Finishing the unfinished
- RylstonLight
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Re: Finishing the unfinished
Hi, the unfinished projects are still being whittled down. Fortunately my health improves, but unfortunately this means I'm expected to go back to work. Funny that they won't consider paying me to make a 16mm world indefinitely!
Rylston Station building is still cluttering my desk, but much of the external work is now complete. It is a JigStone cast in resin with which I experimented with self colouring casting. I swore that I wouldn't get sucked into any internal detail. But then decided that some "low fidelity" modelling wouldn't take too long.
Peering in from the platform side, we can see the Edmondson ticket machine on the booking desk.
Peering in from the opposite side of the building, we can see the Edmondson tickets in their rack.
Swivelling round we can see the desk
Some signs for the station have been unearthed in cluttered corners of the workshop. I feel the fish adds something.
An old notice board with peeling timetable was discovered.
And finally detail of the Edmondson ticket rack from the window again
There is still lots to do to the station building but I'll try to get some outside shots soon.
Rylston Station building is still cluttering my desk, but much of the external work is now complete. It is a JigStone cast in resin with which I experimented with self colouring casting. I swore that I wouldn't get sucked into any internal detail. But then decided that some "low fidelity" modelling wouldn't take too long.
Peering in from the platform side, we can see the Edmondson ticket machine on the booking desk.
Peering in from the opposite side of the building, we can see the Edmondson tickets in their rack.
Swivelling round we can see the desk
Some signs for the station have been unearthed in cluttered corners of the workshop. I feel the fish adds something.
An old notice board with peeling timetable was discovered.
And finally detail of the Edmondson ticket rack from the window again
There is still lots to do to the station building but I'll try to get some outside shots soon.
Andy S. at the Rylston Light Railway
Re: Finishing the unfinished
Very glad to hear that your health improves Andy, more wonderful detail. Hope the thought of working again doesn't stop the creative juices flowing.
Grant.
Grant.
Re: Finishing the unfinished
Glad to hear your health is improving Andy, love you detailing of the ticket machine, in fact love all of it. You are a very talented guy.
Take it from me Andy, don’t push yourself to hard at work, if you don’t feel good, tell someone...I didn’t and I ended up with a double bypass....
Take it from me Andy, don’t push yourself to hard at work, if you don’t feel good, tell someone...I didn’t and I ended up with a double bypass....
ROD
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Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
- RylstonLight
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Re: Finishing the unfinished
Thanks for encouragement about rehab to work.
As promised some outside shots of Rylston Station building mocked up on a board. Very much work in progress but I have temporarily dressed it up with accessories to assess its potential. The signs are easy as they are fixed by magnets embedded in the JigStone castings. The idea is to allow different signs when running in different eras. The cat is also fixed this way. Lots to do with barge boards, gutters and ridge tiles etc. Then the new RLR needs to be built for it to go on.
Overall view from platform side:
A closer view:
The platform view of the arched passage with ticket window to right:
The town view of the station:
Closer view of town side of arch, with a warm welcome evident!:
The railway will remain closed until I can re-arrange some landscaping to accomodate a new version of the RLR. As the time approaches I will share the plans and the philosophy that generated them. The basic idea is to have a more compact circular layout with more thought to scenic vistas that lend themselves to watching trains go by and photographing them. I am also planning a novel way of a (relatively) quick build of raised track bed, which I'll share when I am confident it will work.
But for it to be a quick build in situ I need to build up my stock of plants and buildings first.
Andy S
As promised some outside shots of Rylston Station building mocked up on a board. Very much work in progress but I have temporarily dressed it up with accessories to assess its potential. The signs are easy as they are fixed by magnets embedded in the JigStone castings. The idea is to allow different signs when running in different eras. The cat is also fixed this way. Lots to do with barge boards, gutters and ridge tiles etc. Then the new RLR needs to be built for it to go on.
