westernviscount Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 51 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: You mean you made the layout a foot too long!! Mike. Yes, but not at the end the paint ran out. ;-) 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westernviscount Posted April 1 Author Share Posted April 1 So I have watched a couple of youtubers getting very upset about rivet counters. They seem a bit like a weekend golfer missing a put on purpose to prove they dont take themselves too seriously. So, with this in mind and fully schooled in the ways of not counting rivets I decided to...count some rivets. In all seriousness (is that allowed these days?) I am starting work on the bridges for Caia Road. The rivets, after counting, are lightly punched on the reverse of some thin plastikard using a scribing tool I picked up in the range for £1. They are not perfect but I enjoyed counting them all and am pleased with the outcome so far. :-) 12 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westernviscount Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 Another rivetting evening... I have started the upper pa els of the bridge. These will have decorative frames added later. The two sections held together by hand. 7 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westernviscount Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 A bit work work on the bridge. I have joined the upper panel section to the lower girder. The panels had decorative beading on the faces which I am assumimg were still in place in the early sixties. The inside had angled L section 12 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post westernviscount Posted April 15 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 15 A few pictures of the girder temporarily stuck to the layout. 15 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westernviscount Posted April 15 Author Share Posted April 15 And the inside... With the deliberate mistake of ballasting the centre of the bridge before building the central girder. 10 6 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted April 16 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16 Very nice, can't beat a bit of cast ironmongery. Cut, glue, swear, repeat! Mike. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westernviscount Posted April 23 Author Share Posted April 23 A bit of progress with the ballasting. I thought it was a bit course but the more I have done the happier I am with it. 13 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westernviscount Posted April 24 Author Share Posted April 24 And 1458 edging forward. Red buffer beams next and the handrails for the cab. Also some coal in the bunker. 11 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westernviscount Posted June 13 Author Share Posted June 13 A bit more ballasting and I have started to build up the embankment. I used the maps from the national library of scotland to work out roughly the profile of the embankment. I am using card then a weave of cereal box card, a layer of pva soaked kitchen towel then a layer of plaster. So far... Looking from the site of the Cambrian Leather works. The embankment becomes steeper here and will have a retaining wall start at this point. The sirlte of the leather works is seen in the disyance in front of the goods shed. The bottom right will be the site of Derby road and the over bridge. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westernviscount Posted June 13 Author Share Posted June 13 I nipped to the site of the leather works and here are the remains of the retaining wall to be modelled. An overall view of the embankment and the start of the retaining wall. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westernviscount Posted June 17 Author Share Posted June 17 I added a section of weaved cereal packet tonight. Next will be a layer of PVA and kitchen roll then plaster. The therapuetic nature of this technique should not be underestimated!! 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Graham T Posted June 18 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 18 Lovely layout you have developing here. I liked the beading on the bridge, that must have been fun to do!!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westernviscount Posted June 18 Author Share Posted June 18 9 hours ago, Graham T said: Lovely layout you have developing here. I liked the beading on the bridge, that must have been fun to do!!! Hi Graham, thank you. Yes, the beading was a lot of "fun" indeed. There are 30 more to do!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westernviscount Posted June 20 Author Share Posted June 20 Tonight layered on a few sheets of kitchen roll with pva glue. This introduced some undulations which I might have avoided if I had put a pva layer on the weave first and let it dry. I have done this for the next section to be done. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westernviscount Posted June 20 Author Share Posted June 20 I was worried I had gonenover the top wuth the weaving method and I reckon I have made the strips too thin but it has allowed for the embankment to change in angle subtely. I have painted the woven section with pva which will seal the card and will possible resist sagging when I layer on the kitchen roll next week. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted June 21 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 21 But surely some undulations and sagging in such an embankment are prototypical? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westernviscount Posted June 21 Author Share Posted June 21 @Captain Kernow Yes, the undulations will not be a problem as this would likely happen in real life. My only concern is the uniform undulations, sagging between the framework. This will easily be corrected by the plaster and the greenery. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westernviscount Posted July 2 Author Share Posted July 2 Further weaving and kitchen pva soaking! 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted July 3 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 3 Nice warping and wefting! Mike. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westernviscount Posted July 22 Author Share Posted July 22 The layout has moved and I has proceeded with the embankment. A lqyer of plaster and some hanging basket lining glued in place. I used a b and q basket liner (flat) and now waiting for it to dry. Will tease most of it off and use the clippers to make it less woolly. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westernviscount Posted July 22 Author Share Posted July 22 Once the grass is clipped I am going to experiment with airbrushing some subtle greens to make it look less like such a hot summer! 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westernviscount Posted July 22 Author Share Posted July 22 To make things less tedious, I have mixed some processes this evening. I have started working on the goods yard surface. Plaster and black paint as suggested by @SR DUNCAN. I am not suggesting mine will be as effective, just want to cite my source!! 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westernviscount Posted August 6 Author Share Posted August 6 1458 has been completed cosmetically. I hadn't realised how poorly she runs in comparison to 1432. I may need to look at the quartering and generally service the motor. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 On 02/04/2024 at 22:47, westernviscount said: Another rivetting evening... I have started the upper pa els of the bridge. These will have decorative frames added later. The two sections held together by hand. Very well detailed👌👌 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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