7mm Heyside: 7mm L&Y, late 50s/early 60s

[Dikitriki]

Hi

I've finished off the road panel....



and here is a close-up of the cobbles - some of the 5000 or so impressed over the last couple of days. I think there's enough texture to represent stone, and if you very lightly sanded the top, you'd flatten them off to suggest dressed blocks.



I'll show you where they go next time, and start on the pavements.

Cheers

Richard

 

[Dog Star]

I've finished off the road panel....

And a very nice job there young Lord of the Dark Side (up't north). If you are ever at a loose end.... I understand that the parish council for the Ward of Basilica Without are having thoughts of providing a more resilient surface than the current earth and ashes of Weeping Angels Lane. Tender documents shall be available soon....

regards, Graham

 

[rosspeacock]

Hi

I've finished off the road panel..

and here is a close-up of the cobbles - some of the 5000 or so impressed over the last couple of days. I think there's enough texture to represent stone, and if you very lightly sanded the top, you'd flatten them off to suggest dressed blocks.

I'll show you where they go next time, and start on the pavements.

Cheers

Richard

Very nice Well worth the effort
Ross...

 

[lancer1027]

Hi Richard, thats is very impressive. Very neat n tidy.

Rob

 

[SteveO]

That's very effective! Arthritis-inducing work though?

 

[28ten]

Its worth mentioning that if you dont fancy cutting (or lasering!) mdf or ply then foamboard works well as a shell, the windows/door apertures are easy to cut, use the same uhu or a hot glue gun to assemble

 

[Dikitriki]

Hi

Wednesday is Heyside day So I have more progress to show you on the load of cobbles.

First off is where the road panel is to go. The wall next the pub has been cut back, reinforced, and the wall panel scribed and attached. The prepared area is where the cobbled road goes...





Make doubly sure you have picked up the correct glue and in the panel goes.....



Now the first of the pavements in prepared....



Pretty easy compared to all the cobbles. That is now glued in place....



The above is a good illustration of the uses of Depron - being carved to represent stones, slabs and cobbles. Good name for an article that.... 'Stones, slabs and cobbles'.

Cheers

Richard

 

[Dikitriki]

Hi

Allan came over today. He's in charge of the Brownfield Development Scheme, in our unending quest to eliminate green areas. In truth, the triangular, edge of baseboard area behind the terrace where the railway enters the cutting has been exercising our minds. It had been done as a grassy area as a stop-gap, but Allan thought a factory, or an impression of such, would look better.


There followed the usual Heyside ritual slaughtering of cereal packets (no oats have been harmed in the making of Heyside), and he arrived with a mock up so we could have more of an idea.









OK. It's not quite been cut correctly, but the idea is that there is a path behind the house back yards, and the factory wall runs parallel to the back yard wall. The roof is a Northlight Type with vents of some description, and the factory is brick built. We are currently searching the internet for suitable ideas. I like it, and it reinforces the industrial image, so we will continue to develop the idea.

Any ideas/comments?

Cheers

Richard

 

[westernfan]

Excellent mind you i wouldnt like to live wedged between a factory and a mainline could never put the washing out

lots of mills around Heyside ?

 

[lancer1027]

Hi Richard, Absolutely Fantastic scene. Just a thought would the factory wall be just brick without windows as it looks straight onto the back of the houses. You could possibly have the factory name painted on the brickwork ?.
I look forward to the next lot of pics

Rob

 

[28ten]

I like that big chimney as well?
you could just about get away with 2 plain walls if you put northlights in the roof. A name painted on the brick would add a bit of relief.

 

[Dog Star]

Good idea for the background... and the factory name on the wall... If this was a foundary then the roof would be the key interest area.... vents for the heat from the casting and vents for the smoke from the furnaces. Walls not likely to be 100% brick, more likely to be brick to around 12-15' then clad on a steel frame. Rows and rows of stillages - empties, no need to show what was being cast - fulls, with ingots either ally or cast iron. Weathering to catch the effect of the airborne dross from the sand beds and from the low-pressure die-casting machines (sand and high-pressure do not go together).

Not a clean window in sight. Come to that, no windows.

Step on!

 

[Wagonman]

Good idea for the background... and the factory name on the wall... If this was a foundary then the roof would be the key interest area.... vents for the heat from the casting and vents for the smoke from the furnaces. Walls not likely to be 100% brick, more likely to be brick to around 12-15' then clad on a steel frame. Rows and rows of stillages - empties, no need to show what was being cast - fulls, with ingots either ally or cast iron. Weathering to catch the effect of the airborne dross from the sand beds and from the low-pressure die-casting machines (sand and high-pressure do not go together).

Not a clean window in sight. Come to that, no windows.

Step on!

Just a thought: would cladding on a steel frame be appropriate for a factory in the 1950s – particularly one that was probably built decades earlier? Come to that, the cottage windows are more 1990s than '50s when such properties still had their original sash windows...

 

[Dog Star]

Just a thought: would cladding on a steel frame be appropriate for a factory in the 1950s – particularly one that was probably built decades earlier?

My description was based upon being taken to a foundary once or twice a month in the early 1960s when Father did Saturday morning inspections. As for the question... just look at the GWR lifting shop at Didcot which was built in the 1930s... a steel frame building with brick infill to around 6' and the remainder done in cladding.

regards, Graham

 

[Dikitriki]

Thank you all for your thoughts - they are being digested.

The terraced row was part of the original layout, albeit in a different location, and we have not yet got round to revisiting the original buildings. I take your point about sash windows, and when we get the roof off, we will consider replacing the windows and detailing the interiors.

Richard

 

[Jordan]

Is the terrace row based on a prototype..? I just find the long sloped roof rather unconvincing as it is; I'd expect it to be 'stepped' up the hill, if that makes sense..??

 

[Dikitriki]

Hi Jordan

Yes, there are examples shown in the Oldham Loop books by Jeffrey Wells, and I do understand what you mean by expecting to see them stepped - I did too.

Go to Google Map and put in Oxford Street Barnsley. It's a great example of sloping ridge terraces. Like you, I found it very difficult to get my head round how it can all work, but not uncommon, particularly up north. It does cause some debate amongst those who see the layout though, varying from disbelief to one elderly woman who said it was just like the house she used to live in.

Richard

 

[Jordan]

...Oxford Street Barnsley. It's a great example of sloping ridge terraces. .....not uncommon, particularly up north.

Fair enough, Richard! I must admit I did think there must be a precedent for it, given the care that has gone into the rest of the layout..!!!

 

[Dikitriki]

Back to the factory.....This is currently occupying no 1 spot......



I like the detail on the walls, louvres on the ends, no windows. Roof lights and fabulous vents.

The walls lend themselves to laser cutting and the roof vents could be printed perhaps. I think this is a goer.

Richard

 

[adrian]

Hi Jordan
Yes, there are examples shown in the Oldham Loop books by Jeffrey Wells, and I do understand what you mean by expecting to see them stepped - I did too.

Colne has many fine examples, in this photo the houses on the right have one long continuous roof,
whereas the ones on the left are stepped every 4 houses - as for the ones in the middle they've been demolished!



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