kirtleypete Posted May 25, 2022 Author Share Posted May 25, 2022 I won't need to, it's going to be backing into the covered passage so you'll only see the front. The shop are having a delivery of clean uniforms! Peter 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kirtleypete Posted May 25, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 25, 2022 Apart from the chimneys the shop is about complete: It's been an interesting challenge because the ground plan is not a rectangle meaning that there are some very odd angles in there! I enjoy that, it makes the work more challenging. The road vehicles and the aluminium for the backscene are being delivered later on so I'll post more pictures this afternoon. Peter 22 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted May 25, 2022 Author Share Posted May 25, 2022 Well, the chimneys have arrived.....or they should have done. What I've actually got is some gravestones and benches ordered by a chap in Bristol. I'll send them on to him and hope that he does the same with mine. Peter 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted May 25, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 25, 2022 On 13/05/2022 at 14:15, Neil said: Though not Leeman Road a quick search threw up this rather splendid colour image of York (Colliergate) in the fifties. The brickwork is lighter than the Leeman Road area with it's proximity to the railway would have been. Also worth noting that all white window frames are scarce, the majority having a coloured border and that the colours used are less vibrant than we would recognise today. Interesting to see the tobacconist with the sun sheet. I remember those! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kirtleypete Posted May 25, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 25, 2022 Sun....in York?!! The aluminium has arrived: The beauty of it is that once it's bent to shape it stays there. The height is 200mm. I glued on pieces of ID Backscenes sky paper - I use this a lot, it's excellent. It was easier to make the backscene in two pieces, it's unwieldy enough as it is. I need to fill gaps where the roads are, a job for tomorrow. As you may have noticed the first batch of vehicles has arrived. The Co-op van is following on, and hopefully the people and cats and dogs will arrive too. I'll take some close up pictures once they are in place. Peter 26 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 That is lovely work Pete, Cheers David 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kirtleypete Posted May 26, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 26, 2022 Thanks David; I've really enjoyed doing this scene. The figures arrived today so I've been able to bring some life to Garfield terrace. If you look carefully you can see Nigel the black and white cat sitting on the shop step, as promised! That lamp post is about to get watered! The street is now named. I need to wait for the chimneys now, they are the last big job but it's likely to be next week before I have them. Peter 32 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted May 26, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 26, 2022 A very impressive bit of townscape, Peter. When will it be in its proper position, please? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted May 26, 2022 Author Share Posted May 26, 2022 (edited) A week on Monday Jonathan, I'm going down for two days to work on the scenery before the layout is photographed by BRM on the Wednesday. It's for a 'work on progress' article, there's still a lot to do. I've just heard that the chimneys are being posted today; they are from 'Model railway scenes' and look to be ideal for the job. Peter Edited May 26, 2022 by kirtleypete 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Just lovely! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold MarshLane Posted May 26, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 26, 2022 Absolutely wonderful Peter. Not only the outcome and detail, but the speed that you have achieved it. Rich 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted May 27, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 27, 2022 18 hours ago, kirtleypete said: A week on Monday Jonathan, I'm going down for two days to work on the scenery before the layout is photographed by BRM on the Wednesday. It's for a 'work on progress' article, there's still a lot to do. I've just heard that the chimneys are being posted today; they are from 'Model railway scenes' and look to be ideal for the job. Peter Looking forward to the article. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kirtleypete Posted May 29, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 29, 2022 The Co-op is busy with deliveries... Peter 31 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 On 26/05/2022 at 14:37, kirtleypete said: I love the Morris Traveller, a real period piece. An American once said to me "Only you limeys could design a half-timbered automobile" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted May 29, 2022 Author Share Posted May 29, 2022 That's there for a reason Michael, it was our family car when I was a child.....I clearly remember Dad constantly rubbing down the wood and varnishing it in a vain attempt to stop it rotting! Peter 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camperdown Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 19 minutes ago, kirtleypete said: That's there for a reason Michael, it was our family car when I was a child.....I clearly remember Dad constantly rubbing down the wood and varnishing it in a vain attempt to stop it rotting! Peter The owners' handbook recommended an annual (I think) rubdown and revarnish. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kirtleypete Posted May 31, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2022 The chimneys arrived today; they needed reshaping to match the angle of my roofs but other than that they went straight on. I'm hugely impressed with them. The lead flashing was added from paper. They are not the easiest thing to take a picture of! I'm delivering the scene next Monday and I'll post pictures of it in place when i get home on Tuesday. Peter 27 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted May 31, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 31, 2022 Those chimney stacks do look nice and chunky. Do they come with the pots attached? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanchester Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 If I can ask without sounding like a complete nerd, are you sure you are right to have adverts for Lyons and Brooke Bond teas in a Co-op window, given the latter was (still is?) a major blender of its own teas? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted May 31, 2022 Author Share Posted May 31, 2022 The stacks and pots come separately Jonathan so you can mix and match the different types. They seem to be resin castings and the pots are on a rectangular base that just sits on top with a spot of Superglue. Have a look at the modelrailwayscenes website, it's very useful. As for the shop window, it was simply the best I could find. Colour pictures of shops suitable for the 1950's are not thick on the ground! Peter 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium iands Posted May 31, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 31, 2022 2 hours ago, lanchester said: If I can ask without sounding like a complete nerd, are you sure you are right to have adverts for Lyons and Brooke Bond teas in a Co-op window, given the latter was (still is?) a major blender of its own teas? In that case, what would really put the cat-among-the-pigeons would be a Rington's van driving past the Co-op! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGO Posted May 31, 2022 Share Posted May 31, 2022 3 hours ago, lanchester said: If I can ask without sounding like a complete nerd, are you sure you are right to have adverts for Lyons and Brooke Bond teas in a Co-op window, given the latter was (still is?) a major blender of its own teas? Well Brooke Bond PG Tips was certainly a very good (Best ?) seller for a very long time in the UK, interestingly for 20 years the Brooke Bond brand all but vanished and was only reintroduced in 2019 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted June 1, 2022 Author Share Posted June 1, 2022 I'll get in trouble if I add any more road vehicles!! Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 13 hours ago, kirtleypete said: I'll get in trouble if I add any more road vehicles!! Peter To be correct for period, you don't want the place grid-locked with traffic and motors parked everywhere as today. Most people in cities didn't have cars, there'd be a few delivery lorries etc, but people caught buses, cycled or walked. Maybe more push bikes and "motorcycle combinations" (motorbike + sidecar) than you'd see today though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirtleypete Posted June 5, 2022 Author Share Posted June 5, 2022 Unfortunately I won't be delivering the terraces tomorrow as my customer has tested positive for Covid. We'll have to rearrange everything once he's had the all clear. Peter 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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