RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 15, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 15, 2017 Meanwhile, I've made a start on the warehouse. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 16, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 16, 2017 Meanwhile, I've made a start on the warehouse. 20171015_152155.jpg I keep looking at the right side of the building front, and thinking what to do. Do I add a fire escape ? Do I add windows indicating a staircase inside, or offices ? Or do I add one of the ghost warehouse signs, now virtually faded to nothing, but for Victoria Wharf / Victoria Cakes / other loosely connected and amusing sign representing the Cake Box challenge ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 I keep looking at the right side of the building front, and thinking what to do. Do I add a fire escape ? Do I add windows indicating a staircase inside, or offices ? Or do I add one of the ghost warehouse signs, now virtually faded to nothing, but for Victoria Wharf / Victoria Cakes / other loosely connected and amusing sign representing the Cake Box challenge ? Fire escape. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter220950 Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 ...?.... other loosely connected and amusing sign representing the Cake Box challenge ? A sign would be more interesting visually than more windows but make sure it isn't too loosely connected, - it might fall off. Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianusa Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 The sign! Brian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted October 16, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 16, 2017 I keep looking at the right side of the building front, and thinking what to do. Do I add a fire escape ? Do I add windows indicating a staircase inside, or offices ? Or do I add one of the ghost warehouse signs, now virtually faded to nothing, but for Victoria Wharf / Victoria Cakes / other loosely connected and amusing sign representing the Cake Box challenge ? We are not amused....... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 17, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2017 I've been looking at ghost signs... This one looks interesting, for a couple of reasons : http://londondesignfestival.com/sites/default/files/styles/event_carrusel/public/light-capsules-x-ghostsigns-cakebread-robey-1.jpg?itok=IUAWzIii Possibly not this one : https://i.pinimg.com/736x/34/47/90/344790f0ae1e7d49189ea7e588634f01.jpg This sort of sign is a probability : http://lisagarnerdesign.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Stoakley-Son.jpg 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Not sure where this will be sited, but I think that greater interest lies in the direction of relieving the single plane of the façade. I.e. summat wot sticks out. Hence I voted for the fire escape. Alternatives would be a wooden sack hoist (the name of these temporarily escapes me) or, rarer and more groovy, a first floor canted bay window for the Manager's office. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper John Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Seeing as your next to a canal Stub's how about a crane or winch that they used to unload the goods with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 17, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) Seeing as your next to a canal Stub's how about a crane or winch that they used to unload the goods with. Thanks John, it's already planned for. The small circle of bricks, beyond the left end of the track is the base for a small crane. See: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/126886-stubby47s-cakebox-entry-victoria-wharf/?p=2879272 Edited October 17, 2017 by Stubby47 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 17, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) Not sure where this will be sited, but I think that greater interest lies in the direction of relieving the single plane of the façade. I.e. summat wot sticks out. Hence I voted for the fire escape. Alternatives would be a wooden sack hoist (the name of these temporarily escapes me) or, rarer and more groovy, a first floor canted bay window for the Manager's office. The warehouse will be mostly behind the high level track bridge, as part of the backscene. The doors will straddle the NG track. I do like the fire escape idea, but didn't want it to look too American. The sack hoist (I have separate plans for making a working one) is a good idea too, but might be in conflict with the NG track entering the building - I'm assuming all hoists are thus inside. The bay window for the manager's office... given the fictional history that the canal & warehouse were there before the railway was built, this is a real possibility, but would have become subsequently hidden / in shadow by the bridge, so if modelled might not be seen at all (shades of the BCB Cottages). Edited October 17, 2017 by Stubby47 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 17, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2017 This is the sort of thing I was thinking about. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) Like the style of the sign, and the typeface, but somehow the slogan "The best for you every day" sounds a bit modern to me for that kind of old style painted sign. Too much like a 1960s/1970s bread advert? Or is it just me? Am I too late anyway and you've already installed it! Looking at sample pics, most seem to have had lists of product lines rather than that sort of slogan, and more text crammed in to the box. Edited October 17, 2017 by eastwestdivide Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 17, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2017 No, not too late - that's a tweaked photo. You are correct, the original signs did have an awful lot of text on. I was thinking of trying to cut said text from a piece of paper as a mask, using the Silhouette, then over dab the brick with dry-brushed off-white. The adjustment to the mask to connect every inner letter shape (such as in 'A') will be more onerous with more letters. There is a transfer company that specialise in this sort of decoration, but I'm intending to make this a zero-cost project, so I need to figure out a way to make this work. Suggestions for suitable text would be welcome Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Northroader Posted October 17, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 17, 2017 Ever had a look at this site?http://forum.e-train.fr/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=26522 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted October 17, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 17, 2017 Some warehouse signs were fairly plain and simple. I worked in this building, Eagle Warehouse in Southampton, for years, and then moved across the road but still used and visited it regularly. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/30/Eagle_Warehouse%2C_Southampton.JPG The sign is a mid-1980s overpaint of what had been a ghost sign dating from c1903, done during restoration work on what was then the archaeology museum stores. I had a 'before' photo but can't find it now; I may have left the set at work for their archive. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) Suggestions for suitable text would be welcome I was thinking something like VICTORIA BAKERY EST. 1876 BREADS CAKES BISCUITS BAKERY SUPPLIES With the text in different sizes or even slightly different typefaces to fill the width. For an old sign, there would be a stop after the abbreviation of EST. Edit: we seem to have a WYSINWYG editor - what you see is nearly what you get. Edited October 17, 2017 by eastwestdivide 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 57xx Posted October 17, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2017 Wowsa, looks like you'll have this ready for the November 2017 deadline with no problems! Nice work as ever, Stubby. Oh wait, what was that? The deadline is November 2018...? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter220950 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 One a month is the target I reckon, Peter 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 17, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2017 I was thinking something like VICTORIA BAKERY EST. 1876 BREADS CAKES BISCUITS BAKERY SUPPLIES With the text in different sizes or even slightly different typefaces to fill the width. For an old sign, there would be a stop after the abbreviation of EST. Edit: we seem to have a WYSINWYG editor - what you see is nearly what you get. Many thanks, that's exactly what I'm after. I agree with the dot after Est., often the 'ST.' was superscript as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 17, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted October 17, 2017 Wowsa, looks like you'll have this ready for the November 2017 deadline with no problems! Nice work as ever, Stubby. Oh wait, what was that? The deadline is November 2018...? One a month is the target I reckon, Peter I'm not really rushing - I spend a lot of non-modelling time thinking through how to achieve the look I want, so the modelling itself is more a case of just do it. And it is only 8" square. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastwestdivide Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Many thanks, that's exactly what I'm after. I agree with the dot after Est., often the 'ST.' was superscript as well. Yes, and the superscript bit maybe also underlined a bit like this (but better): Est. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG John Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 (edited) If/when you exhibit it, will you be able to show photos to prove that in the olden days when the sign was painted, apostrophes werent used? Edited October 17, 2017 by BG John 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry1975 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Looking good, look forward to more. Jerry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonB Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Don't forget .... "Refuse all Imitations"..... That should thin the opposition down. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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