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Thanks Duncan!

 

There was time to knock up a chimney and slightly change the shape of the roof:

 

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The chimney needs more bits sticking into it, but I think a slight slope worked better that a flat end

 

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There’s going to be a dorma window but probably not in the gable end (there still might be one in the gable end too...)

 

I bought a load of trees today but you’ll have to wait until Christmas to see them!

 

Lots to do!

Simon

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Hello everybody!

 

Why do the inside of my buildings always look so ramshackle?!

 

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These are the inside of the roof, the formers of the slope the random bit of flat roof I thought was a good idea, and the shallow pitched but around the sky light... and gable end window I decided to add.

 

I came home from Warley with a lot more than I went with but I only bought a few bits on the day, which made a nice change.

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Steps up the embankment and trackside platforms


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I thought I was picking up 2 KFA/PFAs, but came away with 5 - I forgot I’d ordered another 2 and my sister had got one for Christmas.  I picked up another bulktainer too.  Both are top quality models.

 

Tonight I got half an hour to make the next layer of the roof:

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None of the top panels are stuck down yet.  I need to make 5 dormas and then I can tile it... 

 

Lots to do!

Simon

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Hello everybody!

 

I’m sure I’m much slower at building buildings than I used to be...

 

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This afternoon I made a start on the next section of the pub. It’s an old warehouse. Maybe a warehouse for beer, maybe other stuff - but it’s all part of the pub now.  Here’s the skeleton and the brick layer.

 

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Here’s where it sits in relation to the first half of the pub.  I made a start painting the front section so I can get the windows stuck in and glazed so I can stick the back wall on - everything’s propped in place at the moment.

 

Lots to do!

Simon

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Hello everybody!

 

I made a start on the next section of the building:

 

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The main reason I started rebuilding the pub was that I wasn’t happy with the fussiness of the roofline.  Now it’s fussier than before but I prefer it:

 

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There’s a large-ish chimney to go on here, just for that bit more idiosyncrasy 

 

Lots to do!

Simon

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Hello everybody!

 

I thought it might look less mad if I covered it in brick:

 

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It doesn’t.  The second floor is a separate piece until I paint and glaze the 1st floor windows.  The ground floor is only the reliefs because you’ll never see them from an angle that you can tell there’s not an etch there...

 

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This is it for detail on the first two floors of the extension, the top needs more (some) and I need to make the chimney.  The warehouse needs the sills and the doors making. 
 

Lots to do!

 

Simon

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Thanks Duncan,

 

I’m working with the space I’ve got available, it’s freelance but based on the general look and features of older buildings around Newark and North Nottinghamshire.  Other buildings on the layout were modelled from pictures (and the front of the pub was an amalgam of two Newark pubs), but I’ve mostly been making the back up as I’ve gone along based on what looks right...

 

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Gresby’s only 1ft wide (it grew out of a shelf layout) so I decided to just cut through buildings where the actual building would carry on through the back scene/off the front - I think if I was going to model the full front of the pub it would be symmetrical to make it 5 windows, with another 2 window wide part over an arch (making it 7 windows wide in total) and the warehouse would be 7-8cm deep (instead of 12mm)

 

I’ve no idea if it’s going to be done by Christmas...

 

Lots to do!

Simon

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Hello everybody!

 

I wouldn’t say I had an actual flurry of activity, but after a bit of painting last night everything came together this afternoon:

 

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I painted the window frames on this last night, so today I was able to glaze all the windows and then stick on the 2nd floor, make the chimney and then make/stick down both bits of roof.  The roofs have now had a coat of grey paint ready for me to start fitting the York Model Making tiles.

 

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Windows painted and glazed meant that I could fit the back permanently. Next is the 4 dorma windows, some decorative brickwork to hide the join between the roof and back, and some downpipes from the bathrooms.

 

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Window sills and lintels done on here, I think the white needs another coat before I glaze the windows, then the front can be permanently stuck to the shell.  I need to paint some harder to reach parts (and the big door) before I join it permanently to the cream building.

 

Suddenly a Christmas finish is looking a lot more likely!

 

Simon

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Hello everybody!

 

Yesterday I got enough done on the pub to have a milliput session.  I could cap the new chimneys, seal the cut off corner on the cream building, and create some piles on the wasteland:

 

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I’m going to paint it rubble colour and then pick out bricks in the piles, and add grass and shrubs and stuff

 

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The warehouse is now a single piece, next up is to trim it to size against the rest of the pub and build the roof.

