Dog Star
Western Thunderer
Now that is a neat save
.This is a most informative and encouraging topic, I shall feel not of my best when you come to the end of the tale.
Bagshot station build
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.This is a most informative and encouraging topic, I shall feel not of my best when you come to the end of the tale.
Peter Insole
Western Thunderer
Thank you Dog Star, I'm glad you are enjoying it!
Don't worry, this project will be carrying on for some time to come. Quite apart from various important parts of this main building that I still have no idea how I'm going tackle yet, there is the small matter of the diorama, platforms, station store, waiting shelter, footbridge, signal box.........!!
Pete.
Don't worry, this project will be carrying on for some time to come. Quite apart from various important parts of this main building that I still have no idea how I'm going tackle yet, there is the small matter of the diorama, platforms, station store, waiting shelter, footbridge, signal box.........!!
Pete.
Thirtysecond
Western Thunderer
Do we know what was stored on that shelf above the door Pete? Spare tickets maybe? Whatever it was you'd need to be pretty tall to get at it.
Peter Insole
Western Thunderer
There seems to be a desperate lack of cupboard space let alone elbow room in this little office, which in it's heyday might of had up to three men working in it, well, two and a boy at least! Only a precious few photographs of booking office interiors have been published, and in all of them they reveal masses of paperwork which may be assumed to have been no more than a few days worth at the time.
I remember exploring so many closed and derelict stations where vandals had scattered mountains of old books and ledgers, bundles of letters, bills and receipts, special traffic notices and circulars, telephone directories (railway ones) etc., etc. I also recall that some of this ephemera had been bundled up and neatly tied with string, sometimes even wrapped in brown paper.
This shelf is indeed rather high, but could be reached by standing on a chair, so would seem an ideal place to pile all the old files well and truly out of the way!
Pete.
I remember exploring so many closed and derelict stations where vandals had scattered mountains of old books and ledgers, bundles of letters, bills and receipts, special traffic notices and circulars, telephone directories (railway ones) etc., etc. I also recall that some of this ephemera had been bundled up and neatly tied with string, sometimes even wrapped in brown paper.
This shelf is indeed rather high, but could be reached by standing on a chair, so would seem an ideal place to pile all the old files well and truly out of the way!
Pete.
Peter Insole
Western Thunderer
Please forgive me for the slight posting pause, but Bagshot booking office has been fighting back. OK, it's me being clumsy really!
So keen was I to get on with the painting that I was not nearly careful enough to ensure that my brushes were good for the task. Neither did I allow sufficient time for paint to harden between coats. The end result was a wasted couple of days work and an awful mess of rubbing down and cleaning up afterwards. I felt rather disinclined to take any progress photographs!
Although I had to go to work yesterday afternoon, there was enough time to nip out and buy a decent fine brush and briefly test it too. Guess what I'll be doing all day today? Hopefully there will be some postable piccies by tonight!
Up to this point construction had been coming on quite nicely. The completion of the walls also enabled me to align and fit the door thresholds to the floor, and as the green and cream paintwork would take some time to do I felt it was opportune to finally paint the floorboards as well.
Getting a colour mixed to represent bare timber is not that easy, so there's nought better than a bit of the of the real thing to work from and here is a genuine old pine offcut especially saved and marked up for the purpose!
I was pleased to obtain a very close match, so for your interest the mix is as follows:
Humbrol Enamel,
Matt 28, "Camouflage Grey"
Matt 119, "Light Earth"
Metallic 53, "Gunmetal"
And just the tiniest smidge of matt 33, Black if required to darken here and there.
The big idea was to apply a slightly light shade overall, then wash in a thinned darker mix to fill the grain and board joints. Of course I was supposed to let the first coat dry sufficiently first wasn't I?
These next pictures show the second application after removing most of the previous mess!
It goes without saying that this lot will be fully cured before I make a fresh attempt to pick out any plank detail!
So keen was I to get on with the painting that I was not nearly careful enough to ensure that my brushes were good for the task. Neither did I allow sufficient time for paint to harden between coats. The end result was a wasted couple of days work and an awful mess of rubbing down and cleaning up afterwards. I felt rather disinclined to take any progress photographs!
Although I had to go to work yesterday afternoon, there was enough time to nip out and buy a decent fine brush and briefly test it too. Guess what I'll be doing all day today? Hopefully there will be some postable piccies by tonight!
Up to this point construction had been coming on quite nicely. The completion of the walls also enabled me to align and fit the door thresholds to the floor, and as the green and cream paintwork would take some time to do I felt it was opportune to finally paint the floorboards as well.
