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Next process is to apply a stoneyish base coat using my four favourite colours.



Randomly picking colours and doing a quick most of each for several repetitions. Tricky bit is trying to get roughly the same end colour on similar buildings.



I try to remember roughly how many passes of each I use. The cans are held a good 12-18" away and moved quickly. Some if the paint dries before hitting the model giving a gritty texture. Hence why other materials were masked.







I'm not overly bothered by the result at this stage as it's only the base for the later work to follow.

 

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I was asked the other day via PM how I'd go about making steps. In that particular case it was stone steps and in 4mm.

I provided some thoughts but have just had to make 2 lots in 7mm for the provender store. These are not stone but what look like solid concrete. The method may be useful to somebody though.


I worked out that the tread I wanted was about 10" and the rise 8". A piece of 30thou was marked up in a grid giving 10" x 8" squares and a diagonal.


The 4 resultant triangles were snapped out...


And the the end small triangles removed...


Followed by all the rest...


These were paired up and stuck to the building base with vertical spacers used to align the sides.

You'll recall that the original 30thou with the grid had the horizontal lines extended to the right. These give you the vertical risers.


The risers have been cut slightly over length so they can be cut back flush when the solvent has hardened.


The final step is to add the treads and trim them down when set...

Something to consider is that you are adding 30thou to the front and top of the stepped sides. As such you have to set them 30thou low and trim 30thou off the rear.

 

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Returning to the provender store...

Now all the blockwork is done I've been quietly working away on the ends. Corrugated material added and the outer framework finished.

One feature I was putting off was creating the louvres. I'm sure there are other methods and that an etched brass solution would be easier (once drawn and etched) but this is what I did:


The voids were lined top and bottom with 10thou and wedges added to the base of each side.


A strip of 10thou 7mm wide and 20mm long was placed on top of each pair of wedges. A spacer of 20x40thou strip was added to each side.


The process continued layer by layer. It was now I decided I really should add the black framing as it helped firm up the louvres. No idea why the top vertical was off centre on the prototype...


Process continued until 5 louvres on each side were in place. Once everything is dry and hardened off the spacers will be trimmed back.

A shot from low down:


And head on:

 

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A start is being made on painting the building, concentrating first in the structure above the blockwork.


Workbench has been cleared of plastic dust and all the tools replaced with paints.


The framework is just a flat grey at the moment but I've started building up the colours on the walls.


As everyone seems to recommend them I'm giving Vallejo acrylics a go. Job lot off eBay. Seem nice to work with.

Going to stop now and see what it all looks like in the morning.

 

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Moved the building into better light for some clearer pictures...















OK, definitely going to stop playing now...

 

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I've had some 4mm number plates from Narrow Planet in the past, they are rather good.

Great to catch up last weekend too.

Regard,

Good to catch up with you to Brinkley old fruit.

Detailing 4666 continues at snails pace.

Mods required are as follows:

Red: kink in the vac(?) pipe which it appeared to gain some time prior to 1962.
Blue: extra pipe not included on the Minerva model. I presume on others it goes behind the tank support. But where does it head once behind the tool box?
Green: the pipe has a return kink missing once below the footplate.
Also noticeable in the photos are the lamp iron brackets near the tool box that are different handed to the Minerva model.


I've bent the vac pipe and put on a collar out of plasticard. The recesses in the footplate near the cab entry have been added, as well as rebates to the pipe from the injector(?).

 

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Thanks Dan.

Photos of the downpipes prior to priming:

 

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I hate to say it but I've done some modelling today, OK, well just painting...


Reference material at hand for colouration hints - I say hints because the stonework at Bodmin seems to be a different colour in each photo.



Getting there maybe.

 

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What are those books you're using please Chris ?

These ones Rob:

 

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A little side project...

 

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I used the standard clearance dimensions in Gordon Gravett's 7mm modelling pt2 book (see below) to draw up my own profile with the baseboard top as a datum.


I then had a trawl through books to find a nice clear shot of the platform face. Found one in BR Past and Present no17 and projected the different courses on to the clearance drawing. The slabs and the top 2 stone layers all work out about 6" thick each.

And then made a plastic template to try out on the baseboard...

 

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So, having had a play with plasticard I'm now most the way through making the first 700mm of platform faces. The second step in the face and the edge slabs are still to add.




To get the recesses in the right places I previously had to work up a rodding diagram to see where the cranks and compensators should go. That was ages ago so a quick check of the calls was in order.



Probably close enough to look like it should work...

 

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Working on the brick insets:

One for the loco release rodding.


And a deeper one for the ground frame.

Some chopping (Mozart wasn't available) out required...

 

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Today's excitement.

Delivered by a keen footballer...



Diesel shunter for the Pencarrow clay line...






Looks like a really nice model on first viewing.

 

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Class 03 for Pencarrow?

I understand that 03s were used on the St Blazey to Wenford Bridge line in the interim between the 1366 Pannier tanks and the 08s. But which ones?

Three 03s were at one point or another allocated to St Blazey: D2127, D2129, D2183.

D2127 was withdrawn in 1968
D2129 was withdrawn in 1981
D2183 was withdrawn in 1968

D2127: 24/08/1964, arrived St Blazey; 14/05/1967 reallocated to Laira; so was at St Blazey the longest.

D2129: 07/10/1961, arrived St Blazey; 11/04/1965, reallocated to Landore (Swansea).

D2183: 21/04/1962, arrived St Blazey; 19/05/1962, reallocated to Laira; 08/11/1964, reallocated back to St Blazey; 14/05/1967, reallocated to Taunton.

D2127 looks favourite for the Wenford line and was certainly used on brakevan specials.

Wenford Bridge Stannon China Clay Works. D2127 & special. 10.9.66

Now trying to work out when it got wasp stripes... Which I've narrowed down between September 66 and "early" 67.

 

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Decided I wouldn't have another beer until the last roof slate went on and as if by magic...









I'm guessing there's somewhere between 3500 and 4000 on the roof. (slates not beers)

Just need to find something suitable to use for the ridge tiles now....

 

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Best I can do in colour are these shots...






In these views the ridge looks bigger and rounder than the b&w below.


And an older b&w:


In this view the ridge looks like an L rather than a half round?

 

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The roofs on this building are quite wonky as illustrated by the straight edge below.



Whilst being a pain in the #### applying small separate ridge tiles, it does mean that they naturally follow the flow of the roofline.

 

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And excellent they look too!

Did alright!


Really glad I finished them off last week, makes it all worthwhile.

 

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Well done Chris! Perhaps we’ll all benefit from an upsurge in layout progress reports as a result?


Regards

Dan

Dun some paintin, does that count?



Note to self...

Wood wash first, then silver grey wash, then blobby drags with German black brown and dark grey.


And these were the rusty roof colours.