 

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I got the harder part of the roof tiled while it was still a manageable size to handle; I can’t tile the right hand side until I’ve attached it to the warehouse and built the bit that goes round the corner.  Next for this part of the building it needs another coat of cream, the 2nd floor and chimney brick colour, and the strip along the bottom in black.

 

Next though it’s got to be the dormas :(

 

Lots to do!

Simon

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Hi Simon,

I am sure you are aware that my wife, Janet has made several buildings and added lots of scenic details on Shirebrook.  She has asked me to pass on her admiration of the pub and warehouse. We are both impressed with the build, it very much reminds us of our own building.  The buildings you are making convey your personality something a purchased kit can never do. Pity we don't have an empty plot on Shirebrook. 

Cheers

Duncan (and Janet)

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Thank you Duncan, and Janet too! I’ve always admired the buildings on Shirebrook - looks just like when I’ve driven through!  I’ve always liked building buildings, I can never get the hang of fields and woods and such.

 

I’ve had a busy evening or two this week already, last night I made myself sit at my desk until I had 4 dormer windows:

 

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They were a pain and the pain hasn’t finished yet - I’ve got to get frames and glazing in and make roofs.

 

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Next, for some reason, I started sticking tiles on. There must have been a reason... I did the bit that would be hard to reach when the roofs stuck down, but I’ve still got stuff to build round the tiles.

 

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This evening I finally started painting the brickwork colour.  Older buildings around Newark are a sort of weird orange - the bricks came from the hill above the town.  To get the colour it’s a mix of Humbrol 100 and 110 which I mix on the model as I paint it.  I’ll have a look in daylight to see if I need a second coat.  
 

Also tonight I had a look through the stock boxes to see which trains would be coming up to be run at Christmas - it’s looking like a good selection this year :)

 

Lots to do!

Simon

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Thanks MHB, 


I usually have an idea about the sort of building I want (which isn’t always set in stone) and then if I don’t have something exact in mind I just wing it when I’m ready.  Of the buildings on Gresby at the moment 6 are based on actual buildings, and the 5 are inspired by a mixture of buildings I’ve seen.  
 

All the buildings are designed to fit the space I have for them, I’ll usually sketch the front out to get the proportions that look right and then I’ll fill the space (except for the goods shed and station building where I worked from plans). After that it’s just a question of fitting the stronger interior into the decorative exterior without it being seen...

 

Thanks again

Simon

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I think ‘winged it’ is maybe not the right term - when I wing it there are some quite strict rules I follow to make the freelance buildings in Gresby look like they belong:

 

There are minimum heights and dimensions that rooms need to be to fit people in; then windows are a pretty standard height and have sills and lintels, and there’s usually a line or two of bricks that are slightly proud of the rest of the wall that holds the gutter (in real life houses that don’t have this look weird).  It has been easier making these back parts of the pub because I’ve been using Ratio etched windows, so it’s just been a case of spacing the windows in a way that looks pleasing from the outside and would make a useable room for the n gauge people.  On a lot of other buildings I’ve had to make the frames myself so I’ve just gone with what looks ‘right’.

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This part of the building is a good example of what I mean - I wanted the replacement building to be less like a block of building, so I pushed the building back to be 10mm deep and taller than the front section: this made me think it had to have a gable end, when I planned it it was going to be be 4 storeys but I only had enough windows for 3, so I spread the storeys out.  I then wanted some roof going length-ways but I wanted it to be at a lower level.  I’d initially thought it could have a higher level roughly where the chimney is joining the warehouse with a higher building at the back, but when I was holding bits of plasticard up it looked wrong, so I pulled the cream building forwards and then also scrapped the higher building.   Finally I added the orange coloured room at the end, just as a single room (but it will form a full storey where the building goes back, off-scene).  Then I stuck rows of bricks on as accents. 


Today I glued the two halves of the building together and started to finish the roof (since taking this I’ve tiled the roof, which just need cutting to shape)

 

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When I chose to extent this building I stretched it by the size I thought a room should be, the dormas along the side are spaced roughly the size of three rooms, and the window by the chimney is where the corridor would be.  
 

This weekend (I think from Thursday night) I’ve focused on finishing this roof.  I’ve just got to finish the flat bit and tile the corridor dorma.  The roof is still a separate section, as soon as I finish it enough to not need to handle it a lot I’ll glue it down and add a layer of bricks to hide the line above the windows.

 

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I’d left the panel with the window in until last as in my head it was going to have a door to get to the balustrade, maybe even be a better room with a balcony... then I tried making it, failed, and made the above instead, it’s a skylight from the ratio windows kit, there’ll be some steps leading up and then a flagpole behind the balustrade. 
 

