York Station

First steps in the alterations at York station to make it fit.

Signal Gantry

Just roughing out a signal gantry for the Trans Pennine Route

Candle House, Leeds

The work continues...



A very, very early WIP of Candle House near Leeds railway station.

Asset Pack for TPR

The clutter pack as it stands...






This is the start of the garden clutter pack for the TPR. Tables and swings are yet to be added.

Selby Rail Swing Bridge

Sentinel Shunter

A cement wagon as used on Irish railways, still not quiet finished.

Something a little harder

You may recognise this cab even though it was at a very early stage.

My Second Attempt

Having the brake van under my belt, I decided another goods van would be a good idea so I trolled the net looking for some drawings.

This one caught my eye as I fancied making the metal straps on the corners...



This time I started with the chassis as the base, added corner posts, a roof and end panels. I got a little carried away and added the metal reinforcing strips on the end panels...


Made cross braces at one end with attached panel and I was just going to copy and mirror it around the other sides.
After copying the cross braces, I decided to make the side panel one-piece instead of four pieces.


Starting to go a little wild now with the detail, quite enjoyable making a bracket from a spline, extruding it and adding a bend. Even made a latch for the doors.

Nearly complete, just need to add some suspension to the wheels.

You'll notice the hook is still missing...Apart from wheels, hooks also give me a hard time.

This is how it looks today, a little over a weeks work, mainly late at night when I can get some peace.

Hmmm, maybe time to start another one. :)

Models and Me

Sat quietly at home, wasting my time as usual in front of the computer reading various forums, an old friend contacted me...

"Fancy a little dabble with 3D models", he says.

Well that was it, I haven't put it down since...

A brake van was the test subject...

Basic box construction with a curved roof...

A few more bits added such as a chassis and extension panels...


Abit more work to the chassis and added lookouts to the sides...

Over the week I added the 'fancy' bits, handrails, running boards, light brackets and brakes to the wheels. The wheel took a bit of making, it was not until the sixth attempt that I managed some thing like what they are supposed to be. :)



This is how it's left, took about three weeks to get to this stage and a lot of questions, probably won't do anything else to the model as it was built purely as a learning curve.

I was sick of looking at it and needed a new project...