Inspiration for building town houses

[gamer Mac]

I am in need of some inspiration.
Being at a loose end after the LPL and wanting to do something totally different than painting figures I have decided to build scenery.
What I want are a set of buildings etc, to represent Victorian Britain. I am thinking of a more urban setting, town or city.
I have some basic ideas for normal buildings and started building my first one last night using the OverlordTM brick scribing method. I will post some pictures later.
What I am after, and I know this is the best place to ask, is some inspiring pictures of Victorian buildings.
I am thinking of smaller things that are possible to build.
My list of ideas so far is
Houses
Shops
Police station
Gasworks.
Any help would be greatly appreciated

[dodge]

well you could do worse than look at overlords building frontages supplied by outpost waregames service

quick well detailed and time saving and good value for money, well I think so any way 

http://www.outpostwargameservices.co.uk/

dodge

[Ramirez Noname]

Hi gamer Mac,

Here is a couple of shots which may help -



A small church building in Amble and



Morpeth Market Hall

Good luck with your searching,

RMZ

[Svennn]

Get Malamute to show his Victorian layout. It must be online somewhere but I know not where.

[gamer Mac]

Svennn
Seen Malamute's set up and it is amazing but a bit out of my price range. It’s on his displaced miniatures site.
I not sure if making central London with all the major buildings is feasible.

I am thinking along the lines of the pictures posted by Ramirez.
Thanks

[odd duck]

I use google image search for basic research it usually leads me to a decent photo library on whatever I'm after,for Victorian buildingsI came across this one
http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/story/slide.aspx?storyUid=12&slideNo=1
It's a bit klunky to dig through but there is a lot in there here is another section to save you some time
http://viewfinder.english-heritage.org.uk/story/slide.aspx?storyUid=78&slideNo=4
I also used a copy of this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sherlock-Holmes-London-Photographic-Stories/dp/0395515300/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272282784&sr=1-6
but any book of old photos could be useful most tourist information offices in the uk seem to sell one on their particular area and dicount bookshops usualy have one or two,but the net is cheaper for pictures good luck with this project

[gamer Mac]

Great links thanks

[Ramirez Noname]

Hi gamer Mac,

I had a quick run round the town during my lunch break and found these; the less obvious sides of Cheltenham.



1895 Electricity sub-station for the former tram system,



A former printers (but possibly an earlier back to back house, not sure,



A town house (Strawberry Hill Gothick, abouth 1840's)



A small (former) pub



A larger (former) brewery and ...



A Masonic Hall (very early Victorian)

Hope they inspire - I enjoyed catching up with what's happening in my town, but I don't feeel the need to go in again 

RMZ

[gamer Mac]

Again thanks
Great pictures
I never expected anyone to go for a drive on my behalf. What do I owe you for petrol

[Ramirez Noname]

Shank's pony did me fine .

"What do I owe you for petrol" - just keep on posting phots of your projects.

RMZ

[Malamute]

Have a word with Thundercheeks, he was telling me at Salute he has a number of books on Vic London, which have plenty of reference photos.I am sure he will copy some for you.

 Jim Bibbly showed me a beautiful book as well which he had purchased recently. (the name escapes me at the moment) packed full of droolworthy pics of every conceivable type of building from shops, to houses, to pubs, warehouses, theatres etc all from the Vic era.

[OSHIROmodels]

It's called 'Lost London 1870-1945' and it's the best book I've bought in a long long time. You can get it in Waterstones and the price is £30, which for a hardback book of over 350 pages full of original photos is fantastic (you can never have enough books  )

cheers

James

[Dewbakuk]

Look for local versions too. I picked up a smallish paperback that's full of photo's of Victorian Nottingham and it only cost me £1.50 from Tesco's.

[joroas]

Hi gamer Mac,

I had a quick run round the town during my lunch break and found these; the less obvious sides of Cheltenham.

Had to take a double look at these, I thought some out of townie had been lurking..........

[gamer Mac]

Thanks guys for all the inspiration.
As I said earlier in the thread I had all ready started my first building. Just from my imagination though.


Front

Close up

Windows in just place into position

Stairs

Servant’s entrance

Start of the back