coombe junction - moorswater dries - episode 1...
Update - The nights are drawing in here and its getting colder so the mojo starts to gather momentum again....
Firstly, a big thank you to Mark (46444) for sending me the photos taken of the dries area...coombe junction...and a cat...but that's another story
I knew that I would never be able to include all of the dries area on the layout however I am hoping that what I can show will give a flavour and imagination can fill in the pieces missing. There are various elements I wish to include (as dicated by the board width) and these are; the settling tanks, the old clay dries, the loading bay, the rotary dries and the rotary stores. I would upload a photo to help put it in context but can't quite see a way to avoid copyright issues
The old clay dries have been started using artists grey card as a base. This will be clad in slaters embossed stone sheet (can anyone recommend a glue which won't delaminate as it did with the bridge?) and has a corrugated metal roof. I have formed the openings used to load the clay etc which have been infilled with breeze blocks in later years as this building is now redundant. Seeing as I am representing 1980/1, I thought I had better show them open, however I will paint the insides black as I won't be including much detail (I think they were vast open spaces anyway?) I have also made a start on the Settling tanks and I will probably line these with plastikard and try and pour some white resin to represent the clay. The building is cut into the landscape so I will just represent a hint of greenery at the corner as shown by a card mock up edge at present. The roof has a slight curve at the end and then the roof skews slightly which will be fun to make I have cut a template roof, which needs some fettling before I make the final one - have included it to help set the scene.
I attach a few pics to show progress - I have made the building/base removable so I can work on it with ease but sometime it will be bedded in the layout. Before I start cladding it, I will now map out the loading bay and rotary dries and stores (which cover all my shocking temporary sparks) as this building needs to be elevated on a podium with ramped access. When that is done, I will return to add more detail to this one.
Plan shot showing extent of area to be modelled...
Am using a hood and a CDA to check heights and clearances etc...
Temporary roof removed...the interior will be sprayed black and not reveal much...
Edge detail showing an extract of the settling tanks...
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