Modelling structures and stock in card SIG. 20th April 2023

[Hugh Norwood]

Modelling structures and stock in card SIG. 20th April 2023

Seven of us joined the meeting in April – Hugh, John, Mike M., Robin, Steve, and Paul. We were pleased to welcome Peter to his first meeting.
There were apologies from Mike S.

John: Showed us his latest building for Kurseong Station on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. It is the imposing Cresswell Institute, first constructed in the early 20th Century as the headquarters of the railway, but more recently used as the main location for printing tickets for Indian Railways. The building is constructed mainly from card, although the roof is formed from Slaters corrugated sheets, cut into appropriate sheet sizes and butt joined.

[Hugh Norwood]

Mike:  The first model shown is a modified Metcalfe card kit for a pair of terraced houses.
     a) The yard area and rear extension has been removed.
     b) Individual strips of roof tiles are the main change, they are fixed to the roof shell.
     c) Separate lintels and sills were added to provide depth (They now come with the kit).
     d) Individual ridge tiles installed.
     e) Gutters added with info. from Paul, called box or trough gutters. Rainwater pipes are outstanding and final weathering is required.
I think it looks much better, I hope you agree. (I definitely do! – Paul)

[Hugh Norwood]

The second model is a country station based on one seen in the Railway Modeller, the original was that used in the Titfield Thunderbolt film.
The photo shows the diamond roof tiles which match those on my church model. The cut out fret is for the timber frame – this was quite a bit of work on the drawing board.
The roof tiles are diamond shaped as shown but when completed there will be an alternating red and blue tile pattern.

[Hugh Norwood]

Steve: The first photo is of the Dizzyworld sea creature information stall (stall downloaded from Scale Model Scenery); and the other one the tiny store shed on the Dunowich line (card walls and door).

[Hugh Norwood]

Hugh and Robin contributed to the discussion on creating roof slates. Hugh used a sheet he'd designed and printed out on the computer with slates of different sizes (that reflect the smaller sizes used higher up the roof on some older properties) whilst Robin used graph paper as an aid with size.

Peter showed us an engine shed he'd built – based on that of the West Somerset Mineral Line – in 3mm scale (but also suitable for 3' 4mm scale locos).

[Hugh Norwood]

Paul showed progress on several projects including card seating for coaches, the completion (externally) of the hardware shop on Melton Market and the application of bolt heads (c.5mm x .5mm) to the sole bar of his Swilly coach.

[Hugh Norwood]

There was also discussion on the usefulness of silhouette cutters that could be useful in helping the construction of card models.

Our next meeting will be held on Thursday 29th June ay 8.00pm (t.b.c.).


s.p.t. 25-4-23.