7mm Heybridge Basin

[magmouse]

perhaps a small triangular gap near the pencil and a tree to hide it?

Yes, or perhaps some ivy or similar growing up that corner of the building, to hide the gap?

Nick.

 

[Richard Gawler]

Yes, or perhaps some ivy or similar growing up that corner of the building, to hide the gap?

Thanks Nick I think some kind of climbing plant about 10 mm thick would work, and it wouldn't look stereotyped either.

Incidentally, the whole layout still looks okay with this mocked-up building in place. The visual balance viewed from eight feet away becomes somewhat unbalanced, but this doesn't seem to matter at a normal viewing distance. It is as though Heybridge Basin is a bare and open space, which it is, and there is somewhere more sheltered nearby. I think this works in 7mm because of the space involved, it wouldn't be so good in a smaller scale.


I fancy a pair of Lombardy Poplar trees here. This is all the crossing needs to help it to depict an unmade road leading away towards the village and they are correct for the location.

 

[40057]

I met Bea at one of the trade shows at Kensington, this would have been ten+ years ago. She hadn't heard of 1:43.5 scale but I suggested this was the one to go for out of the plethora of model railway scales. They are good kits but a bit "petite" and some will work better in S scale.

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Power regulator underneath for flickering fire inside. The layout never happened, not enough skills or knowledge.



The local vernacular suggests a roof with gable ends not hipped . . .

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There will be a backdrop board along the line of the pencil to separate fiddle yard from layout.

I don't want to seem obtuse (or acute) but if I turn the building so it looks better then the roof will look cut-to-fit. There isn't an easy way out of this except perhaps a small triangular gap near the pencil and a tree to hide it?









I couldn't ask for a better portrayal of Western Thunder. A central bar with multiple rooms off it to cozy down for a beer and a chat. I guess, this building is going to be a pub.

Would the easy way out be to angle the building the other way, so it is the front corner instead of the back that is against the fiddle yard divider?

 

[Eastsidepilot]

I met Bea at one of the trade shows at Kensington, this would have been ten+ years ago. She hadn't heard of 1:43.5 scale but I suggested this was the one to go for out of the plethora of model railway scales. They are good kits but a bit "petite" and some will work better in S scale.

View attachment 232207
Power regulator underneath for flickering fire inside. The layout never happened, not enough skills or knowledge.



The local vernacular suggests a roof with gable ends not hipped . . .

View attachment 232206
There will be a backdrop board along the line of the pencil to separate fiddle yard from layout.

I don't want to seem obtuse (or acute) but if I turn the building so it looks better then the roof will look cut-to-fit. There isn't an easy way out of this except perhaps a small triangular gap near the pencil and a tree to hide it?









I couldn't ask for a better portrayal of Western Thunder. A central bar with multiple rooms off it to cozy down for a beer and a chat. I guess, this building is going to be a pub.

If the building is going to be a pub I would suggest the front wall would face the road ?, unless you intend the surface in front of the building, as you've shown it, to be road surface.
I can highly recommend this book which contains artists drawings of the area showing in some cases then and now situations.





Col.

 

[Richard Gawler]

Col. the book looks good and I have found a copy online.

If the building is going to be a pub I would suggest the front wall would face the road ?, unless you intend the surface in front of the building, as you've shown it, to be road surface.

I want to imagine the pub was here before the railway, and so logically it would be facing the navigation. There would not be any road here. The pub would be reached by a driveway, and the railway has put in an occupation crossing.

Would the easy way out be to angle the building the other way, so it is the front corner instead of the back that is against the fiddle yard divider?

If I turn the building to the right as you suggest, the crossing looks more spacious. The access driveway can curve around more naturally, and the building is more dominant. There is space for a bay or oriel window on the left. I might have to put detail onto the rear wall. I will see more of the trains before they go off scene.

If I turn the building to the left (as before) then the structure seems to flow along with the curving backscene. I like this but others may not. The rear wall will never be seen.

I ought to add the backdrop panel across the end of the fiddle yard and assess the look again. Sometimes I find in quite difficult to visualise the complete picture.

 

[Geoff]

I met Bea at one of the trade shows at Kensington, this would have been ten+ years ago. She hadn't heard of 1:43.5 scale but I suggested this was the one to go for out of the plethora of model railway scales. They are good kits but a bit "petite" and some will work better in S scale.

View attachment 232207
Power regulator underneath for flickering fire inside. The layout never happened, not enough skills or knowledge.



The local vernacular suggests a roof with gable ends not hipped . . .

View attachment 232206
There will be a backdrop board along the line of the pencil to separate fiddle yard from layout.

I don't want to seem obtuse (or acute) but if I turn the building so it looks better then the roof will look cut-to-fit. There isn't an easy way out of this except perhaps a small triangular gap near the pencil and a tree to hide it?









I couldn't ask for a better portrayal of Western Thunder. A central bar with multiple rooms off it to cozy down for a beer and a chat. I guess, this building is going to be a pub.

Pubs are two a penny, but I can't remember seeing a model of a farrier's premises, it would be different and Charlie would no doubt appreciate a roof over his head.

Geoff

Geoff

 

[Rob R]

I like this but others may not. .....

It's your trainset.
If no one else likes it that is their problem, not yours.

 

[Richard Gawler]

Pubs are two a penny, but I can't remember seeing a model of a farrier's premises, it would be different and Charlie would no doubt appreciate a roof over his head.

Two further cases for the farrier instead of a pub is the rather nice pair of doors (the kit provides detail overlay parts for these); and the fact that the settlement already has The Old Ship.

I like this but others may not.

It's your trainset.
If no one else likes it that is their problem, not yours.

Rob you are correct, but I wrote this to try to provoke some ideas. If I ask for inputs I may get replies which make me think differently or better.

Fairly obviously portraying a farrier or a pub does not make a jot of difference to the big picture; but choosing the angle of the structure to the front of the baseboard has quite a big effect. Also this effect seems quite difficult to capture in a photograph.

Anyway, I am a lot happier with this layout than I was even a week ago because the ballasting is done and this has set the appearance and character of the railway, and I can now relax with details

 

[Dog Star]

I can now relax with details

Great, you need to enjoy what you have created.