Job's Modelling

From main scene to diorama design. “Just build what you can see” After the design of the main scene and his most important details it was time to plan the whole diorama. I made the other buildings from scrap card. This gave me the opportunity to see of the basic plan was alright. The other buildings I planned two other warehouses and a stable. After my first trial I discovered some problems with the balance of the warehouses and the height of the stable. To solve this problem I made two changes: · The roof top line of the warehouses is now on the same height · I scrapped the stable and did put a higher, not yet defined, other building All the white buildings in the picture must have their final design, keeping in mind the may not ask to much attention from the viewer. The quay With the planned height of the quay the roofs of the warehouses almost touched the lid of the APA box. This would give problems with the design of the lightning. After using two cars I realised that the quay was very narrow, so I made it a little wider. So I reduced the height of the quay to about 1,8 cm. Viewing point When the diorama is finished to a black box you can’t see to the back through the alley’s. I hope they give the diorama an extra dimension. The not defined building in the front makes that there is a view block to the right, so you can’t see the side of the APA box on eye level. Some pictures of the final design Suggestions are welcome. It is always possible to make changes in this stage of the design. Regards, Job

Lovely layout. This is my first visit here, but I will follow future entries with interest. Job

I tried to found other lines so the central joint will disappear. You still keep 6 parts. Because I could do the drawing here I will send it by mail. I made the following changes: - line from behind the enige shed to above - line from the edge of the engine shed to below - line from the hut to below - line from behind the goods shed to above In this way I believe joints will be almost invissible. regards, Job

I like that picture, Mikkel. Must be possible to create him on the layout. Hope I have the right figure in my box. He has that "cloudy wine" look, what is alright for a more experienced wine salesman. .

Thanks Nick. I found some great textures with the following possibillities: blue round stone, stone, brick, concrete. On the modern canal nearby my house in the Netherlands they used wood pilars. Unfortunatly British Railway Modeling is not available in the Netherlands. Mostly I look to an article first before buying. Job

How pictures can fool us. The windows are just paper prints. Missed your picture of Philip Ogleby in your reply. Maybe its possible to create him as a figure on the layouit.

Thanks Nick. Used your answer to do some google search and say that there are red (orange) and blue engineering bricks. The size is just like the normal bricks. So I can use Scalescenes textures to produce the canal dock walls.

Design As you could see on the drawing I designed three warehouses. The story The warehouse of Roope & Voss Ltd will be the main scene. The story behind the Roope & Voss Ltd – Wine and spirit merchants can be read in the article of the Northall Gazette. The Warehouse - from the Dutch architect Peter Potter (1854 -1918) The building is just quick build to see of: · the scene is convincing · the building has the right appearance · the colours are right Detailed picture of the scene. Main scene through the viewing opening. Question · What kind of stone can be used for a canal side dock? · Is normal brick work an option? Regards, Job

Lovely model and picture.

Looks really good.

Looking forward to see these build.

This is really a great loco shed! Wonderful pictures to.

Thanks Mikkel, like to find that details. Just for the diorama's I'm building they will be important. The focus is not on running of the trains. Although in the past I was a active member of Fremo with the accent to working train running tables, wagon bill etc. for the then compost modular layout.

