Great Chesterford Junction Part Two

Thanks Phil,
Glad you enjoyed it.
Gormo

 

Thanks Jim,
Yes there was a bit of trial and error involved there trying to get some of those back scenes right.
Size is very important, especially for those behind model buildings, they should be scaled slightly less than the model to suggest depth.
Distant buildings have to be made considerably smaller
I will usually print out trial images and Blu Tac them to the back scene to check them first. They are checked from different angles to see if they look right.
Sometimes they need to be re-sized......sometimes they just don`t work .....sometimes they are OK......it`s a bit of a lottery.
Gormo

 

G`day Folks,
Back to the railway for a little bit now to finish off my low set industrial units.....they have been sitting on the bench for a few days waiting to be completed, and yesterday I got stuck in and did some of the fiddly bits.
The flashing on the ends of the gables is card cut to 6mm wide and scored at 3mm down it`s length to allow it to fold over the gable ends.
The flashing was then painted and left to dry before working out the angled cuts to fit them to the roof





Once the flashing had been applied, I used the same method of cutting and scoring to create the ridge capping. The ridge capping was coloured with a graphic marker.
Then set to on the signs......I had made them some time back but was not happy with the background on the French Polishers sign, so I changed it to basically, a GWR colour scheme
The signs were glued to thin card. They were cut out today, had their cut edges coloured and were applied to the building.





Guttering has been fitted to the two end walls and down pipes added to them and to the ends of the box gutters on the front of the building.




The building is not fixed down yet ,but when it is, small sections of paving will be added in front of the office doors




That`s another one ticked off the list
Gormo

 

G`day Folks,
It`s been a while since I last posted and in the interim I have got some things done.
Also managed to pick up some new ( second hand ) coaches at auction and a new little Bachmann Prairie for Easter ( second hand ) which appears to have been run once and then put back in the box.
The prairie comes with full documentation and the vacuum pipes are still in the bag.
I think it`s a shame to have these beautiful models and just leave them in the box.......anyhow....we`re all different.....
I have been deliberating about the position of the low set units for some time as to whether to set them with their backs to the railway wall or to set them at a right angle to the wall.
The case for back to the wall, visually continues the flow of the railway and appeals to my sense of keeping everything in balance, however offsetting the units at roughly 90 degrees to the wall also appeals, because it gives a sense of space and order and function by allowing enough room for the units to function properly as a business.
As you can see offsetting them won in the end.



Glue is still setting on the grass, but when dry I will be applying a liberal amount of bushes etc. , especially at the rear of the units......probably some junk as well.



You can see the cars in the background relegated to the railway lines until the work was completed.



And now with some cars in place



Yes so just some more detail to go



More as it happens
Gormo

 

Thanks Ron......
Gormo

 

G`day Jim,
Yes I think it was the right decision, however it did not look right to me for a long time, but I just thought I`d go with it, and when the extra roads were in and some green stuff put at the back, it all started to make more sense to me
Gormo

 

Thanks Andy,
Yes it seems to work but I was reluctant to sit it this way at first....
Gormo

 

G`day Folks,
A bit more detail added to the current project today in the form of bushes / undergrowth and some bare patches of soil.
Also put some doors in the back of the building and some back steps, so Jim can sit down and have his cuppa.
No pics at the moment, but I`m thinking of building an outdoor brick dunny to service the industrial complex.....I think it would look good out the back and would be good enough to serve approx. 6 or 8 workers.
Gormo