To add some details to Northall Dock I did some research. As a guide I used the Hounslow - Street Scene Design Guide from October 2012. Although not the area I’m building it gives a good overview of how you can design streets and what kind of elements are used.

From this guide I selected the following vertical street elements:

1. Advertising signs and A-boards
   
2. Bespoke Furniture
   
3. Bins
   
4. Bollards
   
5. Boundary Railings
   
6. Bus Shelters
   
7. Street lighting
   
8. Covers and gratings
   
9. Surfacing as kerbs, milestones, channels, setts, brick or cobbling
   
10. (war) memorials
    
11. Street Name Signs
    
12. Telephone Kiosks and Public Amenities
    
13. Traffic and Road Signs
    

For Northall Dock I selected the following:

1.Advertising sings – ghost sign on one of the buildings

4. Bollards

7. Street Lightning – lamp on the wall of the central warehouse

8. Covers and gratings – hydrant ground cover and wall sign

9. Surfacing – small sidewalk along the warehouses

11. Street name signs – street names for all the roads and alleys in the diorama

13. Traffic and road signs – optional

Some street furniture illustrations.

The Hounslow guide describes also the colour that should be used:

The colour of all street furniture should be Black, RAL No. 9005 (with the exception of natural wood) unless there is an opportunity to use good quality austenitic stainless steel, particularly in conservation areas or areas of special distinctiveness.

I will also use period colour pictures as a guide.

The most difficult for me are the street name signs. In my research on the internet I saw different types of street name signs in London. There is a nice set at Flickr. It wasn’t always clear to me in what period which street name signs were used. So I decided to use street name signs without borough names. If anyone can give me more information on this subject its welcome.

Making pavements along the buildings asks for some new planning for the road and alleys. I think that I also have to make some more detailed designs for the two other warehouses.

Some modelling progress , which goes slowly at the moment, again next week.

Regards,

Job