Amberlea Model Railway - WOTWB?

What's On The Work Bench? I scratch-build an Industrial Unit for the layout.
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[@Elvenhome]

That was a good outcome Chris. I found the Metcalf buildings were very useful in teaching me the basic of card building design and how to make things structurally sound. The end result looked good on the layout. Stephen

[@Amberlea-Model-Railway]

Thanks Stephen, Metcalfe kits certainly give you a good grounding in design and the confidence to give scratch-building a go🙂

[@DYLINGTONMODELRAILWAY]

Hi Chris, you've done a great job of that build. It's a good job you've put a sign on it before y grandson spotted it and asked if it was a Dylington Custard distribution centre 😁 we're looking forward to seeing it settled in to your layout...cheers James 🙂👍

[@Amberlea-Model-Railway]

Hi James, thanks for your kind comment - I'm sure that a DCDC will appear on my layout sooner or later......🤣

[@DYLINGTONMODELRAILWAY]

@@Amberlea-Model-Railway Hi Chris, I'm sure my grandson will be watching 😁👍

[@staffordstationngauge8359]

Well done Chris, looks good. Scratch building is very rewarding I think.

[@Amberlea-Model-Railway]

Cheers Ben, people like you provide the inspiration...👍

[@etjulian]

Nice job !

[@Amberlea-Model-Railway]

Thank you and welcome to Amberlea - many thanks for subscribing😁

[@iansngauge]

Hi Chris! Great job with the industrial unit! I can't wait to start scratch building stuff using my Cricut machine! I can't stand Design Space though, and use Inkscape instead, which is a lot more powerful! Cheers, Ian.

[@Amberlea-Model-Railway]

Cheers Ian, there are some issues with the CRICUT in N gauge as you can imagine and occasionally it doesn't cut right through poster board (despite the correct settings!). I'm just starting to dabble in Inkscape after watching the superb work of Michael at Chandwell, it seems a good alternative to Design Space especially with the more complex builds.

[@iansngauge]

I use 2mm greyboard for my servo enclosure boxes and only have the occasional glitch! Yes, Michael does some really inspirational stuff and I can't believe he makes all of his cuts by hand! Ian

[@lynganddistrict]

That was a brilliant bit of scratch building Chris - looks very very good. You must be very proud of that achievement. What was the materials used for the fencing?
Regards
Steve

[@Amberlea-Model-Railway]

Hi Steve, thanks mate, after quite a few Metcalfe kits I thought I'd try a bit of DIY - more to it than I expected - took some inspiration from Chandwell (his modelling is absolutely brilliant!) to get it done, we live and learn😁

[@Amberlea-Model-Railway]

The fencing was a Scalemodelscenery kit "Chain Link Security Fencing" which came in a job lot off Ebay. It was incomplete so I just used what was left and fortunately it was enough.