Kelvinbank, a Caledonian Railway project.

This is truly some awe inspiring modelling. Just goes to show the extra effort to make something exact to fit the scene is worth doing over RTPlonk anytime.

This is truly some awe inspiring modelling. Just goes to show the extra effort to make something exact to fit the scene is worth doing over RTPlonk anytime.

 

Totally agree!

That looks absolutely spot on, I love it! A really creative, carefully thought out and well executed piece of modelmaking. Bravo!

Looks fantastic Dave, what a layout it's becoming!

 

I was studying the ticket office on the bridge. I have no doubt that you have modelled the supports correctly, but it's almost counterintuitive that they could support all that brick. I never cease to be amazed at what engineering can do.

True mikkel , it does look very slender, but thats the way with cast iron or steel, very strong in compression. I have pictures taken from underneath, I should post them sometime. The building has gone but the bridge is still there as built with 40 ton lorries rolling over it on a daily basis. 

 

The whole site has been redeveloped in the last couple of years as student accommodation, makes the decision by tesco to demolish the listed building all the more galling. I think it could have been externally preserved and turned into a cafe/restaurant type of thing. 

 

The lead picture in this article shows the sheer scale of the flats built on the station site compared the local architecture.

 

https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/growing-number-of-student-flats-raises-eyebrows-in-glasgow-1-4355504

 

The pup and I will take a wander down with a camera and do a philosophical blog. 

That looks horrible! The photo in the article, that is. I don't mind new buildings if they are designed to fit in with their surroundings, but they so rarely are.

 

Makes your model all the more important.