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    Hi all.
     
    Following the success of Porth Byhan and Wheal Tiny, I've decide to create another micro layout...
     
    This one is much inspired by Chris Nevard's recent extension to Cement Quay, and also by RandyWales' Maenol Mine .
     
    Probably to be set in another boxfile, but this time with the box placed vertically, I'm hoping to add a working hopper and a working conveyor belt.
     
    More progress will be posted here when there is any...
     
     
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    Actauully managed to do some real modelling this evening, rather than just thinking & planning.
     
    The office on Wheal Tiny needed a chimney, and both this building and the winding house needed gutters and down pipes.
     

     

     
    I also spotted an interloper...

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    Excerpt from "A Guide to the Ports and Harbours of Cornwall - 1975"
     
     


    Polbraze.
       


    The town of Polbraze can be found on the coast, between Bude and Looe. The town's origins can be traced back to the time of King Arthur and Tintagel, although no connection has ever been found. In the 19th Century, Polbraze grew from a small fishing port to a minor harbour used for export of Cornish minerals. Today, Polbraze is a medium sized town with a thriving dockland area concentrating on boat re-fitting and repair. This was mainly the result of one family, who moved here in the early 1960's from the coastal village of Porth Byhan. Bob Webb and his son Richard have extended their boat repair business into a major Cornish industry, with contracts for customers all around the Western Approaches.
     
    The dock area is surrounded by many of the original harbourside buildings, including the infamous public house, 'The Algernon Cuthbertson Arms'. There are also shops and chandelrys, plus a few smaller workshops. Within the dock itself, the old cornwall Railway lines are still used by today's modern locomotives, although there are still remnants of the age of steam - the
    raised water tank still dominates the area.
     
    Visitors to the docks will need to pass through the usual security checks, but once inside will find a fascinating mix of old stone quays and modern concrete wharfs. There are also some reminders of the role the harbour played during the second World War, when the docks were an embarcation point for the D-Day landings. The quays themselves are covered in the materials and equipment needed for re-fitting of larger vessels, although some evidence of servicing the local trawler fleet can also be seen.
     
     

     
  4. Stubby47
    This is a shop near the cathedral in Truro, which although standing empty for some time, is now (Nov 2009) being readied for opening as a sweet shop.
     
    This is the real thing
     

     
    and this is the model - note the addition of two windows - a complete mis-calculation on my part...
     

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    Ok, this is the first stab (actaully the second, but the first was too small...) at the front wall of the Harbour Office.
     
    The paint is simply water colours, dabbed on in small, stone sized blobs. I think it needs more definition, so a black 0.3mm pen will be purchased today to help.
     
    The steps don't quite line up with the step wall - this is because I can't make steps and resorted to using a piece from the Airfix footbridge. However, the side of the wall will be well covered with ivy, etc., so shouldn't show too much.
     
    The brick work around the door & windows also needs to be improved - I have a cunning plan...
     
    Comments (good or bad) always welcome.
     
    Stu
     

  6. Stubby47
    Managed to get a bit more work done on the Harbour Office.
     
    Stage 2.
    The building is now 3d. I've inserted a false floor to give the box some strength. The wall to the extension has been given a panelled wood effect.

     
    Stage 3.
    The extension is being constructed, it's seen here temporarily placed against the main building for the photo. The wall of the entension are all clear platicard, with the panelling and framing added on. As this building will be at the front of the layout, I intend to detail the office inside.
     
    I'll also probably add lighting (a first for me).

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    Following my help request thread for 'what items would go in a harbour office', I've added a roll top desk, some filing cabinets, a book shelf, a desk around the windows at one end and some desk items, being a book and some ashtrays so far.
     
    The extension now has a roof and the start of the panelling and other dressing around the outside.
     

     
    Other items to add are :


    Inside :
    Telephone, kettle, mugs, coat rack & coat, maps/charts, vhf radio & radar, people!, chairs and lighting
    Outside:
    A telephone repeater bell, official posters on a board/poster cabinet, sandbags, a set of weighing scales, radar & vhf aerials, fish boxes, lobsterpots, etc
     
      Just to proove I'm not all there, I added a cigarette to one of the ashtrays...

     
     
  9. Stubby47
    Last night's modelling saw this first wall take shape. Using the Scalescenes' Dark Ashlar and window arches, I've built the main wall. So far I've left the end walls until I work out how deep I can make the whole shell, it might transpire it won't be 100% square to the backscene either.
     
    First piccy, - don't worry, the dodgy bits will be hidden by tree foiliage !
     

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    Another Tumbledown Shed

    By Stubby47,

    The last time I updated my thread was to add an entry about a little tumbledown shed.
     
    That was fa rtoo long ago, so I thought I ought to add some more entries.... starting with another version of the very same shed.
     
    Following the launch of my bespoke building building service, a commision has come in for two buildings, this being one of them.
     
    So, although not quite finished in these photos, here is my 2nd model.
     

     

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