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Very nice detailing - thanks for the update.
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QUOTE (neil_s_wood @ 25 Feb 2009, 01:41) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Very nice Sarah. Does the green loco have two smoke generators in it or have you photoshopped the picture?
Photoshop!
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That is my first, and so far only, attempt following some tutorial on the Model Rail website (I think!).#
Hi Rob. Have you ever gone and found the old canal? It is relatively easy to find...
Hi John. The Aqueduct is almost finished. Still to do are the timber fendering on the towpath edge, and a few bits and bobs. I will be building a narrow boat too!
Photoshop!
Hi Rob. Have you ever gone and found the old canal? It is relatively easy to find...
Hi John. The Aqueduct is almost finished. Still to do are the timber fendering on the towpath edge, and a few bits and bobs. I will be building a narrow boat too!
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Lots of atmosphere in them pics,good stuff Sarah.
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You girls are putting some of us men to shame.well me anyway...
You girls are putting some of us men to shame.well me anyway...
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QUOTE (sarah @ 25 Feb 2009, 19:04) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Hi Rob. Have you ever gone and found the old canal? It is relatively easy to find...
Y'know.... I've never bothered! Another thing for 'Things To Do List'....
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Informal industrial archaeology (walk/drive around with your eyes open!) is absolutely fascinating in that area.
-Rob
Y'know.... I've never bothered! Another thing for 'Things To Do List'....
Informal industrial archaeology (walk/drive around with your eyes open!) is absolutely fascinating in that area.
-Rob
QUOTE (Robert Davies @ 25 Feb 2009, 21:40) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Informal industrial archaeology (walk/drive around with your eyes open!) is absolutely fascinating in that area.
As it is in any area, how many people actually look above the shop fronts in their local High Street? Just because the shop frontage is modern doesn't mean the building itself is!
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As it is in any area, how many people actually look above the shop fronts in their local High Street? Just because the shop frontage is modern doesn't mean the building itself is!
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QUOTE (dwb @ 27 Feb 2009, 04:39) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Well I'm one but I would guess I'm in a minority.
David
I used to too when I lived in London, some very nice buildings there.
David
I used to too when I lived in London, some very nice buildings there.
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QUOTE Perhaps we look at the buildings to avoid looking in the shops1
In my case it's more to prove that that particular town once had an individual character of it's own. If you never lift your eyes above the store fronts you could be anywhere now that the chains have taken over....
David
In my case it's more to prove that that particular town once had an individual character of it's own. If you never lift your eyes above the store fronts you could be anywhere now that the chains have taken over....
David
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QUOTE (BRITHO @ 28 Feb 2009, 00:36) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Perhaps we look at the buildings to avoid looking in the shops1
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I'm afraid I do that too, well some of the shops anyway.
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I'm afraid I do that too, well some of the shops anyway.
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Hi Sarah, My goodness me - that is some layout !! The amount of attention to detail is fantastic. I like the interior of the signal box - and - the washing line in the back yard - brilliant touch. Isn't it funny that when people look at a layout they see the trains first - they never see the detail. I like the idea of the coal staiths - just a few odd sleepers and some paint.
You have so many ideas on your layout, and I can see a lot of details that I could use. I was thinking of tracing round the hornby victorian houses kit I have (unbuilt) and trying to copy it in card (cornflakes) and wood (balsa or the old wood that orange boxes are made of or tomato's.....
The little station has a lot of character and a lot of 'lived in' look about it. All the little adverts, just like the real thing.
All of your pics are fab and I can see it will take a long time for me to catch up to your standards of construction and ageing/weathering. Not bad results for a 'Feline' member - nice one...
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Kindest regards............ Brian..
You have so many ideas on your layout, and I can see a lot of details that I could use. I was thinking of tracing round the hornby victorian houses kit I have (unbuilt) and trying to copy it in card (cornflakes) and wood (balsa or the old wood that orange boxes are made of or tomato's.....
The little station has a lot of character and a lot of 'lived in' look about it. All the little adverts, just like the real thing.
All of your pics are fab and I can see it will take a long time for me to catch up to your standards of construction and ageing/weathering. Not bad results for a 'Feline' member - nice one...
Kindest regards............ Brian..
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Hi Brian.
That Hornby kit is the plastic one?
I wonder if you could "Scan" the parts on a computer scanner, and print them out? Should work for flat parts, though I suppose you should paint the parts first? Just an idea...
You can't beat card as a basic modelling medium (See Pendon Museum for example?). The aqueduct is mainly cereal box, just the railings and the (still to be fitted) fendering timbers are not card.
