"Voiding the Warranty" - Mol's experiments in 21mm gauge

[Mol_PMB]

40 minutes ago, David Holman said:

Google photos of the Rathmelton quayside show red doors, with very peeling paint, suggesting it had been that colour for quite a while. Indeed, enlarging your photos shows the same. They also show it's not exactly the finest stone that's been used. Rubble would be a better description and even the brickwork around the openings looks decidedly second hand!

 All adds to the charm, of course and some talc to texture the paint might not go amiss.

Red it is then! 

I tend to use some artists matte medium to add texture to some of the larger stones, talc as well is a good idea for other parts of the wall. 

The row of square holes in the wall (and the half-blocked windows on the first floor) are associated with a canopy across the tracks. That was present in the 1960s and 1970s but now missing. I get the impression that the wall under the canopy may have been whitewashed at some stage - there are still traces of it on the ground floor walls, but not above the row of square holes.

[Mol_PMB]

Progress on the old mill. The structural carcass is assembled and I've painted the window frames red. 

I've used matte medium to add some texture to the front wall, then applied an initial coat of grey on the stonework and bauxite on the brickwork. There's more stages to do on this, but I want these layers to dry properly first.

I had some successful experiments with laser-cutting window frames from thick red paper. These are ready to be fitted to the structural carcass.

The next stage is to think about the roof and how best to represent the slates. Perhaps more laser-cut paper. But there are some other jobs on the list for this evening (nothing to do with the trainset) and I have quite a busy week ahead at work. So there may be a pause for a few days.

[Mol_PMB]

Another clue, a bit late for me but nevertheless a useful angle. 

From an article on Quartertown Mill in the Mallow Field Club Journal No 09 - 1991, which also contains some useful history.

https://digital.corkpastandpresent.com/Documents/Detail/mallow-field-club-journal-no-09-991/35856?item=36556

And this image from the same source has already highlighted two errors in what I've built so far (not too serious), but also provides some very useful extra information for the next stages. Note also, just partly visible on the right above the car, a CIE bitumen tank container.

 

 

 

[David Holman]

Lovely stuff and coming on a treat.

[Mol_PMB]

A few more photos scoured from t'interweb.

Another view of the old building, disused but before it was covered in ivy. I've only got room to model the portion to the right of the downpipe, so have used a bit of modellers licence to move the other double door along a bit. 

The first map I have found that shows the track layout I'm modelling, with loop. However, the arrangement of buildings is a bit off (or it doesn't match the 1960s/70s images or the present-day survivors). 

The mill leat (race/stream) runs along the west side of the area I'm modelling, but not really close enough for me to squeeze it onto the model. Unless I extend the board forwards, in which case it could squeeze in at the north end where the site access road bridges over it.

 

A more recent view showing the row of buildings that are still present today. There have definitely been some changes in the building layout at the nearer (southern) end.

[David Holman]

Those shutters will be a lot easier to model than window frames!

Edited 2 hours ago by David Holman