Getting a colour mixed to represent bare timber is not that easy, so there's nought better than a bit of the of the real thing to work from and here is a genuine old pine offcut especially saved and marked up for the purpose!
I was pleased to obtain a very close match, so for your interest the mix is as follows:
Humbrol Enamel,
Matt 28, "Camouflage Grey"
Matt 119, "Light Earth"
Metallic 53, "Gunmetal"
And just the tiniest smidge of matt 33, Black if required to darken here and there.
The big idea was to apply a slightly light shade overall, then wash in a thinned darker mix to fill the grain and board joints. Of course I was supposed to let the first coat dry sufficiently first wasn't I?
These next pictures show the second application after removing most of the previous mess!
It goes without saying that this lot will be fully cured before I make a fresh attempt to pick out any plank detail!
Peter Insole
Western Thunderer
Todays painting piccies as promised in the previous post!
Getting a bit tidier now with a second coat of green, though there are still some fluffy bits that will need attention.
I am not yet convinced that the ticket counter should be done in a plain oiled or varnished wood effect. Every "Southern" steam railway seems to have done them like that, but were they just painted all over green in later and BR days? I am very concerned about being authentic and not to be tempted into falling for modern fashion.
When I do eventually make up my mind, I will need one of these. Although the relic is rather rusty, the interior has a really dark green finish that is good enough for a colour match. Being a slightly different shade will create a little relief from all that "Number 3A" anyway!
And then carefully dropped in place for inspiration. Still a way to go, but it helps to counter the earlier failures!
Getting a bit tidier now with a second coat of green, though there are still some fluffy bits that will need attention.
I am not yet convinced that the ticket counter should be done in a plain oiled or varnished wood effect. Every "Southern" steam railway seems to have done them like that, but were they just painted all over green in later and BR days? I am very concerned about being authentic and not to be tempted into falling for modern fashion.
When I do eventually make up my mind, I will need one of these. Although the relic is rather rusty, the interior has a really dark green finish that is good enough for a colour match. Being a slightly different shade will create a little relief from all that "Number 3A" anyway!
And then carefully dropped in place for inspiration. Still a way to go, but it helps to counter the earlier failures!
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Glad to see the board end joints appearing
my chippy's head was wondering where your carpenters were getting one piece floor boards from
Col.
Superb modelling Pete
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Peter Insole
Western Thunderer
Thanks guys!
I know I've mentioned our little house before but: The yokel (sorry, local!) builders do appear to have thrown it together a bit in most places, but the old carpenter was a perfectionist! His joinery is a joy to behold. Spot the ends here...
His handwriting was good too, but he had a quaint inability to spell!
I know I've mentioned our little house before but: The yokel (sorry, local!) builders do appear to have thrown it together a bit in most places, but the old carpenter was a perfectionist! His joinery is a joy to behold. Spot the ends here...
His handwriting was good too, but he had a quaint inability to spell!
Peter Insole
Western Thunderer
While waiting for the floor paint to thoroughly cure before weathering I have been tempted to make a start on a couple of detail items for the booking office. A bit naughty considering that there is quite a bit of structural work to do, but it keeps the enthusiasm levels up and will be needed later anyway!
With my propensity to get measurements wrong I always prepare sketches or detailed drawings for every item before committing to assembly. Despite this, I still managed to miscalculate the number of tickets per rack in the cabinet, only noticing the error after I had carefully cut most of the strips required.
Hoh-hum! More work!
When making up any box structure I always wedge the work dry against a steel ruler and a square before applying solvent. It doesn't seem to matter how careful I am, the wretched stuff always seems to find my fingers and make a dreadful mess of the plastic!
A thin strip was added all round the inside of the box to build up the thickness and create a rebate, then the simplified racks were shaped to a cantrail profile and installed.
Nibbling out the tickets on the rack front strips was a bit tedious, especially as this was the second batch!
I should really add little strips to represent the ticket clips and pockets, but I'm a bit concerned about controlling the adhesive on such tiny detail as well as taking a large chunk of an extra days work to do it! The finished object can only bee seen in the far corner of the office through the front windows, so I will rely on paint colours to create an overall effect.
I think the tooth fairy's account is in overdraft, so I must improve my dental health routine eh?!
With my propensity to get measurements wrong I always prepare sketches or detailed drawings for every item before committing to assembly. Despite this, I still managed to miscalculate the number of tickets per rack in the cabinet, only noticing the error after I had carefully cut most of the strips required.
Hoh-hum! More work!
