Belfield Quay
SM32 - 16mm scale - 32mm gauge
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I can't remember where this photo comes from, but I am sure a model version is going to end up in the yard!
I couldn't resist starting a building and the office was the obvious place to start. 5mm black polyboard - 2 sheets laminated together formed the walls. It was just a 10 foot x 10 foot room with a small WC & lobby, but it was so big - there's nothing left of the baseboard! Don't panic, press on, use it as practice, may be it will all fit, actually, it might work, tight little spaces down the side, quite nice.....
I'd added the plinth, cut and glued on the 600+ bricks added the fascia boards and started gluing on the 400+ slates when that nagging doubt came to a head. In planning out the inside of the office/store/wc I'd made it wider than the photo version and it just wasn't right. I took a razor saw to it and reduced its length by 2 feet. I then realised that the roof overhang changed its apparent height, so I added a foot to its height too!
Not perfect, but acceptable and a lot better than the first attempt. It will also take up less room on the baseboard.