Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
I was curious as I've downloaded Gill Sans and Johnston London Underground for PC.
Love Lane, B.R. (E) c.1956-59
- Thread starter Eastsidepilot
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I was curious as I've downloaded Gill Sans and Johnston London Underground for PC.
Oz7mm
Western Thunderer
They came from Station Signs - Products. For a fiver you get
Standard pack contents: - 2 cards per pack.
Each card contains:
20 x BR totem or SR target signs (for lamp posts, walls etc)
4 x running in nameboards
2 x signal box nameboards
1 x station entrance nameboard
platform numbers 1-4 (two of each)
selection of small door signs
They will print any name and any regional colour. Printed on thick glossy card. Bargain.
John
Standard pack contents: - 2 cards per pack.
Each card contains:
20 x BR totem or SR target signs (for lamp posts, walls etc)
4 x running in nameboards
2 x signal box nameboards
1 x station entrance nameboard
platform numbers 1-4 (two of each)
selection of small door signs
They will print any name and any regional colour. Printed on thick glossy card. Bargain.
John
Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
Thanks John,
Saves the trouble producing my own SR versions. Unless I want London Transport signs of course......
Saves the trouble producing my own SR versions. Unless I want London Transport signs of course......
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Work continues on Love Lane with several members getting together every week, here's a few photo's from today.
Sections of the station building have been worked on, here the staircases have had the interior paint applied and the exterior weathering expertly applied by Peter Insole. Handrails are yet to be fitted, these are constructed from brass but will be painted to represent wood as the prototype was.
Brick walls have also been receiving the same treatment with several members all contributing. The ground still to be made up and the wall fitted properly
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A view through the station exit and one of the ticket collectors booths, the booking office to the right.
The Station Masters house, which is just a mock up at present, and a superbly modeled garden by John Watson, a Master model maker,
( Remember ' A Suffolk Idyll' in MRJ ?
) which has dictated the time of year, mid-summer.
Finally the bothy in the loco yard still to be worked on further.
Col.
Sections of the station building have been worked on, here the staircases have had the interior paint applied and the exterior weathering expertly applied by Peter Insole. Handrails are yet to be fitted, these are constructed from brass but will be painted to represent wood as the prototype was.
Brick walls have also been receiving the same treatment with several members all contributing. The ground still to be made up and the wall fitted properly
.A view through the station exit and one of the ticket collectors booths, the booking office to the right.
The Station Masters house, which is just a mock up at present, and a superbly modeled garden by John Watson, a Master model maker,
( Remember ' A Suffolk Idyll' in MRJ ?
) which has dictated the time of year, mid-summer.Finally the bothy in the loco yard still to be worked on further.
Col.
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oldravendale
Western Thunderer
I love it!!
Just one question, and it'll hardly be noticed, but running alongside the stairs maybe a parcel "slide" would be appropriate? As an example see Loughborough Central Station. I remember being there a few weeks after it shut and the parcel slide was polished like glass - doesn't look like that now but it still exists.
B
Just one question, and it'll hardly be noticed, but running alongside the stairs maybe a parcel "slide" would be appropriate? As an example see Loughborough Central Station. I remember being there a few weeks after it shut and the parcel slide was polished like glass - doesn't look like that now but it still exists.
B
BrushType4
Western Thunderer
The like button isn't enough. Superb work.
john lewsey
Western Thunderer
Really nice Colin
Oz7mm
Western Thunderer
We really have to thank Pete Insole for all his work on the station interior and on his guidance on painting. We persuaded him to hold a master class on painting bricks which resulted in my grandchildren and the wife of an old gliding friend picking out bricks and drybrushing, all to the effect you see here. It really is a case of it's easy when you know how, but Pete's perception of colour makes all the difference.
John
John
Osgood
Western Thunderer
richard carr
Western Thunderer
I hope he can, on a day I can attend.
It all looks great
Richard
It all looks great
Richard
Re Loughborough Central. That parcel slide was not only used for parcels but for delivering local grammar school boys very quickly to the platform. I remember sitting on my satchel and sliding down it on a number of occasions, usually to be reprimanded by the Stationmaster who had a twinkle in his eye when he did it (or maybe it was a tear from having reprimanded us so many times and not taking any notice of him). This was from the mid 50s to early 60s for most of the time when the line was a real line with real trains - The Master Cutler, South Yorkshireman, Marylebone-Manchester and Bournemouth-York which was my usual train home, Gresley/Thompson coaches one day and Maunsell/Bulleid the next. Oh happy days!!
Rob
Rob
Eastsidepilot
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Yes I have seen these before, but to be honest we have tried to replicate the Ex G.E.R. architectural practice as faithfully as poss. The building (still used) and info. does not show a parcel slide.
Col.
oldravendale
Western Thunderer
Thanks Col.
The stairs looked so GCR I wondered......
Brian
The stairs looked so GCR I wondered......
Brian
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Some more shots of work carried out on LoveLane, first up the pill box made by Peter Insole, with work still to be done, making up the ground around the foundations etc. Probably more weathering at a later stage.
The water crane base and drain in the loco yard.
Weighbridge, excuse the deliberate mistake.
Cruel close up of the rodding stools along side the down platform.
Supporting steel work under the station building.
Col.
The water crane base and drain in the loco yard. Weighbridge, excuse the deliberate mistake. Cruel close up of the rodding stools along side the down platform. Supporting steel work under the station building. Col.
Heather Kay
Western Thunderer
Looking very nice.
Something is nagging at me that pillboxes were often covered with turf, or at least it was encouraged to grow on the flat surfaces as a form of camouflage. I shall check my sources shortly.
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Nope, I'm wrong. Disruptive patterns were often painted on the structures, along with camouflage netting. A faded dark paint pattern might be apt for the period being modelled.
Something is nagging at me that pillboxes were often covered with turf, or at least it was encouraged to grow on the flat surfaces as a form of camouflage. I shall check my sources shortly.
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Nope, I'm wrong. Disruptive patterns were often painted on the structures, along with camouflage netting. A faded dark paint pattern might be apt for the period being modelled.
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Yorkshire Dave
Western Thunderer
I like the LT bus stops in the background of the 5th photograph. Are they real ones?
Eastsidepilot
Western Thunderer
Eastsidepilot
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I like the LT bus stops in the background of the 5th photograph. Are they real ones?
I believe they are copies belonging to Peter Insole, he is producing a replica 1/43.5 bus stop for the station, perhaps we can persuade Pete to post a shot when he's ready.
Col.