Booking Hall Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 Having got the idea of a roof ventilator in my head, I decided - reluctantly - that I'd have to build it, but once I got started it was simple enough. The main framework is 1.4mm mount board and the sides and louvers are cereal box card, the louvers being almost cut through at the ends and then just tweaked to an angle with tweezers. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Corbs Posted October 8, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 8, 2018 Nice work Paul. What adhesive do you use with the mount board? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booking Hall Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 Nice work Paul. What adhesive do you use with the mount board? Thanks Corbs, usually UHU, as here, but occasionally PVA for certain jobs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booking Hall Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 That's the boiler house pretty much finished until I glue the base section in place, when I will add some rain water pipes and weather it. Before I can do that i need to install the controller jack plug and section isolating switches and wiring in the rear wall of the box where it will all be hidden by the building. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booking Hall Posted October 10, 2018 Author Share Posted October 10, 2018 Well, that's the hugely complicated wiring finished, and all tests OK. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booking Hall Posted October 13, 2018 Author Share Posted October 13, 2018 The back part of the first additional box is now largely 'first fix' complete, although I need to either make or buy some corrugated iron sheet(s) to clad the covered unloading area, but until then I'm working on the roadway/tunnel top backscene that will screen the view into the original fiddleyard box. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Job's Modelling Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Love your layout. I have worked with corrugated iron sheet from Scalescenes. You can see my efforts here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1325/entry-17813-on-the-road-no-2-–-a-corrugated-roof/ Looking forward to your further progress. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booking Hall Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 Love your layout. I have worked with corrugated iron sheet from Scalescenes. You can see my efforts here: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1325/entry-17813-on-the-road-no-2-–-a-corrugated-roof/ Looking forward to your further progress. Thanks Job's Modelling, that looks really good. worth considering I think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booking Hall Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 This wallpaper from from a certain nationwide chain of DIY stores with a big orange sign makes reasonably convincing setts of the 'not particularly well laid or cared for back street variety' - and very cheap if you just rip off a few feet from their sampler roll!! I'll dig out the holes a bit more and fill them with grot/puddles. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booking Hall Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 (edited) Mocking up the canal-side warehouse. This will feature a two-storey section giving access to the street on the upper level. Edited October 15, 2018 by Booking Hall 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 All looking good Paul, loving how much you've got in a small space. It all looks very cramped and urban, well done. Steve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booking Hall Posted October 17, 2018 Author Share Posted October 17, 2018 A couple of days work has produced all the main structure sections for the canal-side warehouse and preliminary work on the wharf and loading platform has started. Before I install the fixed (lower) section of the building on the layout (the roof and upper storey has to be removable to allow the box lid to shut) I want to weather the track whilst I can still access it easily. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marly51 Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 (edited) Mocking up the canal-side warehouse. This will feature a two-storey section giving access to the street on the upper level. Love your mock ups! I sometimes rush this stage and keep too much in my head! Edited October 20, 2018 by Marly51 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booking Hall Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) Love your mock ups! I sometimes rush this stage and keep too much in my head! Thanks Marly51. Much as I would like to crash on with the build, I find that spending time on making a mock up for a complicated structure is time well spent in the long run! Edited October 22, 2018 by Booking Hall 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booking Hall Posted October 21, 2018 Author Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) This weekend's work has focussed on building the loading platform. This is built up from card and balsa, with a piece of foam pizza base cut to shape then scribed and distressed, before painting with various shades of emulsion paint. Note, I misread my ruler and made the paving slabs a scale foot too long!. I need to add a circular base for the crane, and steps leading down to the tunnel after which I can then glue the building sides in place, followed by the platform; and then crack on with the first floor and roof sections. Edited October 21, 2018 by Booking Hall 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastworld Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 I think that the fact that some of the railway is hidden by buildings such as the warehouse makes it feel more like it's just a small part of the environment through which it runs Stu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booking Hall Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 I think that the fact that some of the railway is hidden by buildings such as the warehouse makes it feel more like it's just a small part of the environment through which it runs Stu Thanks Stu, that's just the impression I was hoping for! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booking Hall Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 After a bit more detailing, the canal warehouse lower walls were glued in place, followed by the platform, and attention has turned to the first floor and roof section. I started by spending the whole morning making the turret roof to go on the first floor tower section. The slates are from a Scalescenes kit and the leadwork is nicked from the Model Railway Scenery 1930's low relief factory. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mydadstoys Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Hi Paul I really like your modelling throughout the layout and attention to detail is spot on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booking Hall Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 Hi Paul I really like your modelling throughout the layout and attention to detail is spot on. Thanks Josh, trouble is, I get a bit carried away sometimes and make a lot more work for myself!. I guess 40 years of being a building surveyor means that I can't just 'let things go'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booking Hall Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 Now the upper storey is assembled and just needs the copings around the parapet fitting, a canopy over the door making and some rainwater pipes adding. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booking Hall Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 Today's efforts have concentrated on the main roof of the canal warehouse. Yet another mock-up was made to test whether to have a hipped end on it, but in the end I decided that an extended gable would look better, and it gives me somewhere to put a faded sign. After that little exercise the basic structure was knocked up, with the added complication of wanting some holes in the roof to add to the air of dereliction, which in turn meant some interior detail (a couple of trusses). I've just drawn up the valancing to go under the projecting canopies so cutting them out and sticking them on, followed by slating, is tomorrows job. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booking Hall Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 Well, that's the warehouse just about finished. It needs weathering, along with all the other structures, and I would like to add more detail, but as of today I only have three weeks to complete the extension to the layout before it is required for an exhibition, so I'd better crack on with the other major scenic components. These are 1) the tunnel/bridge exit to the second fiddle yard, 2) the scrapyard and canal infill, 3) the building (large factory?) which will project into the scrapyard and partially screen the exit to the fiddle yard and 4) the back street facing the railway at the back of box 5. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booking Hall Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 Yet more mock up planning! I'm really struggling with this end of the second new box. I want to have the trains go 'off stage' behind something, but I can't quite resolve how to do this yet. This version uses a 9ft high sleeper built fence to enclose the proposed scrapyard, and the angled arches give me a bit of real estate above to create a street. The triangular building is an earlier proposal to put at the lower level for the trains to pass behind, but i didn't feel it was tall enough. Got to make a decision soon though, only two and a half weeks to the exhibition! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booking Hall Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 Not happy with the arches either, the angle looks wrong. Enough faffing! - back to my original idea! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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