Building blocks

Entry posted by invercloy June 26, 2011

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No progress on the servos for point operation as the Tam Valley Octopus that arrived was faulty. Duncan has been very helpful in fault finding and is sending me another free of charge.

In the mean time I've been making a start on the basic shells of some of the buildings:

Two of the ones so far are based on prototypes from Plockton.

The small single storey building on it's own is a freelance fisherman's store. The other two buildings are based on these:

Another building has appeared today, I decided to do away with the idea of having a chapel, so to replace it I was looking for something quirky and a little different from the others on the layout (crofts, shops, hotel etc).

Looking through my staple inspirational books of postcards and old photos by Christopher J. Uncles I came across the Customs House at Ullapool.

Fits in quite nicely I think, but as you may be able to tell from comparing the StreetView link and the photo above my one will be a little less ornate and a little longer than the prototype.

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