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Layout in a wine box

 

by 65243

 

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??? posted on Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:47 pm

 

Out for a walk a few weeks ago I came across this wine box just lying around. It made me think of all the boxfile layouts on here, so of course, I picked it up http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif

 

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc84/pastor_t65243/winebox/PA040077-1.jpg

 

A little work with a jig-saw (first time I'd used it in anger) and a couple of hinges later:

 

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc84/pastor_t65243/winebox/PA040079.jpg

 

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc84/pastor_t65243/winebox/PA040078.jpg

 

I've since cut the screws back - don't want any accidents.

 

Then I put some track and stock in - just to get a feel for how much room there is in there.

 

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc84/pastor_t65243/winebox/PA050080.jpg

 

Looks like it might have some potential http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif

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Comment posted by Fat Controller on Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:00 pm

 

65243 wrote:

Out for a walk a few weeks ago I came across this just lying around. Of course, I picked it up http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif

 

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc84/pastor_t65243/winebox/PA040077-1.jpg

Crikey- 14% Chardonnay! We thought we were doing well when we got 12% on this year's harvest.

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Comment posted by nzovu on Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:53 am

 

Great idea!

 

Wineboxes are so frustrating, because they've got this great feel and look, but I never know what to use them for. I have a couple lying around that I was going to use for displaying stock (on the wall, with an added shelf and a glass front), but this is better!

 

Very curious about the anger and the jigsaw, but I better not ask ! http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif

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Comment posted by Barcaneatpete on Tue Oct 06, 2009 6:57 am

 

Nice idea - am watching with interest - you didn't say whether the wine was still inside the box when you stumbled across it http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif

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Comment posted by cornelius on Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:02 am

 

Looks like some grape potential here.

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Comment posted by Steve with the Hat on Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:30 am

 

Looking good - press on!

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Comment posted by eldavo on Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:44 am

 

Space for something juicy.

 

Cheers

Dave

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??? posted on Tue Oct 06, 2009 9:53 am

 

Barcaneatpete wrote:

Nice idea - am watching with interest - you didn't say whether the wine was still inside the box when you stumbled across it http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif

Sadly not. No sign of the bottles either.

 

Away back when ... I'd entertained thoughts of building a P4 layout in a couple of IKEA boxes (SNACK). A serious lack of motivation and the need to use the boxes for their intended function (i.e. to store things in!) means that the track I built then is now available for this project. So this will form the bulk of the trackwork.

 

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc84/pastor_t65243/Doublesnack/snacktrack4.jpg

 

I'm thinking of making it a small dockside area just now, with all track infilled with cobbles. I need to think about buildngs - it'd be nice if I could fit everything in the box with the lid shut for transport - and fiddleyards - how many and how to attach them to the box.

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Comment posted by Steve with the Hat on Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:33 am

 

Its certainly got a more practical feel about the space for modelling, boxfiles seem more like animated dioramas. Could you make a single road fiddleyard on each side that detaches so they can be stored in the box for transport ?

 

good luck

 

Steve

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??? posted on Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:56 pm

 

Steve with the Hat wrote:

Its certainly got a more practical feel about the space for modelling, boxfiles seem more like animated dioramas. Could you make a single road fiddleyard on each side that detaches so they can be stored in the box for transport ?

 

good luck

 

Steve

That's what I was thinking - maybe something like Philip Parker did with Melbridge Box Company (http://www.pagenumberone.co.uk/layouts/Boxfile/index.htm).

 

As I'm on holiday just now, I had time to root around in my collection of kits and bits. I came across a couple of Kibri kits that I "won" on e-bay a while back. I've placed some of the wall sections together on the layout to get a feel for how it might look.

 

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc84/pastor_t65243/winebox/PA060082.jpg

 

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc84/pastor_t65243/winebox/PA060083.jpg

 

http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc84/pastor_t65243/winebox/PA060084.jpg

 

I'll need to think about a backscene, and maybe a wall and some gates to cover the gap in the centre rear, but apart from that I think I like it.

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Comment posted by shortliner on Tue Oct 06, 2009 4:13 pm

 

I only just picked up on this - or I'd have offered another suggestion for the cutting of the winebox - not sure of the size, so please excuse the dimensions You are looking down on the winwbox from above - ie this is a plan view

 

 

winebox.jpg

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Comment posted by rouse2037 on Tue Oct 06, 2009 5:24 pm

 

Mmmmmm wine! I like the look of the way this is going! Nice one.

 

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/forum/images/smilies/icon_thumbsup2.gif

 

Roger

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