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There is a bit of a theme to our lives at the moment... getting the buildings built.

 

We have accepted an invite to the Nottingham show in March next year so it's now all hands to the pumps to get a reasonable set of buildings into place on the layout. Most of us have little or no prior experience of doing this, but I think that everyone has produced good results.

 

The photos below were taken at our most recent meeting where we had most of the current crop of buildings in place on the layout... although unfortunately the backscenes were not fitted and I'm not such a dab hand with Photoshop as Mr Nevard of this parish... still, best to save some things for the show maybe.

 

There are still some unfinished buildings and several that have not yet been started but I think that (as a project manager I once worked with would always say) 'progress is good'.

 

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The low relief warehouses are coming along behind Dick's station but the goods shed is conspicuous by its absence.

 

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Glyn's signal box, Chris's terrace and John's shops. Chris has now accepted the commission for the Cliff Hotel which will fill in the big gap in this photo.

 

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The Royale Hotel (mine) and its neighbours (John and Chris's). They will hopefully be at rather less jaunty angles before show time. Work on the houses to the east of the hotel is underway.

 

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I think that Chris is winning the stakes for the most buildings made. This is his latest residence.

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Donw
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I think this will go down very well at Nottingham. My advice is to maintain the standard and have the odd gap rather than rush to get all the buildings done. As a former Project Manager the best advice I was given is to forget thinking of a project as a straight line to the target. Rather you set off knowing the target will move so you keep adjusting as you go like steering a boat through currents.

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Mikkel
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Progress is good, but progress of this quality is even better! Very very nice buildings, and the stonework is really superb.

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D869

Thank you all for the complements. There will be plenty of work still to be done after Nottingham, but the intention is to get the layout into a state by March where it doesn't look obviously incomplete - which means most of the buildings, ground cover and the other aspects of presentation like a decent lighting rig.

 

For those who have never been to the Nottingham show, I can definitely recommend it. It is one of the few shows that I attend every year as a punter and I always enjoy it. This year promises the additional bonus of being rather a 2FS-fest with four finescale layouts in attendance including Bob Jones' north eastern empire.

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Good to see some more of the layout Andy.

 

Some very nice buildings in progress.

 

I do like the contrast of the three different levels (beach, railway and townscape) which all come together to add real depth....wish I could get to Nottingham... :(

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