A Very British Terrace

[6milPhil]

I'm also led to believe that washing was hung up across the street from the upper floor, via a system of pulleys, although I haven't come across any pictures showing this.

There's a tiny picture showing this on Wikipedia, of all places, - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-to-back_houses
 (bottom right).  There's a couple of much better pictures at http://rememberwhen.gazettelive.co.uk/2010/10/monday-was-washing-day.html but that's at ground level not first floor. 

[Arlequín]

There's a tiny picture showing this on Wikipedia, of all places, - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-to-back_houses
 (bottom right).  There's a couple of much better pictures at http://rememberwhen.gazettelive.co.uk/2010/10/monday-was-washing-day.html but that's at ground level not first floor. 

Wikipedia huh? Darn you kids an yer fancy book learnin' 

I was thinking back to 'the Sweeney' or 'Get Carter' or something and recalled a car chase through a street's worth of washing.

True but i bet you read every word..I did and then went right okay, thanks for that 

I did, I can't deny it. He let me down by discussing roof angles instead of talking about Flemish bond's superiority to Stretcher bond though. 

[6milPhil]

Bleeding hell!

Guess what I've been doing all week? If you guessed cladding this build with brick plasticard you're half right. What a bleeding palaver! It has meant theres a few gaps which weren't immediately apparent before, plus not all the bricks line up perfectly, but hey ho! At least the following two models have had the texture applied before all the cutting was done and therefore it won't be an issue with them.

More blurred pics...

[Thunderchicken]

Coming along nicely, bet you cant wait to start painting them 

[6milPhil]

Quite, but I'll be making the other two first so I can guarantee matching finish and colors.

[6milPhil]

Hmmm not sure about my next step, I've built another terrace, this time with the cork pre-clad prior to cutting. This was much easier of course however because it is another modular then it doesn't match up perfectly.

Older building...


Newer one...




What I'm wondering is should I put in some horizontal plasti-strip to make the horizontal gaps less evident. it'd look like a simple architectural detail, but I'm in two minds about it.

What do you think?

[Wirelizard]

I'd go for a line of styrene strip or something horizontally, and maybe rain downspouts to help hide the vertical joins a bit?

Round styrene rod would work for basic downspouts.

[6milPhil]

Ahhhh drain pipes is a bleeding good idea, although I do have a feeling I'd be swopping one gap for another... 

I will consider it though as I had resigned myself to being stuck with the vertical ones.

[6milPhil]

Almost finished these little buggers...





Thanks to all for their helpful input. Special thanks to Thunderchicken for the inspiration and in upping the bar so I didn't end up with a mediocre piece of terrain... 

[Arlequín]

You're missing the coal sheds and a sleeping cat... 

They look great!

[6milPhil]

Not forgeting the crashed tram either...

Have dustbins and some coal for post-varnish though.

[Thunderchicken]

Bloody good work Phil, these are excellent!

I'll go with Wirelizard with drainpipes for the vertical gaps, that's what I do with the Victorian builds. With the horizontal gaps maybe Green Stuff or Milliput as this will give it a more uneven mortared look if you know what I mean.

[6milPhil]

Thanks mate.

[Arlequín]

The only thing I can come up with is to weather the building as a whole. With darker colours, the 'black' join line will be less noticeable. It's always going to be there though and is the price you pay for the utility of having such well thought out scenery. I'd imagine most people seeing the buildings in action will be thinking "wow!" and "Oh my, that was clever - separate lift-off sections", rather than anything else.
 

[6milPhil]

I believe you may well be right. Played with these the other day, as you know, and no-one really noticed any of the minor imperfections which I'd started to become obsessed with.

It's the same paranoid self-criticism which Dali used to rave about, the moment you're happy with something totally is both the moment you cease to have the desire to create, and also when you're ready to die.

Neither are agreeable with me at this time.