4mm Llanfair ....

[LarryG]

I mentioned recently that the laser cut brickwork on the goods shed office needed attention. Raiding the spare buildings box produced an Intentio GCR weighbridge built a couple of years ago. A long chimney stack came from spares. Temporarily in position tonight for the photos...



The stack is clumsy, so I need to find something better....

 

[michael mott]

Perhaps just a plain Stack Larry without the changes in size going up? the building looks great.

Michael

 

[Nick C]

I think the chimney would look better either at the other end of the building, or flush with the main shed wall - being stand-alone but so close is what makes it look odd.

 

[Richard Gawler]

Larry, if you change the chimney stack, it would be worthwhile making the new one a bit taller so the pot is above the ridge of the main roof. Then the imaginary fire will draw better. Moving the stack as @Nick C suggests would improve the overall look too.

 

[LarryG]

The goods office now has a deep set fireplace with the chimney built into the goods shed wall to give some heat to this building. Llanfyllin goods had a similar arrangement. The office still needs bedding in...


The goods shed was only lightly glued down, so it was taken indoors and all the paintwork given a fresh coat of GWR Stone nos. 2 and 3. Again, the photo has reminded me the hinges need picking out...

 

[michael mott]

Looks like a very economical solution and also that the office was part of the original planning and not an addition.
Michael

 

[LarryG]

It looks different because of the new open-plan goods yard.....


The goods and coal roads have changed places and yard is now wider...


The yard looks more open and rural now with less clutter hence the removal of the Provender Store.....

 

[Quintus]

I think that looks much better Larry.

 

[Alan]

Plenty of room for vehicles who are loading or unloading to turn.

 

[Muddysblues]

Hello Larry, all the proportions of the buildings and yard etc look great.

I have sent you a personal message

Best regards
Craig

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

The overall scene looks better with the resited goods shed and coal yard (also less to damage when leaning over).

Looking down the latest view a history of the line can be easily written with the line being originally opened for goods only - with the coal yard siding extending down under the bridge to form the main line. Later the trackwork rearranged and the approach slewed to accommodate passenger services.

I would be inclined to leave the signal box where it is as moving it back would narrow the coal yard goods shed approach road. Personally I'm not too sure about the resited coal office - weren't these generally located at goods yard entrances or station approaches within easy reach of the public to order coal.

 

[LarryG]

The coalman's office is now adjacent to the yard entrance. All buildings are lined up with a set square, a very useful tool when doing the scenery....


The static grass was glued down with neat PVA and sucked to stand up with a vacuum. Rough grass is created with a heat gun.....


The 4-bar fencing was resting against the backscene for the time-being...


Water tank and hut bedded into the embankment. A single track road bridge will be tried out here......

A new turnout was laid at the neck of the yard so that the headshunt is now closer to the running line.....

 

[Richard Gawler]

Larry this all looks beautifully spacious

 

[LarryG]

The signalman not only got an unobstructed view, he gotta bigga box too. It is the Intentio one from Barmouth which had been in my spares box for a while.


The smaller one was an upmarket covered lever frame, but this one has full instrumentation, token equipment and will control more of the turnouts...

 

[paulc]

I often wonder what the people in the drab grey houses behind the goods shed think . They go to bed and get up in the morning to a shed thats 20ft closer or a signal box that's twice its size albeit that the whole railway is half the size in scale that it used to be anyway .
Whatever it's all looking really authentic but do trains run on it yet ?

 

[Captain Kernow]

I often wonder what the people in the drab grey houses behind the goods shed think . They go to bed and get up in the morning to a shed thats 20ft closer or a signal box that's twice its size albeit that the whole railway is half the size in scale that it used to be anyway

I would imagine that they are really glad that Dr Beeching hasn't closed their railway yet...

 

[LarryG]

I often wonder what the people in the drab grey houses behind the goods shed think . They go to bed and get up in the morning to a shed thats 20ft closer or a signal box that's twice its size albeit that the whole railway is half the size in scale that it used to be anyway .
Whatever it's all looking really authentic but do trains run on it yet ?

Ha ha. It's all good fun. Beeching is as yet an unknown entity so all's well. Model trains can run on the section completed, but I doubt they will while I'm busy filling my time with this fictional piece of olde Cymru. The clock doesn't start until its completed.

 

[LarryG]

Thanks to 'GWR Structure Colours 1912-47', my recent re-education taught me to recognise GWR colours in colour photo albums...


It was plain to see that many stations never got painted in BR days, so the brushes were loaded with GWR Stone Nos. 2, 3 & 4, courtesy Phoenix-Precision Paints P21, P22 and P23.....

 

[LarryG]

The 'road' behind the platform was widened by removing a few obstacles and new spear fencing added plus more bushes to give the scene a more rural ambience...

 

[Quintus]

Larry,
I'm not so sure a farmers store would have a stove, in fact , most of these structures were more of a temporary nature, so maybe the brick faced platform is a bit ott. The pre cast concrete structures as per the Ratio kit were often used as cattle food/fertiliser stores, and failing that, perhaps an old clerestory coach or goods van body on a wooden trestle may be more appropriate? (See Moretonhampstead)
Cheers
Mike