kirtleypete Posted December 19, 2017 Author Share Posted December 19, 2017 Tamiya flesh and Railmatch dark rust!! My customer wants it all to look newly painted and won't let me cover it all in grime!Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted December 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 19, 2017 What era is the model set in? I thought those were only introduced at the same time as the GWR poster boards were changed to British Railways. It's a bit flexible but around 1930. I wouldn't use them on the model but I'd love to see a clear picture of one. Peter I had another look at some archive stuff and the GWR style of signs for the Refreshment Rooms etc were still on view in te summer of 1954 but had gone by 1957. Now to find a picture in between. Also beware of the Brockhouse sign. It was renewed at some time but i'm not sure if the style changed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Prism Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 (edited) Tamiya flesh and Railmatch dark rust!! Interesting. I will refer those to maestro Mikkel. My customer wants it all to look newly painted and won't let me cover it all in grime! Your customer needs some enlightenment on the stygian depths of BSH.... Edited December 19, 2017 by Miss Prism Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted December 19, 2017 Author Share Posted December 19, 2017 The Brockhouse sign is too modern (I was hoping no one would notice!) but it's the only one I've a colour picture of. The earlier ones were much plainer. I can easily replace it, I just liked the look of it. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewe North Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 (edited) I've made progress with the end baseboard; the track needs ballasting next which is much easier to do before adding the cross girders. The area where the brick arches are is pretty indistinct in pictures so there has been some guesswork here. If you've got a nice clear picture showing that I've got it wrong, I don't want to see it! Peter Advert for Daddies Sauce....in Brum???....surely HP ?.....unless I'm wrong and they were both made in the same place. I'm getting me coat! John Edited December 19, 2017 by Crewe North 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted December 19, 2017 Author Share Posted December 19, 2017 I missed that one....I was too busy making sure I used Cadbury's chocolate! Peter 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 I've been able to complete one section of the roof, which finally makes it look like Snow Hill. Although the model will be viewed through the opening on the front of the facia board I have modelled the roof properly, it would have looked very odd otherwise. Peter 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Magnificent. Best Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidR Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 I had another look at some archive stuff and the GWR style of signs for the Refreshment Rooms etc were still on view in te summer of 1954 but had gone by 1957. Now to find a picture in between. Also beware of the Brockhouse sign. It was renewed at some time but i'm not sure if the style changed. In my mis-spent youth, when I was to be found at Snow Hill with any spare time I had, I seem to remember the Brockhouse sign was blue on white. But this may have been post '57. Also to be seen by the Empire fruit emporium was a lovely wooden/glass showcase with an array of 'King Dick' spanners displayed. Just thought you might like to know........ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 All I need now is a picture! The Brockhouse sign seems to have been renewed every few years and in a different style each time; the one I've modelled is the one that was there when the station closed so it's much too modern. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerrySVR Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 This is stunning modelling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share Posted January 6, 2018 I've got the two finished boards together for the first time. This is half the diorama. Although I've modelled the whole roof the intention is that it will be viewed through the openings in the front facia. The view below will be impossible when the diorama is assembled, but it shows the end loading dock and the signal. Peter 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted January 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 6, 2018 Absolutely stunning, just looks a little clean. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share Posted January 6, 2018 I know, but that's how my customer wants it. I'd cover it in grime if it was down to me!Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Major Posted January 6, 2018 Share Posted January 6, 2018 Peter, That is absolutely wonderful. The last photo takes me back to being a young child often standing on that spot. I would be waiting for a large prairie to shuffle in with some ancient non corridor stock to take me back to my village near Evesham. To my young nose that part of Snow Hill always smelt of fish! On one of my visits to Snow Hill (I think 1962) the steps up off the platform were fully carpeted. The manufacturer wanted to demonstrate how durable their carpets were. Ian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted January 6, 2018 Author Share Posted January 6, 2018 I'll tell my customer he needs to put a bucket of fish under that end, Ian!Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted January 6, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 6, 2018 On one of my visits to Snow Hill (I think 1962) the steps up off the platform were fully carpeted. The manufacturer wanted to demonstrate how durable their carpets were. Ian. Somewhere in the dark corners of my brain there's a memory of that. I think it may have been at the time when Brintons had an exhibition train hauled by 3442 just after it was bought by Viscount Garnock parked in No.10 Bay. The Viscount later became a Director of the SVR and I believe he had a connection with Brintons Carpets at the time. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted January 6, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 6, 2018 I know, but that's how my customer wants it. I'd cover it in grime if it was down to me! Peter As it's a commission build, I was not too forceful with my comment. All the pictures I have seen, show Snowhill to be something of a black hole. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted January 7, 2018 Author Share Posted January 7, 2018 That's certainly what the pictures imply; there was very little daylight coming in through the glass roof. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Fantastic modelling !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJD Posted January 9, 2018 Share Posted January 9, 2018 This model has that extra something. When I looked at the photographs posted on 6th January, I felt transported back to the 1950s and 60s for a moment . I could see myself going down the stairs to the broad platforms where I could watch our train come slowly into the station - Kings, Castles, chocolate and cream carriages, and later the Blue Pullman. But I never felt it was a black hole (see entry 69). For black holes try Euston and New Street.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 It really needs a smoke generator underneath to give the full effect, once it's got loco's and stock in place. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted January 10, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 10, 2018 Another Masterpiece! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted January 10, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 10, 2018 It really needs a smoke generator underneath to give the full effect, once it's got loco's and stock in place. Peter Because of the way Snow Hill was designed it never really seemed a smokey place to me, just a slight hazy feeling under the main roof when the sun came out. The roof was fully open down the middle so smoke and steam from trains on the main platforms and through roads vented away and the place where locos stood on the outer Up platform had a smoke cowl above the track. Before the diesels taking over the place where there often seemed to be smoke was rising from the tunnel mouth under the booking hall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerrySVR Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 My experience of both Snow Hill and New Street in the 60s was Snow Hill was very much lighter only smoke as said before, came from tunnel mouth. This is fascinating modelling really capturing how I remember Snow Hill, lucky chap to have this built to such a high standard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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