What a wonderful gift and relationship you've been able to form with Laura and Gill and the Old train station. It's very interesting to see the original plans and know what it looked like. It will be interesting to see a miniature station and actually an art piece for them to cherish and display. Nicely done that you've taken such an interest in their project. Look forward to seeing the videos and the build.
@sandraengstrand27847 күн бұрын
How amazing that you tracked down the original plans!!!! ❤🚂
@GMteam.7 күн бұрын
i lived in the old station for 12 years. even i didnt know all that 😁 i did know about the ceramic tiles and stuff though.
@StationRoadModelRailway7 күн бұрын
Oh wow! It must be fascinating watching Laura and Gil's channel. Did you live there before or after the 1980's renovations?
@GMteam.6 күн бұрын
@@StationRoadModelRailway i lived there until very recently 😉 yeah i am loving their videos.
@midsomerrailwaynscale4 күн бұрын
Julian, Great Research and it payed off in the end Love seeing the plans. Regards Greg
@johnlong32147 күн бұрын
Hello, just popped over from The Old Station Renovation, really looking farward to this and catching up on your past videos. 🔔+👍
@T0101807 күн бұрын
I also poppen over from The Old Station Renovation. 😄
@andrewstevenson54496 күн бұрын
So pleased the stuff those Railway Company plans on the The National Archives website proved to so useful. Also dead impressed that TNA turned round your digitisation request so quickly, though they've not updated their catalogue yet to show they have been digitised. Very impressive how close you were.
@StationRoadModelRailway6 күн бұрын
Thank you Andrew for pointing me in the right direction, I can't thank you enough. TNA were brilliant with the request and very speedy with the digitizing process.
@VictoryWorksКүн бұрын
A lot better than the NRM. I've been waiting for a scan from them since 30th July!
@tracybush81156 күн бұрын
Interesting, I'm excited to follow along because I love Laura and Gil's channel. PLEASE include a miniature Beagle for Buddie and, I think Lab, for Winston (ball included), haha. There cannot be a station without them regardless of the era! Laura will laugh at my suggestion because I'm ALWAYS commenting about their dogs. See you next video.
@StationRoadModelRailway6 күн бұрын
I think some four-legged friends can be organised.
@tracybush81156 күн бұрын
@@StationRoadModelRailway Love it! Thank you.
@notsohairybiker6 күн бұрын
The Old Station Renovation linked this channel so here I am, just love everything about railways of every type. Looking forward to the model making aspects.
@LaurenceHoward-f4h7 күн бұрын
Research above and beyond the call of duty……. Well done Julian.
@birtle1238 күн бұрын
There's something about original drawings that makes a building feel more reel. I can almost see the staff and passengers using this building on a daily basis.
@jwall60067 күн бұрын
This is incredibly fascinating! Thank you for all for the work that you’ve done.
@StellarStellaStarlight6 күн бұрын
This is so interesting. I am learning so much.
@Vault577 күн бұрын
The third drawing sheet, top, right-hand detail section, also shows that the doors have transom windows, which open inwards. There are red lines detailing the swing arc of the window when opened for that summertime breeze.
@ajmatthews77007 күн бұрын
A terrific find! Looking forward to seeing how the model progresses.
@thbe512 күн бұрын
Hi from Sweden! Now it's getting really exciting!!
@buffplums7 күн бұрын
Came over from “The Old Station” looks like a fabulous channel you have … liked and subscribed 😊😊
@alastairwilson4573 күн бұрын
Fascinating stuff - brilliant!
@alyro-ls1dv7 күн бұрын
Thank you for the video and very nice development to have the original plans. Great job. Best Albrecht
@egelmuis7 күн бұрын
In your drawing you have drawn the door of the porters office in the opposite direction as in the original drawing. It also makes sense that that door is symmetrically mirrored with that of the station master office.
@StationRoadModelRailway6 күн бұрын
Good spotting, that will be a remanent from the guessed plan.
@LawrenceDaley-s2u8 күн бұрын
Another insight into your dedication to accuracy, plus your inquisitive instinct with your original idea of how it looked. A very interesting video, Julian.
@eileendaly137 күн бұрын
Brilliant! Very clever of you
@mattsmith46058 күн бұрын
First in? You were pretty close, the original plans are fascinating
@NewModelRailway18 күн бұрын
This now makes sense for why the Gents toilets had an external entry door instead of an internal entry door like the Ladies toilets had.
@RussellDowse7 күн бұрын
Please amend the spelling from Toitlets as in your drawings.
@michaelwhiles52828 күн бұрын
Hello from the UK
@christopherclarke93168 күн бұрын
G'day Julian. Magic discovery and not nerdy for the son of an architect. A question about safe working on the line which may suggest potential uses for the outside additional buildings. If the original line was single line or absolute block working, then the larger of the buildings may have been a platform mounted signal box/token exchange point. A lamp room is definitely a strong possibility for the smaller structure. Interior fitout of the station building was quite possibly (given the damp nature of the UK} dressed flagstone floors, glazed ceramic tiling from floor to about 2 1/2 -3 feet above floor with timber panelling to ceiling height. Onya Kiwi👍👍
@highpath47767 күн бұрын
Not sure , most to me were panneled in various ways (wainscotting , or vertical running slats, with plaster painted fitted above waistrail height but the entrance lobby might be pannelled to full height ). ( see north woolwich station/ some southern stations on the bluebell line )
@StationRoadModelRailway7 күн бұрын
As far as I could tell, the station didn't have a signal box, certainly not in the near vicinity of the station building. Double track line, there was a footbridge to platform 2 and a watercrane on platform 1.
