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06 January 2015

Happy New Year Readers!


Well, where did 2014 go?
I know a lot of it for me went in unfinished personal modelling projects, but I was rather pleased with the row of cottages that I salvaged from disaster, and the viaduct.
I then started on a bigger row of cottages, but that go waylaid by a couple of timely commissions, one of which was the Dover Priory Signal Box . Since my last post, my client has been busy siting his new Signal Box onto his layout. He's had to cut out and fill, but I think he's making a marvellous job. There's still a bit more for him to do on the platform facing, and recolouring the platform surface to match the surrounding area, but he's pretty much there.

If you want to have a look at his epic thread on RMWeb, it's here:
http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/75589-1-dover-priory-kent-shakespeare-tunnel-mock-up-information-on-the-real-tunnel/

A lot of my models have been stand alone constructions and have not been bedded in to scenery, so it's been nice to finally see something in-situ.

Currently I'm building a slightly different version of this box for another client, this time not buried in a platform, but in a traditional stand alone setting...

...Watch this space...


6 comments:

  1. Looks very convincing, Lee. I really did think it was the real thing for a moment. Hope you have an excellent 2015, with plenty more models from the LNR workshop.

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    1. Thanks Iain. Really happy with how this turned out

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  2. Hi Lee, I realize with dismay that I haven't seen your latest couple of updates. In a word: WOW! You have surpassed yourself with this (which says a lot). What I especially like is how convincingly you've made the box look "current". I know you had photos and materials to work from, but it's how you carry it all out that makes the difference. The barbed wire, the security screens, the moss - all so subtle but very effective.

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    1. Hi Mikkel. It was a very satisfying build and a shame to send it away from my the end.
      I'm currently working on a similar project...

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  3. I suppose that's the price of the trade, having to send the models off in the end. Another modern day signalbox you are working on?

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    1. Yes, it's another modern day box, with Steel shutters again. More of a freelance building, but loosely based on the Dover box

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