When making up any box structure I always wedge the work dry against a steel ruler and a square before applying solvent. It doesn't seem to matter how careful I am, the wretched stuff always seems to find my fingers and make a dreadful mess of the plastic!
A thin strip was added all round the inside of the box to build up the thickness and create a rebate, then the simplified racks were shaped to a cantrail profile and installed.
Nibbling out the tickets on the rack front strips was a bit tedious, especially as this was the second batch!
I should really add little strips to represent the ticket clips and pockets, but I'm a bit concerned about controlling the adhesive on such tiny detail as well as taking a large chunk of an extra days work to do it! The finished object can only bee seen in the far corner of the office through the front windows, so I will rely on paint colours to create an overall effect.
I think the tooth fairy's account is in overdraft, so I must improve my dental health routine eh?!
Peter Insole
Western Thunderer
In between the previous post and this one I forgot to photograph the counter top in it's matt "mahogany" mix!
I have found that simply staining and varnishing real wood on a model does not scale down in a satisfactory way. Perhaps the process highlights the over-scale grain too much. So I prefer to "Scumble" (woodgrain) with Humbrol and then use a tinted varnish glaze to finish.
Meanwhile, here are some more pics of the dating press and ticket rack:
A bit of a tiddler isn't it?
The colours I used for the counter top were;
Humbrol, Matt 62 "Leather", Matt 160 "German Red Brown" and a little "Dark Earth" painted in a deliberately streaky fashion along the grain.
When fully dried it was then gently rubbed down, with a bit more taken off in the area of maximum wear and then finished with two coats of RONSEAL "Antique Pine" Interior Satin Varnish.
The shade is still not quite deep enough for my taste, so I might add another coat or two of varnish later!
I have found that simply staining and varnishing real wood on a model does not scale down in a satisfactory way. Perhaps the process highlights the over-scale grain too much. So I prefer to "Scumble" (woodgrain) with Humbrol and then use a tinted varnish glaze to finish.
Meanwhile, here are some more pics of the dating press and ticket rack:
A bit of a tiddler isn't it?
The colours I used for the counter top were;
Humbrol, Matt 62 "Leather", Matt 160 "German Red Brown" and a little "Dark Earth" painted in a deliberately streaky fashion along the grain.
When fully dried it was then gently rubbed down, with a bit more taken off in the area of maximum wear and then finished with two coats of RONSEAL "Antique Pine" Interior Satin Varnish.
The shade is still not quite deep enough for my taste, so I might add another coat or two of varnish later!
Heather Kay
Western Thunderer
Beautiful work. I particularly like the worn paint on the bottom of the desk where the clerk's been leaning with his boot on the ledge.
Peter Insole
Western Thunderer
Thank you Heather! I'm still working out how to get that polished effect around the door knobs and am planning quite a few other touches!
Way back, the nearest station to my grandparents was poor old Maryland in East London, a duller, dingier, drearier and as dirty a place as you could barely imagine. Yet one member of the staff was an absolute Brasso demon! Anything non ferrous like door furniture, hinges, window latches etc., shone like jewels in the gloom!
While I'm not going that far with Bagshot, I can't resist that careworn but not entirely neglected effect!
Pete.
Way back, the nearest station to my grandparents was poor old Maryland in East London, a duller, dingier, drearier and as dirty a place as you could barely imagine. Yet one member of the staff was an absolute Brasso demon! Anything non ferrous like door furniture, hinges, window latches etc., shone like jewels in the gloom!
While I'm not going that far with Bagshot, I can't resist that careworn but not entirely neglected effect!
Pete.
Locomodels
Western Thunderer
Very possibly those floor boards do look real. Once long ago in a distant galaxy I made a 5 foot long cigarette and a Wolf hand drill that was taller than me, complete with chuck key. But it didn't fool anyone.
Peter Insole
Western Thunderer
Thanks Simon, Os and Paul, you are very kind.
My wife probably wishes it was full size too. Bags more room at Bagshot, with more opportunity to get a bit further away from me and my mess (materials I call it!) than at home!
Talking of whom, I'm in trouble now sitting here and writing this reply! It is Sunday, and I'm escaping from some promised essential domestic restoration work!
Pete.
My wife probably wishes it was full size too. Bags more room at Bagshot, with more opportunity to get a bit further away from me and my mess (materials I call it!) than at home!
Talking of whom, I'm in trouble now sitting here and writing this reply! It is Sunday, and I'm escaping from some promised essential domestic restoration work!
Pete.
john lewsey
Western Thunderer
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john lewsey
Western Thunderer
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