29-31 Hampton Street. London's East End....Sept. 1940.

[spanner570]

For a while now I've fancied building a London 'Blitz' scene. Due to space confines, it will be in 1/72 scale.

Our garden is sorted, winter's dark nights are really here, and to get away from the mayhem that Christmas has become, this is the right time to have a go at one.

To start off, and for a bit more interest, I've decided I need the backs of a row of terraced houses, rather than the perhaps more bland frontages.
This morning I roughly drew up the backs of No. 29/31 Hampton Street - and a bit of 27/33! Then drew it sort'a proper like, ready to cut it all out.


....I'm not going to look at photos of the Blitz, I'm goin' to try and do mah own thing.

This is a far as my planning has gone.

So off we go, yet again into the unknown.
Time to crack a can, sit back and just hope to gawd summat weedles itself into me nut! Usually this requires radical binning of original ideas. That is the crazy, mixed up world that is dioramarerering.

Cheers.
Mr. D. Stroyd

[Jim R]

Hi Ron
Sounds like a fine idea to display your talent. I assume we are looking at a Blue Peter type approach - cornflake boxes, pizza bases and washing up liquid bottles.
Jim

[spanner570]

Thanks Jim.

Minimum talent - Maximum luck!

Bits n' bobs at the ready....

[adt70hk]

Lovely idea Ron!

ATB.

Andrew

[scottie3158]

I'm in mate, sounds like a cracking idea.

[Mini Me]

Me too........much "finger" bombing and maybe some Fire anticipated as this progresses 570. :thumb2: Rick H.

[langy71]

omg, I'm in for this one.. looking forward to another masterclass..

[spanner570]

Thanks boys. Glad to have you in my back yard...

Chris. The way this has started I'll just be giving out the pencils and then sitting in the corner of the classroom.... :upside:

No. 1 alteration.....
The wife has just come up into my den and suggested the windows are way too big for a terraced house of the 30's/'40's. More like the 1960's...and do you know? She is right!

.....more paper for the log burner!

All good fun, eh?

[Mini Me]

Women "Know" things..........

[Jack L]

Looking forward to this. A little Anderson in the veg plot?

[Tim Marlow]

Nice idea Ron. Should be a fun build. As to the windows, I lived in an Edwardian terrace like that for a long time and I would say they should be deeper and thinner, basically turned on their side, not necessarily smaller. They would be sash windows as well.

[The Smythe Meister]

Women "Know" things..........

Usually the things that you don`t WANT them to know!!:tears-of-joy:
Andy

[Mini Me]

Tell me about it Mr. Smiff!!:thumb2:

[spanner570]

Good crack boys. :thumb2:

Jack. The tin roof is already bent and ready to go.

Tim, yes indeed, most openers at the time were sashes, the remainder were what we called 'fixed glass'
Re- size, I've simply reduced the windows by half, width ways. They have been accepted by the management.....
I made many a one when I was 'At the bench'. The 1st. floor woodworking machines were mostly belt driven, which shows how long ago it was. Try setting out a window when the whole workshop building is shaking!
If anyone is expecting me to make 12 sash windows, the size of my little finger nail, they are sadly deluded. I'm do this just for fun with no pressure. Anyway most could well be blown out - Who knows?

Thanks for the initial interest chaps. All good stuff.

[JR]

Me too........much "finger" bombing and maybe some Fire anticipated as this progresses 570. :thumb2: Rick H.

Ooh I do hope so Rick .