Love Lane, B.R. (E) c.1956-59

[Eastsidepilot]

The Victoria pub as mentioned by John @Oz7mm above.
As with most model buildings we tend to use the prototypes as a basis making educational guess about dimensions etc. when there may be a lack of drawings, info. and photo's of parts unseen and as John says we adapt the prototype to suit the plot we have available.



With any model building you are trying to create the golden rule, I and others believe, is to always use a prototype and adapt it to suit, never be tempted to invent it.
Another point worth mentioning is to make sure any building does not have any alterations or additions that may be of a later decade, I have seen some mistakes on model layouts which portrait a certain era, say 1950's, with architecture on a building from the 70's !
Col.

 

[Oz7mm]

A little more on the Godden Arms.

Edit: I see Colin posted a photo while I was writing this

This is in the derelict state before the redevelopment.




Once the brickwork is engraved it will be painted by the indomitable Rhod Turner and then we can apply the overlays of the black tilework which will be done using Polybak, a very useful material for laser work. Incidentally the railings in @S-Club-7's post were cut using 0.9mm Polybak.

There are 4 sections to the model, the outer shell, the ground floor interior box, the first floor interior box and the roof 'tray'. By splitting it in this way we can get at all the interior in order to paint and decorate it.

I have had a first try at the Truman's eagle with a drawing created by Meshy and printed by @Boyblunder. Given that I spent all of 10 minutes on it, I am very impressed with what Meshy can do even if this one looks like it has a pigeon's head.

It should be an interesting building.

John

 

[paulc]

A little more on the Godden Arms.

Edit: I see Colin posted a photo while I was writing this

This is in the derelict state before the redevelopment.

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Once the brickwork is engraved it will be painted by the indomitable Rhod Turner and then we can apply the overlays of the black tilework which will be done using Polybak, a very useful material for laser work. Incidentally the railings in @S-Club-7's post were cut using 0.9mm Polybak.

There are 4 sections to the model, the outer shell, the ground floor interior box, the first floor interior box and the roof 'tray'. By splitting it in this way we can get at all the interior in order to paint and decorate it.

I have had a first try at the Truman's eagle with a drawing created by Meshy and printed by @Boyblunder. Given that I spent all of 10 minutes on it, I am very impressed with what Meshy can do even if this one looks like it has a pigeon's head.

It should be an interesting building.

John

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I'll have to show this to a mate who's building a model pub at the moment . He is more into the architecture side of things than the trains , each to his own .

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

For pubs like this it's obviously worth a site visit to a similar pub still extant in the City (or West End) to get an idea of the interior layout. Even though many have had their ground floors 'opened out', RSJs will have been used to replace original supporting walls which, in turn, allows the original ground floor and upper floor layouts to be deduced.

 

[Oz7mm]

For pubs like this it's obviously worth a site visit to a similar pub still extant in the City (or West End) to get an idea of the interior layout. Even though many have had their ground floors 'opened out', RSJs will have been used to replace original supporting walls which, in turn, allows the original ground floor and upper floor layouts to be deduced.

Dave

In this case I assume the interior has been completely gutted. I have the redevelopment plan drawings when the application was put in but the interior unfortunately was not surveyed so we have been conjecturing on the interior. Far too much time spent on that!

John

 

[Scale7JB]

So far as I know, I’m 15 minutes away if you need more photos/measurements.

JB.

 

[S-Club-7]

Last week a sinkhole (or is it a bomb crater?) was discovered beneath the shops.

The moral of the story is not to let unsupervised vice-chairmen near paint thinners...

A couple of weeks ago somebody (i.e. me) commented that the new old railings looked a bit flat. Yesterday I was presented with a kit of 3 laminates to assemble.

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Despite being fiddly to put together (we've now got a jig to help with that task) they do look better and are much more rigid than the mark 1 version seen here laying on the pavement. Just need to enlarge some of the holes in the capping bricks so they can be properly located.

