Buz Posted January 4, 2020 Share Posted January 4, 2020 Hi allWell Christmas is over so I decided to try some card modeling with a small supply of used Christmas cards. I thought I would try some card modeling I have been threatening to try for years but never done any.So thought I would try a small station this one is best described as tin scale as it was reduced by about 56% from a card building meant for US "O" scale toy trains so probably be OK for Triang Trans Continental trains or Halloween as its called Spook Hill stationIt will have about the same level of detail as a Triang train set building when completed that is to say not a lot.This is the first third of the station structure I am doing it is the center section of the station structure./media/tinymce_upload/56955be61f5ca3c4fdfe20ac8d3fadb6.jpgif I get this right will try something more like a Madder Valley building and more widely usableregards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ73 Posted January 15, 2020 Share Posted January 15, 2020 A Good use of old Xmas Cards!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buz Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 Hi allwhat it looks like now with part two attached waiting for grey paint./media/tinymce_upload/e7ab4dc0fd9a15eb2edae961ee483673.jpgAh good the window frames show unfortunately the light green glazing doesn't. the top frame is a roof space vent and not detailed other than the frame.The glazing is Tamiya clear color painted bases of fruit mince pie packing so fits with the Christmas cards rather well.The roof is going to be interesting to get cut right, as is barge boards which are not part of the original art work.The structure is small enough that individual roof lies are not an unreasonable preposition if it gets that farThere is still another third for the left hand side to make and the balsa platform to finish offregards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buz Posted January 16, 2020 Author Share Posted January 16, 2020 Hi JimyjamesI thought so to 😆Progress post and picture will show up eventually once moderated.A bit rough but not bad for a first serious effort at card scratch building.regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ73 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 "Spook Hill" OO-ER 😆 😎Oh if you Google "Spook Hill" then you will find videos some 1 putting their car at the bottom of the Hill - letting of the Hand brake & the car rolls UP the HILL BACKWARDS!!! - Hence "SPOOK HILL" Spooky!!! Some thing wrong with the Earth Gravity pull or just some sort of camera Trick??? You decide (Appently there are a few places like this around the World - USA, UK - just name a few!!! 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buz Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 Hi JimyjamesOr going the other way one of Melbourne's (AU) cemeteries is nick named Spook Hill apparently the same strange gravity phenomenon happens there as well.Since I have Dracula as a possible SM I thought I would go in that direction 😆Hidden in the trees is a station that no one goes to, trains don't stop there rail workers won't go there after dark even the rats have left the station.Strange things Happen there and even in day light there is a pall of mild silent terror to the area that rattles even the strongest rail workers that have to occasionally go there to repair the track.HA Ha ha!! 😢 and run away.regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ73 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Thanks for the nightmares - I'm just about to go to bed here in the UK!!! 😆 lolSince I have Dracula as a possible SMWhat is SM mean please???I running away to hide underneith my Duvet on my bed!!! Oh dart - now I've just gone & let the cat out of the bag where I am hiding!!! 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buz Posted January 18, 2020 Author Share Posted January 18, 2020 Hi JimyjamesSM is a railway abbreviation for Station Master.regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ73 Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Oh right - it now makes sence - Thank you 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buz Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 Hi allOn to the PITA part the individual roof tiles hopefully not going to look to rustic when completed./media/tinymce_upload/461e4db2f03fcd815e3d14bb0d411f36.jpg2mm Graph paper stuck to the card to make it easier to get the tiles cut and positioned something like right.regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Did you make that up Buz. Not a UK term. 😆 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 I thought the UK term was FC, but that's what my 7-year-old tells me anyway. Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buz Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 Hi WTD and atom3624I would politely remind you I am not in the UK I am in AU 😆So as an ex Railway employee if I slip into railway speak it tends to have a strong Australian accent most is the same as the UK but some like SM is clearly not.FC Fat Controller I assume coming from a 7yo child 😆And if you know of a 4mm scale Sir Toppem Hat realistic model that is available I want one 😆Working on the one that Bachmann make he would be about 4'6" tall NOT including top hat.regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 1st prize!! 😀 Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Yes I had forgotten that Buz. So SM is a railway term for Station Master in Australia and apparantly also in India. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Now hold on! In the early 1980s I WAS an SM, (Station Manager), located Sheffield with particular responsiblily for Rotherham Masborough and Chesterfield Midland. Prior to that I was ASM, (Assistant Station Manager) located Faversham, responsible for Whitstable and Tankerton, Teynham and Selling. The term Station Master is extremely old, going back to the earliest days of railways, and got changed to Station Manager in the Beeching era. For a brief time I was seconded to be Station Manager Newcastle upon Tyne, until a regular incumbent could be appointed. The Station Master was the 'little tin god' on the station to which he was appointed to, and the Rule Book stated quite clearly that Staff must obey the instructions of Station Masters. In truth much of my time was spent checking the accounts in the booking office and drinking tea, visiting signalboxes to see they were being run properly and drinking tea, checking the loos to see that the staff were keeping them clean, or investigating accidents. Loads of fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ73 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 Looking good so far...Liking the tiles!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 RE: Bachmann FC figure. Would this be to HO scale? 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buz Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 Hi SarahagainUnfortunatly not made to the rather rubbery "G" scale and very toy like.regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Maybe now that Bachmann are selling their TTTE series in the UK, could some decent figures come at some point? No, I won't hold my breath! 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted January 21, 2020 Share Posted January 21, 2020 Doubt it Sarah, as OO Gauge figures in the Thomas & Friends product range would not suit the sadety requirements of the owner, of the franchise. GNR-Gordon-4 (HF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buz Posted January 23, 2020 Author Share Posted January 23, 2020 Hi allsorry for lousy pictureWhere I am at nowThe tiles are 8mm X 4mm card the spicky bits are 4mm X4 mm paper the graph paper has 2mm squares and was used for ease of marking and cutting./media/tinymce_upload/961a6dfef67590f5cf33cd03c9f9c79e.JPGregards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buz Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 Hi SarahagainGiven GNR- Gordon-4's safety coment probably won't happen but I put in a sugestion to BachmannThat they make a realistic OO/HO figure pack for Thomas The Tank engine with the fat controler as part of the figure packregards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buz Posted January 24, 2020 Author Share Posted January 24, 2020 Hi allThe very small pasenger shelter really shows the tin scale nature of the project.But as I am having fun it's a non issuie.Once the shelter is completed the whole lot can be mounted on a balsa platform joined together and finished off../media/tinymce_upload/5670f7ce154a157b43b77e9debbfff9d.jpgThe post needs a light trim and bracing added the roof sheet can't really be cut untill is all stuck togetheras thats going to be tricky given the angle of join and valance that is suposed to be on the sides.regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buz Posted January 27, 2020 Author Share Posted January 27, 2020 Hi allAll three pieces in the same place for the first time./media/tinymce_upload/98e7ee21bcfc079b1f617954e0fab89e.jpgAny one got any ideas how to get a plank pattern in the platform with out splitting it.Also does any one know if the steel wool and vinegar stain works on Balsa wood.regards John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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