ash39 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 I want to build a model of Leeds, my home station, as it was around the turn of the millennium. The full station would be too much to take on (not to mention the stock I'd need!) so I've decided to focus on the east end (towards Neville Hill, Cross Gates, York). The station roof will be a scenic break in itself, with the skyline printed on a backscene to give the impression of depth. I reckon it will fit on a 600-700mm wide board in 2mm. I have about 4m to play with in length. I'll be compressing the station approach slightly, as I want to model the viaduct leading to the station as well. I've had the idea of using a tall building as a scenic break at this end of the layout, whether that will work or not I'll have to see. I'm at the research stage at the moment, going to start by scratch building City House and the station frontage (see below) to get a feel for the scale. Drawing it up as we speak. Any advice at this stage would be great, I'm a long way off building baseboards or finalising track plans so anything is a help. I've found quite a lot of photos (as well as my own) but if anyone can help, particularly with shots of the front of the station, that'd be great. Also anything of Platforms 11-12 as I'm a bit short of that part of the station (12 was the platform next to what were the freight avoiding lines, 11 was an east facing bay). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash39 Posted May 28, 2013 Author Share Posted May 28, 2013 Quick hour or so in sketchup - this is what I've got. Even in N, it scales out at the height of a large ruler. Will probably be the largest building on the layout though and still much smaller than my last building I did in OO! I'm new to sketchup but it seems a great way to work. You get to see the building and check it looks 'correct' before you build it, and you can dimension the plan and print it out to work from when you're building it. Much quicker than drawing by hand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSB Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Interesting project but in 2000 the station was in the process of being rebuilt. Are you modelling it before or after the rebuild? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ash39 Posted May 29, 2013 Author Share Posted May 29, 2013 Good point - I should have made that clear in the post. My interest is in the early days of privatisation so I will be modelling it before the rebuild, around 1998 time. The old roof is a lot easier to model, too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGJ Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Did you get any further with the project ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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