Hi all,
Slow progress this week, partially due to visitors, and partly because I’ve been going over old ground, 
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I’ve reclad the bridge buttress and pier, the latter being a nightmare as there was a lot of cutting and shaping to fit around existing groundwork. It’s not perfect, 
…but at least, imho, it better matches the wing-wall, and a lot of it will be hidden once the bridge is installed, 
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Cheers, 
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G
I figured that was the case. That’s why I didn’t mention it. I do the same thing on real life projects - ask my wife.
I don’t even think you need to add the arch as a whole piece. Individual pieces of brick ought to do it,
Hi all,
I’ve been working on the bridge and track bed, the two are now mated together, though the whole can be demounted. I won’t fix it in place until all brickwork is finished, that includes the building, the reason being that it’s probably the heaviest piece in the scene, .
I’ve also added some dummy pieces of track to correct my earlier error, as highlighted by Robin, i.e. not running the track to the edge of the scene, 
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Cheers, ,
G
Once again your work is a work of beauty and a real pleasure to behold!
That’s spectacular mate. It’s a real show of skill that is building into a real award winner … And once more, I have to keep reminding myself of the scale … Superb !!
That looks great G. Your photography is equally impressive.
Cheers,
Colin
Thank you all for your kind words, they really are appreciated, 
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G,
Hi all,
Again, not much progress, I’m at that stage where I could mess things up big time, …i.e. starting to rough out the actual shopfront and some of the finer detail.
So far I’ve cobbled together the arched brickwork to the tops of the door and window openings, and started on cills and carcass of display windows, plus I’ve had a go at the sign, .
Cheers, ,
G
That looks really nice!
Like the sign … and I’m sure you were a brickie in a previous life !!
G that sign looks spectacular!
Above and beyond G! 
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—mike
Firstly, apologies to those above for their kind words, I lost my modelling mojo so have not been around for a couple of months, but rest assured your feedback is much appreciated chaps, .
G, .
Good that you’re back at it again
Hi all,
After a few months down time I thought it best to give myself a kick up the ol’ derrière and get some work done on the façade.
I decided to rough out the shopfront, it’s made up of old greeting cards, it looks a tad shabby, but hopefully will be enough to pass muster once it’s given a lick of paint.
A question, , does anyone know if the practice of placing advertising on railway bridges, like the one below, was around during the WW2? I’ve been able to trace it back to the 1950s, but haven’t found evidence of it in the 1930s/1940s.
Cheers, ,
G
Maybe not exactly a bridge but it is close enough, advertising surfaces on railroad property which is not an actual building
Thanks Robin, that’s great information, I wanted to add something to the bridge element to make it less bland, but was wary of getting it wrong, .
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I was about to write “Go for it!!” only because it was such a great idea to bring some colour to the diorama. Then I did some googling and found those photos.
Since it was done you can now go find some colourful advertising from the period, any wall, any surface, in Britain. An advertising message created for a wall could be adapted for a bridge, at least the colours and the text, just rearrange to fit the available surface.
That house front doesn’t look half bad! I like it a lot!
Mate, You’re selling yourself short … that shopfront looks exceptional. Proper corner shop and no mistake.
