Build a structure - Kathy Millatt - Treadwell and Ware
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 3:29 pm
Well, I haven't modelled anything serious since my last AP stuff in April so this is just the kick up the back side that I need.
I have decided to do one of the dioramas that will slot into my layout. My layout is in my loft and to leverage more space, a friend suggested that I build multiple dioramas to slot into the same gap.
This is the location on the layout:
There are three potential kits with that level of river water drop (they all have to have the same scenic base to fit in the one location.
There are three options but I would swap the extensions and add-ons around. This is one:
This is the one I am going to choose. It's a mix of Treadwell and Ware Knitters.
Treadwell was Bob's second kit from 1989. That's 25 years' old!
http://www.southrivermodelworks.com/page120.html
Ware Knitters was Bob Van Gelder's 4th kit and is 23 years' old:
http://www.southrivermodelworks.com/page140.html
Both are beautiful kits and I am combining them because they have the same stone work courses. Ware Knitters and Treadwell are quite small so this gives a larger mill complex.
I dug out the base. The competition says that you can't have started the structures yet, which I haven't, but I did build all three diorama bases several years ago to ensure that they fitted in the layout spot. For those of you with long memories, 4 years ago I posted this: http://www.kathymillatt.co.uk/blog/2010 ... -dioramas/
I got the kit boxes out (for all three dioramas) and spent half the weekend scratching my head over how to fit it into the space I have given that all three dioramas will be built to fit in the same space with the same fascia profile. It doesn't actually work as originally planned so everything is moving half an inch or so.
Work on the structure will start after 1st December but I think I will be spending all that time trying to get the jigsaw puzzle to work!
I have decided to do one of the dioramas that will slot into my layout. My layout is in my loft and to leverage more space, a friend suggested that I build multiple dioramas to slot into the same gap.
This is the location on the layout:
There are three potential kits with that level of river water drop (they all have to have the same scenic base to fit in the one location.
There are three options but I would swap the extensions and add-ons around. This is one:
This is the one I am going to choose. It's a mix of Treadwell and Ware Knitters.
Treadwell was Bob's second kit from 1989. That's 25 years' old!
http://www.southrivermodelworks.com/page120.html
Ware Knitters was Bob Van Gelder's 4th kit and is 23 years' old:
http://www.southrivermodelworks.com/page140.html
Both are beautiful kits and I am combining them because they have the same stone work courses. Ware Knitters and Treadwell are quite small so this gives a larger mill complex.
I dug out the base. The competition says that you can't have started the structures yet, which I haven't, but I did build all three diorama bases several years ago to ensure that they fitted in the layout spot. For those of you with long memories, 4 years ago I posted this: http://www.kathymillatt.co.uk/blog/2010 ... -dioramas/
I got the kit boxes out (for all three dioramas) and spent half the weekend scratching my head over how to fit it into the space I have given that all three dioramas will be built to fit in the same space with the same fascia profile. It doesn't actually work as originally planned so everything is moving half an inch or so.
Work on the structure will start after 1st December but I think I will be spending all that time trying to get the jigsaw puzzle to work!