joejab95 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Hi all, I really like the idea of an industrial area as a cakebox theme and have really gotten into the idea of building a scene of my own. My role at work as a Digital Engineer with Balfour Beatty is to work out what can be placed within tight spaces in the real world, so thought why not have a go at 1/76 of the scale? Naturally as I work for Balfour Beatty, I've opted to go for a 'Construction/Infrastructure' scene! My inspiration has came from a quick internet search online where I've seen a Balfour Beatty Sentinel shunter sitting between various bits of rail and stacked sleepers in Sandiacre. I really like the idea of a little shunter meandering its way through heavy plant and I'm hoping within the 8 inch square, I can create something faithful to what I've seen. I'm intending on placing long lengths of rail and several stacks of sleepers alongside the permanent way. I'm also debating on whether to have an arc welder cutting rail on the railside. The photo in question is on someone else's post regarding 'Industrial Shunters' with this link here I've knocked up a few ideas on SketchUp. I've popped a BR Class 06 in just for scale purposes, but the plan will be to use the orange Balfour Beatty Sentinel that Hornby made a few years ago I'm leaning towards either the second or third version, but would like to here your thoughts! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marly51 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 Joejab95 - love your initial drawings, the orange Sentinel will look great and an arc welder would certainly bring the model to life. Working for Balfour Beatty should put you in a good place for accessing reference images for your backscene? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejab95 Posted October 9, 2019 Author Share Posted October 9, 2019 Thank you Marly51! Yes I’m looking into getting some shots of a plant yard, just a question of which one to choose! I’ve also had these turn up today which has made me very excited to get going! Scale model scenery diorama board for the base Hornby Balfour Beatty Sentinel The Sentinel makes my Class 06 seem large, never really grasped how small they actually were until now! Ideal for a project like this though! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1722 Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Good looking idea, and the Sentinels can't be beaten. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kevin Johnson Posted October 9, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 9, 2019 Great locomotives the Hornby Sentinel. You can’t go wrong with the scalemodelscenery diorama boards they are great. I look forward to seeing more of your cakebox. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejab95 Posted October 9, 2019 Author Share Posted October 9, 2019 Thanks guys! I’m very impressed with the sentinel, a touch of weathering may just help bring it to life a bit more. I've also found an excuse to do a BB Rail Land Rover if I fancied mixing up the diorama a little. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Kevin Johnson Posted October 10, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 10, 2019 The Sentinel definitely looks great out of the box. Looking forward to seeing more of your work. Im planning on having a go at this challenge but I’m still in the planning phase of things, my baseboard is on it’s way. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lyddrail Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 I thought you might be interested in these photos of mine taken at the Toton open day in 1998. Cheers. 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejab95 Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 Those are awesome Lyddal and really helpful indeed! Thanks for posting! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejab95 Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 You’ll have to excuse the ‘big sister’ layout here! But the loco in shot most certainly will be the centrepiece of my cake box layout. I’ve given the BB sentinel a weathering to try and bring it to life. I’ve tried to base it on the few photos of a BB sentinel that I’ve seen and various other sentinels in different liveries. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejab95 Posted October 11, 2019 Author Share Posted October 11, 2019 I’ve had a few items arrive yesterday. Notably the scale model scenery construction blocks and pallets. I’ve also started the long process of cutting individual sleepers from a length of concrete track to form the pile of sleepers at the line side. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejab95 Posted October 11, 2019 Author Share Posted October 11, 2019 Some arc welders have decided to turn up today! look forward to creating this scene! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejab95 Posted October 12, 2019 Author Share Posted October 12, 2019 Diorama is now really starting to take shape! Excuse the blu tac! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejab95 Posted October 13, 2019 Author Share Posted October 13, 2019 Things are starting to sit where I visioned them. Not sure what ground cover to have beneath the the sleepers, and arc welded section. Possibly thinking of a general earth look with some weeds dotted about. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo-Bo Posted October 13, 2019 Share Posted October 13, 2019 I like the theme you have gone with on your cakebox build. Your cakebox is coming along really well. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejab95 Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 Thanks Bo-Bo, much appreciated! I thought I’d share some closed up of the arc welding scene, which I feel is starting to come together rather nicely. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo-Bo Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Nice pictures of the arc welding equipment and the welder at work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejab95 Posted October 14, 2019 Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 Managed to get a snap of the welding in action, quite pleased with how it’s came out! 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo-Bo Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Very nicely done, looks great. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1722 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 That welding is quite something! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejab95 Posted October 17, 2019 Author Share Posted October 17, 2019 Done some ballasting, quite happy with it but definitely needs to be made very mucky! I also love the Balfour Beatty sentinel, so glad I got this little loco! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bo-Bo Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Nice work on the ballast, once weathered it will be in keeping with the environment. The Balfour Sentinel does look the business. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Shaping up nicely. steve 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dufus Posted October 20, 2019 Share Posted October 20, 2019 That is looking good. I like the welder, that effect really works well. Look forward to seeing it complete. Chris 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejab95 Posted October 21, 2019 Author Share Posted October 21, 2019 Thanks everyone! Another thing that I've tried my hand at for the first time is 3D printing. I designed a low relief site cabin on Sketchup and exported it as an STL file. Thankfully my colleague at work has kindly printed my design on his 3D printer. I look forward to painting it up and putting it in along the back scene. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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