simon b

Is this layout still around? Would love to see some more pics.

Buckle up kids, cos here we go......

The 6x3 brick window section comes as part of the plant no4 kit, although sold as a low relief building you get quite alot in the kit. You get the gable end section,a pair of 1x3 brick window sections, and the large 6x3 brick window section. To make the gable end more UK looking I have cut out the center windows of the upper floors and made wooden loading doors on all three floors, as well as a hoist above the top window. That makes it look more like a plastic version of the metcalfe kit. One thing to note is that the plant no4 kit is actually a low relief version of the Greatland Sugar Refining kit (933-3092), if you wanted a larger building with two gable ends and two 6x3 walls.

Another kit worth a mention is Chapion meat packing (933-3048), which when stretched out can make a building over 24" long.

You can see the sizes of of some of these parts in this picture below, the plant no4 is on the right and the pair of large 2x8 panels in the middle are from the champion packing kit. On the left is the 6x3 wall you are interested in.

The concrete flour mill kit can be had in low relief as "Centennial Mills" (933-3160), or the full building as "Red wing milling co" (933-3026)

I made a huge corner filler with it, and still had parts left over.

If you want to shunt vans underneath a warehouse there is also "Heritage furniture" (933-3164) low relief kit.

And one more pic of the champion kit in use as a warehouse.

Getting some buildings on the layout is a big step forward, now you can really start to visualize how things will look.

Depending on how you want the main grain warehouse to look, might I suggest the Walthers flour mill kit? It's a concrete framed building rather than brick, but the kit is adaptable in many ways and can create a monster building when stretched out. Although designed for US layouts it fits in on a UK based layout very well, take a look at Millway dock on here for ideas.

Another suggestion would be the plant no4, I've used that a few times...

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14 hours ago, C126 said:

 

Delighted to.  Humbrol Acrylic 62 Matt, 'Leather' on the newer canister on the right:

 

 

I photographed them in the sun just now to try and get a 'real colour', but actually they need a good mix, not having been used for a few months.  As you can probably see from my previous photos, the colours vary according to light and camera, and the newer (right canister) batch is a slightly different tone to the older, as seen on my new viaduct bridge piers, compared to the first batch of brick arches.  The arch 'rubbers' orange colour were mixed by hand.

 

Returning to the original topic, I should plead for forbearance.  My exasperation was simply owing to what I expected to be a quick and simple task - the 'base/primer' coat of a scenic area before adding details and shading - was not a morning's work as assumed but took at least a month with four different techiques, and now needing a fifth.  But this is what the hobby is all about, and I thank you all for your kind words of advice and hope will show you progress soon.  Best wishes as ever.

 

 

Many thanks for the colour tip, I'll get hold of a pot and see what it looks like on a test section of brick plasticard. I've seen a few buildings built from London yellow bricks with red brick detailing and I like the look of it, but struggle to get the colour quite right. 

With regards to the time taken to achieve a end result your happy with, I find that the simplest sounding jobs can often be the most time consuming. If you want to add some more variety to the surface you could lay some sheets of granite road sets to divide the area up.

Looking forward to see the layout develop.

A little off topic, but would you mind sharing which colours you have painted the retaining walls with? Looks to be a good base to represent London yellow brick.

Yep, bit of everything in that yard.

Not too much concrete but here is a little inspiration for you.

Halfords spray paints are your friend here. 

Cover the entire area with the matt khaki from their cammo range, then mist normal grey primer over some areas to vary the colour.

What a great idea for a layout, loving the level of detail your building for this.

The shots under the canopy are stunning, very atmospheric.  

That's a great looking layout. The shot with the 2hal looks very like the approaches to Victoria.