My understanding of the concrete fence is that the panels needed to be supported by a vertical concrete post of "H"-section, I do not recall seeing a concrete fence without supports, but I cannot claim to have made a study of them! I was around in the '50s but don't know when they became a regular sight.

I  like the look of your corrugated fence, especially the rusting effect. My recollection of such fences is that one or more of the panels had been pulled aside by the local urchins to allow illicit access to a "playground" 

Brick walls at the rear of terraced houses often had a full height door for access to the "Back Yard". the opening in the wall could occasionally be arched, but I think, more likely to be just a wooden frame built into the wall, Don't forget that a brick wall would need buttresses for support and stabillity.

One of the faults with some pre-printed models of terraces is that the necessity for access by an alley-way between each pair in a terrace to the rear of the row is ignored,

Generally there was no real problem with Graffiti, but chalked goal posts and cricket sumps were common, even on what we would now consider a very busy street. There was far less traffic in the '50s.! You have already, in earlier blogs, shown the use of the enamelled signs. 

The sign over the Contractors doors would almost certainly have had a 'phone number.... "Phone 347" for example, and possibly an "Establshed xxxx" date

Thanks for the very useful reply Don.

I just just the printed textures to see the effect for the end result. So I didn't build the supports for the concrete fence. This also counts for the corrugated fence.

Thanks for the information about the terraced houses.

I would like to see your blog entries for the enamelled signs. Could you help me to find them?

On the reference picture I used was no phonenumber. But I will keep this in mind for further signs I will create.

Sorry, I was convinced that you had used representations of the enamel signs in your earlier blogs... Moral... (and reminder to self !)... don't make statements without checking first !!!

Sorry, I was convinced that you had used representations of the enamel signs in your earlier blogs... Moral... (and reminder to self !)... don't make statements without checking first !!!

You are not the only one that made a mistake. I did read your answer not good enough. But I intend to use enamel signs in one of my diorama's in the future and will post about that.

Please keep giving me information so I can improve my diorama's.

Following up on the Enamel signs, I found a catalogue at http://www.invertrain.com/  With a page devoted to them. 

seem to have just two suppliers :-   Langley models,  and  Pocast

I didn't check on the scale sizes of the catalogued items.

Hi Job, 

 

Good to see the project progressing according to plan.

 

I'm amazed at the 3D look of the bricks on Peterson & Sons. I checked out the garage on Scalescenes, the texture there seems much more flat. How did you do that?

Hi Mikkel,

First of all I used an excellent texture from Clever Models. There textures are very realistic, although the brick work isn't typical English.

Secondly I print the best resolution I have on high quality photographic paper. My last efforts using photographic canvas gives also a very good result for the Scalescenes textures. See the picture of Oval Road.

Following up on the Enamel signs, I found a catalogue at http://www.invertrain.com/  With a page devoted to them. 

seem to have just two suppliers :-   Langley models,  and  Pocast

I didn't check on the scale sizes of the catalogued items.

Thanks for sharing.