The station building for Westhill Road is now nearing completion, since my last Workbench Witterings#20 post here, with a little help from my friends I have added the bonnet tiles to the hipped ridges, the roof plumbing and details such as downpipes along with completing the painting. I believe it is important to get the … Continue reading Workbench Witterings #23 Bonnet tiles, roof plumbing and painting putting the finishing touches to Westhill Road’s station building
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Workbench Witterings #18 Not a pane yet, Westhill Road’s station building takes shape
Has it really been August since my Workbench Witterings#16 The Foundations of the Westhill Road station building? I have at last been able to do some more work on it today, starting with a the upper floor windows. As I have been unable to find any proprietary windows from the usual sources, including from laser … Continue reading Workbench Witterings #18 Not a pane yet, Westhill Road’s station building takes shape
Workbench Witterings#16 The foundations of the Westhill Road Station Building
Amid some of the heart breaking events and issues that life is throwing at many of us at the moment, being able to step aside into model building can be very therapeutic. This is a quick post to show some of the progress being made on another one of Westhill Road's key buildings, this time … Continue reading Workbench Witterings#16 The foundations of the Westhill Road Station Building
Ch-ch-changes, Turn and face the (s)train…
With apologies to David Bowie... regular readers may have spotted a slight change to the layout of my little corner of the world wide web. The previous WordPress theme (page style) I was using had become obsolete and was causing a few back office and functionality issues, so I therefore have adopted a new WordPress … Continue reading Ch-ch-changes, Turn and face the (s)train…
Workbench Witterings#12 Building an LSWR Type 3B signal Box for Westhill Road
In my Westhill Road Ramblings#1 post here, I discussed my thought process for selecting the style and type of signal box for my new little modelling venture Westhill Road. This post looks at my scratch build of the chosen ground level signal box based upon the LSWR Type 3B design. As with many of my … Continue reading Workbench Witterings#12 Building an LSWR Type 3B signal Box for Westhill Road
Westhill Road Ramblings#1 3B or not 3B choosing a signal box
Welcome to the first of my Westhill Road Ramblings as I think thoughts (or why isn't that thunk?), yes dangerous I know, to develop the concept in my mind / imagination and start to make actual physical progress on my new little scenic diorama type layout. To read my introduction to Westhill Road click here. … Continue reading Westhill Road Ramblings#1 3B or not 3B choosing a signal box
Westhill Road, an introduction #2
My first Westhill Road, introduction #1 post provided a little of the what and the why behind the plan for Westhill Road, this introduction #2 covers more of the what, and some of the when, with respect to the plan of the layout and the scenic side of things. As I disclosed in my #1 … Continue reading Westhill Road, an introduction #2
Westhill Road, an introduction #1
It is about time that I formally introduced you to Westhill Road there has been a teaser page on here for quite some time, as with many plans timing has slipped somewhat from the original intention of it being a post-Christmas last year winter project. However with much of the items needed for its construction … Continue reading Westhill Road, an introduction #1