After the interest of the may-have-been-a-smithy, I offer this taken shortly afterwards. The rear of a small pub. Points to note are the mixed materials on the upper level, the cupola on the gents and the fact that we always skimp on the sheer amount of pipework on buildings. There must be getting on for thirty feet of it in the this tight view. I never know why people always photograph the fronts of buildings when the backs are always more inspiring. There's not more than 20' square of footprint here, but weeks of modelling.
"Mixed materials" is the polite description - and yes, lots of character and many hours building time.
ReplyDeleteI used to argue that you could tell what part of the country you were in by where the toilets were - that was in the days when in a country pub it often meant a trip across a yard.
ReplyDeletePart of my thinking behind a micro based on White Swan Yard is the oppourtunity it offers to model the backs of buildings.
After all, it's usually the backs of buildings which face the railway, if that makes sense! And anyway, like you say, the backs are always more interesting. I may have to rethink my canal wharf layout completely now, because it wasn't gelling in any case. Hey ho. Maybe this is an answer...
ReplyDeleteNot to mention the "fun" in painting those bricks that many colours and it looking "right" after!
ReplyDeleteJames, White Swan Yard is definitely worth modelling as a micro whether from the GE side or M&GN. I can say that the wall tower was an interesting project!
Andrew Knights
I rather like the combination of gently rotting wood and slates on the wall...
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