Some progress over the past couple of weeks in as much as the signal box has been completed and painted apart from the interior and the guttering and RWPs neither of which which are in the kit. However, I have now made a start on the gutters and the RWPs using Modelu components but the gutters were too banana shaped to use and therefore substituted half round Plastruct coupled to the Modelu outlets and fitted them in readiness for the downpipes etc. only to find that the offsets that I used were nowhere long enough and have ordered {hopefully} the right length offsets to complete the job.
showing where the outlets had been fitted. The fascia board was not provided with kit and had been fitted to the ends of the barge boards which unfortunately are too long and therefore need attention to get the gutters to fit correctly. The roof is a loose fit until such times that the interior is completed.
The main station building is a simple single storey unit with the walls fitted into slots on a base with the plinth courses added after initial assembly.
The fit is excellent, no sanding or trimming required at all. The is no interior or any form of support for the roof so I will be creating an 'egg box' drop in interior that will not only give sense of completeness but will also support the roof with two front to back walls cut to the end wall profile. Again, as with the signal box, there is no provision for the gutters and RWPs.
At least with the simple nature of the kit, you cannot get too far ahead and forget to paint items in advance of fixing them to the model so I have sprayed the walls with red primer and now painted the stone lintels in advance of fitting the windows and doors.
Here are the components that are still to fix, all have been given three thin coats of acrylic paint and the windows assembled using the provided glazing glued to the backs and cut oversize to enable them to fit flush with the back of the openings. the doors will be fitted in the same manner. The cills are a precise fit once the windows are in place. The only other items in the kit are two pieces for the main roof and a single piece for the canopy roof.
I am thinking of 'pointing' the brickwork before fitting the windows and doors and having never got this far with a main building before am not sure whether to seal the primer with a matt varnish before applying the pointing paint or just go ahead and not worry about the varnish - your thoughts would be welcome.
I have also assembled a small lineside hut
which will be heavily weathered before the window is glazed.
More to follow soon
regards
Mike
