George Hudson

Haven't done this for a while but here's something for those like me who like a little lockdown trainspotting...

Still fiddling.....and a gate has appeared.   If you look at the workbench at the back there's a vice.

"What's under the tarpaulin? The last bloke that asked what's under the tarpaulin." (To be said in best Ray Winston voice).

Finally getting round to sorting out the cafe's yard which has been sub-let to a jobbing builder.  More junk to come!

10 hours ago, 30368 said:

 

Well Mr Hudson,

 

Just breathtaking - the ambition that you must have set out with, underpined by not a small amount of confidence, has been fulfilled. I am in awe of the quality of modelling. Not just the structures themselves but of the creation of the "feeling" of 1950's East End. Masterful! Many thanks for sharing all this.

I shall give up modelling now!!!! (Not really, just an overload of inspiration)

 

Kind regards,

 

Richard B

Thanks, that's kind.  I think very much the same regarding many of the layouts on this site.  Every week I find something inspiring which I had not seen before.  I am in touch with a guy in Scotland who is doing Liverpool Street for real, not just a small taster like my Aldersgate is!

If we could harness all the energy shown on RMWeb we could probably abandon fossil fuels in about 6 months! 

Andrew

BTW the loaves in the baker's shop are mustard, black pepper, cumin and fennel seeds!

Couldn't resist offering up the row before I added gutters and chimney pots.  

The building on the end is from the Mile End Rd in East London and Assembly Passage ran through the block as shown.  I used to walk up the passage where there was a pickle factory when I was junior school age.  The property is a restaurant but I have made it an homage to the 24 hour Beigel Bake which has been in Brick Lane since the Ark.

23 hours ago, Ian Smeeton said:

Definitely the 'graden', I cannot criticise anything that you have built, they are simply superb.

 

Regards

 

Ian

but it's like writing on a blackboard, you get so up close and intense that when you stand back it's possible to have written "psot office!

Couldn't resist offering up my work in progress!  Not unhappy with the proportions.

On 04/03/2021 at 15:40, Ian Smeeton said:

Love the spelling mistake in the window!

 

Regards

 

Ian

Hope you mean the "graden" in the prototype , or did I miss something, always possible.

I decided to model the two adjoining shops but thought it was a bit much to start a new thread.  Here's how far I have progressed....

The windows of Barrett's stores are taken from a photo of the original, chopped about a bit.

Another wash of dirty white spirit gutters and some downpipes and we're ready for planting on the baseboard, guess that's the end of this thread.  

Thanks for your interest.

Summoned up courage (or stupidity) and gave the buildings a wash of white spirit and black paint.

More signs of lockdown fever: here's a tip for ridge tiles which might be hard to copy unless, like me you have bought a GER ticket clipper on eBay (I have two).  The clipper removes a perfect crisp "E" every time which is amazing given its age.  Split the ridge tile into 3/4" sections to fit in the jaws and you get this.  Pure retro modelling!

And I wonder why (non modelling) friends pause, look at me and say; "You're mad!" 

was suffering from post traumatic tile disorder

the show so far....

Thursday update......

Sunday update......

slow but satisfying progress...I never knew why the entrances were at odd levels but to my mind it gives the building more interest.

Site assembly and envisioning (is that even a word?).

Actually it's not a chapel at all but just the original school.

So on the side of Mowlem Hall we have a church/chapel.  I don't really know anything about its history or whether it was part of the school, I assume so although it is a very different architectural style although build around the same period as the school itself.  It seems to be in all of the photos.

I am only modelling one part of the church, that furthest from the hall.  For those interested these pictures show some of the techniques I use with brick papers.

1. Lots of layers of mounting board to give depth.

2. Sometimes printing the original drawings onto a sheet of brickpaper so that I can keep everything lined up as the layers go on.

3. Finishing around the windows by teasing a strip of coping bricks along the window edge.  These strips are cut crossways to the depth of 2/3 of the strip along the mortar gaps which enables me to work the paper around a corner when it's wet with prit stick or wood glue.

4. Using thin strips of coping bricks to line the inside frames of windows to cover naked card.

5. Essentially I work the paper like miniature wallpaper, rubbing it into crevices and around conveners with my nail or handle of a scalpel to fill cracks and gaps.