Modeling a small Yorkshire station

planty

planty

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A project for the winter months was to build a station for the Methley Joint railway. Based on the long gone Stanley Station in Yorkshire.
Here's what I'm roughly after:

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Picture is linked to the excellent Stanley History Online site where you can read more on this station - http://www.stanleyhistoryonline.com/Stanley-Station.html
 
Progress so far.....

So the base was created using MDF, the wooden paneling added using plasticard so I could get some of the detail by layering the card.
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The MDF was then heavily coated in glass resin to add waterproofing and then a layer of car body filler applied! The intention is to follow a method of creating brick work outlined in Garden Rail.
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Then I've added the entrance detail
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That's pretty much where I am now, next steps are to finalise the detailing by adding guttering. Then fill in some small gaps with milliput before spraying the whole lot with an undercoat.
More pics soon.....
 
Looking really good - I'll be interested in how you are going to do the brick work. What issue was the technique in?
 
its the one were our own "1 sugar! " ian s..built the terecces houses.. hes a star!
nice build by the way!!:thumbup:
 
Looking good! That's a really nifty little depot.
 
Mike and YB are right about the brickwork, that's the article. I really liked the idea, the glass resin really weatherproofs well and so I'm hoping the method for the brickwork works just as well!

Cyclone, for the guttering I'll be using some plastic tubing that was a pole for a flag that was given away free at the NFL International game at Wembley (amazing where materials come from!!). I've split it down the middle to make the guttering. Then I've cut some small triangles out of plasticard to support it. I'm not totally convinced it'll survive in the tough outdoors, but it seems fairly solid.
 
:)ian built me this award winning station a few years ago, it lives out side, all year, it dose have a weather sheild box to go over it at night.. :)
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mike said:
:)ian built me this award winning station a few years ago, it lives out side, all year, it dose have a weather sheild box to go over it at night.. :)
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Have you a pic of the weather shield box? I was thinking about building something similar, but not for shielding against the weather this would be to shield against the summer garden activities of my three small kids!!!
 
sorry no, i built it out off wether proof marine ply.. it simply sat over the buliding, touching the ground on 3 sides, the 4th was short, to alow air to curiclate..stop it getting damp.. nothing fancey.. but it did the job:thumbup:
 
planty said:
Mike and YB are right about the brickwork, that's the article. I really liked the idea, the glass resin really weatherproofs well and so I'm hoping the method for the brickwork works just as well!
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Planty - Glad you liked the article(s) in Garden Rail :)

Here's a link to my website with the Railway Station Mike mentioned

http://www.s123933366.websitehome.co.uk/pluspages/Web_Pages/page55.html

Hope its of use

Tastey bit of work on your stations so far :thumbup:
 
its a credit to you, and your skill sir:thumbup:
 
Now a few questions for the experienced modellers.

Paint, are acrylic and/or enamel modelling paints OK for painting a building that is going to be outdoors? Are they weatherproof/sun proof enough and if so what sort of maintenance work intervals do you see (touch ups each year?) And final question, do people finish the painting with a lacquer or anything?

Cheers
Jason
 
planty said:
Now a few questions for the experienced modellers.

Paint, are acrylic and/or enamel modelling paints OK for painting a building that is going to be outdoors? Are they weatherproof/sun proof enough and if so what sort of maintenance work intervals do you see (touch ups each year?) And final question, do people finish the painting with a lacquer or anything?

Cheers
Jason
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jasion , i think youb best ask the master, old one sugar.. ian s:thumbup:
 
Thats going to look great when its painted........good idea to put local history link in your post as well........nice one...
 
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