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Re: (WH)WHR Buildings
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 8:40 am
by Andrew
Hello all,
I made a little more progress on the station building over the weekend - my modelling time seems to come in small chunks, an hour here, half-an-hour there, which is tricky with some projects but seems to be working OK for this one...
The corrugated cladding is now in permanently in place at one end:
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The back wall of the waiting area now has its cosmetic wooden frame - the black corrugated sheet here is the old Brandbright stuff, happily just the same size as Tenmille asbestos sheet. The latter will need pins adding to represent whatever it is corrugated iron's fixed with - the Brandbright stuff has that.
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And at the other end a door has been added to allow access to the office - the next job will be to add another one on the other side from the office to the waiting area.
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That's all for now, but it's taking shape...
Cheers,
Andrew.
Re: (WH)WHR Buildings
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 8:47 am
by philipy
Andrew wrote: ↑Mon Sep 10, 2018 8:40 am
That's all for now, but it's taking shape...
It certainly is, and very nicely too.
Re: (WH)WHR Buildings
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 10:41 am
by Peter Butler
Looks really good, well detailed and convincing structure. Well worth spending time adding the interior framing, makes all the difference.
Re: (WH)WHR Buildings
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 11:30 am
by Andrew
Peter Butler wrote: ↑Mon Sep 10, 2018 10:41 am
Well worth spending time adding the interior framing, makes all the difference.
I think so - I didn't realise how important it was until I looked carefully at some photos of the real thing. My daughter prefers the framed inside to the plain outside and wants me to reassemble it inside out... You can't tell from the photos, but the framing is scribed with a saw blade to represent the grain in the timber - I believe the technique's known as "The Butler Method"...
Cheers,
Andrew.
Re: (WH)WHR Buildings
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 11:47 am
by ge_rik
Looking good, Andrew. I like the combination of techniques. That corrugated sheeting looks effective.
Rik
Re: (WH)WHR Buildings
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 4:15 pm
by Peter Butler
Andrew wrote: ↑Mon Sep 10, 2018 11:30 am
Peter Butler wrote: ↑Mon Sep 10, 2018 10:41 am
...... the framing is scribed with a saw blade to represent the grain in the timber - I believe the technique's known as "The Butler Method"...
Cheers,
Andrew.
I will pass on your comments to my Gentleman's Gentleman, he will be delighted to hear his efforts have been recognised!
Re: (WH)WHR Buildings
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:08 am
by Andrew
Good morning!
Progress this week has been hampered a little by my taking my "slot and tab" construction technique a step too far on Monday evening when I attempted to cut a slot in my finger... Whilst cutting a recess into the foam board I applied too much pressure (and not enough care), snapping the end off the knife blade and sending the remaining stump through my nail and into my index finger. That was enough to stop any further modelling that evening, but on the whole I seem to have got away with it very lightly...
Somewhat gingerly, I picked up my tools again yesterday evening and set to work on the plastic "woodwork" that surrounds the opening to the waiting area. There's not much to see, the work mostly involving a lot of head-scratching and a little light Butler-ing to create the grain effect, but here's where I'm at so far:
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Mr Tarkin has also sustained an injury and is rubbing his head whilst pointing to the offending piece of joinery. Those diagonal bits do come out a little low (even accepting that the figure's fairly tall), but I'll just have to use short figures there! I was wondering about a representation of Miriam Roberts, Beddgelert's "girl stationmistress", but she wore Welsh national costume and I fear the woodwork may knock her stovepipe hat off...
Cheers,
Andrew.
Re: (WH)WHR Buildings
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:29 am
by Lonsdaler
Through the nail? A very painful injury
Very early on in the building of my garden railway I managed to introduce two of my fingers to my circular saw
I strongly recommend that people do not try this at home, work or anywhere else!
The most embarrassing part of the whole palaver was fainting in the kitchen and hitting my head on the stone floor, which added a whole new level of drama to the incident!
