Great Chesterford Junction Part Two

G`day Folks,
Well I`ve come down with a short case of Mojo-itis over the last couple of days.
I guess the weather didn`t help ?.....but with a cool change upon us now, my enthusiasm seems to have lifted.
This is my second attempt at a board crossing. My first attempt was done with a very thin Balsa, I scored it and painted a few bits, but realized in the end it was too thin, so it never even got to the track
Today I tried a slightly thicker sheet which stands up to the scoring rather well and is just about near perfect height wise for the track.
The long expanse between the point and the platform road had to have packing below it.



The boards have been painted with El Cheapo Burnt Umber Artists Acrylic from Aldi.
You can add it thin or thick to vary the tone on Balsa and it gives a rather natural look.



I think I may extend it across the other two tracks in the background to give an easy access across the tracks for Signal Box staff and or Cattle Dock / Goods Shed staff as well.



Also need to work out some appropriate fencing with gates to stop every Tom, Dick And Harry from just wandering across the tracks
More as it happens
Gormo

 

Further progress this afternoon.
Finished the board crossing



Across all tracks at the station throat






Then started working on extending the wall across the baseboard join.



More as it happens
Gormo

 

Thanks Phil,
Yes I think you are right and now that` it`s done, I`m happy I did it.
Gormo

 

Thanks Gary,
Yes signage will be very important for the crossings and I think I actually have some in my archive from when I`ve done other projects.
Must seek them out.
PS....here`s a couple I have




Gormo

 

G`day Folks,
More progress today.
A long length of brick wall ( 800 mm ) has been brick papered and brick piers added.
The piers are a mind numbing job on something this long, there are 28 on each side of the wall.
Pics below.
The wall is not securely set in place yet as the piers on the other side are freshly applied



And looking back towards the station



The next stage is to set the wall securely in place and then apply the capping.......so folks.... one step at a time.
More as it happens
Gormo

 

Yes Sol,
Ideal.....however you won`t see any on my railway.
Gormo

 

G`day Folks,
Still moving forward.
The new wall was set in place permanently last night and this morning I released all the weights and stays etc. to allow me to approach the wall capping.
The wall capping is cut ( 6mm width ) from medium thickness grey card and is then coloured with graphic markers.
The capping is approx. 175mm lengths which are butt joined on top of the wall.
PVA is used to secure the capping and it is temporarily held in place by little clips I got from our Newsagent.
Adding the clips one at a time and moving right to left persuades the card to adopt the same curve as the wall



View from track side near the end of the siding



From the platform



And from the terraces



More to follow
Gormo

 

I tend to agree with you Jim...
Gormo

 

The clips are off







Gormo

 

Thanks Ron...

 

I might have to change my sign on the door Gary, to include Graffiti Artists as well as Rivet Counters Go Home.......
Gormo

 

G`day Train Tragics and Fellow Model Railway Fans,
I`ve embarked on another kit build to be placed to the left of the railway terraces that disguise my control panel on Bamford.
The kit is the Scalescenes garage as per the pic below.



I feel it will suit the space nicely and it`s weathered / used look will suit the location next to the railway.
I`m guessing passengers could drop off their car for service in the morning before catching the early commuter down to Great Chesterford.
The signage with the kit indicates that the business also sells cars, so that`s another opportunity for cameos.
Of course building the kit is not exclusive to current developments around the footbridge area and will just fit in with the work flow.
Gormo

 

Not sure yet Brian.
The kit is very good as it is and should not need any modification apart from the roof.
I am considering changing the roof to corrugated iron to give it more texture.....we`ll see..?
Gormo