Finally gettiing out of my system.

As promised some further pictures of the LED lighting.  I fitted a sloping length of wood behind the pelmet and simply stuck the LED strip onto this with the double-sided tape which comes already attached to the rear of the strip.  Couldn't be simpler and all for under a 'tenner'. (£10 sterling for anyone not familiar with our strange way of speaking - "Gawd blimey guvnor, on me muvver's life, I di'nt no the gear was nicked!" - roughly translating as "If I am lying Officer, may God strike me blind, and I swear on my dear old mother's life that I had no knowledge that all this property was stolen, and imagine my great surprise when you told me it was!"
Anyway, enough of this nonsense.  To the photos…

Hello Barry.  That's an interesting idea.  As I am experimenting with LEDs I shall see how the scenery looks under the 'warm white' as already fitted.  The beauty of this system is that it would be so easy to add other strips of different colours.  Much better than 'faffing around' with neon tubes or bulbs.



Best wishes,



Terry

Hi Terry,

Sarsden Halt had white lines on the platform in what looks like 1910-1920 from the uniforms and age of the staff.

Nigel

Looking good Terry - Roy Link would approve methinks!!

Barry

Thank you Barry and Nigel.  The white line issue is interesting.  I shall probably become obsessed, searching every magazine and book to prove it to myself!


Best Wishes,


Terry

Hi Terry.  I don’t know because I wasn’t there, but with the keen eyed young pilot on a bright night, it could have made the WW 2 bombing of a Railway Line much easier. After all they followed the Tames to the heart of London with the reflection from the water.  Best wishes Kevin 

Measure twice, cut once, goes the saying.  Unfortunately, when cutting out the station forecourt area from card, I didn't measure at all!  The result was that there was insufficient card abutting the platform on which to stand the station building. I then wasted time having to add an extra piece of card, so…

Terry, slightly similar to how I used that bridge

Uncanny Sol!  Nice layout.



Regards,



Terry

One of today's jobs was to paint out the white line on the platform ramps.  I also painted a thin wash over the remaining white line to tone it down.  The road was glued in place on top of the card formers and cereal packet card was used to form a lattice on which the land cover will be attached…

The remaining lattice work was completed this afternoon.  Next job is to add the land surface. This consists of torn-up pieces of paper applied over the card lattice with neat PVA.  Some people call it Glueshell.  Commonly known as papier-mâché.

That really is looking good Terry and you're covering some ground very quickly to boot.

I have had a hot glue gun for years - bought for work - and also thought I'd try it on the railway.  Maybe it's to do with the type of glue used but I found that, whilst it stuck sufficiently to hold bits in place, it didn't really "bond" so joints cracked very easily.  When you think about how glues work, PVA "soaks" into the material then sets - rather like a weld whereas hot glue is not only too thick but sets too quickly to soak in.  The result, in my experience, a weak joint, "wedged" by the glue blobs rather than truly glued.  As I said, it could depend on the type of glue used.

Regarding the white platform edges, I'd certainly go with them. I think you're right in that the practice became commonplace during WW2 for obvious reasons.  To answer Kevin's comment about carrot-eating bomber pilots, the rails themselves were the guiding light Kevin.  Look at any moon-lit aerial photo of railways and the rails shine like strip lights.  The platform edges, although white, didn't shine.  That's why a clear full moon was called a "bombers moon";

Hot gun glue has issues with white foam board. It attaches to the white powder, not the board. I used it for tacking then followed by glue. 

Nigel

I'd also forgotten to mention the stringing ……………………….!!!  :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:  :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Hello Peter.  I agree with you.  I don't thing the bond is particularly strong either, but is fine for gluing the card used for the scenery.  The glue gun does produce lots of 'strings' but I have found that they can be brushed off with the hand leaving no residue on any surface.  I had to revert to using PVA to attach the bridge and the platform to the baseboard as the hot glue dries too fast for you to get it onto the bottom of the model in every place it is needed.

Hello Nigel.  Interesting comment re the hot glue not being suitable for use on foamboard.  Thanks for that.

Regards to all.

Terry