Scalescenes Canal Wharf, But in N-Scale

[Cornholio]

Some people may have already seen this, as I posted it on the Scalescenes Facebook page last week. I've just entered the staircase part of it into Round 4 of the See It/Make It Challenge, so I've reposted it here on RMWeb in case anyone was interested in how I went about adapting the kit.

 

OK, so this is my N-Gauge reworking of the LY02 Canal Wharf built into an A5 boxfile. Here's a brief summary of how I went about it. I'll also share a few of the "complications" that I faced along the way. I started off by printing the kit at 52% scaling, to give a rough conversion to N-Scale.

 

Following the instructions, I cut out the wharf base layers and fitted these to the boxfile. It turns out that an A5 boxfile is proportionally larger than its A4 sibling. Not a problem though, I simply printed off an extra section of wharf to fill the extra 2" of width. I then kitbashed a 2" wide warehouse using the base layers for "structure A" (the stone building) and textures from the T026a Factory. I continued building, hoping that I'd overcome the biggest hurdle. But no. The side walls of the boxfile are the same height as the A4 version. This means that Structure B (the white building) doesn't fit.

 

This received extensive modification to realign the green doors to the edge of the boxfile, rather than sitting on it. The frontage of the building has been shifted about a ¼" to the left. Every single piece of the kit needed modifying to make it fit. Even then, the clearance between the structure and the far track is very close. The bridge has been stretched to account for the extra 2" depth of the boxfile (something that I should've spotted earlier in the build). Obviously this allowed me to have a much wider canal area.

 

Structure C (red brick) went together without any real headaches. Unfortunately it was too deep for my wharf base and hung over the water! This was resolved by adding a small extension to the front of the wharf. I'm pretty proud of that bit because it doesn't look out of place.

 

If I was to make it again, I would extend the entire wharf forward by about 2cm to improve clearances and also make the entry under the bridge at least a cm wider to allow a bit of breathing room

 

Extra Details:

The extra piece of towpath at the front right of the boxfile is made from the canal lock in T018 Narrow boats.

Lifebelt and wharf bollards are from Langley Models.

Windows are a mix of Brassmasters, Scaleglaze and Sticky Labels.

Fencing is the recommended Ratio 246 and boat detailing is TB1 solid 1.4mm tube from Squires.

Foliage/Buddleia is homemade from scatters.

Light Card is the printout stuck to another sheet of 100gsm paper, Medium card is Cornflake Packet, Heavy is 2 layers of cornflake packet.

Glue used was Roket Card Glue.

 

I think that covers everything , but if anyone has any questions I'm happy to help.

 

Andrew

[grahame]

That's a nice and interesting project.

 

Whose are the figures?

[brossard]

That looks great!  The kit only comes in 00 so kudos for the scale down.  I want to do the kit in 0 gauge at some point.

 

John

[Cornholio]

11 hours ago, grahame said:

That's a nice and interesting project.

 

Whose are the figures?

 

Thanks Grahame,

 

They are from Gaugemaster/Kestrel GMKD75, nine figures for under £3 is a bargain in my book.

 

Andrew

[Chris_nicole]

That looks very good. I didn't know you could get A5 boxfiles.

 

I am curious how you made the water surface in the canal ?

 

Thanks,

 

Chris 

[Georgeconna]

Thats Pretty awesome !

[Cornholio]

6 hours ago, Chris_nicole said:

That looks very good. I didn't know you could get A5 boxfiles.

 

I am curious how you made the water surface in the canal ?

 

Thanks,

 

Chris 

Hi Chris,

 

The water is simply PVA pasted over the green coloured print-out from the kit.

 

Canal water should be still/flat. I had some visible brush marks that I wasn't happy with, so I stippled another layer of PVA over the top to give the rippled effect. Maybe it was raining?

 

Regards

 

Andrew

[HonestTom]

15 hours ago, Cornholio said:

Hi Chris,

 

The water is simply PVA pasted over the green coloured print-out from the kit.

 

Canal water should be still/flat. I had some visible brush marks that I wasn't happy with, so I stippled another layer of PVA over the top to give the rippled effect. Maybe it was raining?

 

Regards

 

Andrew

I think the water looks great. Maybe it was a windy day.

[Roy Langridge]

I used to fish quite a lot on a canal, and rarely was it completely flat. I am building the 4mm version, your pictures have been helpful, even though mine will be bigger. Thanks

 

Roy