Angles of Interest! Working with funny angles in scratch builds - Building Station Road Part 9
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- The bottom building on Station Road has a really interesting roof line which comprises many angles that are not simply 90 degrees. In this episode I show how I approached all of these interesting angles to get them right first time without the need for any awkward fettling.
Every technique I used is easy and straightforward. You don't need a calculator or anything other than a ruler.
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Great Station Road build. I see Scotie has discovered Station Road. Bill from California
Yes - good spot!
You know Michael, I think you might be getting better at this building business. It's looking really terrific. Thanks, Tom.
Thanks Tom
I think it's great how readily you embrace curves and angles in your lovely builds. I know many scratch-builders would more readily just build boxes of various sizes, but you always go the extra yard and the results speak for themselves. Your buildings are more than a hobby, they are a vocation.
Fully agree - except that he doesn't go the extra yard - he goes the extra .001 of a millimetre 📐📏📐📏📐
@@peterstecks7660 That reply has many layers!
Thank you! 😊 I do love adding little flourishes of complexity as it adds to the realism and charm, I feel.
Nice to see my local area modelled
I'm glad you can feel the sense of place.
Wow! I freely admit I’m going to have to watch this a couple of times too understand this. Thanks for sharing. Roy.
It was a bit of a whirlwind one this one!
A new Chandwell catchphrase is born, "It's simple".
Seriously though, the mastery of angles, shapes, and lines in Inkscape is truly impressive.
George
Hahahah thank you.
Great video as always. Adding variety and different angles to roofs and walls makes the model more prototypical and far more interesting. It reflects that the built environment has developed over time and evolved to suit various constraints. Well done. Ian
Yes - exactly this. I think the little oddities really help make the model charming and prototypical.
I'm sure I'm not the only one to say that them posh buggers from Leeds will be jealous of your modelling and teaching tallents mate. 👍( we are from Rochdale as well...)
Haha - thanks Peter.
Glad for this one Michael and the timing is spot on! Designing a bay window for Victorian terrace houses this came in very handy. The hipped roof videos from before explain the principle on a four sided building, but not a part where shapes are angled inwards - like a bay window. This is where this video comes in. It helped me out massively and got my Inkscape work where it needed to be. Cheers Michael!
At the minute I’m dismantling my small OO gauge layout as it takes so much of my loft room up, which my girls will need as they grow older. The room I’m going to be left with is an 8’6” x 6’6” room which it’s agreed nobody will want as a bedroom. An 8’x3’ N gauge layout will give nearly a scale half mile on a loop and being the equivalent of 16’x6’ in OO will give me lots of building to do! Also I’m quite keen on the idea of N being a lot less card, printing, acetate and being able to model buildings real size instead of making them smaller than they would be just to make them fit onto a OO layout.
I do plan to keep the OO as a modular end-to-end job, run on shuttle units using the reclaimed wood and stored on shelves under the N gauge layout, I’m not letting any of that go to waste!
Cheers Michael and keep em coming!
Alex
Excellent plans! Are you going to Warley? I’ll be there.
@@Chandwell Thanks Michael, it’s all going to take ages (years!) which I’m happy with as I like these things in the back of my mind to keep me occupied! Warley’s gone a bit wrong, am on nights up until Saturday night/Sunday morning which won’t really work. Hope you have a good time Michael, but it’s anything like GETS you’ll need a lot of patience - it was proper rammed. It could take a long time to get a decent view on many layouts and moving around wasn’t very quick. However it shows there’s loads of interest in the hobby which is great to see. Cheers Michael, thanks for the reply and best for now 👍🏼
Although small, this is very complex and cute building. Thank you.
That's exactly it - it's a lovely little model. I am pleased with how it's turning out.
I haven't done any modeling in years, but your videos are entertaining and relaxing to watch. Looking forward to watching this structure and your layout develop.
Thank you very much!
It's all so simple, when you're dealing with hundredths of a millimetre! It's coming on a treat Michael. The view from those extension windows must be a selling point! Cheers
Hhah. Yeah. It’s only the drawings that are that precise. I don’t actually measure like that. I just align shapes. Once printed, you just cut along the line regardless of where exactly it is on the paper.
The precision of your way of working is amazing to see, Michael. I does look so, well, "so easy" and "so simple".
Great outcome!
All the best
Valentin
Thank you very much!
As always Michael a master class in how easy you make the various components that go to make rhe scratch build. Although you've taken us all these before it still amazes me. Oh by the way the building is superb😊. Cheers Euan
Thanks Euan! Are you going to Warley this year?
