Modelling structures and stock in card SIG 19th October
Five of us joined the meeting in October – Hugh, Robin, Steve and Paul and we were pleased to welcome Alan to his first meeting.
There were apologies from John, Mike M. and Mike S.
Alan introduced us to his project to model Wetton Mill station. The station building will be constructed of card. We look forward to seeing progress.
Hugh showed us a series of photographs of the Society's 50th Anniversary exhibition at Statfold. Those who were able to attend agreed that it was a remarkable collection of predominantly 009 layouts with further layouts in 00n3, H0m and H0e reflecting the wider 009 family.
It was a pleasure to see John's Kurseong layout, with construction of many of the buildings having featured in previous meetings of this group. It picked up the award for "Most Appealing Layout" – very well done to John (and well deserved).
Robin reported on his Barsi Light Railway gondola wagon.
"After looking at many old black and white photographs of mixed goods wagons during the British Raj period in India I came up with a mental picture of what I was looking for in a gondola wagon. In the early years of Indian narrow gauge railways a lot rolling stock was made of timber and were replicas of what was running in the UK at that time.
My Barsi Light Railway gondola no. 12 was constructed using salvaged material from the famous and active "recycling yard" (bin). The cardboard used here was actually a thick envelope from a book my wife had ordered for school.
Except for the couplers, bogies, gravel, and wire for the brake lever and air line, the model is card and paper. It measures 20 x 6.5 feet in H0 scale. Some of the rivets are wood glue dots. (I got bored applying them). B.L.R white lettering was hand written by my daughter. Unfortunately the red oxide spray primer I used was on the coarse side which has resulted in a rough surface. I got ticked off by myself for this. Noch powders were used for weathering."
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Steve gave us a tour of Dizzyworld which had been exhibited at MRE at Bressingham and also his permanent layout 'Dunowich Line'.
"The photo is of the "Brunch Cabin" might be slightly clearer to see than was possible on the night, though it's my usual mixed media and not just card!"
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Paul had managed very little modelling. He did happen upon an exhibition of card sculpture by Eva Jospin at the Papal Palace in Avignon whilst on holiday. The sculptures were made from cardboard boxes and where huge in size.
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He had decided to complete one of the buildings on Melton Market (a forever "work in progress" layout) and had added 'timbers' to the sides out of paper.
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Stonework is easy to produce in 4mm scale but brickwork is a different issue. Embossed card had been available but this product has been discontinued. There was good discussion on possible techniques.
Thank you to everyone for their contribution to the meeting.
The next meeting has been pencilled in for Monday 4th December, starting at 8.00pm (awaiting confirmation).
s.p.t. 24-10-23