The building looks great - can't wait to see it finished, and I wouldn't worry about the low level of the angled support - your customers will soon learn where it is
Re: (WH)WHR Buildings
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 11:30 am
by philipy
Think Tom needs to add a banner to the top of the page " WARNING! Railway modelling can seriously damage your health"
Re: (WH)WHR Buildings
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 11:41 am
by tom_tom_go
philipy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 11:30 am
Think Tom needs to add a banner to the top of the page " WARNING! Railway modelling can seriously damage your health"
Physically and mentally!
Re: (WH)WHR Buildings
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 1:38 pm
by ge_rik
tom_tom_go wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 11:41 am
philipy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 11:30 am
Think Tom needs to add a banner to the top of the page " WARNING! Railway modelling can seriously damage your health"
Physically and mentally!
And financially
Rik
Re: (WH)WHR Buildings
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 8:50 am
by Andrew
Ah, but modelling can be very therapeutic too - I reckon it's all about the right project at the right time, and when you're in the right head-space...
Anyway, I added the interior door yesterday evening, before disassembling the thing for the last time, to make sure I'd got all of the protective film off the foam board:
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I'm busy this evening, but I hope to cut and fit the cladding at the weekend, and then it should really begin to look the part...
Cheers,
Andrew.
Re: (WH)WHR Buildings
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 9:11 am
by tom_tom_go
It looks like the Empire dude has discovered the force and destroyed the building!
Re: (WH)WHR Buildings
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:24 am
by Peter Butler
Displayed on a red and white background makes me think of the barber's pole, blood and bandage...... makes me shiver just thinking about the injury sustained.
Re: (WH)WHR Buildings
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 8:08 pm
by invicta280
Craft knives can indeed be lethal. I was once hospitalized (outpatient) courtesy of Swann- Morton. The safety cover was a piece of plastic heat crimped on to the blade and Dingbat here tried to remove the cover by using my thumbnail against the cover with some force, thinking that I was applying pressure to the
back of the blade. When the cover slipped off the back of my thumb opened up like a sausage cut lengthways, ; down to the bone! Forty years later the scar is still well defined.
Re: (WH)WHR Buildings
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 9:17 pm
by Peter Butler
My preferred weapon is a Stanley knife with fixed blade, much easier to hold and control, able to give more pressure on the cut and the blade far less likely to disintegrate.
I only use the 1991 (normal duty) blades and everything I make is done with one of these.
Re: (WH)WHR Buildings
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2018 10:23 pm
by markoteal
invicta280 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 8:08 pm
Craft knives can indeed be lethal. I was once hospitalized (outpatient) courtesy of Swann- Morton. The safety cover was a piece of plastic heat crimped on to the blade and Dingbat here tried to remove the cover by using my thumbnail against the cover with some force, thinking that I was applying pressure to the
back of the blade. When the cover slipped off the back of my thumb opened up like a sausage cut lengthways, ; down to the bone! Forty years later the scar is still well defined.
Heck - #feelingfaint
Re: (WH)WHR Buildings
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 9:15 am
by Andrew
Yep, I definitely got away lightly with my own injury, which is healing nicely... I'm not sure what'll happen when the slot I've cut in my fingernail reaches the end, but I'm sure all will be well...
Anyway, back to the station building!
The main structure's all glued together now, and I completed the cladding over the weekend, so here's what it looks like now...
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I think the slight indentations above the office door are probably where the glue melted the plastic a little, but I rather like how it looks so shan't be replacing that bit. The next step will be to get the roof to fit better then clad that too, followed by a little filling, tidying and detailing before painting. We've got a very busy couple of months ahead so progress may slow rather, we'll see...
Cheers,
Andrew.
Re: (WH)WHR Buildings
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 10:07 am
by Peter Butler
I think it all looks just fine and the slight imperfections add character to the image.
Re: (WH)WHR Buildings
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2018 10:09 am
by tom_tom_go
Proper job there Andrew!
I don't have the patience to make buildings.