Whether or not this layout fits the criteria for the 2010 RMWeb challenge, I'll be building it over the next few months, hopefully to have something decent to take to Taunton in April.
So I thought I'd start with one of the planned buildings for the backscene - 'The Algernon Cuthbertson Arms'.
This is the real pub in Truro it will be based on.
Progress pics as they happen.
Edit: 1st pic of the basic walls cut out and ready to stick to some mount card.
2nd Edit: A
This set of blog entries will concentrate on some of the buildings I make for various layouts, or just for fun.
To start, here is a repeat pic of the real pub on which the A.C Arms is base, followed by the latest progress of the model.
The last time I updated my thread was to add an entry about a little tumbledown shed.
That was far too long ago, so I thought I ought to add some more entries.... starting with another version of the very same shed.
Following the launch of my bespoke building building service, a commision has come in for two buildings, this being one of them.
So, although not quite finished in these photos, here is my 2nd model.
Edit 30/09/13 - A bit more progress :
Having been following the 'Quality of Blogs' thread, it reminded me I'd not updated my own for some time.
My driving theme at the meoment is creating buildings suitable for the module I'll be taking to the 2012 Taunton Member's Day. As well as the Starcross Pumping house, I've been making a far smaller shed to fill a small corner. I hope actually to add a set of 3 sheds, all different in style, but all models of real prototypes.
This real shed can be found immediately to the west of Piz
Well, as the judging is now over, I can reveal my entry into the 2011 competiton.
The theme for this year's event was 'Seen at a Station'.
Some more pics :
Thanks for all the comments too !
Made a decent start on the diorama this evening.
Made in the usual way of 5mm foamboard for the sides & base, the base having a second 5mm sheet spaced by more 5mm strips to give a sandwich.
The concrete is just 1.5mm card, painted with water colours. It needs proper weathering & greenery added, the loading dock is still unpainted and none of the buildings are stuck down.
The flat backscene buildings are from an idea by a YMR member, who also produced the windows & doors.
This is yet another project I've started, - hopefully I'll get the impetus to bring some of these to completion...
However, I saw this building earlier this year and thought it would make a good project for the winter evenings.
I've made a start on the main structure, it just needs glazing, a roof and the small outbuilding adding to the front.
Edit: Roof added, bar the slates, plus the road is now there to provide to context.
Edit 20/10/10: Slates now added
A bit of thinking, musing and pondering, followed by a bit of card cutting and paper sticking, has resulted in the main warehouse building being created.
The theory is that the original building was completely re-vamped inside, creating a new upper floor height and window/entrance. Consequently, the outside of the building was also re-arranged - the large windows were bricked up and smaller ones inserted in the brickwork (still to be done). The main entrance was widened and a roller shutter
Following the pleasure I had building Woodbrick Road, I'm embarking on a new photo diorama / micro layout based more in the far south west, so I can have somewhere suitable to take piccys of my Beattie Well Tank and various clay wagons,
The real Drinnick Stores was never served by rail, in my imagined scenario the rails were laid many years after the buildings were constructed, so are just simple sidings into the yard. The ground has had to be cut away to provide level rail acces, so a simpl
I've put a few of these pictures up on various threads, but thought I'd bring the topic together within my blog as the diorama is now finished.
This idea started off from a photo I took of a high level rail line which runs through Leeds.
I was taken by the variety of wood finishes on the wall, and wondered how I would make a model to represent it. One thing led to another and having been impressed with Sandhill's 'Brookstone' and Coachman's carriage photo track, I thought I'd have a
Following Shortliner's quests for magnetic letters for his 2010 chalenge layout, I purchased a tub of similar items from the local Early Learning shop.
Juggling with the contents, I have manage to come up with the following :
This will, of course, be painted once the glue has dried - though not sure what colour as yet...
Stu
I purchased the Peco 16t mineral wagon yesterday, and spent an hour or so last night starting the build.
No wheels or brake gear yet, but pleased with it so far.
It's starting to come together now.
These shots were taken with out the extension fastened to the main building, hence the slightly wobbly look and the columns not looking exactly correct.
The main view from a similar perspective to the original prototype
A seagull's eye view
A close up of the office
This is another of those Marc Smith inspired ideas....
The picture below was taken at the Launceston Steam Railway yard. The building, I believe, is being used as a residence, but I will be re-defining it's use to that of the Polbraze Harbour Office. Marc had asked in a comment on my gallery if I would be making a model of it - well, yes, I am.
Following advice from members on here, , I have been and purchased the complete 7mm stock for this layout - namely one Peco BR 16t steel mineral wagon.
Progress of the construction of this will appear here...
Further to last night's ponderings, I've decided that the crate will be replaced by a 3ft x 2ft bespoke box. I've also had a play-about in XtrackCAD and come up with this.
The blue represents the modelled water, the thick brown lines the edges of the opened out side/front. The hinges are represented by the red lines and the grey blocks are the lift out sections of quay, to allow the side/front to fold up. I may adjust the edges of the water to co-incide with the quay walls.
The trac
Whilst musing on the Cement Shed boxfile, and doing some modelling on Wheal Tiny, I've been thinking about another concept - a harbour in a crate.
Sounds daft (so it must be one of mine), but consider this...
Take a crate, similar to that used by Marc Smith for Bracty Bridge , and cut out one side and the front. Make these pieces hinge from their bottom edge, so when laid flat the layout forms an L shape. Leave the back and other side in place, to retain strength and provide a back/side sce
Ok, so I now have another dilemma... how wide is 7mm track (given that OO is 16.5 mm) and would 7mm stock run on code 100 rails ?
Also, if I made the receiving line mixed gauge, standard (wagons) & NG (loco), would it look 'wrong' (ignoring Rule 1 for a moment)?
The rationale (!) behind this train of thought is to use a loco from Wheal Tiny (when I've built it) to both propel the hopper wagon on to the upper track to discharge the Cement, and also to manouever the standard gauge wa
I like this blog thingy.
Following comments from NeilHB, Kenton & RandyWales, futher musing has taken place.
I'm probably definitely almost certain I'm going for a 7mm scale layout (sorry, boxfile). Thanks to NeilHB for the info on 7mm standard & NG track.
RW suggested pre-loading the conveyor feed hopper (CFH), but this would necessitate some sort of mechanism to control the flow, something I wished to avoid.
So, the upper track will be 7mm NG, utilising the old Hornby 4mm
You know how it is, you have this great idea all planned in your head, you know exactly what you want your layout to look like, then along comes some smart-alec with a wild suggestion and everything goes t*ts-up.
So it is with the Cement shed.
Marc asked if I have a track plan - the track was only going to be a few inches jutting in from the left side, enough to hold one hopper wagon over the hopper.... But Marc also said "And added track on the lid is another stroke of genius!" - I hadn
This is a quick sketch of how I see the boxfile developing.
The scale will be 4mm, set probably current day.
The box will be vertical, landscape-wise, with the lid opening flat in front to give a partly extended baseboard and a place to add information. The inside of the box will be made to look like the inside of a large stone / cement processing shed - think the inside of one of Chris Nevard's buildings on Cement Quay. The track will enter stage left, about 1/3 of the way up the side,
