Somewhere SW of London. Somewhen before today

[user=6]Petermac[/user] wrote:

When are you planning go finish the loco …… :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol:

You can go off some people, y'know 

The privy has landed. Glued not to its own kit-build mess room but to the resin “Shillingstone” one which is a better fit in this spot. 

Love it - a finish to aspire too. I made my own version of the Scale Model Scenery one that is a similar stucture but the lads at the model club liked it so much I gave it away. I can always cut and make a new one.

 
Sunday special traffic. A class 52 “Western” arrives with condemned coaching stock. 

The chocolate / cream coach is a Hornby Railroad item bought for demonstrating weathering. It is not intended to be a runner and its plastic wheels object to code 75 point frogs. 

N-class 31874 looks to have had some problems judging by the smokebox door. Washout or scorching due to water shortage?  

It may not look much but it takes ages.  Today I have been working on the girder bridge supports. The basic structure was done a while ago. Today has seen parapets and a little architectural detail added.  I need to print off some more Scalescenes sheets to complete this before the roadway is cut and fitted. After that the pieces will become a whole structure and in due course the backscene will be taken around behind to complete the view.  This is a freelance scratchbuild based on the bridge at Morden South and using foamboard, card and Scalescenes prints. 

Looking good Rick.    :thumbs

I hope that buffer is well bolted down ………not much scope for a speeding loco ….

[user=6]Petermac[/user] wrote:

Looking good Rick.    :thumbs

I hope that buffer is well bolted down ………not much scope for a speeding loco ….

It's the yard headshunt so speed should be kept well down!  Any over-runs would end up embedding themselves in a lot of very solid brickwork   and would result in the driver receiving a "Please Explain".  

Oh look! A piece of artwork in that solid brick wall. It looks like someone has carved a good likeness of a class 33 "face" in the wall.

Waiting.  Waiting. 

BRCW Type 3 “Crompton” D6551 ticks over on the shed road while electro-diesel E6007 waits to leave with a van train 

I liked those locos Rick - the Cromptons I mean, not the electro-diesels.

Very nicely weathered - by you ?

The bridge supports are coming along rather nicely! 

Petermac wrote:

I liked those locos Rick - the Cromptons I mean, not the electro-diesels.

I have always had a bit of a soft spot for them.  They have quite a ferocious snarl about them when under power.  The sound of a pair tackling the 1:80 of Honiton Bank on a summer Saturday train to the West Country could have had much of East Devon wondering what that sharp bark was all about.  The same pair starting the return working up the notorious 1:37 from Exeter St. Davids to Central which has the added inconveniences of a standing start and a sharp curve would have roused any of the former GWR chiefs from their eternal slumbers!  

Very nicely weathered - by you ?

Thank you - yes.  

It hasn't gone quiet.  It's gone a bit cutty-sticky!  

I have been building the girder bridge sidewalls from Wills Vari-girder kits.  This involves sticking a lot of small pieces together to form one whole.  The completed spans will also be double-sided in order to accommodate a road scene which therefore doubles the amount of kits and preparation required.

The kits include parts to accurately represent the top flange and splice plates as well.  I found them easy to prepare and - with the aid of a stout metal ruler - easy to align and glue.  

These will sit inside the main girder span and prevent train-spotters being able to cop numbers passing below.  The prototype image shows the general arrangement.  

The bridge girder sections are now complete and painted. Painting was with Woodland Scenics Slate Grey roughly mixed with Jo Sonjas Smoked Pearl and Titanium White.  Railmatch Rust was then dry-brushed onto and in places worked into the not-quite-dry “grey” colour. 

The plates look fantastic Rick.   All brush painted or did you spray the trusses ?

All brush painted. I used a 1cm flat sable for the grey and a stiff bristle 1.5cm flat for the rust. Thank you. 

Useful kit. Looking forward to seeing it in place.

I love the rivet detail and your finishing off really brings out the detail, well done. Rivets were something I tried, without success, to make from scratch on my model ships (1/76 scale) Had I known about these kits I could have cannibalised them to use as window and scuttle frames.

I will certainly keep this in mind if I build another ship - perhaps a wharf scene on my layout and waterline model. Food for thought.

Thanks for sharing and cheers, Andrew
 :cheers