Warehouse Yard and Street Scene Additions
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
- With the landforms now in place around the warehouse area, attention turns to a yard crane and some additions to the street.
0:00 Introduction
2:53 Outline of areas
6:56 Yard crane
16:20 Wall foundations
20:12 Warehouse closure and protestors
20:55 Corner shop
23:23 Low relief shops
28:23 Plans across the street
30:03 Conclusion - Навчання та стиль
Looking great, more detail added, just gets better each video, very nice.
Gosh Julian, that street corner is looking really good. Great that you are recycling near ten-year-old models, and they look just as good as the new ones. And the family connection adds to the fun.
Back at the warehouse I am sorry to see the protesting workers having to make their point. Even worse that so many workers here are having to protest once again, so it seems very relevant. One thing missing is a brazier, a familiar site on pickets when I was a kid. You could have one of those flickering led sets for fires inside. As to the crane it seems to me that it would have been very useful having the extra length, both for reaching the upper floors and also for getting larger loads off big trucks which couldn't or wouldn't fit through the gates and preferred to 'park' in the street outside. At least that's my take on it. We used to have a small brewery distribution plant at the end of the road when I was a kid and you often saw them offloading big bundles of crates (not sure if they were on pallets, back then) with their crane. I think that one may have swung out from the wall, and may well have gone by the early 70s.
Thank you for your kind feedback and sharing your childhood memories of a local industry with its crane facilities, it's always fascinating to hear of folks memories and experiences of days gone by and how industries use to operate.
Good morning / evening Julian great video again mate liking your plans with the protesters and the street scene
Well Done Julian Your Street Scene Is Really Coming Together Very Well I've Got The Metcalfe's Regal Cinema Kit On My Model Diorama I Bought To Tie Up A Dead End Space At The Top End Then I Decided To Buy Other Metcalfe Kits All Low Reliefs To Fill Up The Rest Of My High Street Keep Up The Great Work Kind Regards Andrew Baird Stewarton East Ayrshire Bonnie Scotland
Hi Julian. I love watching your layout progress. Would you be able to do a walk around your layout room? I would love to get a sense of the whole layout. Awesome update as always.
I put together a full layout tour video about 5 months ago which will give you a good general overview of the layout, it's not too out of date... ua-cam.com/video/u3JIwpWsl4k/v-deo.html
Haha, love the strike scene! “Solidarity, brothers!” 😉 The crane really does give a credence to the scene, though I wonder if you might ‘tatty-up’ a few cap stones on the base to ,are it look like it has been a bit neglected? Maybe cut and ‘displace’ one on the floor next to it? 🤓
I do rather like the dedications to the family with appropriate businesses, something I remember doing with my dad on our first layout in the early 1970s, where he build a shop called “Tim’s Toys”😅 I think you have used Tony’s gluey card technique very well. It’s a very clever technique and Tony used it widely on South Shields (What a model THAT is! 😲) to create all kinds of masonry pieces. The row of shops is becoming very atmospheric too, and reminds me of the row of houses up to Arkwright’s shop in Open All Hours (don’t know if you know the programme 😉), especially as the road on the corner slopes downwards in the same way!🤔
Great stuff mate, love it! 👍🍀🍻
Awesome as usual Julian!!! Thanks for sharing this video! Cheers Onno.
Hi Julian great shop buildings, attention to detail is spot on. Crane boom is perhaps a little on the big side love the protesters outside. Many thanks for sharing take care regards Barry..
Thanks Barry. I'm still undecided about the boom length on the crane. I noticed another comment where they think the length is about right. I have to consider the fact the warehouse yard is small by real-life standards, so this makes the boom seem bigger.