For Northall Dock I try for the first time to create the scene inside out. I asked myself the following questions: - What is the story behind Northall Dock ? - What will be the mean scene ? The answer to the first question will be answered in another entry. The answer on the second question is: a loading scene by a warehouse. First some background information about the used model: In the late 1940s production of the 'Jen-Tug' began. It was a 3 ton articulated vehicle, available with a wide range of trailers, including a flat trailer, a wire-sided trailer, a box trailer, a tipping trailer, a shallow tipping trailer, a high-sided trailer, a swan-neck trailer with winch, and a container. The cab had an Austin A.50 four-cylinder, overhead valve petrol engine, with a capacity of 1.5 litres, and an output of 50 b.h.p. at 4,400 r.p.m. It had a built-in four-speed synchromesh gearbox, a Borg & Beck, single dry-plate 8 inch hydraulically operated clutch, and was mounted on an easily removable sub-frame. It also had powerful Girling hydraulic brakes with 11 inch diameter drums on both the tractor and trailer, a Jensen patent tractor coupling, operated from the cab, and a turning circle of 22 feet. A 1950’s picture of a Southern Jen-Tug The 'Jen-Tug' became quite popular, and was supplemented by an electrically-powered version, the 'Jen-Helec'. The vehicles were made at West Bromwich, and also in Jensen's factory at Stoke. Info from: http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/Transport/commercial/Jensen.htm On this website more info about Jensen Commercial Vehicles. Below the model I build as the central scene for my new diorama. First I gave the model a finish with a mat varnish, after I had added the load and lorry driver. Then I weathered it with pastels and pigments. Regards, Job

This one looks much better. Also more suitable to try the jigsaw approache.

The flexible layout as described above is not a jigsaw. By a jigsaw the whole design/layout is cut in pieces. The most natural way to do that is follow the natural lines in your design, in your case for example the river in the front. Other lines to cut along the layout is to use the border of the roads, yard edges, hedges etc. Think the idea of a mockup is very useful. There was one I have seen on an exhibition and read articles in Dutch Railway magazines: http://www.scalefour.org/layouts/exhibflintfield.html This layout is build by Vincent Bode a Dutch modeler.

Thanks for the offer, Steve. From the information I found there were three main materials used: brick, stone and concrete. As far as I could see the concrete was poured (is this the right word?) or build up in layers with blocks and held between piles. If I want to use the stone I have to color that in a more grey tone and give it more structure, using aquarel paper. I believe in Gloucester they also used brick, but on black and white pictures the color is not to determinate. So I would like to know the color of the brick that was used. I can search for the right textures then, I will use bollard I have ordered by Langley.

Thanks Steve. As you can read in the article in the Northall Gazette it is not my intention to build a copy of this quay. I used it as a reference. Although I have seen an aerial picture from around 1930 on which the wagon turntable is visible at the end of the quay. Scalescenes provides two type of dock edges of which the concrete one is to modern for my. The other one is a stone wall. It is hard to find information on this subject on internet. Can you help me out with some information of the material of the dock walls in the 1950's.

Wonderful pictures that will find a place in my photo archive. These pictures are always a great help by modeling. Thanks.

There are some nice pictures about horse shunting in railway yards mostly of the Eastern Region in the digital photo archive of the NRM.

On such a small quay there was horse shunting before WWII. After that there was road service, maybe a wagon with horse would be possible. Although I have not find horse drawn wagons with British Railways on it. Any information on that subject is welcome. Before WWII a horse shunted open wagon with barrels would gave a great scene, but a have not seen any nice GWR ready to run open wagon for that purpose. A Coopercraft GWR 4 plank open (Diag. 05) would be useful. But building an open wagon with plastic card or metal is not a real option for me. That's one of the reasons I publish on the RM web. To show it is possible to do modelling with my limited psychical possibilities and on a low budget. So I don't have to be an armchair modeler. On such a dock scene a GWR class 850 or class 1366 would also be an option. But as far as I know there are no ready to run models available. But I have a nice scene in mind.

After Nice Street my wife asked my to design something with water again. I had done that before on my first attempt with the Scalescene factory and an Inglenook shunting puzzle. So I decided to build Northall Dock. Quit a challange in an APA box. I want to build something more than just a quay and a ware house. My starting point for the design were two pictures. One from John Atkinson from 1890 and one from Edward Hopper (not published here) The information on Northall Dock I found in the archives of the Northall Gazette. I also made the design for the diorama. First on an one to one scale to be sure it would fit. Afterwards I made the drawing. It is still possible I will make some adjustments when I'm building the scene. Next stage is to design the main scene. Regards, Job

Is your track to Cuckmere Haven long enough to hold the loco of your passenger trains? Or have you planned here also a fiddle stick cassette.