Starting a Street - Quickly mocking up to test a design - Station Road Part 4
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2023
- Before I commit to spend six months scratch-building an N Gauge model street, I will mock it up out of cereal packet card to be sure that my thoughts work properly. In this video, I show how I use the free software, Inkscape, to draw the simple foldable nets that I can use to make the mock ups.
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Simply the finest layout here on YT...oh and James Street.
Very kind - thank you.
Posh buggers from Leeds can only look on in envy. Chandwell, planned well.
Chandwell, plannedwell... Genius.
Wow! This is going to be oh so good!!!
Andrew🙂
Can't wait to get going.
Another splendid video.
Thank you very much.
Hi Michael! This is looking really promising isn't it? Thank you for explaining what you were doing - and how you were doing it when using Inkscape! The tip about rectangles sometimes not snapping unless zoomed in has already solved an issue I was having! Looking forward to the next update! All the best, Ian.
Thank you Ian. I’m pleased you found something helpful in this episode. Tomorrow’s video shows the completion of the mock up and addresses many comments made on the episode you’ve just watched. I hope it conveys some of my enthusiasm!
So satisfying seeing those mock-ups. It always feels slightly abstract till you get to this step. Love the way the fronts are stepped.
Totally agree!
Wonderful.
Thank you.
Precision in thought, planning, and execution. This is going to be epic. Massive uptick, Michael.
Thank you... Nearly time to start building!
Very interesting video as always Michael. I’m fascinated by Inkscape and have downloaded it but haven’t got round to understand it yet. Always a joy to watch your progress. Thanks for sharing. Roy.
Thanks Roy! I hope to start a proper Inkscape series soon.
Cool stuff.
Thank you!
You mesmerise me with the power of Inkscape Michael - simply amazing!
Thanks Euan. It is a wonderful tool.
I appreciate the more in depth Inkscape techniques. Helps us lesser mortals. Think I’ll watch this a couple of times and copy what you do. Looking forward to the next episode, no pressure.
Watch this space. I hope to have some proper Inkscape content soon.
I use cereal packets, too - but mainly for keeping cereal.
Clever!
Those mock ups are better than some professionally produced buildings.
Excellent work.
That's very kind, but maybe you've not looked very closely! :)
Michael The latest 3D mock ups do give a great presence to the scene. The panning shot from Bridge Ln round to lower Station Rd does give so real sense of place and hat Chandwell’s railway viaduct and station are part of a bigger urban landscape. I can see more photo opportunities coming along. Please give the Members Update Video mentioned a the end a look. As it really shows how far Chandwell has come on from April 23. So many prototype buildings from all over West Yorkshire coming together as Chandwell. Looking toward to see how this street develops into the next part of Chandwell. Ian
Thanks Ian. Really excited to see where this is taking us!
It's looking great already. Thanks for showing the step-by-step work in Inkscape. I'm getting more confident with it but it's a real help seeing it used with real examples.
Glad you found it useful. I’m still intending to start an Inkscape only series from beginner to builder. Still deciding how to approach it.
Thanks a lot for the extra hint and tips , working out etc telling us what your doing in Inkscape , Thank you once again .
Hope it was of some use!
I think the cost is really for amusement only - it is a hobby then expenditure comes down to what you can afford. If you have to justify the cost then a lot of the fun is going to go. Keep it going, it's looking good.
Yeah, it is amusement only. Very tongue in cheek. But there's an expectation that this hobby is expensive. It is if you collect locos and rolling stock, but hopefully I do show that it doesn't have to be.
LOVE the Inkscape instruction.
My still faltering steps in this free program and the buildings that are designed in it have been frustrating from time to tome and, as I am working in HO scale, and, in Australia, it is very difficult to find the lower cost sticky labels, I am also limited by budget.
Fear not
At any time I feel like quitting, another great and inspirational video arrives from CHANDWELL and the enthusiasm levels ae returned,,,
Thank you
Thank you as usual!
