leslie10646 Posted February 21 Author Posted February 21 Ah, found the Lance photo. I've zoomed in to show Platform 4's building. 3 Quote
Galteemore Posted February 21 Posted February 21 Very nice work indeed Leslie. Should be very proud of that 1 Quote
Mol_PMB Posted February 21 Posted February 21 Nice! and we can see the water tower too. The window under the tower looked odd on your model but it's actually spot on compared to the prototype photo. Excellent work! 1 Quote
Mol_PMB Posted February 21 Posted February 21 Just out of interest, have you looked at the BritainfromAbove aerial photos? There are several of Portadown that may be useful for your purposes. Quote
Patrick Davey Posted February 21 Posted February 21 That's looking mighty fine Leslie, great work sir - looking forward to watching further progress. Quote
leslie10646 Posted February 27 Author Posted February 27 The morning after the night before: The last section of canopy has set and sits OK, so I've now put the whole of Platform 4 together (precariously) to see how it looks! It goes on for a bit (180cms or so) as you can see and even with TEN canopy sections, it only gets to here! IMG_1381.MOV So do I "Spoil the Ship for a Hap'worth of tar" or leave it at that? The next picture shows what ANOTHER two sections would stretch to! In reality, the canopies covered most of the platforms. I'm erring on the "spoil the ship" as no-one will see the other end of the platform with any ease, it's lost in the roof beams! It's the water tower end which is most visible! Thoughts on a postcard, please ....... 4 3 Quote
Mol_PMB Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Impressive! I once knew someone with a loft layout who cut a big notch in a roof beam purely to provide adequate sighting of a home signal. And that notch was not necessary to see the signal from the operating position, but from the point of view of the imaginary driver in the cab of the model loco approaching it. I'm sure your model passengers will put up without a canopy at the far end of the platform though - hopefully it won't be raining inside the loft... 1 2 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Leslie that is magnificent, looking forward to seeing it all in place!! Do you have any wagons to run on the layout? 1 4 Quote
Irishswissernie Posted February 27 Posted February 27 I have an arial view from the 1920's on the Archive which is probably a bit early. 5 1 Quote
Portadown Posted February 27 Posted February 27 I'd love to know what that building apparently on stilts is that is attached to the main building on platform 4! 3 hours ago, leslie10646 said: The morning after the night before: The last section of canopy has set and sits OK, so I've now put the whole of Platform 4 together (precariously) to see how it looks! It goes on for a bit (180cms or so) as you can see and even with TEN canopy sections, it only gets to here! IMG_1381.MOV 14.53 MB · 2 downloads So do I "Spoil the Ship for a Hap'worth of tar" or leave it at that? The next picture shows what ANOTHER two sections would stretch to! In reality, the canopies covered most of the platforms. I'm erring on the "spoil the ship" as no-one will see the other end of the platform with any ease, it's lost in the roof beams! It's the water tower end which is most visible! Thoughts on a postcard, please ....... Looks great Leslie Quote
leslie10646 Posted February 27 Author Posted February 27 Now you send me this - back to the drawing board! Oh well, it was good practice! Too show you that it doesn't matter if something is not quite right! From the middle of the loft: Or from where I sit operating! Now the 2.45pm semi-fast from Dublin arrives. 2.45 from Dublin.mov And for a bit of fun, what a non-stop looks like from the centre of the attic while doing a dining car crockery breaking whirl through the loop! IMG_1393.MOV Off now to remake it all as it's even more fictional than I thought! 11 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Leslie can you not get rid of all those rafters???? (joking!) 1 2 Quote
leslie10646 Posted February 28 Author Posted February 28 On 27/2/2025 at 3:10 PM, Portadown said: I'd love to know what that building apparently on stilts is that is attached to the main building on platform 4! Looks great Leslie Yes, William, I was puzzled by that too. Before I saw that it was on stilts, I thought it was where the subway came up. I know from photos at platform level that the steps came up to an entrance through an arch onto the platform - but WHERE? Was it under that water tower building at the South end? Thanks, Ernie, for more evidence than I'd managed to glean before. William modelled the elevated nature of the station very well on his version. It wasn't practical for me. 2 Quote
leslie10646 Posted March 17 Author Posted March 17 To provide some St Patrick's Day Cheer for those of you assiduously off the Good (Distilled) Water for Lent, today was a "Platform Day". Meaning that I am labouring with my Island Platform for Portadown station. I wondered if I had got the length right so that it matched with Platform 4 - being Irish I did No.4 first! Yes, EXACTLY the right length BUT PRIDE COMES BEFORE A FALL...... I had broken Holman's First Law of Railway Modelling - "Measure Twice - Cut Once"! I ran a train through and it clobbered the thing - too (blank) wide! How do you knock a couple of millimetres off the width of an almost completed platform (6 feet long!) which has a frame of light softwood...... Maybe I'll use the "Saints Day Rule", take a good draught of Bushmills and try again ....... 4 Quote
Mol_PMB Posted March 17 Posted March 17 is it just a piece of wood or have you clad and surfaced it? If it were here I’d run it through the table saw to remove 3mm from the middle and then try and hide the joint with a row of drain covers (prototypical for many island platforms) and some strategically placed lampposts, flowerbeds, benches etc. 1 1 2 Quote