Still plenty to do on Ffrwd....
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That Hornby kit is the plastic one?
I wonder if you could "Scan" the parts on a computer scanner, and print them out? Should work for flat parts, though I suppose you should paint the parts first? Just an idea...
You can't beat card as a basic modelling medium (See Pendon Museum for example?). The aqueduct is mainly cereal box, just the railings and the (still to be fitted) fendering timbers are not card.
Still plenty to do on Ffrwd....
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The Signal 'box is the Ratio "Highley" kit with a few mods.
The Real Highley Box has the rodding tunnel under the ground as it exits the locking room (Under a road.). So there is no "exit" for the rodding above ground.
http://www.highleystation.co.uk/
The wall below the windows is not really tall enough to cut a hole in for the rodding.
I used Wills Brick sheets to make a plinth around the base of the locking room. It is simply glued on top of the existing walls. This makes the box a little taller (a bit less than 1cm in my case.)
The locking room door frame was modified to give it a window over the door to take up the excess height. The kit door was used.
I didn't lengthen the stairs (probably the best option). I was thinking of having the box against the platform ramp, so that the stairs would land part way up the ramp. In the end I have made some "concrete" (Plastic Card Painted) steps to make up the excess height. (There is bound to be a "prototype" example out there!)
The levers/quadrants/wire tensioners/signalman/chair/train register desk/coal box/clock/telephone/block bells and instruments are from the Wills Finecast interior kit. (which includes more levers and quadrants, block bells and instruments, wire tensioners and a shelf for the block bells etc.)
The track diagram, and the block shelf and supports are from plasticard.
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I painted the "backscene" plywood with Quick drying primer/undercoat, and Dulux "First Dawn" (test pot) which is a sort of sky blue.
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The aqueduct under construction. This is based on a span of the Pontcysllte Aqueduct near Llangollen (in Trefor). Materials used so far are "conflake packet" card, plastic strip, UHU glue and various paints. The railings are slightly modified Ratio "spear" fencing, the water is painted card.
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The Real Highley Box has the rodding tunnel under the ground as it exits the locking room (Under a road.). So there is no "exit" for the rodding above ground.
http://www.highleystation.co.uk/
The wall below the windows is not really tall enough to cut a hole in for the rodding.
I used Wills Brick sheets to make a plinth around the base of the locking room. It is simply glued on top of the existing walls. This makes the box a little taller (a bit less than 1cm in my case.)
The locking room door frame was modified to give it a window over the door to take up the excess height. The kit door was used.
I didn't lengthen the stairs (probably the best option). I was thinking of having the box against the platform ramp, so that the stairs would land part way up the ramp. In the end I have made some "concrete" (Plastic Card Painted) steps to make up the excess height. (There is bound to be a "prototype" example out there!)
The levers/quadrants/wire tensioners/signalman/chair/train register desk/coal box/clock/telephone/block bells and instruments are from the Wills Finecast interior kit. (which includes more levers and quadrants, block bells and instruments, wire tensioners and a shelf for the block bells etc.)
The track diagram, and the block shelf and supports are from plasticard.
I painted the "backscene" plywood with Quick drying primer/undercoat, and Dulux "First Dawn" (test pot) which is a sort of sky blue.
The aqueduct under construction. This is based on a span of the Pontcysllte Aqueduct near Llangollen (in Trefor). Materials used so far are "conflake packet" card, plastic strip, UHU glue and various paints. The railings are slightly modified Ratio "spear" fencing, the water is painted card.
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Thank you for the positive comments.
The Goods Shed
This is inspired by the PECO N Gauge Goods Shed kit that I had some time ago.
The building is from the Wills Goods Yard Store kit.
The timber supports have been replaced by a Wills Brick Plastic Sheet platform. It is longer than the building to allow for the crane (Another Wills kit item), though I am now thinking that it is not really a very prototypical installation.
The two canopys are made from Plastic Square rod, with Plastic Card valences, scribed to represent planking. The top surfaces are conflake packet, painted to represent roofing felt.
The door in the end nearest the crane is made from thin plastic card, and is glued to th eoutside of the shed, there is no hole.
My Store kit came with parts from the Wills Signal Box kit. (I think the roofs are the same parts.) These included some larger windows, and a stove chimney.
I enlarged the window hole at the non crane end, and fitted one of the larger windows.
The Fire Buckets are from the Springside White Metal range, cut down to one row of 3.
There will be more signs added in due course. The "No Smoking Allowed" is one I made on the computer.
There is a selection of goods inside awaiting collection or shipment.
