The Kirtley work bench.

[Peter Smith]

I've begin adding the paper panels to represent the Bath stone walls, using this picture as the basis for a sheet of building paper:





Once all the paper is in place the model will be dry brushed to blend the different colours together. This needs to be done before adding drain pipes, poster boards and so on.



The gutters are green because the layout it is destined for is set on the South coast.





The really interesting job is going to be the canopy over the entrance - I'm leaving that until last!

Peter

 

[LarryG]

A extraordinary fine piece of building construction.

I presume your building papers are archival after all this hard work. My experiences haven't been good and so I only trust paint nowadays.

 

[Peter Smith]

I've got buildings getting on for ten years old and they show no sign of fading; I use them for pretty much everything these days. I like printed paper, you don't have to wait for it to dry! Having said that in this weather I didn't have to wait long for the spray paint on the shell to dry either.

Peter

 

[Peter Smith]

The front of the station is about complete; I dry-brushed the stonework lightly in white and then put a layer of dilute back on the horizontal surfaces where soot would settle.






The roof lifts off using the chimneys as handles!





I should get the platform side finished tomorrow.



Peter

 

[Peter Smith]

The model is about complete apart from a bit more etching for the canopy sides which should arrive tomorrow. This is the plainer platform side which won't easily be seen on the layout. The ply sheet is warped, not the model!





The canopy is a mixture of Scalelink etches and plastic parts.









Peter

 

[paulc]

I think i will take up tiddlywinks , that is a fabulous bit of modelling Peter . Do you ever make anything small
Cheers Paul

 

[Peter Smith]

I once did the buildings from St Ives in 2mm scale - the signal box wasn't very big!

Peter

 

[Peter Smith]

I've replaced the canopy pillars with better items and finished the decoration around the top.





Peter

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

An idle question - Wouldn't the canopy have a third post in the centre as it appears to be large span to support itself and the weight of the glazing?

 

[Peter Smith]

You'd imagine so, but it didn't.



Peter

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

Thanks for the confirmation - obviously they knew their materials then.

 

[AJC]

And indeed, still does (it's only a porte cochere, after all, the roof is effectively a lean-to and is, I think, iron and glass).



Adam

 

[Brian McKenzie]

My first thought, on seeing the photo above was, "there's Adrian"
[car]

 

[paulc]

Exactly what i thought .

 

[adrian]

My first thought, on seeing the photo above was, "there's Adrian"
[car]

LOL - nice idea although that one is probably 20% overscale and has funny modern contrivances like electric windows, power steering and central locking et al.

 

[simond]

“Funny modern contrivances”?!?

I made my living throughout the nineties by making electric (and manual) window mechanisms - not the old Mini, they stayed with a manual “butterfly” design til the end (the slidey ones had gone by the time I was involved) neither the BMW Mini, which used the competition’s product , but most of Rover’s production, all the Ford Transits, windey windows for Defender (and electric, there’s posh!), DB7, and some rather esoteric things like a Metro Cabrio, a Mini Cabrio, and a few strange Rolls Royce cars that are probably still hush-hush. And the PR5, the only example of which is in Gaydon museum.

I worked for the company that made the B1 Lancer and the Space Shuttle. I made the bits that made your windows go up and down...

Atb
Simon

 

[michael080]

I worked for the company that made the B1 Lancer and the Space Shuttle. I made the bits that made your windows go up and down...

WOW! I wasn't aware that you could open the windows at the Space Shuttle.

Michael

 

[simond]

Never worked on things with wings...

I had a possibly misguided memory of an American flag being waved from the cockpit window, possibly after the first landing, but despite a quick google search, I couldn’t find a photo. I guess it gets a bit hotter than Dave’s planes did.

Atb
Simon

 

[BrushType4]

Peter, That looks great.

 

[Peter Smith]

I'll have the following models for sale on Stand 15 at Telford this weekend:

NER station building based on Ravenstonedale, LNER colours. NER signal box based on Grosmont, LNER colours.

MR signal box. MR Whissendine station building, suitable for LMS period until late 1930's. GNR signal box, LNER colours.

SR Hayling Island station building. GWR station building based on Hemyock. Two low relief pubs and a selection of urinals and toilets.









Peter