There's now't like a good bit of planning to reduce problems later on. I think Station Road is going to be another great success. I have recently been sent a photo of "Princess of Prussia" public house in Prescot Street in London which I think might just fit into Station Road. Perhaps you could think of some way I could get it to you.
Would love to see it. Email hello@chandwell.uk
I've spent so long planning I've not built a single thing yet. Mind you I also need to wait for my daughter to grow up and leave home so I can have the "railway room" 😁
Hahah - keep waiting and planning while you wait!
Another great video Michael. I love seeing how you use Inkscape, just like so many others. I love the fact the railway is being 'hidden' by these buildings.. It's far more realistic, and it is what would happen in real life.. (We don''t have giants doing urban planning so they can see the railways better!! Towns have always built up around the railway!) Great work again chap. Craig.
Thank you very much! I am pleased you can see what I am trying to achieve here.
Hello Michael, yet another excellent insight into the planning of a top class bit of modelling. I’ll admit I’ve found some parts of the comments section on this one a little different to other videos I’ve seen - but I certainly appreciate the videos. The Inkscape videos (to me) demonstrate the design process and how such high quality models evolve. For anyone who wants to scratchbuild themselves it’s a great resource.
Keep well Michael, bit of a long shot but are you travelling south for GETS? I know a few YT people will be there - only found out from my work today that I’ve got the day off to make it and I’m sure it’ll be a good one.
Cheers Michael and looking forward to the next instalment of Station Road!
Thank you! What did you mean about the comments on this video? Watch out on Friday as my video is all about responding to comments. I'm not going to GETS but will be at Warley in November. Both days. Thanks for watching!
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To move tow adjacent nodes on an Inkscape drawing it is easiest to select a point between the two adjacent points on the same face and then move them.
Thank you. I’ll have to try that as I was sure that turns the straight line into a curve and causes the curve to drag rather than the face to move. It will be a great time saver if I was wrong all this time. I wonder how the snapping works. Is it the same as if dragging a selection of nodes?
@@Chandwell You just have to grab either of the two or more selected nodes and pull there are the line will curve.
Jaysus, I got lost at ‘Hello, my names Michael’ ………… 😕
Hahah - yeah, that one was a bit Inkscape heavy. Normal service resumes on Friday. Please pop back and watch that one! :)
I enjoy your content a lot and love the creativity. I have a question. Can you direct me to a site from where I can get the brick design?
I use textures from the Scratchbuilder’s Yard at Scalescenes.com.
I think this street is intrinsically lower rent than where the hotel is. Perhaps purple and neighbour formed an early department store or large haberdashers with a central entrance. However purple has no added independent access from the street and those bay windows would have been original features- these don't appear next door even in a modified form. If they are to read as separated parts of a former whole there needs to be more common features albeit in different paint . I know you think about things deeply/carefully. Perhaps you should think a bit about the history of the street. Was it a terrace that fell on hard times and where bits were knocked down for new and different buildings/uses. Or was it always a "toast rack" street where sections of frontage are purchased and the grandest statement in the current architecture is put up? You could spend a happy hour sketching the street frontage at 20 year intervals - tracing paper overlays. This street is probably made on sold-off gardens and stables of the hotel.
Thank you - all very useful and considered. Purple, Green, and Blue are all one building - The Old House At Home pub in Shipley. The central door is in the Blue part, and the other two sides are large ground floor rooms. The one on the left has no bay windows, and the one on the right does. I've drawn it almost exactly as the real thing, so I don't think I need to worry about making it look like one building. As for the history, I am combining the real history of the terrace in Shipley (which was part of a brewery, I believe), and the real history of Brook Street in Ilkley, so I have a lot to go on. I love your idea of sketching how it has changed over the years. I may do that one day!