@tonyslight8266 күн бұрын
Hi regarding your station building brick work I think it maybe Flemish bond or English bond .
@mickeybarrass36258 күн бұрын
Them plans are fascinating. I could tell by the smile on your face, they'll be a massive help to you. Not that i doubt your building capabilities Julian, far from it but may i suggest grabbing a word with Tony North Eastern on KZbin, the same guy is doing a very similar scratch build of Tyne Dock station. Even if it's just for a few hints n tips. Really looking forward to see how this gets made going forward.
@StationRoadModelRailway7 күн бұрын
I'm an avid viewer on Tony's channel and have been following his Tyne Dock build with great interest.
@mickeybarrass36253 күн бұрын
@StationRoadModelRailway I hope this didn't come over as me saying, oh watch Tony, on how to build yours. Far from it, I just meant the similarities in your projects regarding the interiors. I'm sorry if it came over that way Julian.
@sodor_dan-da-man8 күн бұрын
Also for an idea of the scale for this plan, don't know if you noticed but there's a scale on one of the pages, mainly the one with front, top and side views that states the plans are to a scale of 8 ft to 1 inch
@steveNCB77547 күн бұрын
In an image of one of the other 'identical' stations on the line I found, they didn't include those wooden louvres in the Gents, just brickwork at that location.
@highpath47767 күн бұрын
probably depends on local materials, thought, and to some extent would it be alterations if the wood rotted?
@steveNCB77547 күн бұрын
@@highpath4776 Ignore what I said! Having found the image again (actually Efail Isaf station), I can now see it's taken from the entrance side and so looking at the opposite end of the building. Doh!
@highpath47767 күн бұрын
@@steveNCB7754 easy error, I still cannot work out the platform side to the road side of the real thing in the vids
@eattherich92157 күн бұрын
@8:37, your guesses were not too far off the mark.
@wclearwater18 күн бұрын
That was very cool 👌👌
@nigelericogden32008 күн бұрын
Bingo !! Amazing !!
@flybywire58667 күн бұрын
To the right of the text "Booking Hall" is what looks to me like a divider or railing in front of the ticket window (Whose position I think you guess correctly) to have people approach only from one direction, enforcing a queue instead of a drove.
@Thunderer08727 күн бұрын
Closer to what I had said a couple of weeks back on their channel, although I'd thought the Gents were in the out house and all the bottom left was a staff/porters. Mind you having seen all those glazed tiles did kind of seal a change that the first quarter from the left were toilet based.
@StationRoadModelRailway7 күн бұрын
I initially thought the out-building was a gents toilet before they discovered the glazed bricks. I believe the 2 rooms in the out-building would have been for coal and lamps.
@Thunderer08727 күн бұрын
@@StationRoadModelRailway Yeah pretty much the same until seeing that whole area covered in glazed tile. I sent them an Email with a picture of Efail Isaf Railway Station which is the same design of building. I note that the Signal Box at their station was way off down south of the main building. Where do you think the water for the water supply to the platform watering cranes for engines, I looked at the maps from 1840 to 1914 era and I don't see a Dando Windmill or a sizable above ground water tank. I think Laura thinks that the water was tanked under the platform, I think it came from the near river but there must be a supply point somewhere that a tank of some description?
@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft52048 күн бұрын
great vid
@HYUKLDER17 күн бұрын
Which is your first video on Wenvoe Station model build please? Will you create a Wenvoe Station model playlist?
@StationRoadModelRailway6 күн бұрын
Thanks for the tip, I will create a playlist for this series. The station features from this point kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaiVY2ifd9eApZYsi=mMuIEjEvWsnwwJQ8 but there is a bit of other modelling activity going on.
@sheilabing95887 күн бұрын
Greetings from Northland. It wasn’t nerdy in the least. It was like an episode of Time Team. Came over from Laura & Gil’s channel and Laura is delighted by your kindness. I look forward to see your model come together. How in earth are you going to get it sent from NZ to Wales for it to arrive in one piece?
@StationRoadModelRailway7 күн бұрын
There is some future return travel to the UK at some point, so my thoughts are to bring it with me as carry-on.
@sodor_dan-da-man8 күн бұрын
On the idea of decorating the interior waist height down would be brown and above that line it would be cream/ beige in colour
@highpath47767 күн бұрын
See station as filmed in Oh Mr Porter as "Buggleskelly"
@highpath47767 күн бұрын
I am sure there is a Metcalfe design similar to this. The Barry Railway design appears not that disimilar to later ones used by the Great Central Railway (which was finished / built in stone).
@StationRoadModelRailway7 күн бұрын
This station that I'm modelling is actually replacing a Metcalfe station I had in the same location on the layout. Slowly I'm replacing my Metcalfe kits with scratch-build models based on real buildings.
@highpath47767 күн бұрын
Interesting no sink for washing up ones enamel tea mugs