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Sunday, May 19, 2013

Victorian Terrace - WIP7 - W/C, coal store, gates, door handles and roof.

More wok over the weekend saw me complete the required balsa and matchstick work, making the yard gates and coal bunker hatches, doors for same and handles on the front and rear main dwelling doors.

I also managed to rough out the roof for main building and yard outbuildings.

At this stage the main roof is lift off, so I can figure out the lighting requirements. I am hoping to find a source for those twinkling yellow LED lights the Colonel has used over at  his blog, and resistor and battery requirements...
Enjoy the pictures...

New Roof

Front door handles

Out buildings finished and yard gates added


General view.

Rear of backyard wall showing gates and coal bunker fill access

All roofs need tiling now, and rear yard walls new clay cladding and brick etching next...

Stay tuned for more...

18 comments:

  1. This is looking great Scott. Beautiful craftsmanship.

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  2. Looking good, lots of incredible detail!

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  3. Very nice looking building!
    Phil.

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  4. Very nice.

    Obviously you have some personal knowledge of this sort of house from your UK upbringing, because I have never heard of those coal scuttle things on the back walls!

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    1. Very true Roly, two parallel streets would have a rear alley way between them, which the rear of each property backed onto... it would be where the coal merchant would bring his cart and horse with sacks of coal, and these would be tipped through the hatchway, into the coal store.
      The alley way also was the place you tipped your rubbish out for collection and removal, possible also(?) 'night soil' hence the W/C on the back of the property...
      Yes I grew up in such a property though thankfully in my day, we hand indoor plumbing and gas fires, and a gas fired boiler driving the miracle of central heating with radiators in all the rooms! (For the Yanks reading, when I say gas, I mean natural gas, not petrol)

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  5. Tremendous detailing Scott, really great work.

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  6. I like the way this coming along Scott! Very impressed!

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  7. Very nice love the yard its coming along very nicely.

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  8. Thanks all... its coming on slowly but steadily, I am trying to reserve work on it at the weekends when I have a little more spare time, and my normal painting activities for weekday evenings...
    It's certainly been a learning process, but once completed I should have a better idea how to crack on with them more quickly in the future...

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  9. Very nice work, Scott. You are a very talented hobbyist. Best, Dean

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  10. Looking good mate. Having lived (and owned) something very similar I'm very impressed with the attention to small details. Also its getting my juices flowing for Victorian Steampunk having just picked up a copy of In Her Majestys Name. Hopefully I'll be able to get a few of the guys at our club interested and we can branch out to EotD as they're already playing Malifaux.

    Looking forward to the painted article with your EotD figs!

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  11. Just awesome, Scott!

    I'm really curious how they'll turn out finally and whether you'll be able to make a casting mold from it.

    Cheers
    Stefan

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    1. Thanks Stefan... I must admit I am curious about a casting mold... but I would need some help figuring this out as I havent got a clue how to do!

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  12. Brings back memories of Ecclesall Rd, Sheffield, circa 1978...

    Nice work, Scott!

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    1. Many thanks Colonel! For me it was Victoria Terrace, in Boldon...

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  13. check out this kickstarter for lighting. 9 volt battery LED set up. super easy to use. We bought a couple of they're aplha kits.

    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/poweredplaygaming/modular-led-lighting-kits-by-poweredplay-gaming

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