@@Chandwell Unfortunately not Michael - I went to GETS last month but can't make Warley which is a shame - ah well there's always next year !
"Chandwell; it's easy!"©️ 😉
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My entire life I have struggled with math...At 64 years of age, I still need to take off my shoes and sox to count past 10!
Yet somehow, your ventures into numbers seems to be understandable and makes my sporadic attempts at similar work turn out to be buildings that I am pleased to see on my diorama
Thank you once more.
There are buildings ahead for me that I would not have dared contemplate before...
Thank you - it means a lot to know I've helped you a little.
Looking great
Thank you! Cheers!
Just outstanding. Thanks for sharing. Dave
Thank you! Cheers!
Pooch is back!
She’s always lurking in the background!
Looking really nice already ur doing a fantastic job of chandwell
Thank you so much 😊
@@Chandwell ur welcome 😊
Good build cool build thanks lee
Thanks Lee.
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It looks like with Station Road Chandwell will soon be complete. What are your plans once the layout is done? Is there room in your home for expansion or to perhaps begin building another one?
Station Road will complete the “Station End” of the layout but there is still a vast part of empty baseboard awaiting the “Industrial End”. This will be old mills that line the river and reflect in the waters surface. And maybe the side of a football stadium, or a couple of 15-storey 1960s flats. I estimate there is still at least four years left until the buildings are finished and then another year of detailing.
@@Chandwell ah OK, I hadn't noticed any empty space down at that end. Guess you'll be keeping busy a for while lol. Love your videos, very relaxing and your patience and attention to detail in such a small scale is amazing.
Loving this build so far Michael. The complexity of those roof lines feels very real world. Those signs at the front add a good touch of authenticity too. Have you decided yet what the shops will be?
Yes I’ve decided what these two shops will be. Being the “classy end” of the street, they are the nicest two that we will see. All will be revealed!
Ah, so you're just gonna keep teasing us are ya? 😂
Michael, Great video, I may have to watch it again at 75% or 50% speed through. : > ) (25% is much too slow though)
Yeah, this one was a bit of a rush!
Doggo!
Woof!
You use PVA. Aren't you afraid the paper is going to curve? That happened to my paper buildings, mainly the roof. I use UHU contact glue now.
I’ve used nothing but PVA for about ten years and have never had any issues. Not sure why I’ve avoided all of the problems that others get - odd leaking of printed ink, bubbling of paper, warping of parts. Etc. maybe it’s because I use a strong “craft” version of PVA or maybe a good quality photo paper for printed surfaces. I’ve tried UHU and do use it sometimes but I find it the devil’s glue. It is stringy and incredibly hard to work with. It actually makes me angry! PVA keeps me nice and calm! 😂
@@Chandwell I agree, I prefer PVA as well, but it comes at a cost. I'll have to try other brands, I guess. Maybe carpet glue.
Love the layout, love the buildings. Wonder if it's possible to get a minute or so of running shots to supplement each building video?
I’d love to but I just don’t have the time to invest. The upcoming Top Twenty video will have plenty of running in it.
Well, no algebra, but geometry isn't maths? As you say, the explanation is simple, but mainly because of the way you explain it.
Yeah I guess geometry is maths, but I don’t think of it as geometry. It’s just drawing lines. Maybe I’m thinking incorrectly! 😂 Thank you as usual for your comments!
@@Chandwell No I think you're thinking geometrically, instead of the rather more stolid "algebraic" methods which are always such a turn off for the kids. We should teach actual geometry in schools I think.
Where do you source architects drawings from when you use them?
Every local authority in the UK has a Planning Portal. Any property that has required Planning Permission over the last 20 or so years will have a record on there. Many (not all) have drawings attached. You can download them. Do a search for "Bradford Council Planning Portal" for example.
I have come to the conclusion that you must have a job which involves buildings or mathematics. Being as old as I am, you lost me as soon as you said millimetres. I have to say though Michael, the results are fantastic as always. Cheers, Bob
I don't do any physical building in my job, or any mathematics. But I build software, and use algorithms and patterns, so I suppose that there is a parallel in there somewhere!
@@Chandwell We have something vaguely in common. I owned electronics companies distributing memory products. We supplied r and d quantities when Sugar was developing thev64k dram.
@trainmanbob Ha cool. I’m the opposite end of the spectrum from hardware. Specialise in workflow automation, but the overlap is interesting… IT and trains…