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The above photo I took around 7 years ago and is all I basically have as it has now been knocked down as part of the area's development (destruction?). Therefore I need to make it from just that pic unless anyone can provide further information/photos. The plan is to use a mix of card and brick embossed plastic sheet.
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Always try to look on the bright side of life!
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I've started by sketching a character drawing (to model scale size) to get an idea of what's required. You'll notice I've already left out one column of windows in order to simplify and allow a little compression. Most of the other buildings I've made, although based on real ones, are compressed a little but hopefully still capture the look and character.
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Under the bottom floor is some 2mm styrene strip to allow the walls to pass down below the pavement and accommodate the slight slope.
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If you know the address the London Bridge Road Redevelopment project took a lot of before photos. Have they been able to help?
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Always try to look on the bright side of life!
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I didn't realise there was a group for the redevelopment of London Bridge Road (I knew there was one for the Station) but I've not been able to find anything out about them. I have scoured the internet but have found very few photos of London Bridge station and locality in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Probably being a pre-digital photography era it's not as well photographed and posted on-line.
The doors are a few I found in my spares box (possibly Dornaplas) that happened to fit, while the door frames and window surrounds are scratch-build from styrene. The window frames and glazing are yet to be made and added but will probably be cut from white self adhesive label on clear acrylic sheet.
I've now added the architectural details for the main walls . . . . .
and have given the model a coat of grey primer ready for painting and glazing . . . . .
The roof details have been made up as I've no reference material for it. The next structural thing to consider making is the most unusual aspect of the building - the colonnaded ground floor frontage with huge ventilation grilles.
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Model making supreme.
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I've managed to make a start on the colonnaded section as pictured below although it's not complete. I've also yet to decide how I'm going to make the large ventilation grilles (there's two between the columns on the ground floor and two in the rear wall upper floors not shown in the pic).
I'm holding the (front) wall section in place as until it is painted and glazed I can't fix it in position. But overall it's coming along relatively well. But it'll probably need a bit of tidying up some areas with filler and so on before painting.
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I was out all day yesterday so not much done, but I've made a few changes - set the doors further back and smoothed the front ground/pavement slope - and have started to get some basic blocks of colour on. Once the painting is complete (and sealed with matt varnish) I'll be able to make and glaze the windows. I've also still to sort out the ventilation grilles and have been searching around for something suitable, plus there's the pitched roof tiling (I'll use Redutex) to be done.
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They stand a little proud, but bearing in mind their size and that it's not a fully accurate representation, I think they'll do:
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I use that method also for engine shed slatted roof vents.
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Next is to start toning it down, blending and weathering it, and making it look more realistic and less like a brightly painted toy. Then I can glaze it and glue it all together.
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If I allow you a whole week, will you build something similar for me in "OO" please Z.
It looks extremely impressive - great modelling and more so considering you only had that single photo to work from. :pathead :pathead
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If I allow you a whole week, will you build something similar for me in "OO" please
OO eh? A bit big that - I'm short sighted not long sighted. And with twice as much cutting it'll probably take more than twice as long and show up all my wobbly straight lines . But thanks for the compliments.
I'm wondering about doing some more work on the powerbox (below) or starting on the modern building that New London Bridge House sat over.
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