Modelling structures and stock in card SIG 4th Dec 2023
Five of us joined the meeting in December – John, Mike M., Mike S., Steve and Paul.
There were apologies from Alan, Hugh, Robin and Will.
Mike M reported: At last the layout has been finalised, it forms two boards both 600mm wide, the first being Low Mayfield, 900mm long and the second Upper Mayfield at the 1800mm long. All baseboards are built with track laying completed on the large board. The idea is to have two separate layouts which will eventually be joined by a narrow connecting board with a steep incline, hence Low and Upper Mayfield.
Card modelling has been limited to a couple of kits.
a) The Hotel which started life as a Metcalf Kit, main changes are a new strip Tiled Roof and a few scenic extras such as the flower boxes, final detail will be added when placing it on the layout.
b) the second model is again based on a Metcalf Kit of a Post Office and Café, again a new roof has been built similar to the one at Hotel.
The only other work is the scratch building a couple of Railway Goods Offices, one for each board."
(Mike also showed us the two station building he'd completed. He also gives the Metcalf buildings a matt spray and this definitely enhances their appearance.)
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Robin was unwell and sent his apologies (noted above) but did provide photos of a van he was building – see the two photos below.
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This item of rolling stock is now completed; see the third photo {below}.
Hopefully Robin will talk us through the construction at our next meeting.
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Modelling structures and stock in card SIG 4th Dec 2023 cont/d.
Steve had started work on a couple of buildings that will form a low relief background to his layout. One was based on the rocket hanger at Cape Canaveral (it'll be interesting to see how this fits in) and the other on a former BT office building. They will be multi media, a significant part of their structure being built in card.
Paul began his presentation by pointing out that the front cover photo in this months 009 News was of Hugh's Angst-Lesspork layout and that most buildings in view were card structures originating as cereal packed card board. Hugh exhibited this layout at the Warley MRE as part of the '009 village'.
The Swilly coach (featured in previous notes) ran successfully on Annascaul also at the Warley MRE.
Progress on the shop building had not proceeded quite as quickly as intended. The walls had been given a base coat to seal them ready for painting, another floor had been added inside the building and card used to form the basis of the roof (some of which had been the temporary roof to the mock up copy now 10 years old!).
Work had begun on tiling the roof, the front side of which had been completed.
The leaded valleys and lead flashing for the chimney stack had been made from strips of thin tissue paper.
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Whilst not strictly a card modelling project he'd drawn diagrams the original T&D No 4, a skirted tram loco in 8mm scale. Using a print out in 4mm scale he'd made a mock in card to check for size, etc. This will be new 3D print development from Model Engine Works.
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Modelling structures and stock in card SIG 4th Dec 2023 cont/d.
Thank you to everyone for their contribution to the meeting.
The next meeting has been pencilled in for Monday 15th January, starting at 8.00pm.
s.p.t. 10-11-23