7mm Yorky D's LT - Wagonery tales from the Met.

[Yorkshire Dave]

The other building I've knocked up over the weekend is this goods shed based on Wotton on the Brill branch.

Again, it's built of wood and among the items yet to construct are the rear panels and a pair of sliding doors for the road side. Prior to construction most of the timber was stained with burnt umber oil paint and white spirit. There will be further black/brown washes to make the external wood darker to appear creosoted. From photographs it appears it was painted white internally to keep it light. And it will have a tin roof....

Road side


Rail side



Road side

Rail side

 

[Overseer]

I see where you are going with the Woo... but isn't it spelt Wotton? Even though the o is pronounced to match wood.

Nice model.

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

Thanks for pointing out the schoolboy spelling error.

I've updated it to reflect the correct Wotton, not to be confused with Wootton in Bedfordshire, Northants and others .

 

[Pencarrow]

Cracking work Dave

 

[LarryG]

Neat building and unusual too. This kind of structure is similar to that found on some Cambrian light byeways. North American modellers have a way of treating models of unpainted wooden buildings (presumably creosoted). PhilH of this forum did one only recently and it looked very effective.

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

The goods shed now sports it's tin roof.







I also made up the sliding doors.... and toned down the brickwork and mortar.

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

Neat building and unusual too. This kind of structure is similar to that found on some Cambrian light byeways. North American modellers have a way of treating models of unpainted wooden buildings (presumably creosoted). PhilH of this forum did one only recently and it looked very effective.

Thanks Larry. I believe the North American modellers tend to use black or a dark brown ink diluted with IPA (not the Greene King variety .

As this good shed was built on the Duke of Buckingham's estate I would assume it was built by local tradesmen who built barns locally.

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

Cracking work Dave

Thanks.

Wood is my preferred medium for buildings although the plinth is slaters brick sheet which is a bit too regular. I should have purchased a laser cut wood brick sheet which I could of battered to create uneven bricks!

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

I've now had the opportunity to photograph these in daylight with a bit of sun.

The station building has now received it's guttering and chimney.

 

[Ressaldar]

Great modelling Dave, well done.

regards

Mike

 

[michael mott]

Very nice work indeed!
Michael

 

[simond]

Lovely modelling, Dave!

Atb
Simon

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

Just completed this water tower based on Church Siding. This was on the Met's Brill branch.

All scratchbuilt from wood. The waterpipe bag is from a piece of nitrile glove and the etched ladder is some I had in stock.

 

[AdeMoore]

Top drawer modelling, inspirational.

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

It's been a while since the last update and, alas, nowt to do with Bow Street Runners, Peelers or Scotland Yard but the Metropolitan Railway .

Broadly the Met's goods rolling stock followed Midland Railway designs with a touch of Neasden influence. These three were converted/adapted from Slaters MR 7mm kits.



All are hand lettered M E T. except the tare weights and numbers which come from a Southern Railway goods wagon sheet as they are similar.

Each one required its own cut, insert and shut with sections from Evergreen Styrene sheet and strips of various sizes and sections. And now for some cruel close ups...

Low Open Goods Wagon (Met term) - 3 plank dropside - conversion of the Slaters MR kit on a 9' wheelbase chassis to a 9'6'' wheelbase chassis.


High Open Goods Wagon - 5 plank - conversion of the Slaters MR 5 plank side door wagon.


Covered Goods Wagon - Van - conversion of the Slaters MR 16'6'' body on a 10' wheelbase van into a Met 17' body on a 10'6'' wheelbase van. This required the most work as both panels either side of the door have the same dimensions.


This shows the original MR van side compared to the new one I made up.


Now to look at one of the Met brake vans which will be a scratchbuild.

 

[Matt.S.]

Beautiful work Dave - the restrained weathering really sets off your handiwork.