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And it's big - around the length of a four car unit. Having scaled it out I realised that I'd have to significantly compress it (just like all the other buildings). The model is basically made from card and clad with appropriate plasticard sheets (siding for the lower level and scored for the upper cabin). Obviously it needs to be finished with much detail to add :
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I've given some thought about how to tackle it. It's not a straightforward box. The plan of it is not a problem (can be seen on Bing Maps aerial view) but it straddles different street levels. The rear of the building (which will be the front on the layout) goes down a further level to a lower street making it five storeys tall and it is located on a sloping site on the upper level. London Bridge Street slopes down to the old tube station entrance (the triangular building I made earlier) and Borough High Street.
I've started by working out the overall size (height, width and length) I'll make it (with the compression necessary) and sketching some plans. Then I have cut two identical floors. These will be the first floor and the third floor (which is the roof of the open extension with railings) from the upper street level.
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Then the end girder work was fabricated and added from styrene strip. The corner uprights were formed of two strips glued in an L cross section profile. The brick insert sections I will cut from embossed plasticard ad the main glazed window sections (on both sides) will be build up separately and added after the main structure is painted.
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The little shop is a coffee bar now but I seem to recall it being a key cutting service or tobacconists back in the 70s, 80s and 90s. Can anyone remember? Or, better, has any pics from then? Also I remember that the opening/entrance to the left of the shop/bar door had stairs down to St Thomas Street, or have I got confused?
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Thank you.Very well done sir :pathead
There's been a little progress today. Firstly, this morning I cobbled together some of the roof structures/details. I'd noticed that in recent years the chimney stack (an open flue for a boiler?) had been removed and replaced by a long cylindrical tank (but this only appears in more recent photos) so I've gone with the stack.
Then, having got to the stage where I feel compelled to give everything a dusting of grey primer I did so. This helps identify where there are issues with the model that need tweaking:
Finally, a bit of therapy with styrene strip in making up the window girder grid in the afternoon. This is just placed in position and not yet glued (in the pic below) as painting, and the window frames and lower panelling/doorways have to be added first:
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It's going to be another cracker.
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Easy to forget how small a scale your working in :thumbs
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My styrene and card city is starting to take shape (although none of the buildings can claim to be finished):
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