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A couple of new products now available;

7mm cable troughs.

7mm LNWR Station Panels.

I can laser cut those for you. Drop me a message if you're interested.

So Tesco delivery sorted and back to the trial panel. 
 

Seven layers plus detail bricks make up each panel. Almost prototypical thickness and makes for a robust wall even in 4mm scale. 

Inside

and outside

I stuffed up the detail brick overlays so will add those tomorrow. 
 

A couple of tweaks needed but I’m pretty pleased so far. 
 

I had a chance Just now to do a trial run of one of the panels for the goods shed.

All the parts laid out(
 

Close up. 

starting to layer up.

more later. 

Yes no problem. Drop me an email and I’ll sort out with you.

phil@intentio.co.uk 

On 06/01/2021 at 08:32, wamwig said:

Looks fantastic Philip, I'll be having one, looks like the start of a good 4mm range!

Yes, I have a line up of 4mm Buildings both town and railway related. Keep an eye out!

Next up, Englands smallest pub is now in 4mm. 

Cross section of the walls. This is one of the side walls. These individual layers will build up the distinctive look of the building and make the walls very similar to prototype thickness. 

2 minutes ago, Nick Gough said:

I can post them on here - as long as Rich doesn't mind me filling up this thread - or I can message them to you?

Best email me on phil@intentio.co.uk

1 hour ago, Nick Gough said:

I have about 70 other photos of the outside of Tetbury, including close up details, if they're any help?

I would like to see these as they will be really useful. 

Right. Couldn't leave alone this eve while watching Dr Who etc..

I think this is pretty much right, until the brick size is measured up, this is as far as I can go just now. 

Makes sense. What about the style of the wood awning section? I think it’s more fancy than we have at the moment. 

Right so the first floor window is out and I've moved on to the ends of the Goods Shed. Here unfortunately the pictures we have are not as clear for brick counting as we would like. But using standard GWR Goods Sheds plans and taking an educated guess I've drafted the ends.

Not sure on the awning detail or the glazing, so will spend bit more time on that. Once we have these exterior drawings, small changes will be made to tweak the design based on the materials we will use to make build.

More soon.

3 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

I always find it interesting to unpick the history of a building, especially those which have been repurposed over time. 

Thats right, the research is as interesting as the modelling. No idea when the changes were made, but what we can see fit the narrative. Very interesting.

6 minutes ago, The Fatadder said:

I have a feeling the cill was relocated from the end, as were the blue bricks.  Having originated on the lower windows

Absolutely, this is exactly what must have happened.

54 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

 

Having taken a look at the photographs of Brent shed, I would have to disagree and say that the store room window in the office extension is probably original. The brickwork to the vertical faces has probably been damaged in the removal of the original window frame.

 

 

No, I'm sure it isn't as the header bricks are incorrect and importantly if you look at the plans, there is no window

This New Year is a funny one so instead of going out, its lockdown in front of my computer with a beer. So fixed an error or two on the first side and added the goods office which is situated on the right hand side. The current building has a window in this section. I'm pretty sure this is a later addition, so I have taken it out of the plan. If Rich wants this, I can add in later. Confident that this is now correct to brick count (actual size might be amended once actual brick size is known) and the brick pattern is correct, I have CAD the opposite side. Nor forgetting  the window sections are equal size making it necessary to increase the width as per the prototype of the pillars at each end.

So we now have this. Hopefully you can the see the closures, queens and headers are all as the prototype brick.

On with the end views and then on to the interior.

Rich aka Fatadder has commissioned me to lasercut Brent Goods Shed for him, so I thought I'd post my journey here and Rich will pick up the building and painting once he receives his kit. So first off, Rich passed me a load of photographs and a drawing he had started. Also the prototype is still in existence (as a dentist I believe) so it makes it a bit easier to check details that can't be gleaned from the photographs.

Unfortunately Richs original CAD work was corrupted but luckily he had produced a PDF, so I took this and my software was able to backward convert to a dxf file that my CAD program could read. Lucky first step. Ive sent this back to Rich so he has his own copy.

Next step, was to check sizes. Rich drew his plans by counting bricks and using the assumption that each brick was 1mm high by 3mm wide. This is usually a good reckoner but one needs to be careful as many older buildings and particularly victorian builds, they did not use standard brick sizes or use the same thickness of mortar between bricks. Surprisingly a quick check on the local planning authority didn't produce any architectural drawings. I'll have a further look as there should be something as the building has had recent modifications thats would have required planning consent. But as I said, the building is still standing and google earth has captured some good pictures of it that combined with the resource file passed to me has built up quite a comprehensive pack of material to make a reasonably accurate model. I counted bricks and used the standard brick size and mocked up the following;

Richards drawing top, and my first draft below.

A little difference but broadly speaking my design is close to Rich's mock up. I've added the bricks and they match the pattern I can see from the photographs. I'll try and find out the actual brick size, I may ring the Dentist surgery and persuade them to go and measure up for me! If the bricks are different, it will be easy in the CAD to resize width and height. 

Updates soon but let me know what you think so far.

On 27/12/2020 at 08:17, wamwig said:

Anyone that wants a specific Valance, Intentio (through their Facebook page) are offering to design and laser cut it for you (for no extra cost over a standard Valance of which they already have a number), I wanted a specific one for my (under build) Widford layout and they had it designed and cut within an hour of suggestion.  No connection other than a satisfied customer.

The link to the Intentio website is www.intentio.shop  

An ugly duckling but a nice modern image era signal box 7mm kit based on Onibury.

Limited Edition 4mm scale Fish & Chip Shop now available.

http://www.intentio.shop/index.php?route=product/product&path=20&product_id=152

I'll dig out some pictures but this is North Cornwell type in GWR colours thats just been finished by the team.

I’ve got several LNWR style boxes in 7mm so they will be available in 4mm at some point. Not sure when though. 

On 11/11/2020 at 22:36, Holby Railway said:

as somebody that needs 3 boxes on my line, im wondering where / how can i get Barmouth Box, im also wondering if anybody could build Bentley Heath Box for me, my late Father worked there, and im lucky to have several photos of it

Hi, visit my shop at www.intentio.shop and I'd be happy to take a commission for Bentley Heath Box.

1 hour ago, Garry D100 said:

Packaging looks really good.

Looking forward to seeing the full 4mm range.

Any news yet when Barmouth signal box will be available on your website.

Thanks

Waiting to make all the kits up. I have a couple of preproduction kits if you'd like to buy on of those? Pm me if so.