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Northall Dock – Victorian Rain pipe

Job's Modelling

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For the building of Fanshawe Ltd I needed a rain pipe to hid the join in the alley.

 

I already made a rain pipe using a 1,2 mm rod from Evergreen for a house on Nice Street. A texture is glued around this.

 

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For the warehouse I wanted to use a square Victorian rain pipe.

 

I wanted to create it myself using a self-made texture. My journey on the internet began.

I learned a lot of new English words connected to rain drainage. Finally I found a picture by CG textures that was usable.

The white arrow is pointed to the rain pipe of choice.

 

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Then I started to create my texture.

 

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In the PDF you can see the final result.

 

Rainpipe square.pdf

 

And finally how I made the model:

 

1. I cut out the texture with the header.

2. I cut the header off the rain pipe and glued on a piece 1 mm card

3. I cut out the header again and glued it again on a piece of 1 mm card, that could hold the rain pipe.

4. Coloured the edges of the header black.

5. I cut out the rain pipe.

6. Glued the rain pipe under the header

7. I cut out the total rain pipe

8. Coloured the edges of the header and the rain pipe

9. Glued the rain pipe on place on the structure

 

 

Picture of the rain pipe in model.

 

 

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I hope you find the model convincing.

 

Regards,

Job

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lyndonsdad1

Just remember that all cast iron rainwater(gutters / downrights or drainpipes) came in 6ft sections, this is not a criticism but advice from a retired plumber 1956-2006, keep up your excellent modelling. Regards Alan

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Just remember that all cast iron rainwater(gutters / downrights or drainpipes) came in 6ft sections, this is not a criticism but advice from a retired plumber 1956-2006, keep up your excellent modelling. Regards Alan

 

Thanks for the information and the compliment Alan. It was very hard to find any historical information on this subject. If you have more information on this subject its welcome.

6 ft is about 2,4 cm in model. I measured the parts between the joints and these are about 2,4 cm. 

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Job

 

As ever your eye for detail is fantastic and your models are truly inspiring

 

Thanks Paul. I'll try to make convincing 3D pictures from my modules.

Reading each others blogs we can learn from each other.

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Hi Job, this is just excellent, I really like your creative way of searching for and making things out of card and paper - if you had told me that pipe was made of the finest soldered brass I would have believed you.

 

I am trying to catch after some time away, but the roof in your last post was fantastic too.

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Hi Job, this is just excellent, I really like your creative way of searching for and making things out of card and paper - if you had told me that pipe was made of the finest soldered brass I would have believed you.

 

I am trying to catch after some time away, but the roof in your last post was fantastic too.

 

Thanks Mikkel,

 

For my first model I bought some rail pipes from white metal and found them over scale.

Then it is a challenge to find a solution to create a something more in scale.

i'm glad that you find my efforts successful.

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