 

[John57sharp]

Just need to enlarge some of the holes in the capping bricks so they can be properly located.

But surely not THAT big???

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Last week a sinkhole (or is it a bomb crater?) was discovered beneath the shops.
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The moral of the story is not to let unsupervised vice-chairmen near paint thinners...

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Probably the thought of applying the sun tan lotion on the vicars daughter, #1,380, diverted his attention

Col.

 

[Eastsidepilot]

Another working Wednesday at Love Lane and Dave @S-Club-7 continues to impress with his trackwork, below we see a powered switch which is the release from the goods yard to the down main.



And next to that a single slip, work in progress.



Rhod continues his painting of the staff cottages.



The paint bench always looks busy.....


Meanwhile Richard and Tim @Tim Humphreys ex Mudhen have progressed with the cutting retaining walls and bridge.




Yours truly knocked up a mock up of the loading bank and end load dock which will eventually have the remains of a single cell cattle dock.
This includes the entrance to the goods yard and is on a very restricted site.





Evening commuter train pulls in to Love Lane.

Lights have come on so it must be getting dark.


And with that, until next time, it's good night from them and ' Buona serata'. from me.

Col.

 

[S-Club-7]

The first draft of the ground floor interior of the Godden Arms. This will support the first floor interior and be slid up into the exterior shell. The cavity between the two shells will be occupied by the windows and doors. And yes, the slots for the absent dividing wall do not align, neither did its tabs fit into any of the slots -- a bad day in the drawing office

The shorter set of cottages after its mortar wash and wipe. Just needs some soot next week before Rhod starts painting the larger terrace. Plonked on the site of the pub for paint-drying reasons.


More chairs and keys added to the single slip in the goods yard. No glue used yet, just friction and willpower. Next on the "to do" list is more holes through the baseboard for the wiring droppers and adding the wiring droppers; taking care to avoid the servos and PCBs already mounted underneath

 

[S-Club-7]

The mock-up of The Godden Arms on its base which spans a baseboard joint so will be a removeable self-contained unit. Those girls get everywhere...

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A view taken by a member of the p-way gang looking longingly at the pub in the distance. The embankment on the left has had a layer of hanging basket liner stuck with double-sided tape which should make removal easier when the shop-backs are ready to be planted.

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The Godden Arms glimpsed across the station-master's garden. The cottages (temporarily) behind are still undergoing colour changes as the application of the mortar caused the bricks to appear too pink so they now need painting, individually, again.
If a job's worth doing it's worth doing twice.

 

[S-Club-7]

The interior of the semi-detached cottages. And no, we haven't modelled the staircases as they can't be seen once the roof is fitted. Who would model things that can't be seen? The terrace of cottages behind still requires the brickwork painting before adding chimney breasts, lighting, furniture, smoke units etc to both buildings.


The shop backs have been evicted from the workbench by the 5inch gauge Metropolitan Railway Bo-Bo bodyshell but their inclusion, even just as mock-ups, does given some idea of the urban sprawl in our alternative version of Chigwell. There has been progress on the Godden Arms but John @Oz7mm has promised a fuller account of that at a later date.

 

[James]

I've noticed this lorry in the background, could we see more about it please?

 

[Osgood]

@Heather Kay

 

[daifly]

Further info here: Love Lane, B.R. (E) c.1956-59
and here: 7mm scale road vehicles
Dave

 

[James]

Further info here: Love Lane, B.R. (E) c.1956-59
and here: 7mm scale road vehicles
Dave

Thanks Dave

 

[S-Club-7]

A couple of strangers turned up at yesterday's meeting...

...courtesy of @richard carr and @Scale7JB

 

[Yorkshire Dave]

Run the M-75 around - that will enlarge the loading gauge in one fell swoop.

 

[James Spooner]

I always think of the Rio Grande as being three foot gauge but is this loco designed to run on some of the bits that were converted to standard gauge?

Nigel