First Building

tegfan railway · Post by **tegfan railway** » Sat Dec 15, 2012 7:36 pm

Just started my first building. A small station waiting room, drawn full size in Autosketch then cut at 16mm/Ft on a laser cutter. Material is sign writers 3mm Acrylic off cuts. Costs so far tsp of solvent cement and a sheet of 800 w&d paper. Roof will be corrugated extra planking care of a local coffee shop. Plan to paint all over grey primer then use match pots and satin varnish.

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MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Sun Dec 16, 2012 12:53 pm

Looking good.................... Are you intending to instal internal lighting?

tegfan railway · Post by **tegfan railway** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:52 pm

fitted roof today, acrylic underside clad with corrugated card, the card was a bargain £1.00 for a pack of 10 around A3 size. Just started to add some detail using wood coffee stirring sticks. Hope to get some rattle can primer on so that I can start painting today.

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Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 1:59 pm

Looking good!

Can you give me some pointers towards the corrugated card (make/supplier etc) please? - it sounds just the job for an "indoor project" I have on the go and at that price will stop me scouring for old corrugated cardboard boxes to scavenge

tegfan railway · Post by **tegfan railway** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 2:19 pm

Narrow Minded:78272 wrote:Looking good!

Can you give me some pointers towards the corrugated card (make/supplier etc) please? - it sounds just the job for an "indoor project" I have on the go and at that price will stop me scouring for old corrugated cardboard boxes to scavenge

Bought the card in our local cheapy craft shop (llandudno) it came as a pack of mixed colours, I figure with a couple of coats of primer then painted with humbrol enamel and final coat of satin varnish it should stand up to the weather.

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 6:07 pm

Thanks for that - a soaking of Shellac or similar would probably be a better bet for weather protection

Sir Clothem Cap · Post by **Sir Clothem Cap** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 8:52 pm

it looks great, well done

tegfan railway · Post by **tegfan railway** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 9:52 pm

Thanks for all the positive comments, I am quite happy with the way the build is going especially as its my first. Thanks to the grotty weather might have some top coat on soon. Managed to get a couple of coats of primer on a few minutes ago. As the building is based loosely on the Castell Caereinion waiting room, colours will be cream for most of the walls, GWR chocolate for timbers and window frames in white.

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MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 9:55 pm

That's starting to look something like!

Narrow Minded · Post by **Narrow Minded** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:02 pm

It looks better than my look alike - "Codnor Castle"! Well done!

DolwyddelanLightRail · Post by **DolwyddelanLightRail** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 11:44 pm

That's come out well!

tegfan railway · Post by **tegfan railway** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:01 am

DolwyddelanLightRail:78310 wrote:That's come out well!

Thanks James, progress with line is a bit grasshopperish, probably should get track laid before planting and scenery, but who cares I am having fun. Weather looks better today so hopefully a bit more track will get laid. Will finish painting the shed tonight and tomorrow. Placed part painted shed in situ to see what it looks like. Puppy was impressed! Need to think about platform next.

SapperAnt · Post by **SapperAnt** » Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:37 am

Looks fantastic!

Kit version any time soon???

tegfan railway · Post by **tegfan railway** » Sun Dec 23, 2012 4:56 pm

Almost there

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Sun Dec 23, 2012 5:29 pm

Nice! A bit too "new looking" for my taste - a VERY thin wash of some black paint (on the basis that you can always add more) would help.

tegfan railway · Post by **tegfan railway** » Sun Dec 23, 2012 5:43 pm

MDLR:78408 wrote:Nice! A bit too "new looking" for my taste - a VERY thin wash of some black paint (on the basis that you can always add more) would help.

Funny thats what my wife just said when I proudly showed her my almost complete construction. No worries there I have some Tamiya weathering powders ready for when I finish. Roof still needs painting as does the brick work.

IrishPeter · Post by **IrishPeter** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 2:38 am

May I suggest you install a typical light railway platform:

Install edging a suitable distance from the rail - I favour some sort of stripwood well lathered in preservative - with the top 8mm above rail. Back fill with some sort of spoil - my favourite is decomposed granite as that is the local rock, and whack with a 2x4 until you have it suffciently patted down.

An alternative is concrete edging slabs, which are usually cheap enough from the local Big Tin Hardware Shed.

Whatever you do remember that full height platforms are a little rare in full size NG circles.

Peter in AZ

tegfan railway · Post by **tegfan railway** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 8:02 am

IrishPeter:78428 wrote:
Whatever you do remember that full height platforms are a little rare in full size NG circles.

Peter in AZ

Platform coming soon, once I decide height and style - what height would you chaps suggest??

MDLR · Post by **MDLR** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 1:00 pm

tegfan railway:78433 wrote:Platform coming soon, once I decide height and style - what height would you chaps suggest??

No higher than rail level - then you never have clearance problems!

IrishPeter · Post by **IrishPeter** » Mon Dec 24, 2012 4:47 pm

Not more than 6 scale inches or 8mm above rail level, which is high enough to give your 16mm people a boost onto the bottom step, but low enough that it hopefully does not catch the foot boards of any visiting vehicles.

I do not know about you, but I always use my largest vehicle to test clearences. The Calthrop Coach that I built is 678mm over the headstocks and 128mm wide over the steps, so it is the vehicle used for checking if things clear.

Peter in AZ

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