Here is yet another illustrated guide through the construction methods used on Snitzl's low relief warehouses. Inspiration for all three warehouses comes from a similar brick structure found on Peter Denny's Buckingham.
Area's of construction lacking detail are covered comprehensively in other blogs.
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Harbour Walls and Warehouse.
Here is an illustrated guide through the construction methods used on Snitzl's 12 foot harbour wall, step ladders, mooring rings, mooring bollards and warehouse. A little time has been spent adding variations to the plain stone walls with bulging / multi-layered stonework.
Inspiration for the warehouse comes from both Dave Shakespeare's canal tunnel on Barden Road, featured in Model Rail - April 2003 and the front cover of a Langley Models b
Warehouses - Three of a kind.
Warehouses - Three of a kind, has taken over 500 hours to model with an end result that recurs time and time again for me. It seems strange that some buildings modelled look perfectly fine on the workbench, but when placed in situ on the layout, they don't seem to belong.
Again, inspiration for the warehouses was taken from photographs of Tregarrick MKIV by Iain Rice in Model Railway Constructor - May 1980 and Model Railways - January, Febr
The Works or Halfwits Wondrous Wagon Works.
The works is a small wagon / loco repair shop, managed by Jack Halfwit, that services the rolling stock of Snitzl. Comprises of three small buildings, water tower, hoist and pit. Most, if not all the inspiration for "The Works" was taken from photographs of Tregarrick MKIV 1980 by Iain Rice in Model Railways February 1981. 'The Works' is presented here as a complete project with the usual snitzl step by step pictorial approach.
Method used to create and tile a spherical roof .
I used a 3D solid modeling package to determine diameters of the rings that form this dome. Dome rings were created using a digital vernier as a pair of dividers to not only mark, but also score a groove deep enough for a scalpel to follow when cutting out.
Could have used the lathe, but didn't fancy the cold freezing temperatures of my workshop.
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Short blog on the construction of guttering on Snitzl.
Illustrates construction of a small wooden office, complete with guttering. No down pipes , but we have a gutter. I only use this approach now and then, usually a con-caved piece of plastic does the job. There's also a variation on this thyme that's worth a look.
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Constructing Signal Box Windows for Snitzl Town.
For completeness, part 2 of windows for Snitzl shows one of the way's to create signal box style windows. It looks quite nice, but it's a little on the bold side. This method uses a digital vernier to accurately position the rule when marking and cutting.
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Making windows for Snitzl Town.
Here are some of the methods I use to model window surrounds and window frames.
Rather than make individual windows, I build an array of windows that become part of the structure which adds strength to the building. I align the window frets with two steel blocks, left and top and these become datums for gluing and if required also aid accurately cut windows with a vernier.
A much slower but more effective way to model roof tiles and ridge tiles.
Step by step guide to Tiling Roofs.
I've tiled most roofs on Snitzl Town using this method, and there's no doubt in my mind that the overall look is well worth the time and effort. Its worth modeling the odd building with larger tiles, and that might be a good starting point. Try not to get to much liquid poly under the tile, because really thin styrene tends to distort. Use a small artists brush, not t
The Mart is one of my favourite buildings .
The Mart was a brick building that existed in the city of Nottingham in the early 1900's. I have modeled this building in stone, with the earlier wooden railings. The methods used in the construction of this model are fairly typical for all my buildings. However, changes to how the roof was attached have changed lately due to curling of the plastic. Like the terraced shops, this building is part of what is to be a market place on the Sni
The Terraced Shops :
First of all, an apology, I didn't start taking pictures of the construction methods for the terraced shops till part way through this project, however, all will become clear with my next posting.
The terraced shops are part of what is to be a market place on the Snitzl Town layout.
The illustrations below show how they were constructed.