leslie10646 Posted March 17 Author Posted March 17 This, to be precise...... which was turned into: I'll footer about with it and see if I can get away with it. I think that it's too wide to use as Platform 1, which is under the eaves of the house! 1 Quote
Horsetan Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Will there be a newspaper kiosk on the station selling copies of Portadown News? 2 Quote
Mol_PMB Posted March 18 Posted March 18 10 hours ago, leslie10646 said: This, to be precise...... which was turned into: I'll footer about with it and see if I can get away with it. I think that it's too wide to use as Platform 1, which is under the eaves of the house! Ah, with that form of construction it will be more difficult to cut in half without damage. I'd still say that a gully or drain down the middle would be entirely prototypical if you were worried about a join there. Most platforms are designed with a very slight slope away from the tracks (to prevent trolleys etc rolling off the edge) and so on an island platform the rainwater naturally flows to the middle and a drain is needed there. 1 Quote
leslie10646 Posted Thursday at 00:45 Author Posted Thursday at 00:45 (edited) Right, after much more xxxxing about, re-cutting re-sticking and stuffing, this is what 28 canopy kits (each is just 4 inches, 3D printed) looks like. Ever tried to line up quite so many? - don't look for a straight line! They're in groups of 3,4,4,3 so that each platform (6ft or so) has fourteen! Of course they have to be "planted" with a bit of ballast and a barrow walk at this end. The "aerial" view looks quite nice? Since I took this, I've re-painted the surface in a darker grey (Hobbycraft "Light Grey" seemed quite realistic). Also, I'll swap the sloping ends over - the one at the other end hasn't got that broken bit! If you look at earlier photos on the thread you will see that the station is barely visible and Platform 1 - to the right - can't have a canopy, as the slope of the roof precludes even a tiny bit! The platform is part built. Next job is to build the larger water tanks and place them on either side of the building. Next week ....... Edited Thursday at 00:48 by leslie10646 11 4 Quote
David Holman Posted Thursday at 07:14 Posted Thursday at 07:14 Well done Leslie - quite a task. Do the slightly wavy canopy lines matter? Suspect this happens all the time on the real thing as it is all part of the aging process. 3 1 Quote
Galteemore Posted Thursday at 07:40 Posted Thursday at 07:40 Looks great Leslie and a degree of undulation is normal. Can’t wait to see 207 running through ! 1 1 Quote
Patrick Davey Posted Thursday at 08:50 Posted Thursday at 08:50 Mighty stuff Leslie!! Great to see the progress. 1 Quote
jhb171achill Posted Thursday at 10:35 Posted Thursday at 10:35 Looks amazing! Can’t wait to the “shipper” and a Vs-hauled “Enterprise” passing through! 1 Quote
leslie10646 Posted Thursday at 18:42 Author Posted Thursday at 18:42 Give me time! If I'm spared, the idea is to drive you all crazy by showing every train which ran through {Portadown (or the Junction) during a weekday in 1956 or so. With the right loco! I THINK I can do that! 3 1 Quote
Galteemore Posted Thursday at 18:48 Posted Thursday at 18:48 Please do Leslie. Make sure it’s prior to 30 Sep 1957 …. 1 3 Quote
Mol_PMB Posted Thursday at 19:32 Posted Thursday at 19:32 46 minutes ago, leslie10646 said: Give me time! If I'm spared, the idea is to drive you all crazy by showing every train which ran through {Portadown (or the Junction) during a weekday in 1956 or so. With the right loco! I THINK I can do that! I was going to suggest extending your period by 20 years so you could justify a Hunslet and a rake of Mk2's, but then you would need to demolish your lovely station and replace it with an inhospitable concrete bunker with windswept platforms... At least there was still some freight traffic in the mid-1970s! Quote
leslie10646 Posted Thursday at 20:11 Author Posted Thursday at 20:11 36 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said: I was going to suggest extending your period by 20 years so you could justify a Hunslet and a rake of Mk2's, but then you would need to demolish your lovely station and replace it with an inhospitable concrete bunker with windswept platforms... At least there was still some freight traffic in the mid-1970s! No way! Don't take it too hard. Possibly 1964? Lots of nice A Class, single-ended Yankees ...... AND S Class, a Compound on the Thursday trains, No.207 on the Tourist Train, ........ 1 1 Quote
leslie10646 Posted Thursday at 22:06 Author Posted Thursday at 22:06 Of course, the Compound will only appear when a certain company does the obvious thing ..... As I said before - I'll buy two, the moment they're announced - the two I've travelled behind 2 Quote
Galteemore Posted Thursday at 22:13 Posted Thursday at 22:13 (edited) 7 minutes ago, leslie10646 said: Of course, the Compound will only appear when a certain company does the obvious thing ..... As I said before - I'll buy two, the moment they're announced - the two I've travelled behind What if they do a VS, Leslie? Will you buy 5? Heresy I know, but I think the UTA livery would have suited both V and VS. Edited Thursday at 22:14 by Galteemore 1 1 Quote
leslie10646 Posted Thursday at 23:15 Author Posted Thursday at 23:15 59 minutes ago, Galteemore said: What if they do a VS, Leslie? Will you buy 5? Heresy I know, but I think the UTA livery would have suited both V and VS. No, David, but I'd buy three Erne, Lagan and Boyne! If the did BOTH, then they'd get FIVE sales - They could use a lot of the same bits? I think ...... 1 Quote
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