Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Blueprints: Wellsworth Station

Wellsworth is the town on Sodor known as the stopping point at Edward's station before tackling Gordon Hill. These are measured drawings for the station buildings measured to be constructed in HO/OO Scale.


The model set built for Wellsworth was one of the first stations to premiere in the TV series of Thomas and Friends, and one of the most remembered as Edward's home from the Railway Series, the starting point for his coastal branchline to the seas at Brendam Docks. This is one of my favorite stations, and a great choice for Hornby's Scaledale and possibly even for Bachmann's new range of cast resin structures for their Thomas range!

Researching from photographs and video clips, I thought I would measure out drawings to make  the station's structures from scratch. The building seen above is the first station building, with a ticket office and waiting room. It has two floors, with a storage room in one half of the first floor for luggage, baggage equipment, and mail.


This is drawn to scale in centimeters. I like using a steel ruler to draw each measurement on the building, from the window panes to the width of the walls, using a 0.7mm technical pencil, with a Col-Erase pencil from Prismacolor for rendering the textures and shadows.


Here is the second station building with a waiting room. David Mitton's modeling team used this building without the rain canopy to double as Ffarquar station on Thomas' branch line in the TV Series. This station including Wellsworth had white windows, doors and canopies, which in newer seasons have been repainted hunter green when the cast resin model was refurbished and painted for season 6 onwards. At the back of this building, piles of ties and lumber along with tools are stored, where the track runs behind the station to Edward's big freight yard.

6 comments:

  1. Ahh... now this is one model I have been trying to draw up track plans for, but I am stuck at an impasse of what series to set it as, since the yards and track change frequently. I think I like the season 3-4. I never knew that Ffarquhar and Wellsworth used one of the same buildings.

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  2. Wellsworth station and Ffarquar station where the same model? Wow, you learn something new every day. :)

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    1. Yup. If you look carefully at the episode clips, you'll see the canopy had been removable, and the windows were repainted for each location. Always a smart idea if you can use what you have, if you have a very handsome-looking model.

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  3. Good luck with this super cool project mate!:)

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    1. Thanks! It will be great to model the freight yard along with the station buildings. I'm glad I'll be able to film the location, and Edward will have a home, with Bill, Ben, and hopefully a Bachmann Boco.

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  4. do you have any more blue prints

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