As ever I could not leave them as standard and started modifying them as I built them. The kits are of course for full buildings whereas I wanted some of them to be low relief. That is only part of the building set against the back scene. The reason for doing this is lack of space and is a common trick used by railway modellers.
I used (Warehouse & Mill Product Code: PN107) to represent Victorian warehouses which in my world were the original buildings on Marks Quay. To add interest I have photocopied the corner stones and added these to the kit to give some 3D effect, it also covers up the joint as the printed paper inevitably splits at the corners. I intend to cover the backs of these buildings with black paper so that the sky backscene in not visible in the windows. The layout of the building also hides the switch which operates one of the points.
None of the buildings are complete yet, requiring things like capping stones, ridge tiles, gutters and downpipes etc., etc. so a further post will be required later.
In the background is a scratch built chimney, using Metcalfe brick paper. It is hexagonal in plan and was a b****r to build, sticking the brick paper on was not easy either. I am not entirely happy with it and may change it before the layout is complete.
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N Scale kits
Building paper sheets etc.
GEM/Fleetline kits
Peter Whitehead
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