Using Lineside Buildings for Storage

[dunnyrail]

Not sure how many of you have used this concept. But in that never ending search for where to put things, I have taken the Title of this thread further than I ever have before. I started the concept on my line in Luton where I utilised the Roof Space of a Lineside Hut to store spare Couplings. At that time I was using Link and Pin Couplers and it did seam prudent to know where to find some in the Garden.

Jump forward to my current Line where I am fortunate to have a large Shed with Buildings that can be used to Hide/Store things. The first effort here was to find place to not only hide my Air Compressor that provides Air for my Points and Signals, but also provide and hide a degree of Sound Deadening within it too. The first Picture shows this Building. Sorry but I never got round to removing this Building today to Show what is hidden within. In truth it is a bit of a faf to get out, but can be removed for access to the Compressor if required. The first Picture Shows this Building.



The small building in front that this is connected too is also a repository for stuff. This time sundry boxes with Spare Air Motors, Hillman Track Clamps my Operating Log Book and sundry items. This building also has a Door with Tinplate on which is used to hang my Magnetic Wagon Cards on. The 3 pictures Show the Scenic Side, Tinplate Door then the Junk within.







The next Building together with the one on the Right is a View Blocker for the exit to the Garden. This has been utilised specially today as a Storage for my small Pump that works the River Feature. It is operated by Solar Power so it seamed prudent to bring inside during the Frost Period as it would not do for the Pump to be working on a Sunny Frosty day and empty the Tank demolishing itself in the process. The Green Paper in the Picture tells me where I have stored the Solar Panel that works it. Spring is a long way off!





The final Building is a Small Factory, Half Relief that has had some Shelves built into it for storage of Tins and Plastic Containers with sundry glop stored within.





There may well be additions to this list as I have a View Blocking Building at the other end of the line that is crying out for the same treatment.

Also lest it be thought that the great outdoors has been ignored in this quest, no it has not but I forgot about it till after it was too late for pics. So this will be attended to in the next day or 3.
JonD

 

[playmofire]

That's a very useful idea, thanks for showing it.

With the buildings, I assume you used brick paper and tile paper, but in the first photo, are the windows in the building on the right also from a range of papers?

 

[dunnyrail]

That's a very useful idea, thanks for showing it.

With the buildings, I assume you used brick paper and tile paper, but in the first photo, are the windows in the building on the right also from a range of papers?

Many thanks for your kind comments, glad it has sparked some enthusiasm.

Re the Brick-paper etc.
The Brick-paper is mostly Dolls House Large Scale Sheets. The Windows and that Stonework are Digital Pictures that Andy Rush took somewhere 'Up North' of a Building that appealed. He blew the Picture up in Photoshop and used the subsequent prints to make the Cuckoo Clock Factory. As this was going to end up in a Skip I rescued it and have cut up the components to use in sundry Buildings in the Shed. The Windows on the Grey Building are cut out with Clear Plastic and fine Plasticard Strip for the Detail. Too much of a faff to do on everything. Incidentally the Picture with the Van in has more of the same two processes. One of the things that I have done to slightly lift the Windows is to put Cardboard Lintels on the bottom. Just a little relief does help believability a bit.
JonD

 

[playmofire]

Many thanks for the information. I've used the doll's house brick paper in the past. Strangely, and I don't know whether you found the same, the 1:24 which is nearest G scale, looked too "busy" so I used the 1:12 version and this looked fine.

The tip about introducing 3D details is very useful, many thanks. I've found introducing a wall between the viewer and the low relief (maybe no more than one and a half to two inches in front) greatly adds to the depth of the scene too.

 

[dunnyrail]

Gordon,
Glad you found my scribe useful.

As promised here are some of the outdoor Buildings.

First up is the building that was done to replicate a Swiss Electrical Supply Building. Never used for that but was an important Building for the Operations on the Ruschbahn. As well ad a Scenic Attribute.  I constructed the most of it, with Andy utilising and finish the build of it for the ultimate needs!





As you can see, no use is made of it as now other than a Scenic Building. But there is space!!!!

The next one is another that I built for the Ruschbahn, namely the Gravel Loader. Sadly I was never able to make this work as Andy would have liked. But we came to using insert loads. These are now stored in here as shown on my new line. I think that Andy would have liked this use of the Roof as now  removable. It is made of Plastic Clear Stuff with Lead Sheet and Black Gaffa Tape.





Hope you all like,
JonD