Les Green

Camera Batteries now recharged so here we go with some new photos. There are 61 columns supporting the station roof, some are double columns that are on the station centre line and support both the North arch and the South arch. Of the 61 columns there are 21 different designs of column!! And here they all are!! I have numbered the columns here in case anyone has a query wirth respect to a particular column. Columns RMW01 - RMW04 Columns RMW05 - RMW08 Columns RMW09 - RMW12 Columns RMW13 - RMW16 Columns RMW17 - RMW20 Columns RMW21 which is a special pair of columns that support a bridging piece across a section of track. Onwards now to the actual roof.

My camera batteries are charged now, but I have no time left to do the photos! Another day!

Another Mega project on the Lime Street Station model is the North Western Station Hotel. The hotel is still standing but is now student accomodation. We have been granted special access to the building and many photos have been taken. During one visit we were taken on the roof of the building. Again many photos were taken. So expect an accurate and fully detailed model to be produced eventually.The final model will be about 1.2m long and 500mm high (ish). I am currently making a CAD model of the structure. We have had a test piece cut by York Modelmaking. The components for the test piece as cut by York Modelmaking. The constructed test piece. Note that the stonework is an exact copy of the original. One of the sadder aspects of making this model! The decorative strings of stonework are cornices/skirting boards/dado rails for dolls house models. Some of the finer strings were specially cut by Wood Supplies of Wallington in Surrey. The test piece painted and supported by the mock up of the hotel in position on the layout. Progress on this aspect of the layout is currently on hold whilst the station roof is under construction.

It seems a long time since I last updated the progress on the Lime Street Station model. This does not mean there has been no progress. Plenty of progress has been made and we are hoping to have at least some of the roof, if not all, in position for October when the Layout is exhibited in Utrecht. First a bit of a flashback to some photos of the roof supporting columns from the original forum as a reminder. This is the CAD model prior to the production of the rapid prototype models, The first rapid prototype model prior to painting. One of the rapid protptype models of the station columns was produced with all the detail possible on and was painted in the current colour scheme and is shown in comparison to the real thing. Luckily in the era we are modelling the columns were a very dirty black. I breathed a sigh of relief here as painting each column in the red and white colour scheme would have taken ages. One of the first production models made from resin castings from our original rapid prototype masters. The castings were made by Unit Models of Keighley. The trays on the top of the columns are not prototypical, but on the model they will support the detachable roof sections. A photo of the model showing some of the columns in temporary position. All the columns are now made and painted black. I was goiung to photograph them today, but my camera batteries were flat, so I am updating the progress whilst I wait for them to charge up. At this stage they are ready to permanantly fit to the station model. Once this has been done then we can start on the construction of the roof.

Our next outing with the layout is at Utrecht in October. By then we hope to have at least part of the roof in place. Now we are back on RmWeb I expect we will add some more production photos at a later date.

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/uploads/monthly_01_2012/post-8613-0-32631500-1325494361.jpg I previously had details of the Lime Street Sation project on the old RmWeb site (see http://www.rmweb.co....php?f=8&t=32466) and I thought It was time to resurrect it on this new site. For those who are new to this layout topic here are a few details of the layout. The total footprint of the layout is 15 metres long and 3 metres deep. It is not DCC as work started on the layout and the stock long before DCC became popular. I am not the owner, John Holden is the owner, but I do some of the structures on the layout as you will see later in this topic. Other people contribute to the layout with their own particular skills when required. The track plan is as shown below, though the size limitation of the .jpg file does not do it justice. I would like to thank Simon for the post below showng the link to the old RmWeb layout topic. So, sit back and enjoy the ride!