Proposed buildings.....

[tramcar trev]

As it was an other stinking hot day today I stayed indoors in the AC.... A little forward planning was called for...

As can be seen from my sketch I will have a "city Block" for the trams to run around and I'm in need of some buildings. A nice Aussie Pub, an Art Deco Cinema and a row of terrace houses is the aim atm....
Not sure whether the Como School of farts or the art deco cinema, I like the cinema as it would be very easy to make the front from foamcore with strips of something glued on with a space between to give the relief and it has no rounded corners....The arched gal Iron roof could be a challenge...
The Old Como Hotel is going to be a challenge but for sheer fun it should be good, its all corrugated iron and the new railings I'd replace with cast iron lace. Im only going to build the original bit. It may be too big though to fit, I'll have to fiddle with the dimensions to see if it can be done.
The tricky bit is going to be the statue of the patron saint of rail & tramways Queen Victoria. At this stage I really do not have a clue how Im going to make a 150mm high Victoria.... Maybe I can get a latex mold online and make a plaster one...
Foamcore will be the main material used in construction as I want these buildings to be removeable and self suffient with a plug and socket for lighting and special effects..... That way I feel I can do a better job of it if they can be a) built inside and B0 not have to withstand the rigours of the weather....

 

[C&S]

Re: Queen Victoria's statue - you probably have one in mind (?) but her statues came in a variety of poses, some easier to replicate than others. Here are some pictures of the one in the town where I grew up; I've enlarged them a bit which has removed a little of the sharpness of the originals, and left in the policeman in the last one to give an idea of scale. May I suggest you Google Queen Victoria statue Windsor to see them in more definition.

As the statue commemorates the Queen's Diamond Jubilee the outline is fairly simple, with a bit of drapery at the rear. The worst bit would be the base of the plinth, though you could make that a bit more plain if necessary. Possibly some small plaques from a shop selling bits for making jewellery might be handy. Another source might be a shop selling cabinet brassware that might have some pressed tin mouldings for decorating round keyholes or other furniture details.

Perhaps you could you start with a suitably sized doll's body, wrapped in duct tape to get a rough outline, and then build the basic shape of the clothes up with modelling clay, or quick-settting car-body filler, with Milliput for the final details.

 

[tramcar trev]

I had I thought a brilliant Idea, simply buy one from the V&A museum... sorry no such items exist at the V&A shoppe....
They've let the side down chaps they've let the side down.....

 

[minimans]

How about in card Trev?

http://www.womansday.com/life/12-cool-cardboard-artworks-105866 < Link To http://www.womansday.com/...dboard-artworks-105866

 

[tramcar trev]

yes!!!!! I like it....