Platform Lighting.

These have been discussed on my other blog. They are in fact Hornby Scaledale. When compared to the cast lamps in 3SMR's range, they are exactly the same height.
So these are to be the platform lighting on Teignford.
They just need repainting -dark stone for the lower part and light stone for the upper.
I will drill the bases for some wire to be  inserted so there is more of a mechanical fit into the platform.

Deverton- layout available.

Please look on my other blog for details of a 3mm scale model railway that has to find a new home.
See http/:dorset3mm.blogspot.com/
Layout now sold.

Progress Part Deux!

 More pictures-could it be that I am running out of words as well as time?
The top pic shows the end of the loading dock.
The Engine Shed bridge is under that, One more abutment needs to be made- this hopefully will hide the baseboard join. Incidentaly the bridge is from a photo I took of one still extant on the Teign Valley line. This also had brick parapets on top of a stone base.
The lowest shot shows the huts in approximate position- no the one on the ramp wasn't spotted until I downloaded the pictures! This will hopefully hide the baseboard join between the bridge and abutments.Hopefully it's turned out nice again!

How far has Teignford progressed?

 Not many words today. Just some shots on how it's all shaping up.
The station board is almost complete where buildings are concerned. The fencing at the rear, using the Peco 'N' Gauge product  has been planted and the holes for the platform fence drilled.
For the time being the front of the layout will just be a grass bank until I finalise how it will appear.So for now the cardboard contours, previosly fitted,have been removed and a simpler arrangement planned.
More pictures next time.

A Gaggle of Huts.

Idling away my time the other evening produced some small iron huts for Teignford.
All are from published drawings in various publications. They range from the humble lamp huts, on the left to larger stores.
The only problem is how to curve the roofs. On Hennock, I cheated and rolled them with the corrugations. However, I wanted to get a little better with these so the plasticard, from which they are made, had to be heated up to form a gentle curve. The small huts were no problem but I slightly melted the large roof. But with real life showing some degredation in use, this doesn't appear too bad- What do you think?

At long last the Nameboard.

At long last Teignford will have a name!
I have searched high and low for my 3mm lettering and finally found it.
Safely sandwiched between some plastic moulded brick arches, I have lost count of the number of times I have looked in that box.
However, these Slaters letters are just the right size for GW station running in boards- indeed examples of my work exist on Hennock and Nigel Cullimores St Levan.
Easy to clean up whilst still on the sprue,and with a guide line scored on black plasticard, it's just a matter of detaching each letter and , after lining up, a swift lick of MEK and it's done.
The surround is lengths of square microstrip cut to size and applied in the same way- Time taken? About 30minutes.

Platform Fencing

Some things are better done when there is a few minutes to spare. Such a job is to firstly add some posts to the excellent GW platform fencing supplied by John Bateman through the 3mm Society. It comes as you see it- with two 215mm pieces finely etched. I added the posts with superglue and when cured hand painted it with Humbrol No 1 undercoat. When dry a coat of Precision Paints Light Stone was applied.I ahve an assortment of paint brushes. This is definitely a job for the cheaper variety as etched brass of this type will damage the bristles. It si nigh impossible to take the sharpness off such a fine etch.
Todays top tip- Paint these type of things on greaseproof paper. It wont stick and will add a little paint to tother side making life a little easier. Plus you wont find it stuck to something in the morning.