I think I have to concur with Ryan and John, and say option 2 has the edge by a gnats tadger Erik, 
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Cheers, 
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G
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Thanks to Fred and Tom for all the feedback, especially relating to boats, itās all much appreciated, .
Tom youāre right about the size limit, well remembered, , itās the āwedgeā shaped area that will be water, and it is only 40 (narrowest point) x 65 (widest point) x 130mm long, so quite restrictive.
In the end Iāve gone for this 26ā lugger, which I think would fit the period, itāll still be tight, itās 40mm at widest point and the hull 106mm, though the rigging poles, bow and stern might need some consideration as they take the overall length to 175mm long, but it is a 1/76th waterline kit, so no having to hack at the hull, and itās not crazy money, 
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Thanks again for your continued support and help, and cheers, ,
G
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Hi all,
Not done much recently, the weather here in the UK has been hot enough to ācrack the flagsā, too hot to spend much time indoors modelling, also too hot to do much outside, so itās been sunbathing and beer swilling in the main for me, 
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However, some small progress made, a tad more scribing to one of the faƧades, I also decided the large areas of scribing could be reduced by adding some window apertures. I have also built a bit more of the Pug, itās proving a bit of a mare, lots of cleaning up, and some very poor instructions by todayās standards, but itās slowly taking shape, 
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Not sure if the telephone box is right for the 1940s, but it gives a splash of colour, though it does need toning down, and I should maybe add small crosses of anti-blast tape to each pane, 
ā¦as if, .
Cheers, ,
G
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That looks great G.
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Thanks Ryan, your positive feedback and regular support is always appreciated, .
G
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The telephone box is period correct, it looks like the K6 design in production from 1936. However, its inclusion may be a mistake as if correctly scaled it looks incongruous against your background, the construction which now appears to be well overscale. Either the kiosk should go or (and I really HATE to say this) the background needs retired for use on a different, larger scale, future work. If you do opt for replacement it might be worth grabbing a suitable Dapol building, not for use but as a guide to dimensions when designing your own structures. If I recall correctly you were enjoying Jerry Rutmans āEpsomā thread a while back, around the beginning of April I made one of my (semi-) off-topic interjections concerning old buildings. In general I would suggest when scaling period items itās best to err on the under scale side. The Linka system originally had white metal accessories such as doors and windows, I donāt know if anything similar is available nowadays (or in plastic).
Regards,
M
That is looking sweet G. However, reading Tomās comments I am afraid I sort of get where he is coming from in regards to the phone box and itās scaling.
It does look a tad under scale compared to the rest of the scene as a whole.
The scene without the phone box looks bang on scale in every aspect, so personallyā¦ I would ditch the box. Use it on another (which I know there will be) Dio in the futureā¦
The Dio as it is has so many exquisite little side details running throughout it that your eye never tires wherever it looks and is constantly drawn onto the next little gem.
If you do the ambulance like you suggested, and in RAF vehicle blue, that will add a nice touch of workable colour away from all the stone and cobble huesā¦
Love the ladder at the end, very nicely done. And the facades look terrificā¦ Just the sort of big openings the old Victorian buildings hadā¦ Great work mateā¦ Keep it upā¦and this has been perfect weather for kayaking across to mount Edgcumbe Parkā¦hope you made the most of itā¦
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Hi Tom and John,
Thanks for the feedback, itās always good to get the perspective of others as itās too easy to not be as objective when it comes to ones own workā¦canāt see the wood, etc etc etc,
Itās interesting, the phone box is approx. 32mm, so in 1/76th thatās 2432mm, so a little undersize for a K6 which, according to the web, is 2510mm, K2s are 2820, so considerably undersize. The phone box is a Hornby āSkaledaleā product listed as 00, so should be 1/76th.
The arched aperture for the doors (a pair) is approx. 36mm at highest point, so 2800mm (approx 9ā2") in 1/1, I chose this height as warehouse doors, according to the web, could be anywhere between 8-10ā, so split the difference, and the doors will be slightly smaller as they will have a rebated frame within which theyāll fit, so Iām reasonably happy with them.
The building faƧade isnāt properly located yet, so that could also be skewing the perspective a tad, but if you guys think it still looks weird after Iāve finished the buildings then I can easily lose the phone box, .
