George Hudson Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Here he goes again, next up a typical warehouse factory from the Liverpool Street/Farringdon area in London. I pass it every week walking from Liverpool Street to Old Street. I should have more time soon to dedicate to modelling. Work is definitely ......"the curse of the drinking classes." (Wilde) From the website: http://zetlandhouse.com "Zealand House, 5-25 Scruton St London EC2A 4HJ Zetland House is a unique and striking property, situated in the heart of Shoreditch. The building was originally a Print Works for The Bank of England. Today, it has been refurbished with modern businesses in mind, whilst maintaining its existing structure and original period features." It's a home to start ups and creative types so no one minds you walking about and taking shots and measurements. I'll probably do a potted version because it's actually huge! Watch this space.. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted October 18, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 18, 2016 I look forward to another card masterpiece. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Hudson Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 Thanks No pressure :-) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold phil_sutters Posted October 18, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2016 Here he goes again, next up a typical warehouse factory from the Liverpool Street/Farringdon area in London. I pass it every week walking from Liverpool Street to Old Street. I should have more time soon to dedicate to modelling. Work is definitely ......"the curse of the drinking classes." (Wilde) From the website: http://zetlandhouse.com "Zealand House, 5-25 Scruton St London EC2A 4HJ Zetland House is a unique and striking property, situated in the heart of Shoreditch. The building was originally a Print Works for The Bank of England. Today, it has been refurbished with modern businesses in mind, whilst maintaining its existing structure and original period features." It's a home to start ups and creative types so no one minds you walking about and taking shots and measurements. I'll probably do a potted version because it's actually huge! Watch this space.. rmw1.jpgrmw2.jpgrmw3.jpgrmw4.jpgrmw5.jpg That reminds me - after its redevelopment in 1991, I was asked to take some photos of Liverpool Street Station and its surroundings to show my father what it looked like. He was housebound by then and couldn't get there himself. I made a quick lunch-hour visit, from my work in Southwark and made up an album of photos for him. It is one of the few parts of his railway photo archive that I still haven't scanned and uploaded to my pages on the ipernity photo-sharing site. So thanks for the reminder. I did look through the photos but didn't have any of the Aldersgate building. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Hudson Posted December 27, 2016 Author Share Posted December 27, 2016 For those curious about progress, not much has happened. I have been loitering around the prototype taking some measurements (and forgetting others so I'll need to go back, again!). I am trying to do most things on the computer but I still need to get a feel of the dimensions with a freehand study. This is as far as I have got but mojo has returned. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted December 27, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 27, 2016 Glad to hear you have the mojo back, those sketches and photos show what a project this going to be, even in a reduced state. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Hudson Posted May 10, 2019 Author Share Posted May 10, 2019 Better late than never, have got off on some tangents in between but now back on Zetland house. About to wail; "No more windows, you can't make me!" Andrew 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Hudson Posted May 11, 2019 Author Share Posted May 11, 2019 Production line in progress... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Hudson Posted May 23, 2019 Author Share Posted May 23, 2019 (edited) Some progress mad but still seems an awful lot of "glass". That's a stip of acetate before I buff off the white paint to give me the window frames btw. Edited May 23, 2019 by George Hudson 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted May 23, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 23, 2019 That's a pretty big building, with an awful lot of glass in it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Hudson Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 (edited) On 23/05/2019 at 18:33, Siberian Snooper said: That's a pretty big building, with an awful lot of glass in it. Mmmmm yep, see below. The building is two wings with an inner courtyard. In the "original" (this isn't a proper copy of a prototype) the courtyard is fully enclosed. I am going to try to come up with a solution where one can see in but still have an impressive central entrance joining the two wings. I haven't work that one out yet! The first wing has its roof and internals done but still needs a lot of detail. I sealed it up and then realised that the windows open the wrong way! Edited June 4, 2019 by George Hudson reduce image sizes 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Hudson Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 (edited) I am not great on internal detail, I just like to give the illusion of something inside, in this case a printing press and offices Edited June 4, 2019 by George Hudson 7 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Hudson Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 Moving on 8 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted July 5, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 5, 2019 Coming along nicely! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 Good to see modelling on such a monumental scale. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Hudson Posted July 6, 2019 Author Share Posted July 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Edwardian said: Good to see modelling on such a monumental scale. Sometimes yearn for a BLT (branch line terminus, not bacon lettuce and tomato, although I like those also). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Hudson Posted September 5, 2019 Author Share Posted September 5, 2019 Can't believe this thread was started in Oct 2016! Here's the latest state of play and I am going to push to the end. This has been quite a project but hopefully the end is in sight ..... and I can move onto the next. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Hudson Posted September 24, 2019 Author Share Posted September 24, 2019 For those who like to see things developing and with apologies to those who don't (posting keeps me motivated). 11 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold A Murphy Posted September 24, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 24, 2019 Epic! best wishes, Alastair M 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted September 24, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 24, 2019 Great modelling! Updates are always inspiring. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 The night before we went on Eurostar we stayed in London over night, on the journey into Liverpool Street and the open sections of the circle line plus the view from our window at the Hotel (which overlooked both the circle and BR lines) all showed how the railway is surrounded by old high rise buildings, which your models cleverly replicate. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Hudson Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 Doesn't look much different but have been detailing.... 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Hudson Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 and a totally gratuitous photo of something I made years ago! and still waiting for its neighbours! 3 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 George A stunning piece of work 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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