Brushs Laser Cutting and 3d Printing workbench
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Yorkshire Dave
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adrian
Flying Squad
An interesting building but lacking in the required etched windows - although quite a few crown glass panes which I've not often seen modelled.
BrushType4
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To join the houses, shops and pub, it seems only fitting to have a Railway Mission style church. I’ve based my design on the 130 year old Gypsy tin tabernacle "Church in the Woods" at Bramdean.
This tin church was built in 1883 by Alfred Bishop in 5 days from a flat pack kit. 130 years later, you can build this in an evening from an Intentio flat pack kit!
These cheap to build churches were found near railways all over the country to serve railway workers and their the families.
I’ll hopefully get a chance to cut this out this afternoon.
This tin church was built in 1883 by Alfred Bishop in 5 days from a flat pack kit. 130 years later, you can build this in an evening from an Intentio flat pack kit!
These cheap to build churches were found near railways all over the country to serve railway workers and their the families.
I’ll hopefully get a chance to cut this out this afternoon.
Tom Insole
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I wonder if it was the same method as the old Nissin huts? Friend of mine has one and he put it up in his back yard for his wedding day (Living right next door to Bawdsey chruch it was a no brainer to have the reception in his own back garden. Set with a couple of cleverly crossed planks and some basic tools he put it up in the same way they did it back in the day.. on his own in a day. Simple prop and bolt together design and looked smashing with a stage under it for a band and some bunting to boot. I'll try find a photo if I can.
Tom Insole
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Knew I'd find one.. I believe this was post Wedding when he'd turned it into a dumping ground but you can see his stage on the left. there was also a lovely chandelier in the middle to push his class up a tad
Tom Insole
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Probably should of added this one too.... His one man band assembling it
Boyblunder
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This could be just the thing for the Love Lane extension to Bishops Stortford/Duxford/Maltings/Brentwood/Australia. Janet would be thrilled to have one of these joined onto her house.
AJC
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Going back to pubs for minute (and the Neo-Geo version frontage of the Prospect of Whitby is a very, very common pub style for the improved public houses built in large numbers between the wars*), if you're looking for inspiration, the National Brewery Heritage Trust have put Charrington's condition survey albums (for their '60s acquisitions) up on Flickr: NBH Trust’s albums | Flickr
Worth a look.
Adam
* One of my work colleagues spends the other half of his week (well he did, goodness knows how he's managing that right now) with Historic England and one of the projects he's worked on involved pub architecture before and after the Second World War. The site visits will make a wonderful chapter of his memoirs should he ever be so inclined.
Worth a look.
Adam
* One of my work colleagues spends the other half of his week (well he did, goodness knows how he's managing that right now) with Historic England and one of the projects he's worked on involved pub architecture before and after the Second World War. The site visits will make a wonderful chapter of his memoirs should he ever be so inclined.
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Yorkshire Dave
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AJC
Western Thunderer
Agreed, a fantastic resource (some of the interior shots, for example, show how well some of the places wore: they looked exactly the same in the late '90s when they went in skips!).
Adam
BrushType4
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A bit of time today to build up the chapel. Thats highlighted that a few tweaks are required, but nothing major. Need to work out how to do the bell tower now...
Yorkshire Dave
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I'm sure you could find a side street to put one down, either as a scout or mission hall without the bell tower.
Without the bell tower it can also be used as a village hall.
Al Tait
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I'm sure you could find a side street to put one down, either as a scout or mission hall without the bell tower.
Without the bell tower it can also be used as a village hall.
Doesn't really fit on the current build, but there is one of Phil's buildings already on it, another one on the way and I'm working out what the next one will be!
JimG
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And they didn't necessarily stay as churches. The one next to the Caledonian station at Dumbarton East was a scout hall in my younger lifetime and then became a repertory theatre which I helped fit out. There's still a hall there today but looks as though it has been rebuilt in a more substantial form.
Jim.
AJC
Western Thunderer
That said, there's a surprising number still in use - one on the Hadlow road not three miles from where I'm typing (roughly the same size as this) and several in Southampton in and around Shirley (one hidden behind a tongue and grooved fascia from the '60s).
Adam