Modelling structures & stock in card sig – 28 April '25.
Six of us joined the Zoom meeting in April – Hugh, John, Robin, Mike S., M., Peter and Paul.
There were four apologies – Brian, Martin, Mike and Steve.
John explained the progress he was making on the creation of a water course with streams and waterfalls on his new D&H layout. It is a learning curve.
He''d completed some card mock ups for buildings on the layout and was looking forward to starting the actual buildings.
Mike showed us a couple of the small sub bases that he uses on his layout which allows easy access to different sections for improvements and repairs. He also showed us a laser cut card kit for a yard crane from Metcalfe Models.
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Modelling structures & stock in card sig – 28 April '25. cont/d.
Robin gave an update on the water tanker he has been modelling. While searching for old British Raj narrow gauge railways the rather unique tanker caught his interest. It appears to be a two foot gauge tanker which has been repurposed by the Satpuras Railway for work at the station.
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The model is mostly made of card. The Tank barrel is formed around a walking stick. The ends of the tank are plastic from a chocolate tray. All strapping is paper from a small note pad. The narrow rods are threads glued to the body.
Robin made the chains from very thin wire (what a pain to make), the stanchions are made from florist wire and the eyelets formed on a dental pick.
He had no measurements to go by except for a small partial side shot (what he called the "busy end"). He's quite pleased as to how the model turned out - it only took 4 months to make.
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The tank in "ex-works" condition
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... and weathered..
Robin also told us about two bending tools for help in constructing the Greenwich couplings. One is for the standard loop and the other for the larger or wider one. They are obtainable from the 'Light Railway Stores'.
Modelling structures & stock in card sig – 28 April '25. cont/d.
Paul had eventually made progress on the Clogher Station building. It had been a cardboard shell for some time but was now being clad in brick.
The walls were 'English garden bond' (aka English garden wall bond) with a twist in places – a line of stretchers replacing a line of headers.
The wall sections had been drawn up in 8mm scale, including the bricks, and then painted in water colours following advice from John (and the book 'Cottage Modelling the Pendon Way').
The resulting copy was then taken to a local printers to be reduced by 50% and printed in colour on 180g card.
Following cutting out and a bit of fettling of the card shell the sections of wall were stuck in place with PVA glue.
Paul decided the project had been done 'back-to-front'. Starting again He'd advise the windows be made first (in this instance they are 3D prints from Yorkshire Model Making), the drawing up and painting completed next and once printed the card shell should have been made to measure ...
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The painted drawing for the end wall in 8mm scale and printed copy in 4mm scale.
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Progress so far. There is still a lot of 'mini projects' to complete before the model can be described as finished.
The next meeting has been booked for Monday 9th June, starting at 8.00pm (t.b.c.).
s.p.t. 5-5-25