Down on Beaverbrook: In primer…

Whilst that phrase ‘in primer’ is often used here to describe the wonderful moment a model’s disparate materials are brought together under a unifying coat of grey undercoat it is not something that routinely happens on my Canadian HO scale shelf layout, Beaverbrook…

One thing I’m not sure everyone is aware of is that my layout is a compressed version of reality. Beaverbrook Street is a real place in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. The long structure here has been a long time in gestation, the most challenging structure on the shelf layout, but seeing it now in primer I have both a sense of satisfaction and slight anxiety as it’s completion will see just one structure remaining in cardboard and the inevitable sense of finished that may follow.

If you have never paid a virtual visit to the road then I invite you to click the image below and, assuming you have Google Earth, you should find yourself on the intersection of Beaverbrook Street and Alcock Street where the corner of this structure and the Co-op mill back onto one another.

:: Click image to open in Google Earth ::

Perhaps I shouldn’t worry, Paxton Road is ‘complete’ but far from finished and sees operation or just a photo shoot most weeks. I’m certain Beaverbrook, when the time comes, will do the same. This weekend saw work focused upon the ground work around the structure, building up a base with cork and filler, then static grass (and some non-sanded to tile grout) to begin visually bedding the building into the scene. Whilst still a stark (too dark) grey, the header photograph has a great deal of a ‘sense of place’. I’ve never stood on this road, but my friend has, and he assures me we’re on the right track (sorry, poor pun). 

Until next time, more soon…

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