RM’s telling me I’ve had 10mb. Back soon...

 

Simon 

 

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This afternoon while the rest of the pub was drying I threw together the final building to go on the site.  It’s the old stables. 
 

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Here’s the skeleton, it’s in a 4cm gap between the backscene and the trackbed, with a high chimney (to stop the smoke billowing over the line)

 

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The front (L) and the back (R).  The ground floor has high ceilings to fit large horses in, the upstairs might have been added later to provide accommodation, or has always been pokey.  I fitted the etched windows first and then painted them.  While they were drying I made the chimney, then when the paint was dry enough I glazed the windows and fitted the front and back onto the skeleton (I’d also painted the window apertures and upstairs floor a dark colour so you can’t see anything in there)

 

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The front: this will go on the other side of a small courtyard from the main pub building.  Once the front was stuck on I added a double strip of bricks where either the original roofline was or where the first floor is, a strip where the gutter fixes, sills and lintels, and I tiled it.

 

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The back, the same as the front but without the plaster strip along the bottom.  The door will be painted with no relief. The bottom of the chimney will need painted in brick colour, where it’s going on the layout no one will see it’s not clad.  
 

So there we have it, a 3 hour building ready for painting and pointing (with the rest of the roofs) - the height of the trackbed means you’ll only ever see the roof when viewing it head-on, but you’ll see everything else looking along the layout, so I’m confident it won’t stand out!

 

I’ve got three evenings to finish the pub off, and a load of other things. No Christmas telly for me this week!

 

Lots to do!

Simon

 

 

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It’ll fit! 
 

Everything’s drying at the moment, all sorts of walls drying, and I finished tiling the last of the roof.   
 

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After 8-9 years in a box in the wardrobe this Christmas I’m fixing the station building down (after I rebuild the platform) 

 

But first it needs weathering...

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I gave it a light weather, first I rubbed white and brown powder onto it, and then I wiped it back off.

 

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It’s lightly weathered, I think Central Trains has spent a bit of money tidying it up recently, but not cleaning the brick. 
 

Still plenty to do!

 

Simon

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Hello everybody!

 

My fingertips are mostly superglue after spending the last few hours flashing...

 

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Quite a lot of tinfoil on this roof! I’ll need to paint it tomorrow and tone it down, I don’t think too many of the tiles will need painting... 

 

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Flat roof brought to you buy a rizla and more superglue.  Once this had set I finished the front of the roof

 

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I’ve added another layer of foil on the front where there’s that slight gap, there’s also going to be a bit of a thicker post/finial on the end just to try and protect it.

 

So other than painting I think that’s the roof done, I can join it to the rest of the building tomorrow and paint it... at this rate it’s going to be finished by Boxing Day!

 

Lots to do

 

Simon

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Hello everybody!

 

Quite a busy 24hrs here, but all the buildings of the pub are now in one piece and (apart from a little bit of painting and weathering) ready to place on the layout.

 

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It’s nearly 9 years since I made the door and window modules. I thought I’d lost the window, but it was in a film canister with the door.  After all these years, and all the rebuilding it still fits (I had to trim half a mm off to match the shin I took off the other storeys but I’m calling that a good fit)

 

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The roof in one prince and painted, I was waiting to stick the roof until after I’d finished the ground floor

 

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These were really visible through the front windows, now I’ve glazed the window they’re less visible (so I’m glad I didn’t spend more than 20 minutes on this)

 

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The finished front, it needs painting. 
 

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The finished pub complex, I’m pleased with how it’s turned out, and I think it’ll look really good on the layout 

 

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The old pub building for comparison. I always thought the old building was too big and institutional - the only thing I kept was the front from the chimney and all the window frames I could get out.  It’s definitely going to be finished by the end of Boxing Day.
 

I’m sure I’ve forgotten to pack loads of bits that I need, but the model shop is open until Tuesday...

 

Lots to do!

Simon

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Well done Simon,

Have I missed something.... why does it have to be completed by Boxing Day? Any way this is a grand set of buildings and a triumph of scratch building. A worthy article for the N gauge society mag!

Merry Christmas

Duncan

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Thanks Duncan! I keep thinking I should write something up but I still owe the society part 2 of an article 5 years after part 1 was published... 

 

The Boxing Day thing is just for logistics; I’m up visiting my parents in Nottinghamshire for Christmas and the layout lives up there, so I’ve got 4 days in Dad’s shed working on it.  The rest of the time I model on my desk in London with a shoe box full of unitrack for running in.

 

Merry Christmas to you and Janet too!

Simon

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