7mm Corwen Road

LarryG

Western Thunderer
Someone said I would end up modelling Llanfyllin! As soon as the GWR building was replaced by the house, it looked right. The station masters house will shortly be joined by another building to provide passenger facilities. The biggy was I could find no way of justifying a so in yer face GWR architecture on a Cambrian platform.

Some of the surplus O gauge buildings will be advertised for sale shortly. Which is why I am currently painting the Cambrian signal box built initially but then replaced by the smaller box.
 

jonte

Western Thunderer
Someone said I would end up modelling Llanfyllin! As soon as the GWR building was replaced by the house, it looked right. The station masters house will shortly be joined by another building to provide passenger facilities. The biggy was I could find no way of justifying a so in yer face GWR architecture on a Cambrian platform.

Some of the surplus O gauge buildings will be advertised for sale shortly. Which is why I am currently painting the Cambrian signal box built initially but then replaced by the smaller box.

Great idea, Larry.

Jonte
 

LarryG

Western Thunderer
It always seemed to me that the obvious place for an end-loading bay was off the end of the passenger platform. This is now possible since moving the platform forward away from the backscene to accommodate the station building (see WB). A section of path behind the station can also be built...
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LarryG

Western Thunderer
Didnt take long to paint. Sprayed it cellulose sandstone colour. Half an hour later it was brushed over with purplish acrylic paint and left standing upright so that the paint would settle in the cement courses. Some of it was washed out under the tap while wet. The top was only partially stained becasue it will be covered with scenic ground materials...
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The cattle dock remains in brick for the time being......
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jonte

Western Thunderer
Very neat job you’ve made of the bay, Larry, and I’m dumbfounded by the rate at which you achieved the realistic weathering. Admirable.

Ingenious too how you’ve developed a whole station building from what looked like a third of it in the low-relief kit. It looks resplendent in it’s intricate bargeboards adorned with finials. More to the point, it draws the whole scene together.

Very nice.

Jonte
 

LarryG

Western Thunderer
Following on from what Jonte said , the goods shed doesn't look so large anymore either .
Cheers Paul
Your right. That was the first thing I noticed when initially trying out the building on the platform. I'll be constructing a replacement good shed soon, as the plastikard roof went all potty last week with bubbling slates and a distorted plastikard back wall panel. For what the kits cost, it is better to scrap and replace only this time it will be built without windows.

Jonte, weathering stone work is an easy process that is just about foolproof. If only I could sort out a quick way of getting the kind of brickwork I want. Still experimenting.
 

LarryG

Western Thunderer
Thanks Dave, Simon and Paul for your comments. Track has been lying around on the baseboards for some months, in fact it's been there for so long that laying it permanently where it stands now seems the natural thing to do. It is all aimed at avoiding the pitfalls of the past.

I think at this juncture it is time to think about starting a proper layout thread with a working title.
 

LarryG

Western Thunderer
First thing I noticed when we moved to the North Wales coast was how quickly the ground dries following a rainfall. Nothing in the shed has ever been adversely affected by damp. Summer heat often keeps me out of the shed from mid-morning, which is why I said I tend to lay track in spring. Heat speeds up track laying when using my method of PVA, lay track & ballast in one go, while winter cold is next to useless.

I mentioned in one thread that my elderly compressor set up packed in recently. Its replacement came two days later from Amazon and I must say this unit has been a game changer. By the time I have put my mask on the compressor is up to 25lbs. In th'olden days I used to switch the compressor on 10 minutes before it was needed to give it time to fill the large air bottle. Eventual removal of the old equipment will free up space within the shed and outside once the old brick compressor housing is removed.

The old oufit...
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1968-2020...R.I.P
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The new compact all-in-one outfit...
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