Thanks again for the feedback, itās much appreciated, .
Cheers, ,
G
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I think the proof will be in the pudding as they sayā¦ Once you have it all set correctly you can judge it alot better up close and personalā¦ What does the box look like with a figure next to it ? Iām already looking forward to the next updates ā¦
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That sounds about right, youāve been doing your research and your arithmetic is bound to be better than mine.
A quick on-line look at the materials available from the railway side of my not-so-local vendor has cured my Dapol obsession (Sweet Childhood Memories) although I still want the Village Church (I never had that one) there seems to be some stuff in the Wills and Ratio ranges (both owned by Peco) that arenāt too far removed from the Dapol buildings prices. Moreover, both ranges include building accessory packs for scratch builders, guttering and downspouts, window and door surrounds, window framing, etc. IF I get something steampunk built and IF I want to display it in some sort of setting I will rely heavily on those products and sheets of Slaterās embossed Plastikard; my hand is too shaky to do any scribing as you have so it will have to be a āquick-and-dirtyā jobā¦ I was thinking steampunk needs to be a bit āover-the-topā in size as well as style, and that got me thinking about Broad Gauge. It also got me thinking about āNā scale, but I suspect work that fine is beyond me now. However, this GB has a long while to run and there are a couple of others I intended to participate in which are nearing their conclusion without my having completed anything yet (as usual!). But I will certainly be following your build with great interest.
Regards,
M
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Banoffee pie for me, 
. I donāt yet have any 1/76th figures John, but 1/72nd, allowing for the thickness of the base still look a tad large methinks, .
G
I wouldnāt rely on my maths Tom, I got an unclassified in my maths CSE, .
I remember that old church, my dad had it on his layout in the 60s/70s, at the time I thought it was a nice looking building, however, now Iām building the Dapol Pug Iām not so sure Iād feel the same way, .
Some of the embossed sheets look great, but I know Iād make a mess of corners and reveals, etc, but some of the damage could be hidden by vegetation, .
G
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Hi all,
Today the postman delivered the crane and the boat, so I decided to cut away some of the cobbles and insert the crane base and start blending it in. Then I started on the crane itself, it still needs some gears, large chain wheel and hook adding, but I think it should pass muster once itās weatheredā¦heavily, .
Iām not so enamoured with the boat, size-wise itās fine (see image), but itās a bit rough around the edges and will need a lot of cleaning up, and having never worked with resin before Iām feeling a tad nervous, .
Cheers, ,
G
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Really sets a nice scene G and very much liking that craneā¦looks great. This is going to look very nice and each step is always a treat to see how it evolves. Well done Sir !
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But Iāll bet he didnāt do this to it:
Cheers,
M
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G, thatās great you found that 1/76 scale vessel. Where did you find it? What brand is it? 1/76 is an odd scale for water vessel. It shouldnāt be, considering how broad and expansive 1/76 is with Airfix and Fujimi and some other military modelers, not to mention model railroading. Surely thereās more 1:76 scale watercraft out there?
Regardless, thatās a great find. Iām looking forward to you building it. Your whole Harbor scene is very exciting.
Thank you for all of this, Fred
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Certainly a unique build Tom, however, if I were going to do that Iād have built it atop a Churchill tank, 
, or should that be āChurch-Hullā, 
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G
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Thanks to John and Fred for the positive feedback, 
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The boat is made by Langley Models in the UK, so not sure how widespread they are outside of olā blighty, but below is a link to their ā00 Boats, Ships, Watercraftā page for interestā¦
I actually got mine from a well known online marketplace.
Hope you find the link of interest, .
Cheers, 
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G
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Actually, the artist (Kris Kuksi) has done multiple iterations of the concept, it has been enthusiastically taken up by players of Warhammer 40,000* in various forms, and even been imitated in Legoā¦
(*To be fair, they had the concept of gigantic tracked vehicles in the Epic version of the game at least as early as 1991, which is sort of Pre-Kuksi.)
Now where did I put that āGroanā emoticonā¦
Cheers,
M
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Donāt they do a ātumbleweedā emoticon Tom, 
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G
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