Brewhouse Quay: A overall view taken under natural daylight, but Photoshopped to hide my patio and unpainted timber. In due course the diorama/layout shell will be painted black, so the effect in a dark room shouldn't be too different. That is the only computer manipulation - the actual layout is 'as is'.
I am still undecided what to place on the extreme right, but it's likely to be another building. I was rather taken with the listed Bentley Model Railway Group clubroom the other day, its mix of stone and ramshackle timber being ideal for such a wharf scene.
The canal is about to be repainted shortly to a darker colour.....
More recent snaps here!
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Chris - this really is inspiring as a small layout. Not sure you need much on the far right. Perhaps a hopeful looking horse and cart, or some half abandoned load?
ReplyDeleteLook brilliant though - mightily impressed!
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Neil Berrington
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Chris, the former Mortimore's coal yard office in Chippenham station yard (where BMRG now have their club rooms) is indeed a fascinating building. I have modelled it on my shunting layout Mortimore's Yard, and although the track plan and topography is nothing like Chippenham the building gets recognised at shows.
ReplyDeleteI have also modelled several other Chippenham buildings around the fictional track plan, and each was an interesting exercise to take from reality to another (hopefully) believable location.
Hi Westonmouth - the boys at the club mention that someone had made a model. The clubroom is very distinctive.
ReplyDeleteSomething is needed on the right to stop the eye from wandering off set. A backscene rising from ground level rarely works, especially at this angle.