Overall view from platform side:
A closer view:
The platform view of the arched passage with ticket window to right:
The town view of the station:
Closer view of town side of arch, with a warm welcome evident!:
The railway will remain closed until I can re-arrange some landscaping to accomodate a new version of the RLR. As the time approaches I will share the plans and the philosophy that generated them. The basic idea is to have a more compact circular layout with more thought to scenic vistas that lend themselves to watching trains go by and photographing them. I am also planning a novel way of a (relatively) quick build of raised track bed, which I'll share when I am confident it will work.
But for it to be a quick build in situ I need to build up my stock of plants and buildings first.
Andy S
Andy S. at the Rylston Light Railway
Re: Finishing the unfinished
Brilliant Andy
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
- Peter Butler
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Re: Finishing the unfinished
Outstanding.... just wonderful attention to getting everything looking in scale and in the right place. The colouring is perfect too.
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Re: Finishing the unfinished
Brilliant!! In all respects.
Rik
Rik
Re: Finishing the unfinished
some ace pictures and a beautifully built station very realistic looking
- Soar Valley Light
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Re: Finishing the unfinished
Hi Andy,
More superb detail in some wonderful models. I had to look twice at more than one photo to be absolutely sure it was 16mm scale not 12" to the foot!
More superb detail in some wonderful models. I had to look twice at more than one photo to be absolutely sure it was 16mm scale not 12" to the foot!
"Smith! Why do you only come to work four days a week?
"'cause I can't manage on three gaffer!"
"'cause I can't manage on three gaffer!"
Re: Finishing the unfinished
As has been said, a beautiful looking building. The stone paint work is brilliant. I do envy you guys with your stone station buildings. Looking forward to hear and see your RLR philosophies come to fruition.
Grant.
Grant.
Re: Finishing the unfinished
Your station is a work of art. Really evocative of a type
Phil
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My Line - https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11077
Sporadic Garden Railer who's inconsistencies know no bounds
My Line - https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11077
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Re: Finishing the unfinished
What a beautiful station building. Full of character.
- RylstonLight
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Re: Finishing the unfinished
Thanks for all the positive comments. In response to some tof the comments. The design of the building is adapted from LNWR Conwy Valley Line at Roman Bridge. It was adapted for the geometry of JigStones and had the booking office arch added. In addition it is a mirror image to fit in better with the planned RLR mark2.
There were a couple of positive comments about painting, but in fact it hasn't been painted. I have been experimenting with imprinted concrete techniques, and have some graphite coloured release agent. This is available as samples from imprinted concrete suppliers and I havn't yet used the bag supplied. A light dusing into the JigStone mould, trying to vary the amount for each cast, and then casting with car repair resin from Halfords resulted in the "paint job" commented on. I hope that this is at least as resilient to the Yorkshire weather as paint.
The imprinted concrete experiments are with view to the new RLR trackbed. More will be revealed later. However the use of coloured concrete has for buildings has had mixed experimental success with the concrete crumbling after 2y. I rather the additonal cost of the resin for JigStone buildings, than a constant rebuild programme.
Andy
There were a couple of positive comments about painting, but in fact it hasn't been painted. I have been experimenting with imprinted concrete techniques, and have some graphite coloured release agent. This is available as samples from imprinted concrete suppliers and I havn't yet used the bag supplied. A light dusing into the JigStone mould, trying to vary the amount for each cast, and then casting with car repair resin from Halfords resulted in the "paint job" commented on. I hope that this is at least as resilient to the Yorkshire weather as paint.
The imprinted concrete experiments are with view to the new RLR trackbed. More will be revealed later. However the use of coloured concrete has for buildings has had mixed experimental success with the concrete crumbling after 2y. I rather the additonal cost of the resin for JigStone buildings, than a constant rebuild programme.
