Sunday 12 July 2015

Another small update

Well, I have glued all the sections of platform and roadway around the station area, and started to prep the edges of the road for quartz/stone edging.
(Note, I have actually taken pics while working)
It's all now about trying to get road and path levels right at the station end.
Given the time period I am trying to model is the 1938-41 period, I am reliant on pics for this. Although, I suppose that there are not that many modellers from that era nowadays who would be to concerned with how accurate it is, but nonetheless!

I have taken out a 2mm section of the mdf which will be filled with DAS clay then suitably scribed for the stones. 

This is the end where the loading bank is.

Roadway down to the station. Just shellaced to seal the mdf.

Lifting a section of the mdf for the stone work using a podiatrist blade in the knife holder.

Saturday 4 July 2015

Two steps forward, one step back, then forward again

Well as the title says....Have had a little hiccup, I stuffed up the Goods shed.
Easily solved, cut away the superglue joints and Bob's your uncle....WROOOONG!!
Basically I tried to allow for the station when looking at the plans of the Goods Shed. (One wall sits on the platform) I figured the plan was wrong ( which it is to a degree) What it doesn't show is where it is stepped for the station platform, so I did the obvious thing, allowed for it all around.
It just didn't look right. When the pennies dropped, I tried to separate the joints. Seems the Palight gave out first.
Not to worry, the other thing I had forgotten was the internal walls of the Goods shed, to mark and paint them. It is now done.

On the subject of internals of the Goods shed I am still trying to find some definitive answer to the construction and internal shape of the Goods shed platform.
One response on RM Web, the responder said that they removed the Stone Platform to allow them to work on the loco's inside the Goods shed. (I have seen pics of the DVR loco's there) The problem was, he then posted pics of the carriage shed. He hasn't responded since unfortunately so I cannot query him.

Readers may ask why be so pedantic about it, given I am modelling in OO and not P4.
It is just me. There is another major flaw with the layout but I am not pulling up track and altering the crossover now. The rails are about 1 1/2 ft to close together at the platform.
I am trying, and have tried to date to get this as right as I can with all things considered.

So, today I got the camera out and placed the buildings where they are going to be to see how it all looked.

 Where the posts of the carriage shed should line up with the edge of the Cattle dock it now won't due to the track being that bit to close together. Have bought the brass wire to finish off the internal framework for the carriage shed...just have to do it!



The new Goods shed. The roof angle of the old one was out a bit as well. You can see in the way the roof is just sitting there at the moment. The loading dock is getting there as well.


Another view showing the front of the Station with the verandah down on the roadway. The ramp of the loading dock is not secured here either.


Another view of the whole station precinct.
 

News to hand is that the Master Plan for Ashburton has been approved. At this stage it does not bode well for the Station Precinct.