 1908 OS map as shown above that I purchased, increase the transparency and then overlay it on the Google Sat image and then adjust the sizes to get the best match that I good.  Low and behold things were not quite as I thought, turns out the station building is under the current Station Road as is the engine shed.  The footpath that I discovered from the map is the current run that runs along the road but at distance quite far from it.  Zooming in and out, it is possible to equate the modern day boundaries (once you know where to look) with the current land features.  Plus it looks like at least the top part of the bank that used to be just inside the station after the bridge on the far side where the loading chute used is be is still there as the bank coming down from the small street and houses that are know there, all of these were apparently built on the "flatter" land at the top of the embankment.

To see the overlay of original you will need to look closely at the image below and perhaps scroll up to the one above to see the original.

That looks even better, I must admit that as my first visit, I was struggling with the scales, but was specifically looking for the 50's, but will no doubt return and add to my collection.  Thanks for pointing this out.

Posting has been a little delayed, as that thing called work has got in the way, but that is not to say that progress has not been made.  The engine shed has been painted, but there is still some detailing to do.  Another chunk of my time is about to disappear as our local theatre group is starting gearing up for the next production in March.  But there is a hidden benefit in that as the lighting designer and engineer I get to spend a lot of time working along our very talented set painter, and although the scales are very different, I am hoping to pick up a few tips to improve my model painting skills.

The shed is seen here with the Lima 2-6-2T Class 45 I picked up second hand for a good price in auction.  Interestingly enough is number is 4589, which was based out of Truro and there are pictures on-line showing 4588 at Helston station so I was very pleased to pick that one up.

I have also followed some on-line tutorials for servicing Lima Locos and have had it all stripped down and cleaned up and reassembles and fully greased and oiled.  Although I have not checked it on the track yet, I was happy just hooking it up without the body and running with a small variable transformer, it seemed to run reasonably well.  Just waiting now to get the bits to fit DCC to it.

The blade in question I have discovered is a #9 button hole blade mine is made by a well know company of cutting tools Friskars and I could find these blades available in the main on-line shopping site both in the UK and here in Canada.  I haver attached a pic of the tool in action, just four simple pushes down and the sides of this N-gauge door were cut.

1940's at the end of the GWR era, although a few features of the 1950's might be seen.