Edinburgh Princes St in EM
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Hi Keith. The Barley Bree on Morrison St was, according to F...book, at #79 and closed in late 91. It was probably where the Edinburgh International Conference Centre is now, as the partnership to build that was announced earlier in 91 and building work started in spring 93.
Recently, I've been working on the smallest building on the layout - I assume it's a form of shelter for shunters as it sits between the carriage sidings and a running line
Recently, I've been working on the smallest building on the layout - I assume it's a form of shelter for shunters as it sits between the carriage sidings and a running line
Thanks Dave. Your most generous offer is gratefully accepted with both hands!
Herb Garden
Western Thunderer
Please stop mentioning expo it's way to close for comfort
But there's 40320+ minutes still before the show. Plenty of time! See you there.Please stop mentioning expo it's way to close for comfort
Herb Garden
Western Thunderer
Ian that seriously doesn't help!
According to the hand painted plank, Princes St had a timber bothy for shunters. The original model got quite advanced based on a distant photo. Then I was given a copy of a photo which showed I'd got the proportions of the front totally wrong. its appearance jarred so much it was eventually restarted many years ago, got as far as the walls and stalled as I couldn't get a roof profile I was happy with. The original attempt was too high a pitch.
When making the carriage shunters shelter, I 3d printed a roof former. By using the scaling option of the printing software I was able to resize it in all dimensions and determine which seemed to have visually the best height before printing. Cross checking the photo before attaching strips of slates it was apparent there were finials and a chimney still to be modelled. My finials are best described as representative. In common with the prototype they have a top, bottom, curves and straights, but possibly nothing else.
The original effort.k
Mk2 with roof former
Not much to do to finish it off! The "cream" colour needs another attempt though.
When making the carriage shunters shelter, I 3d printed a roof former. By using the scaling option of the printing software I was able to resize it in all dimensions and determine which seemed to have visually the best height before printing. Cross checking the photo before attaching strips of slates it was apparent there were finials and a chimney still to be modelled. My finials are best described as representative. In common with the prototype they have a top, bottom, curves and straights, but possibly nothing else.
The original effort.k
Mk2 with roof former
Not much to do to finish it off! The "cream" colour needs another attempt though.