RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted March 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, steve1 said: Something to dress up a Metcalfe church. The gargoyle would probably need to be carved. Milliput maybe? steve Mother!!! This is turning into a brilliant little thread! Edited March 18, 2021 by The Johnster 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 56 minutes ago, Ray Von said: I love this picture! Imagine the remarks if you modelled it though... That's what I thought when. i saw it and that's why I intend to do it! steve 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 How to make detached houses into a terrace? steve 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 30 minutes ago, The Johnster said: Mother!!! This is turning into a brilliant little thread! I reckon you could modify a scale dog / pig etc?! I'm also reminded of dungeons and dragons lead figures.... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 1 minute ago, steve1 said: How to make detached houses into a terrace? steve You wouldn't give it credence!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 I remember there being a gap of about 9" between a former cycle shop and a row of houses in our village that had a couple of boards to keep dogs out. When I was about twelve, I made a metal rod with a hook on the end to fish out an old John Bull Cycle Tyres tyres sign that had been removed from the shop wall years earlier and chucked down the gap. I was an odd child! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 (edited) This piece of wall has been many things over the last couple of hundred years. "Cars for hire", a relic from pre WWII, the building was a builders / decorators for years. The same building, angled to fit the site, has dozens of little details. The access door has been left open and a modern roller shutter.fitted in place. Having seen the textures on the church notice board posted by @steve1 I had to get a photograph of the door. Not many drains of this style anymore, they've caused a fair number of accidents to people on skinny wheeled racers and at least one fatality that I know of. My bicycle is immune... The double stone kerb incorporating the gutter is interesting. Staircase beside a LNWR bridge to the road above. At some point in the 1920s/30s there was a concrete post at the bottom and the middle landing with a galvanized handrail down the middle of the staircase. Patterned concrete pavement. Often seen outside shops and petrol stations. Edited August 16, 2022 by MrWolf Replaced picture 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philou Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 ...... and the cast iron stop valve cover ..... not modelled very often either. Going back to the 'detached' terraced houses, did anyone note that the kerb line had been dropped to allow the rainwater from the drab green coloured house to drain into the highway drain? No reason now to worry if your model footway isn't laid 'flat'! Stone kerbs and gutters used to be very common in Cardiff together with sandstone flags. Just for info: Modern carriageway construction avoids constructing concrete 'gutters', known as channelling, as the surfacing, which is the 'pavement' is now taken to the kerb edge. Channelling is restricted to where the highway is very flat and the channelling used to make gradients to take the water to the gullies, the 'drain'. In highway parlance, the highway is divided into the carriageway and the footway and any hard surfacing is the 'pavement', which can cover both the carriageway and the footway. A footway that does not follow a carriageway is usually a footpath that may or may not be hard-surfaced. Cheers, Philip 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 From the port of Ramsgate: Assorted ironmongery- Nice crane- Interesting colour and pattern here- Not entirely sure what the object on the right is? 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 A few more from the harbour and vicinity: Fairly large cannon- A lot of the marina is unfenced!- Store of fishing boat equipment- 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Von Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Buildings near to the harbour- An air vent that looks like a scary robot face(?)- Chimneys, terracotta and metal- The lift from clifftop to promenade- 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) On 19/03/2021 at 17:26, Ray Von said: From the port of Ramsgate: Assorted ironmongery- Nice crane- Interesting colour and pattern here- Not entirely sure what the object on the right is? The two items in the bottom picture are nice relics. The left hand item is a policeman's shelter or a spotter's shelter dating from WWII. They were placed at road junctions and even on factory rooves to enable a copper, nightwatchman or aircraft spotter a little bit of shelter during air raids. The other item is the upright from an Avery weighbridge balance.. originally it had a graduated brass strip on an arm attached to the two large bolts on the left. It's what is behind the window of all those old weighbridge huts in goods yards. This is the Pooley type I used for my layout thread Edited August 16, 2022 by MrWolf Replaced picture 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Odd ironmongery. Can anyone enlighten us as to the meaning of "VB" ? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) 12 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Odd ironmongery. Can anyone enlighten us as to the meaning of "VB" ? Valve below? 10 feet? steve Edited March 19, 2021 by steve1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokebox Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 I believe the copper's shelter was also used as a temporary lockup for miscreants. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) A contrast in materials in a wall in St Helier, Jersey, including a crack due to the ground moving downhill: A stone wall abutting a rock face a bit further up the same road: Edited April 7, 2022 by eastglosmog Restore photos 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewartingram Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) Only just found this thread - wonderful! I started taking pics of the decorative type of village signs some time ago. Having amassed a large collection I started including other objects that I discovered at the same time. Without swamping the thread, I'll see if I can throw some in the mix sometime. Watch this space? Stewart Edited March 19, 2021 by stewartingram 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) A village water trough at Compton Abdale in Gloucestershire, the spout is shaped like a crocodiles mouth and there is moss everywhere: Edited April 7, 2022 by eastglosmog Restore photo 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) This building is quite large and although in a poor state of repair, as these doors show, is occupied. It's also just a few yards along from the 2 "terraced" houses I posted earlier in the thread. These doors I find interesting in themselves, certainly for weathering purposes. steve PS The paving stones are also worth a look. Edited March 19, 2021 by steve1 PS added 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Weathering potential for park benches. steve 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 51 minutes ago, steve1 said: Weathering potential for park benches. steve Plenty of laser cut wooden ones available. All you need to do is paint the wood so it looks like wood. Well spotted! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted March 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21, 2021 On 17/03/2021 at 09:44, steve1 said: This is part of a large, old, house in my village. No idea of the purpose, I could guess at deliveries to the kitchen maybe? steve If you've ever delivered something from the deck of a cart or lorry, you'll know why the door is that height...... Sometimes you will see bump stops or kerbs, which are specifically there to stop you reversing through the wall..... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tomparryharry Posted March 21, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 21, 2021 On 19/03/2021 at 18:16, MrWolf said: Odd ironmongery. Can anyone enlighten us as to the meaning of "VB" ? Verge boundary, or village boundary. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 (edited) Interesting weathering effects on a brick wall of Throop Flour Mill, Dorset (including a crack in the brickwork): The main building is built with English Bond brickwork (alternating layers of brick laid parallel and at right angles to the wall face), except for the window infill. The extension nearer to the camera is built with stretcher bond (all bricks parallel to the wall face). Also the corner of the extension is protected against wear by use of rounded end engineering brick up to head height . The older building has acquired a concrete post to protect the corner. Edited April 7, 2022 by eastglosmog Restore photo 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SM42 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 (edited) A few from the modern street scene A bus stop marked out in yellow with the double width line at the kerb and the restriction sign to go with it Next up double yellows with loading restriction kerb markers and sign to go with them Note also the telephone equipment cases Andy Edited March 21, 2021 by SM42 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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