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Show us your scratchbuilt building
grahame replied to alant's topic in Scenery, Structures & Transport
The block with the warehouse is almost complete. I've added some shops overlooking Bermondsey Street which I'd always planned to do, although their frontages are not yet finished. And, of course, this is N/2mm scale for my under construction layout. I've also finally made and added hopper-heads and down pipes to the warehouse, but as I'm out of half round styrene strip I've not been able to add gutters and downpipes to the overhanging pitched roofs. -
Here's how the Bermondsey Street shops look in conjunction with the warehouse (on the same block). No.72, a cafe called Chapter 72, is still to be completed - the ground floor windows, door and anything that can be seen inside. The other property seems a strange secretive affair with frosted windows and blinds. And I've still to make the hopper heads and downpipes for the warehouse, and now for the shops.
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A little progress on the Bermondsey Street buildings that are on the warehouse block. As always still plenty to do like the frontages, ridge tiles, coping stones, chimney pots and so on. Also you can see that I've made and added the hoist jib to the warehouse but the rainwater hopper heads and down pipes are still yet to be made and added.
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grahame started following Hunters Lane WCML in N
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The layout looks great in the magazine, an impressive advert for British N gauge. Well done.
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As part of the block with the warehouse, I'd planned to include some buildings facing the road, Bermondsey Street. I've chosen some fairly plain fronted three storey ones, including a café currently called Chapter 72, to base the model on, see here: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.501484,-0.0821143,3a,75y,235.21h,103.23t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s7w8xcfK0ruGuhCPrzhtbyw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3D7w8xcfK0ruGuhCPrzhtbyw%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D28.525812%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu I've knocked up a card carcass as pictured below (apologies for quick poor quality snap) to get started :
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Show us your scratchbuilt building
grahame replied to alant's topic in Scenery, Structures & Transport
Next building along is a Victorian style warehouse. It's not quite finished; gutters, downpipes and hopper heads still to be made and added: -
Here's a pic I took the other day but didn't post at the time - it might be of interest being a little more elevated and including the brewery and a better view of the other buildings around. You can also see that the chimney pots have been added since the previous pic posted and a little weathering on the roof. Still got the down pipes and hoist jib to make.
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I'm slowly working my way along the front of the layout (from right to left/east to west) with the biscuit factory, vinegar brewery and now the old warehouse. None of the models are fixed down (to allow them to be moved for the viaduct construction) or fully finished. The road behind them and in front of the viaduct is getting closer to the layout baseboard edge and the remaining triangular site will become a waste ground/slum or bomb damage clearance area. The location is the grey card triangle bottom centre at the front baseboard edge in the pic above. I'm planning on taking inspiration from Kier Hardy's Hornsey Broadway waste ground modelling as outlined in this 'EM gauge in the 70s' update: https://emgauge70s.co.uk/model_omwb203.html
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Time for something different, . . or rather an update on my latest N/2mm buildings. This time it's an old style warehouse. It's not finished as there's still some details to be made and added, like down pipes and the hoist jib, but here it is just plonked in place next to the vinegar brewery on my under construction layout.
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The windows (on the viewing side) have been installed and a chimney stack made (but it's not fixed as top flaunching and pots are yet to be added). I've test placed it on the layout to check it all goes together okay (pic below). The walls aren't attached as doors need to be made and fitted. Then they can be glued to the carcass. Finally, details, like the hoist jib and down pipes, can be made and added.