Rippers
Western Thunderer
Ah yes. With figures being trialled and fitted now. Some areas of the layout do look like the site of The Millicent Street Massacre at present!The chaps in the builders yard have been in the pub for lunch, I note.
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Rippers
Western Thunderer
That is most kind of you. I may be the models designer and I tend to be the one that adds the final finish and weathering to ensure some degree of visual consistency. But what you see is the work of several modellers. Amazingly a lot of what you see has been built on work benches mile's apart.
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
May I ask what method you all use for making the windows on the various buildings please? Cut, etched or printed??
Rippers
Western Thunderer
Of course. No issue. This interaction is what the hobby should be about.
The answer is pretty much all of the above.
We tend to be the sort of modellers that will use any material that will do the job and give us the look we want.
A few feature scratch built windows, but off the top of my head the backdrop factories use lasers cut frames, the block of shops/houses at the front uses some resin ones and the oval top lights in the electrical suppliers are custom etches.
Pencarrow
Western Thunderer
Thanks for the quick response.
The ones that are scratch built, did you build up from plastic strip, or card, or adhesive labels??
Rippers
Western Thunderer
The scratch built ones are mainly created from combinations of plastic strip, moulding and angles.
Osgood
Western Thunderer
Well for crying out loud.
Observing what I thought to be a crowd control barrier outside the Humber Packet Tavern, and despite a long career as an amateur bodging carpenter, it has taken a model railway to show me the purpose of the notched end of a carpenter’s trestle.
In fairness the only notched one I have ever seen was my grandfather’s when I was young, and I don’t recall him ever working on a door - all others I have seen / used have been plain.
Current stock are three neat American steel units with fold-up legs (but with nowhere to park a door….).
Observing what I thought to be a crowd control barrier outside the Humber Packet Tavern, and despite a long career as an amateur bodging carpenter, it has taken a model railway to show me the purpose of the notched end of a carpenter’s trestle.
In fairness the only notched one I have ever seen was my grandfather’s when I was young, and I don’t recall him ever working on a door - all others I have seen / used have been plain.
Current stock are three neat American steel units with fold-up legs (but with nowhere to park a door….).
paulc
Western Thunderer
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Nice job .
The previous photo makes it look like rhe red brick wall is next to the fish shop and there is no alleyway , that be trickery with smoke and those mirrory things .
Nice job .
Rippers
Western Thunderer
Cheers. The intention of the design from the outset it was the to create a period model of our local urban environment with the railway in it (rather than the more typical open view model of a railway with an urban backdrop). I dare say the deliberate restricted views of the presentation will attract criticism (as did aspects of the designs of both Walker Marine and Hospital Gates). But hey, it's our trainset.
As all of the main structures and stock are now accounted for. We hope that baring another delay of pandemic levels, you might just see it at a show early next year.
'But hey, it's our trainset'
And one that is just sublime.
I remember the writings of the late Iain Rice, way back in the last century, when he was advocating view blockers to restrict views for exactly the same reasons as you have explained above.
Istr he claimed that it made trains, and therefore the scenic portion of the model, look longer than they actually were.
Of course, unlike the prototype, where there is just a large gap for the track to thread through and there is no interference/assistance from outside the physical railway footprint, we modellers also have to carefully design tall scenery in such a way that hands and shunting poles can thread through this scenery, in order to to carry out the coupling and uncoupling functions required: Unless of course, you planned on using some form of discrete automatic system.
Since I am rather short, there are occasions that I've needed to stand on a stout wooden box in order to be tall enough to reach over baseboards, scenery and backdrops in order to carry out any useful functions.
My friends usually hide the box so the only useful function I can perform, is make the tea.
And one that is just sublime.
I remember the writings of the late Iain Rice, way back in the last century, when he was advocating view blockers to restrict views for exactly the same reasons as you have explained above.
Istr he claimed that it made trains, and therefore the scenic portion of the model, look longer than they actually were.
Of course, unlike the prototype, where there is just a large gap for the track to thread through and there is no interference/assistance from outside the physical railway footprint, we modellers also have to carefully design tall scenery in such a way that hands and shunting poles can thread through this scenery, in order to to carry out the coupling and uncoupling functions required: Unless of course, you planned on using some form of discrete automatic system.
Since I am rather short, there are occasions that I've needed to stand on a stout wooden box in order to be tall enough to reach over baseboards, scenery and backdrops in order to carry out any useful functions.
My friends usually hide the box so the only useful function I can perform, is make the tea.
timbowales
Western Thunderer
And an extremely important function that is
Tim T
Tim T
Osgood
Western Thunderer
One might imagine the huge factory backscene could be overpowering, but somehow - perhaps due to the pink shade of red, broken up by the paler concrete framework and the window panels - it works beautifully.
Then again I guess that is what careful planning and design does for you!
Then again I guess that is what careful planning and design does for you!
Jordan
Mid-Western Thunderer
"Still a way to go"...???!!! Wow!! What else needs to be done to it?? Looks amazing 'as is'!! To me, anyway
Dog Star
Western Thunderer
Cut the grass?