Recreating Leek station signal box

The one thing I have noticed that I obmitted is the guttering.

I think I need to return to the design and look at the drawings and make some up! Think that would finish off nice.

 

I began adding the guttering, but this also highlighted another omission as pointed out by Yorkie. I’ll come to that shortly..

the front down pipe added to the guttering.

and here is what Yorkie, at the opposite end to the down pipe, the gutter intersects and cuts through the end barge board. This will involve a reprinted roof.
The down pipe and how they joined.
rear down pipe.
Front down pipe
Guttering at the end of the small lamp room
Overall completed model.

now to set up to print.
Andy

 

Is that what it is? Couldn’t fathom if it was something stood in front or what? (As other views were blocked by the steps)

(another Ed Walton Photo)

what I have also noticed and totally missed before hand, is that inside the porch the lower panels are darker as per inside? Would this be Eau de nil bottom and biscuit upper?

 

not Graham???

 

Simple photo dump on this one…

think they are all self explanatory.. just showing the interior and night shot…

joys of an ironing board at 10pm at the bedroom windows..

enjoy.

 

I decided with a spare 10 mins whilst junior slept to have a look at getting the model a little closer to completion. One thing I had not yet done was paint the brick work on the locking room. I decided to try a new idea on this and used a sponge as you would for washing the pots (the kind with the Brillo pad on the back) and dabbed it in the paint and then dabbed it on the brick work.

not perfect, but I’m pleased with the result. Now to repaint the stone and wood work around it and then give it a weathering.

 

Plan to add some chalk weather powder next.

 

thanks! Trial by error in some ways!

 

I was watching by chance one of those silly little clips last night that came up on farcebook or Intergram, where a woman was modelling Disney characters on each letter of her keyboard!!! One thing I noticed is that for some of the painting she used nail varnishes (no doubt what she had to hand I wonder??) but she finished with a Matt varnish and then cured it under a UV lamp (not unlike I’ve done with the resin)
I’m now wondering about doing this with some of the wood work as the gulf red has a habit of rubbing off and as Paul will no doubt say, I suspect it didn’t stay glossy for long in sunlight.

 

Interesting idea Gary. I may give that a try!

do you have any issues with the card parts warping post lacquer?

I used to paint shellack which is a wood knot resin on my card items and that stopped warping.
Andy

 

Back in July last year in post #182 I was talking about adding the guttering. I’ve finally managed to print it and the first part (which I didn’t post above) has been fitted to the toilet/lamp block.. and it fits perfect!


I’m actually impressed myself as previous efforts at guttering have not come out well..


the main down pipes on the box have had a trial fit (now painted) but as I have an earlier porch I either modify it, or bin it and reprint with the narrows stairs - something I didn’t spot till later on and went back to modify for later prints as the pipe work runs down the wall between the porch steps and locking room wall. The guttering for the roof has been printed and painted and awaits fixing (maybe tomorrow or Thursday) but later versions this is incorporated as part of the roof print as one part.
However, I appear now I’m close to completion, that I’ve lost some of the window rails, so need to reprint 2 or 3 of the 5 required.



I have also done a trial print of a photo for the absolute block instrument as I could never paint the detail on…. But it’s a bit on the small size so need to scale up a tad!

till next time..
Andy