d winpenny Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Great work marcus I'm going to have to have a go at building some buildings built for knottingley David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBE Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 The bridge is looking very good Marcus. Keep up the good work buddy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 Thanks Mate. I'm really starting to enjoy this scratch building malarkey. In fact I would go as far to say I probably wouldn't buy another ready made building or kit again. Apart from you will get what you want from building your own there also the enjoyment and huge satisfaction when its finished. I have been cracking on with the station building today so will pop a couple of pics up later. Cheers Marcus 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 That's a brilliant job of the bridge Marcus, really great, can't wait to see it back on the layout. Al. Thanks Al Well it is only that good due to the expert advice I had from a certain somebody. Cheers again mate, really appreciated. In fact if he hadn't been for RMweb members PDW wouldn't be half as good as it is now as I've picked up so many tips and advice its been great. Cheers for now Marcus 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 Great work marcus I'm going to have to have a go at building some buildings built for knottingley David Go for it mate. As I said in my post to Cav you will get a real amount of satisfaction from building your own. Your first efforts may not be brilliant but you soon learn from your mistakes. Also never be afraid to ask for advice either. The rock faces on PDW wouldn't have been so good without advice from Cav with what material and technique to use. Same goes for Al with help with the bridge and Andy P with the puddles. George also came up trumps with help with the fuel point. Thanks for the compliments by the way and I will look forward to seeing some more updates on Knottigley soon. All the best Marcus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 Just a quick couple of pictures of progress today so far. I'll post a bit more info later as I'm going to crack on with a bit more. Cheers Marcus 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 Ok, I'm officially suffering from slate blindness now so it's time to call it a day. Since posting the last pic I've finished slating this side of the roof. I did it with the old method of cutting individual strips and then making slots in them with a scalpel every 4mm. To give it a bit more of random look every so often I've taken a nick out of the corner of the odd slate. I've also started the chimney as I needed this as a guide to where I needed to slate up to. This was made up from plasticard and covered with stone cladding. It isn't fixed to the building yet as a) it needs more detail and b) Sod's law I will knock it off. I did start to give the slates coat of paint but I'm not convinced about the colour, Humbrol Slate Grey, so I'll go and find something more suitable tomorrow. Here's a couple of final pictures. Cheers for now Marcus 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
class"66" Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 More super work here Marcus!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeT Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Crackin' modelling Marcus, really coming on nicely the buildings are really looking the part... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Great work Marcus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Looking really good Marcus and you sound as though you are really enjoying it .... it must take ages, with all the detail. .............. eerr - all that time? ............ have they run out of stone, for you to pull about the country?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovetrains6 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 The station is realy looking the biz Marcus Johan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2015 Hi Marcus, great job on the station so far, it's immediately recognisable as Great Longstone... Regarding the colour of the slates, I hope you don't mind me saying that they look a bit dark at the moment. For my station I used Humbrol RAF Blue (No. 96) and Humbrol PRU Blue (No. 230) mixed together as a dilute wash, and a number of coats to build up the colour. You might want to try that if you haven't gone too far yet. Alternatively, just use dilute washes of the Slate Grey, But I think it looks too dark, which is why I avoided it. Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 Thanks Chaps for all the compliments. I'm pretty pleased with how it's going as I must admit I was dreading the station building due to all the different angles in the roof. This was definitely a check twice cut once scenario. actually it was check about five times before I cut. Anyway perseverance paid off and I'm pretty pleased with the results. Also to make things a bit more difficult I wanted the roof removable so I can add lighting and an interior. As far as the roof is concerned I just need to add the side walls and the roof to the front dormer. Once done I can start adding the slates. Here's a few pictures of today's progress Talking of interiors I knocked this up earlier from some scraps of plasticard I had left over. A nice chair and desk for the depot manager whose office is on the second floor. Downstairs will be the booking on point and mess room. So plenty more furniture to make. Don't worry JC I'm back moving stone around the countryside tomorrow so probably no updates to the weekend now. Cheers for now. Marcus 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted November 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2015 Don't worry JC I'm back moving stone around the countryside tomorrow so probably no updates to the weekend now. so your not conducting me over the coalville branch tomorrow then? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted November 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2015 Ha! I see you were way ahead of me on the slates, mate... Love the desk and chair, brilliant bit of modelling. Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 Sorry mate, not me. I expect it's one of East Mids guys. Hope you're sanders are working, it's great across there at this time of year. It's a nice back water though. It's like the line that time forgot. Have fun. Cheers Marcus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 Ha! I see you were way ahead of me on the slates, mate... Love the desk and chair, brilliant bit of modelling. Al. Cheers Al. I've used that method before on the wooden shed on KoLW. Chris Leigh showed how to do it in Model Rail years ago. I think he used old Christmas cards! After seeing your superb interior in Bakewell I couldn't not do something. Especially if it's lit with those big windows. Cheers Marcus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted November 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2015 not looking forward to it, 30mph recording train with an unbraked bogie on the test coach so it has enhanced brakes on the other bogie to compensate, so easy to put flats on, you cant brake much beyond initial really! oh and dbso's dont have straigh air brakes either Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted November 9, 2015 Author Share Posted November 9, 2015 Don't worry a lot of it is 20mph. Getting going is the hardest bit. Just watch out for Swannington crossing. I've never seen barriers come down so late. You'll see what I mean tomorrow!! All the East Mids lads are as good as gold so you'll be fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted November 9, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 9, 2015 Will be ok hopefully Wednesday is more up my street, on home turf, 37 to llandudno, bangor and blaenau 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimleygrid Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Very nice work on the bridge and station building. A lovely location to model. I look forward to seeing a nice class 60 passing under the bridge pulling a rake of bogie stone hoppers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted November 11, 2015 Author Share Posted November 11, 2015 Cheers Grimley. I'll see what I can do next time in the loft. I'll come round and pinch your lads RMC hoppers then you can have three 60's with bogie hoppers. HaHa!! Actually some of your 3TG 60's would look nice as well. Cheers Marcus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 great work Marcus, its coming on a treat mate, well done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted November 15, 2015 Author Share Posted November 15, 2015 Cheers Andy. Here's a couple of pictures of progress on the station building. Again I've been working on the roof and constructing the chimneys. Making the slates takes a while but it's worth it in the end. It's had a couple of coats of slate grey but needs a final coat just to touch in where there's the odd bit of white card showing. It will then get some washes of various colours to weather it up. The chimneys are just sat on there loose at the moment as these need some more work done on them in the shape of some plastistruct strips to create the ledges round the bottom. Might try and get hold of some of this tomorrow so I can then get them fastened on. Cheers for now. Marcus 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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