I am single and do not eat cereals. So I use a more expensive solution. I buy 200gsm Card, a pack of 100 costs me 27.98 aud so 28 aussie cents per page, which in effect is 14 pence per page. But the benefit is that you can print directly onto the card, therefore you don't have to pay for the sticky label. Also, your methods are so cheap, there is no real excuse, for not starting a diorama, if you do not have room for a layout, or just to make a model and throw it out once it is finished. Because practice in using Inkscape, and making, helps you make a better layout when the time comes to making a layout.
Yes indeed - making makes you better, and we are all always learning.
Sorry to be one of those types that worries about arcane stuff but.... Consider that Purple and Blue buildings are independent and constructed at different times. The property line rises vertically and the roof of purple cannot extend on top of next door. It jus looks wrong to me.
Hmm. Interesting point. Thank you. The design is based on the Old House At Home pub in Shipley where green, blue, and purple are all one building. There isn’t anything to suggest they were separate and built at different times. That building is on the flat but the only change I’ve made is to raise the purple one up the hill slightly. So in my mind, in Chandwell, it is one single original building with replacement shop fronts added more recently. If you watched Part One of this series, I showed the prototype, with its complex roof line and overlapping stepped parts. I’d be keen to hear if you still think it looks wrong.
To offset your costs you could start charging your family for breakfast.
Genius!
Are you sure you want to have a four story building with a tall roof on the corner? If you plan to ever reach over these to manipulate a coupler or re-rail a passenger car, you may want to reinforce that building with wood or plexiglass. One wrong move with your arm could destroy a cardboard structure before you know it.
I’m certain! It is the exact look I am going for. There’s always that risk but maybe in my next video I will demonstrate just how sturdy these buildings are. I’ve knocked the Town Hall a few times whilst making Water Lane and have caused no damage. The walls end up being about 6mm thick, laminated from multiple layers of card with PVA. They are incredibly sturdy.
I’m more concerned that the family are often removing heavy items from the shelves above the layout. A book, or vase, or tin of food could fall onto the layout at any time! Who knows the amount of damage that would cause, but it is what it is! 😂🤨
@Chandwell if that happens, it will be the well remembered earthquake of '92 that hit an unsuspecting Chandwell.
why is there only a thumbs down
I'm not sure what you mean...? Was there no thumbs up button showing for you, or are you saying you were not happy with the video?
There no thumbs up button showing - there is now though
How strange!
No stranger than you creating such fantastic buildings out of so little! @@Chandwell
Less incscape more hands on...
Thanks David. Not sure if that’s a comment, a request, or a demand!? 😂🤨 It’s always a delicate balancing act. I have a lot of viewers who appreciate the Inkscape content and often request more. It’s not for everyone though and whenever I put a video like this up, I lose about 10 subscribers. This is a major build which will last 6 months at least. This stage is almost 100% Inkscape, so it’s an ideal opportunity to satisfy Inkscape demand as the “hands on” part is almost non existent. Watch next week though for the completion of the mock ups. There will be Inkscape and plenty of discussion. Planning almost finished. Building about to start. 👍🏻
@@Chandwell A demand 🤪🤪 its more fun to see the result of the build than inkscape.... Sometimes its a bitt boring... ( for me ) I paint and build dioramas so for me the real model is always more fun..
@@davidjulin1919😂😂😁 I do understand. I’d love a way to separate the videos somehow and am giving that some thought. I try to keep the Inkscape stuff a bit less than the real stuff but this stage is always a bit of a challenge!
@@Chandwell your build is fantastic, just dont waste 20min of inkscape, but thats just me...
The Inkscape elements are fundamental to achieving these brilliant buildings. If not interested just fast forward!
With all respect, Dear: Nice voice and always nice explanations but I see Your videos impressions for the layout and not for face of the person behind it ;) Please change if possible.
Do you want him to change his face? Slightly bizarre comment from you to be honest and quite insulting!
Not sure I can say much to this one. There has been a lot of talking to explain things in the last few videos, and I have decided that some human touch is the way to go. Maybe you can skip the bits of my face if it doesn't work for you.
It's good to see the face behind the genius that is Chandwell. Midships; steady as she goes, Bosun!