Great Chesterford Junction Part Two

The little office is coming along nicely and I`m just about to fix it to the main building.
The walls are now glued together













It seems to sit quite nicely and flush against the main building, so I will probably glue it into position while it sits there.
The roof can be added once the office glue has set, and I think I will get a nicer fit that way.






Gormo

 

G`day Folks,
With the exception of guttering and signage, the Goods Shed is finished.
I also still need to do other work on the track and ballast around the shed, however that will come shortly.
So some progressive pics are shown below leading up to the final assembly.
The office now glued to the main building





Roof panels for the office cut from mounting board card





Roofing slates from Scalescenes applied and ready to be trimmed





Slates trimmed





Roof fitted and ridge capping applied





Flush fit required on all parts on the back wall to fit flat against the backscene.





Chimney top plate and pot fitted





And placed on the layout














And a video documenting the build with some detailed examination of the building



Gormo

 

G`day Phil and thanks for your reply
I`m glad that my projects help you........that`s partly why I do it
This hobby is one of the few where people give back and share their knowledge freely......so I`m just picking up the baton from those guys who went before us.
I have learnt, and I`m still learning, over many years from other modellers and gradually, I`ve gained the confidence to have a crack at things myself.
I think it`s a waste of time if you`re not prepared to share what you know and keep it all to yourself........it`s selfish in a way.
But modelling skills don`t just happen........it`s like anything in life........practice, practice,practice........make some mistakes and learn from them, and then make some more mistakes.
The best thing you can do is just have a go and see what happens.......if somebody doesn`t like what we do.........too bad.......at least we`re doing something constructive and learning new skills.
Keep at it mate......
Gormo

 

G`day Folks,
Some more is happening around the newly installed Goods Shed, and as I write this I am reminded I must finish off the guttering on the Goods Shed as well......
Oh well.....one thing at a time.
Today I decided to create a brick end wall for the end of the Goods Shed bay.
I wanted to have something similar to the brick wall on the Goods Shed platform, so I had a crack at it with some mounting board card donated by a family friend.
The card was scribed with an empty ball point pen.





It was then cut to fit the space and then dry brushed with Burnt Umber and Black acrylic paints. It was then given a dusting with dark grey pastel and then worked over with a damp brush.
The wall was then given a coat of hairspray to seal it, thus the shiny look whilst still drying.





It was then glued into position with PVA





I then started on a brick wall that will butt up to the Goods Shed Office. This wall is a 3mm MDF base covered with Scalescenes brick paper





The coping for the wall was cut from the beveled edge of the mounting board card........just to have something slightly different




So that`s where we are at tools down this afternoon........time to relax.
Gormo

 

Well the wall has been completed





And another one as well




Plus a gate has been added to the station building porch where it accesses the platform and the Goods Shed office has it`s sign




The second wall above has a block of steel holding it in place whilst the glue dries
I need to make up some wooden gates to block off access from the road onto the Goods area platform. I printed some but I may cut them from Balsa to get a better finish.....

Gormo

 

G`day Folks,
Little bits and pieces are underway at the moment.
Bamford needs three buffer stops installed......the ones I have were 3D printed by Chris M some little while back.
They need to be painted / sealed with enamel paint prior to coming into contact with any water based products...ie Acrylic Paints or PVA.
So further colouring and weathering will be undertaken once the enamels dry.




I have the Scalescenes free Coal Office drying at the moment after being sealed.
Bamford will have a Coal Merchant on one of the sidings.
I originally thought I might use the Ratio kit for this purpose, however research has shown that it in fact it would be more suitable as a Timber Merchant
On the subject of Timber Merchants, I may have a crack at building one myself





The state of play at the moment.........the Goods Office has a sign......a large wooden buffer has been attached to the platform side at the end of the Goods bay.......and gates have been fitted to the goods area walled section















We now wait for the paint to dry
Gormo

 

Thanks Paul......

 

Thanks Pete,
Yes you are right......the little things and there are lots of them to do.
Yesterday I started putting a boarder down to create a well for the Goods Shed wall to sit in and keep the ballast off it.
No pics yet......but it will make more sense when you see it.
Gormo

 

Here`s the Well that was mentioned above.
Some strips of 3mm ply will do the job to create a ballast barrier.
Paving will be laid on the inside of the shed and will sit inside this ply perimeter, thus creating a slot for the shed wall to fit into




The second buffer is also installed........further colouring is required, but I will wait until I do the ballast





This is how the shed will be protected......ballast will be applied over the top of the ply strip up to and flush with it`s edge.





Ply strip painted so it will be less obvious under the ballast.




More as it happens
Gormo

 

G`day Gary,
Thanks for the tip.....
Further development as we move along.
The paved floor for the track area inside the Goods Shed has been made from thick Grey card
The pavers have been scribed with an HB pencil.





This card is old and has some rust stains on it.....very handy as they can become part of the weathering.
The card was coloured with a Grey graphic marker





The parts were then cut to shape and fitted to the track with a drop of Superglue on top of each sleeper.
Note the cut out pieces on the corners to allow the paving to fit inside the shed outer wall





The paving has been set off the edges of the rails to make rail cleaning easier and to ensure good wheel contact for locos.
As it`s inside the shed, it`s difficult to see anyway.




More as it happens
Gormo

 

G`day Brian,
The buffers were printed with an acrylic resin.
If you expose them to moisture by either painting them with acrylic paint and or glue them with PVA and then insert ballast with the usual mist spray and diluted PVA methods, they will buckle and distort over a couple of days.
To stop this happening, the buffers can be sealed first with an enamel paint or the print process can be done with a non acrylic resin
Some pics below showing buffer deformation after a couple of days.
The buffers below were printed with acrylic resin
These buffers were painted with acrylic paint and then glued with PVA........ballast was added and mist sprayed, plus diluted PVA added.
Chris M came up with the sealing solution after doing his own testing over a few samples.
Basically .......water / moisture is the enemy for acrylic resin
















Gormo

 

G`day Folks,
The track side part of the Cattle Dock has been made up and inserted alongside some packing between the tracks to bring everything up to height.





Then started adding ballast to the area......it is wet at the moment, and with our current weather conditions, will probably take about three days to dry properly





A good section of the area is now ballasted
So I will have to move away from this area until the ballast dries, however I can take a look at completing the area below the end of the Cattle Dock.....





But for the moment I will move back to the Coal Stage area.
The Coal Stage that Gary built for me, needs to be raised about 3mm to get it to the correct height, so I will cut a base from 3mm MDF and see how it goes. If it needs to come up more, I can add some thin card on top of the MDF




There are still plenty of jobs to do whilst the ballast dries, so we`ll take them one at a time.......
Gormo