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The Goods Shed
This is inspired by the PECO N Gauge Goods Shed kit that I had some time ago.
The building is from the Wills Goods Yard Store kit.
The timber supports have been replaced by a Wills Brick Plastic Sheet platform. It is longer than the building to allow for the crane (Another Wills kit item), though I am now thinking that it is not really a very prototypical installation.
The two canopys are made from Plastic Square rod, with Plastic Card valences, scribed to represent planking. The top surfaces are conflake packet, painted to represent roofing felt.
The door in the end nearest the crane is made from thin plastic card, and is glued to th eoutside of the shed, there is no hole.
My Store kit came with parts from the Wills Signal Box kit. (I think the roofs are the same parts.) These included some larger windows, and a stove chimney.
I enlarged the window hole at the non crane end, and fitted one of the larger windows.
The Fire Buckets are from the Springside White Metal range, cut down to one row of 3.
There will be more signs added in due course. The "No Smoking Allowed" is one I made on the computer.
There is a selection of goods inside awaiting collection or shipment.
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Have to say that my favourite parts of this layout are the signal box and the goods shed
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I just hope that when I make my signal box it looks as good
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I just hope that when I make my signal box it looks as good
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QUOTE (Ian Everitt @ 25 Sep 2012, 19:18) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Have to say that my favourite parts of this layout are the signal box and the goods shed
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I just hope that when I make my signal box it looks as good
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Hi Ian. Thanks for the comments...
You flatter me your exelency!
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The Station Building
Basically this is the Ratio "Castle Cary" kit, with a replacement roof, proper canopy supports, and a few other modifications.
Some of the most noticeable changes are the Slate Roof (Wills sheets) and around the Road Side the "Extension" was not fitted, and a small canopy made using the flat roof from the "Extension".
You may be able to spot the scribed filler where the corner stones for the extension were meant to go.
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The Slate hung gables are also Wills slate sheets.
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The building is painted in GWR colours, and to resemble sandstone. (I am assuming the staion was re-painted in the late 1940s, just before Nationalisation.)
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The Main Canopy supports were made from plastic tube and strip.
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As supplied, there is no visible means of support for the main canopy at the Booking Office end. You will notice how many on peoples layouts have a sagging canopy!
The kit is "based" on Castle Cary, but the Castle Cary Canopy has supports built into the building, a quite common arrangement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Castle_C...form_1_-_01.jpg
The Ratio Canopy has been designed so that it can be sold as a stand alone item, with different supports.
The screen around the Gents Toilet Door is Plastic Card scribed as planks, and framed with Plastic Square Sections, replacing the Concrete Fence supplied in the kit. (This has been used by the water tower.)
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The Booking Hall Doors are modified into double doors (Modelled open). As supplied there is a single door with a window alongside.
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The station benches are from CooperCraft kits. You get spare "ends" in 2 styles, so with some plastic strips, you can make more benches.
The poster boards are computer printed.
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I just hope that when I make my signal box it looks as good
Hi Ian. Thanks for the comments...
You flatter me your exelency!
The Station Building
Basically this is the Ratio "Castle Cary" kit, with a replacement roof, proper canopy supports, and a few other modifications.
Some of the most noticeable changes are the Slate Roof (Wills sheets) and around the Road Side the "Extension" was not fitted, and a small canopy made using the flat roof from the "Extension".
You may be able to spot the scribed filler where the corner stones for the extension were meant to go.
The Slate hung gables are also Wills slate sheets.
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The building is painted in GWR colours, and to resemble sandstone. (I am assuming the staion was re-painted in the late 1940s, just before Nationalisation.)
The Main Canopy supports were made from plastic tube and strip.
As supplied, there is no visible means of support for the main canopy at the Booking Office end. You will notice how many on peoples layouts have a sagging canopy!
The kit is "based" on Castle Cary, but the Castle Cary Canopy has supports built into the building, a quite common arrangement.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Castle_C...form_1_-_01.jpg
The Ratio Canopy has been designed so that it can be sold as a stand alone item, with different supports.
The screen around the Gents Toilet Door is Plastic Card scribed as planks, and framed with Plastic Square Sections, replacing the Concrete Fence supplied in the kit. (This has been used by the water tower.)
The Booking Hall Doors are modified into double doors (Modelled open). As supplied there is a single door with a window alongside.
The station benches are from CooperCraft kits. You get spare "ends" in 2 styles, so with some plastic strips, you can make more benches.
The poster boards are computer printed.
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Very nice work - especially the little touches like the fire buckets.
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