Fantastic Julian really coming together great work buddy 👍💯👍
It is looking good keep up the great work you have inspired me to get on with my layout thanks
Hi Julian. Warehouse Closure: I love the scene containing the redundant workers holding a protest rally - a fairly rare scene in modelling, I think. Corner Shop: I like these but I'm not sure about the external lamp - I think it looks too large (although I'm sure it IS OO scale). Low Relief Shops: I love the adapted roof. Plans Across the Street: Where you joined the buildings together, I think an additional chimney above the shop would have finished it off rather nicely (assuming you HAD got a chimney).
Thanks Paul for your feedback and suggestions. I think the external lamp is a little over-scale but they're the smallest lamps I have access to of that particular style, and an additional chimney on the shops opposite is definitely on the cards.
Hi Julian hope you are well. Lovely layout. Very impressed with the lovely card buildings . I have built hundreds of Metcalfe kits they are very adaptable and great fun to build. You have great presentation skills and a joy to listen to. Best wishes Richard.Scarborough North Yorkshire. England.
Thank you Charles for your kind words, it's great meet a fellow avid Metcalfe builder.
A chain locking the gates closed would be a nice, if not necessary, touch. Maybe even a small van parked behind the gates, in a deliberate blocking manner. As in all other parts of your layout, your building, road, landscape relationships, all look natural. Any limitations, ie model v reality, or practical restrictions you encounter, are overcome. You find solutions that don’t involve compromise. Looking forward to another area completed, and trains bringing it to life.
Thank you for your kind feedback. That's part of the fun with planning a model railway layout, finding solutions to the various constraints and hurdles a layout might throw at us. I do plan to wrap some chain around the gates but I can't find the tiny black chain I bought years ago that would suit this perfectly, I'm still hunting😯
Hi Julian - Your model making skills are a sheer delight to watch. I just dont ever want you to finish your town build, your going to have to think one day how you can expand it LOL
Regards Chris
Thanks Chris. I think that's always a modellers concern... what to do when a scene is complete, or a layout for that matter?
Hi Julian
So enjoy watching your videos and seeing the scenes come together. Like the way you get a story in your mind and then develop scene and cameos around the story, definitely gives purpose and interest to what is in your model..
When you put the corner shop in place, I though - hang on, he said it was going to be low relief. It was only when you changed camera angle I saw what you had done, so a nice bit of modelling and illusion.
Mark
Thanks Mark. The corner shop was an oddity in some respects as it's low relief and then not low relief because of its corner position.
Luv the shop interiors
Great video. Many thanks.
Dear Julian, love those scenes you came up with. Think the crane’s boom is appropriate. Seems it’s also able to deliver heavy goods on the upper floors.
Very interesting street scene. The addition to the Metcalfe low relief shops is awesome. The transition to the flat roof very accurate. Also, the on the roof edge low fencing is very appropriate for these buildings. Think it adds a great level of detail and interest to these buildings, the street and am very curious to see the overall looks and perspective it creates from the further up opposite viewing point.
Very cool vid!!
Thank you Vincent for your kind words and feedback, it certainly helps when I'm debating the successfulness of some of my modelling endeavours.
Great work as usual Julian. I agree on card buildings lasting over time, I think it's only in high humidity or cold and damp environments where they might warp and cause issues.
The Peco crane kit boom always looked too long to me too, that's why I ended up getting a wills crane kit, but that would likely be too small for your application.
I'm amazed you can get those laser cut details so nicely done. I've got to look at getting one someday.
Flat roofs on large more imposing buildings like those 3 storey ones were quite common from memory. Looking forward to the next installment.
Thanks Gerry. Fortunately here in the South Island of NZ, humidity is not an issue but extreme temperature fluctuations can present their problems, hence applying matt clear coats to card structures. The garage can see summer temps reach 40ºc and down to 3ºc in winter.
good vid on the channel nice work on the builds like the way you do it all keep up the good work thanks lee
Hi I recently started watching your channel. Enjoying the builds and using Metcalfe. Love the way the scene is developing. Looking forward to catching up. Cheers!
Hi David and welcome to Station Road. Many thanks for your kind feedback.
Nice work as always.