Andy
Andy S. at the Rylston Light Railway
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Re: Finishing the unfinished
I seem to have a butterfly approach to modelling and so the last two days has seen no more progress on the station building, but this is why:
I have been constructing a cast-iron (style) skew underbridge for the Rylston Station approach over the last two days. The starting point were two cast resin bridge sides (no other components) that I picked up from a stall at the 2017 Elsecar show. They were really cheap; I cannot remember clearly the stall or price (put it down to "chemo-brain"), but possibly Classic Cinema from Cleethorpes and possibly £9 each side. If anyone knows otherwise please correct me.
However I decided to add some further depth with styrene half-round rods, some styrene scrap and left-over Slaters styrene numbers. The white (and black) areas are added styrene but the cream is the original resin casting bought:
The underbridge detail is a mixture of a cast of the lower half of the bought-in side (using a reusable mould material) and styrene off-cuts for the lateral bracing. The detail is not great (lots of casting defects) but I reckon it only needs to be low-fidelity under the bridge as it will be dark and shaded so won't be seen in too much detail.
A more general view:
I feel that one-and-a-half days work and under £20 for the bough-in castings have resulted in a passible skew-bridge. Of course stock materials add to the cost.
Andy
I have been constructing a cast-iron (style) skew underbridge for the Rylston Station approach over the last two days. The starting point were two cast resin bridge sides (no other components) that I picked up from a stall at the 2017 Elsecar show. They were really cheap; I cannot remember clearly the stall or price (put it down to "chemo-brain"), but possibly Classic Cinema from Cleethorpes and possibly £9 each side. If anyone knows otherwise please correct me.
However I decided to add some further depth with styrene half-round rods, some styrene scrap and left-over Slaters styrene numbers. The white (and black) areas are added styrene but the cream is the original resin casting bought:
The underbridge detail is a mixture of a cast of the lower half of the bought-in side (using a reusable mould material) and styrene off-cuts for the lateral bracing. The detail is not great (lots of casting defects) but I reckon it only needs to be low-fidelity under the bridge as it will be dark and shaded so won't be seen in too much detail.
A more general view:
I feel that one-and-a-half days work and under £20 for the bough-in castings have resulted in a passible skew-bridge. Of course stock materials add to the cost.
Andy
Andy S. at the Rylston Light Railway
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A bargain buy there, very attractive and useful and appropriate addition to your railway design.
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- Soar Valley Light
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Absolutely superb Andy. I honestly had to look twice to make sure it wasn't full sized!
Any idea who manufactured them? I could do with a couple of sets myself.
Andrew
Any idea who manufactured them? I could do with a couple of sets myself.
Andrew
"Smith! Why do you only come to work four days a week?
"'cause I can't manage on three gaffer!"
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I got them from a stall at Elsecar Show. There were several for sale so they are presumably marketed by someone. I half-remember that the stall was Classic Cinema (which have a website Classic Loco) based in Cleethorpes, but cannot be 100% certain as it was a special day out when I wasn’t firing on all cylinders. They were seriously cheap. I have tried to check the Classic site (www.classicloco.co.uk) to see if it was them, but their website does comment that only a fraction of their stock is on the website. They do commission their own products so it possibly is them. They were so cheap my wife paid cash so no record there either! Sorry.Soar Valley Light wrote: ↑Sat Mar 10, 2018 8:06 pm
Any idea who manufactured them? I could do with a couple of sets myself.
Andrew
Andy
Andy S. at the Rylston Light Railway
Re: Finishing the unfinished
That is a wonderful structure, as Andrew said I saw the first pic. and thought that was the full size one you were going to emulate.
Grant.
PS 1979 the start of your railway perhaps? can't tell if its an 8 or 9
Grant.
PS 1979 the start of your railway perhaps? can't tell if its an 8 or 9
Re: Finishing the unfinished
Andy, both the station and the bridge are simply beautiful. I know what you mean about internal detail though, I get sucked in like that as well!
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
Philip
Re: Finishing the unfinished
Thats a very nice bridge.
ROD
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
Life is so easy when I run my trains.
https://gardenrails.org/forum/viewtopic ... 41&t=11364
https://www.youtube.com/@fairywoodlightrailway
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