Shadowlands and Tellynott

[deemery]

I like the lower roof, even if it does cover a lot of good/hard work.

dave

[Mark Dalrymple]

Mark,

This structure leaves out nothing to anyone's imagination.
It really looks great, I might have to capture a part of this for a new build.
Thanks for sharing.

Rich

Thanks, Rich.

If you want, drop me a message with your email and I'll send through the plans I drew.

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

I like the lower roof, even if it does cover a lot of good/hard work.

dave

Thanks, Dave.

Photo 6 suggests I decided I liked all that hard work a bit more than the roof...

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Continuing on...

Photo 7 - And here is the view from a bit higher.


Photo 8 - Here is a view looking down. It may be tricky to glaze and paint the interior black. I may yet have to cut a section out of the roof for access.


Photo 9 - Here is a view from the back. You can see I have used 6mm cork to create my height difference and a 16mm MDF base. I have added a side wall to the corner structure, but I have cut a centre rectangle out for access.


Photo 10 - Because of the 6mm difference in heights between the different shops, I had to cut the fire wall down the centre using a razor saw. I then glued it back together with a 6mm drop in height of the lower piece, after first scribing extra brick work.


Photo 11 - A view from the front.


Photo 12 - Here we are a bit further along. You can see I have added removable roofs to the two other shops and a back wall to the centre shop. This wall was cut down to fit.


More soon, cheers, Mark.

[Rick]

Mark, the roofs on the ramps look good.
But, here's my thought, the cows are outside in the rain and weather their entire lives.
To save them from getting wet while they march to their death, I don't know if it's worth it.
I'd rather see all the wonderful work you did.
Just my 2 cents.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Mark, the roofs on the ramps look good.
But, here's my thought, the cows are outside in the rain and weather their entire lives.
To save them from getting wet while they march to their death, I don't know if it's worth it.
I'd rather see all the wonderful work you did.
Just my 2 cents.

Thanks, Rick.

I think in the end I couldn't decide what I liked best.  BUT - getting roofing in there between all that timber, whether corrugated iron, tar paper or whatever, was going to be a right royal pain in the backside.  So I went with no roof.

Cheers, Mark.

[PRR Modeler]

Great modeling Mark.

[Pennman]

Mark,

This structure leaves out nothing to anyone's imagination.
It really looks great, I might have to capture a part of this for a new build.
Thanks for sharing.

Rich

Thanks, Rich.

If you want, drop me a message with your email and I'll send through the plans I drew.

Cheers, Mark.

Thank you Mark.

Mark, you have my email address. It is in the E-Chain notifications emails
that we receive from John Siekirk. "What's on your workbench"?

Rich

[Mark Dalrymple]

Great modeling Mark.

Thanks, Curt.

It's been a fun project.  The more I do this stuff the more I enjoy working on larger complexes with lots of interconnected parts to them.  They are fun to design, fun to build, have lots of variety and its fun to think about the operation potential.

Cheers, Mark.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Thank you Mark.

Mark, you have my email address. It is in the E-Chain notifications emails
that we receive from John Siekirk. "What's on your workbench"?

Rich

Hi Rich.

Email has been sent.

Cheers, Mark.

[friscomike]

Howdy Mark,

You did a really nice job merging the three structures.  The roofs fit perfectly, too.

Have fun,
mike

[jbvb]

...
But, here's my thought, the cows are outside in the rain and weather their entire lives.
To save them from getting wet while they march to their death, I don't know if it's worth it.
...

I expect prototype ramps are roofed make the ramps a little less slippery. If a bovine falls, production stops till they can get it back on its feet, out of the way over the side, or something similar.

[Mark Dalrymple]

Howdy Mark,

You did a really nice job merging the three structures.  The roofs fit perfectly, too.

Have fun,
mike

Thanks, Mike.

I've always been a fan of South River Modelworks kits and the large Foscale kits - where one theme encompasses the entire diorama.  That is my intention here.  Its fun researching and designing the diorama, and also thinking about operations.  I've also been thinking a lot more about the interconnectivity of freight movements within the entire layout.  There are a lot of options!

Cheers, Mark.