So much detail. 👍
One thing that always intrigues me is having static people on a train layout with moving trains.
I've always found this a bit odd.
Moving people are not easy to install and don't look very authentic yet sadly.
Personal preference obviously.
The layout is looking great.
Monique from Brisbane
Thanks Monique. Animated people would certainly be a challenge. The closets I can think of is Grahams Lakeside layout where he has himself and his wife circling the streets on push-bikes using the magnorail system (I think).
Hi Julian. Super idea to have protesters outside the warehouse. This would create a local news interest so maybe install a mobile news crew with an outside broadcast camera? Regards Graeme.
Thanks Graeme. I do have a news crew which was intended for the Binley Mega Chippy diorama but I might use it in this scene.
Great work on the warehouse closure. Quite topical with protesters outside although at the moment here in the UK it’s more about pay rises than closures. I like what you’ve done with the houses and shops around the warehouse. I like the Metcalfe kits, they look great and the instructions are very clear. I have varnished all of mine just in case, my layout is in the loft room which is heated so should be fine. Thanks for sharing your progress Julian, always a pleasure to watch. Roy.
Great job as usual! I really enjoy seeing your scenes come together.
Crane looks good and size of boom would be correct, crane boom as a general rule has more lifting power the more to perpendicular it is. Looks great. Your buildings are really nice. Thanks for your videos.
Great update Julian and the scene is coming on well. Take care - Kevin
Hi Julian, I completely agree that card kits do last, I some Superquick kits I made in the mid 70s and the only thing that has happened is a slight fading, otherwise they have lasted, many thanks for your great videos
Hi Julian what a lovely street you have created, and you are dead right about the quality of Metcalfe card kits. The boom on the crane, you should leave as is. as you have said it already lines up with the entrance for lifting of any loads. i do think you should have a pub in and that area. as i am sure there would have been one so close to the big warehouse, for when the work force would leave on a Friday afternoon shift and go for a pint before heading off home. just a thought. very creative work from you as always...many thanks for sharing Tony
Hi Tony and many thanks for your kind words. You're absolutely right about a pub in the vicinity, so my thoughts are maybe to adapt the other corner shop (not the low-relief one) which is currently empty (a grocery store) into a pub, it's just around the corner next to the goods yard.
happy new year. Oh and make mine a large one. lol Cheer's
Beefing a yardcrane should mounted on four wheels
Thanks for the suggestion, although doing quite a bit of research, I found a number of yard cranes were mounted on plinths in a set location within the yard.
Really enjoying this so far, your videos popped up this afternoon and I've watched a few hours worth already.
I'm not surehow far you are planning the coal yard but I found out when planning my recent layout that lots of modellers put the coal staithes/bunkers up against the track, but in reality wagons were unloaded by hand onto a lorry or cart at the wagon level, and the bunkers were often at right angles to the track or further away, but not open towards the track as often modelled.
I look forward to seeing more :) Tom
Thanks Tom. By the time I finally get the opportunity to respond to past comments, the coal staithes have now been modelled (check out the latests videos) and I've positioned them facing away from the track. After quite a bit of research I found many coal staithes were in this position where the coal stacks faced the lorry/cart side for hand-loading and the staithes rear retaining wall was against the track. This allowed the side hatch on the coal wagon to be opened and fill the coal stacks.
Hi Julian . With regard to the brick textures from Adobe do you know if they can be used with the basic SE version of Adobe that is often bundled with new computers. Because currently they do a 30 day free trial that you can get up to 10 Images. I would advise anyone to check out the small print, but it appears that you can cancel risk free if done before the free trial ends.
HI Glyn and apologies for the slow response. I'm not sure what is offered with an SE or trial period with Adobe. The textures are accessed through Adobe Stock which I have access to as an Adobe Creative Cloud subscriber. I suspect you would need to have a Creative Cloud account to purchase textures, I'm not sure non-subscribers can access the Stock Library for one-off purchases.