Great Chesterford Junction Part Two

Thanks Jim....
Gormo

 

G`day Folks,
I have just started building one of the canopies that will attach to the booking hall / waiting room part of the station building.
The main roof will need to come in over the top edge of these, so we need to start from the bottom and work upwards.
Below we have four wall brackets, these are cut from mounting board white card, as is the canopy roof.
The strips on the roof are cut from cereal box card.
All colouring of the card is done with marking pens / felt pens prior to assembly.
I do this quite a lot, even if it is only to hide a white edge on a piece of card, because it dries instantly and gives a good Matt finish.




Next stage will be to glue it to the building and fit a valance to the front and the right hand end. I may need to add a backing board flush with and under the front edge of the canopy to support the valance properly..???
We`ll see how it goes...
Gormo

 

Okey Dokey.....
Ive decided I need a backing board for the valance and therefore I had to shorten the brackets to accommodate it.
The valance will be cereal box card and I also need to allow for an overhang of the roof into guttering, so the backing board has to be set back far enough to allow for all these extra bits.
Below shows brackets trimmed and fitted and backing board ready to be cut to length and fitted as well.




Backing board fitted........you have to be careful here because the backing board needs to be set at a right angle to the bottom of the brackets





And now fitted to the building





The Valance will cover this backing board and the bottom of it will hang lower than the backing board





Now assembling the roof the for the rear of the building......it will be trimmed once the glue dries





Currently we have valance printed and sealed and I`m waiting for it to dry thoroughly. We have sheets of Scalescenes roof slates printed and sealed, so we are not too far off attacking the main roof.
It`s coming along
Gormo

 

Gormo

 

Just trying to get it finished Sol......
Gormo

 

So here we have a better pic of the front canopy in place




Then moved onto the rear canopy.
Brackets were cut and coloured and fitted to the roof section, which was sorted out yesterday. The backing board for the valance was cut and trimmed and fitted to the awning as well.
The complete awning was then glued to the building.





The valance was cut to size and the saw tooth pattern along the bottom edge of it was painstakingly cut out, one tooth at a time. Unfortunately there is no other way to do it, so it is not completely accurate, however with rule #36 ( the 3 foot rule ) applied, it looks fine....





And there we are..........next...???....




Gormo

 

Howdy Folks,
Now for a serious look at the main roof.
I don`t think I`ve scratch built a roof as complicated as this before, but nonetheless we have come this far and the only way is forward
The way I`ve set up the dividing walls in the building and the end gable, requires a sub roof to be placed on first. The sub roof allows the main roof to easily sit on top and pass over the tops of the walls without any daylight showing through gaps......I guess a better design would have dealt with this in a more economical way, however I have used this method before and it works for me.
Below is a pic of the sub roof applied to the booking hall / waiting room. Edges of the card are coloured to suit their position on the walls.....sorry about the bright sunlight.





And the rear of the building. I should point out that sub roofs are not required over the entire building, in fact only one more small one is needed





So now the main roof can be dealt with. I have not designed the roof sections in my drawing program, but rather measure and cut them as required.
Most cuts are not perfect first go, but I make them oversize and trim them down for a better fit.
The edges are blacked all around and even on the tops, coming in from the perimeter a sufficient distance, to ensure no white card will be seen once the slates go on.
The roof below has to intrude into the roof to it`s left sufficiently for the overlapping roof to make a nice angle across the face of the lower roof.





You can see what I mean here. We will have a pretty tight joint here when the roof is glued in place. The "V" cutout on the upper card was cut at an angle to the card to give a better fit.





Sorry about the fuzzy picture, but I also colour under the eaves before the roof goes on.





The small rectangular roof on the left is the last sub roof to go on









And finally the last two main roof sections are cut and ready.
We are now ready for slates to go on, however some thought also has to be given to a chimney that will sit just behind the ridge cap on this end of the building near the intersection of the two ridge caps.
I am in two minds as to whether to sit the chimney on top of the roof ,or whether to cut a section out of the roof and set the chimney into it....
I`ll sleep on that one.....the chimney will be quite large by chimney standards and to make sure it`s right, I have been counting bricks and brick courses on pics of Bewdley and also Hampton Loade.
That said...it will evolve as it`s being built.




Anyhow that`s it for the moment........PS...just realized looking at that roof that it could be a cathedral roof in the shape of a cross.....
Gormo

 

G`day Folks,
Just a little bit done today........I`ve started on the slates.
They are glued strip by strip with a slight overlap each time.....the ends are cut flush when the glue dries.





And then fixed permanently to the roof




Gormo

 

G`day Phil,
I hope it goes well with Frankston......just get plenty of pics of it and study them.
I always use doors as the base measurement when working off pictures.......doors are a pretty standard measurement in most cases, so you can look at a pic of a building and work out that it`s so many doors high or wide or whatever.?
You can also gauge the size of the windows compared to the doors.
Anyway you can tweak it so it looks right and if it looks right, it is right....
Scratch building gives you what you want and it will be unique......but it takes a bit of work to get there as you know.
I just had a look for pics of Frankston....I assume you mean the old Frankston station building which would be more interesting than the new version.?





Gormo

 

No worries Phil.....
Well Folks,
It`s Mothers Day here in Oz........so no railway modelling today.......the little lady is Queen for a day and deserves my full attention.
We had a family get together to celebrate the occasion as well.
So my update on the building build is actually from work achieved yesterday.
The rear of the booking hall / waiting room roof was covered with slates and fitted to the building.





As the roof is now a permanent fixture , the ridge capping was also added.





Then one side of the residence had it`s roof slated and fitted permanently in place









Then tested the lights before getting too far ahead of myself.
I detected some light bleed just up on the right hand side under the eave...... This was easily fixed with some scrap card placed inside the building




Gormo

 

Carrying on from yesterdays update,
The second part of the residence main roof was slated and fitted permanently in place.





A view from the back





Later this afternoon, after household chores, the residence annex had it`s roof slated and fitted along with ridge capping.









A view from ground level at the back of the building. Unfortunately lens distortion makes the roof look like it`s on a lean, but I can assure it`s not.





And from the front





And finally the light bleed test.....it passed...








So next will be the chimney followed by barge boards, posters on some of the walls, guttering and down pipes and still another small annex to be added to the left of the building......so folks...still plenty to do......

Gormo

 

When it`s finished Brian, you won`t be able to see the slate ends on the roof....
Gormo

 

This is what I mean




Gormo