7mm Pencarrow - Cornish BR(S)

[Osgood]

And the buildings are the stars, they should have pride of place.

 

[Pencarrow]

The alternative would be as per the photos below. The land to the left of the front cottage would be reprofiled as an embankment down to the front.

 

[Pencarrow]

Possibly with the cottage a bit further left covering the board joint. (Ignore the building not sitting down properly)

 

[Pencarrow]

Comparison of the options side by side...

 

[matto21]

The former, with buildings!

 

[Dog Star]

Mr. Primo makes exceedingly good trees.

 

[Pencarrow]

Mr. Primo makes exceedingly good trees.

He does indeed!

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

In my view the image below would work if the cottages' foundations were at track level as they are so close to the railway. This would also allow the land a gentler slope up from the Helland Bridge Wharf building to the road bridge.



Just as an observation, if in your modelling reality the cottages were built after the railway wouldn't their walls - being so close to the railway - curve or angle to mirror the track alignment?

 

[simond]

I definitely prefer “with”.

 

[Alan]

I'm with Simon, with.

 

[Mark F]

I presume the cottages pre-date the railway, if so, would they necessarily be parallel to the railway/baseboard edge; does putting them at a slight angle change the view?
I think the cottages need their ground level to be at least at track level, possibly a little above, as if the ground is starting to slope up towards the bridge, like the building on the other side of the line.

 

[Pencarrow]

Thanks all, good to have other views and opinions. Been mulling this over for a while. Nearly got the saw out yesterday...

The real cottages... No idea if they predated the line to Wenford but they were very close to and lower than the railway.



I think I've got drawn into recreating the scene and need to think about levels. In my Pencarrow world, the line past the cottages and under the arch bridge predates the "mainline" I to the station.



Cottages are still there and now an Airbnb.

 

[Pencarrow]

And while we're at it, this is the prototype inspiration for the arched bridge over the original freight only branch. It's the bridge on the Wadebridge to Bodmin North line at Polbrock.









I like how there's red brick, blue brick and rough stone all mixed in.

 

[Pencarrow]

So after lots of moving stuff around, measuring, checking angles etc, I'm now at this point...

 

[Pencarrow]

And a few more views...

 

[Pencarrow]

Going to need some minor mods to the board joint area. The retaining wall (red) needs extending up to the house. The access track (blue) will dead-end in front of the cottage. Wall and gate (purple) to the access track. Steps and path up to the front door with grass either side (green). That's the current plan anyway...

 

[simond]

Is



an FPL?

if so, great respect, sir!

 

[Pencarrow]

Is

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an FPL?

if so, great respect, sir!

Yes it is, well spotted!

 

[Pencarrow]

Is

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an FPL?

if so, great respect, sir!

There's also a fouling occupation bar going in on the mainline just past the bridge...

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

Looking at the early B&W photo in post #3,072 and if you wanted to retain a degree of authenticity of the relationship of the to the cottages to the track you could always lower their foundations slightly so the bottom window sill is at track level - cannot tell if this is already the case from the photo angles.

Having looked at the NLS 25 inch 1892-1914 series it appears the cottages follow the railway line boundary as is also evident in the photos. My guess is the cottages were built either at the same time or just after the railway built.

I also didn't realise the LSWR carried out some hefty earthworks and track realignment around Dunmere Junction.