Over Christmas, I finished the other buildings for Andy to complement the Goodwood Pits I made him in November. Sticking with the 1930s theme of Andy's track, this time I also looked to Brooklands for inspiration - from the pitlane garages with spectators above like this...
...and this one at Goodwood...
But for the control tower, the inspiration came from the central block of the old aero control tower at Brooklands...
A combination of foamboard, mounting board, clear plastic for windows, and lots of logos and textures printed on to adhesive paper, plus quite a few hours, finally produced this:
It's really three buildings so the two pit buildings could be placed together with the control tower elsewhere on the layout. (Note that it's only temporarily on my track for the photos).
Here's a close-up of the control tower, with the style of doors and clock taken from the Brooklands building:
The roof lifts off so that figures can be placed inside...
...and then the second floor lifts off to do the same on the first floor...
Finally, here's a view of the rear of the building with the stairs for the spectators to reach the roof:
Soon to be installed on Andy's track, this is a Limited Edition of One!
Before putting my own pit building back, I replaced the old red cardboard garage doors with silver-painted corrugated plastic, and sprayed the grey Jersey-wall concrete barriers alternately red and white. So it's gone from this:
...to this:
...and this one at Goodwood...
But for the control tower, the inspiration came from the central block of the old aero control tower at Brooklands...
A combination of foamboard, mounting board, clear plastic for windows, and lots of logos and textures printed on to adhesive paper, plus quite a few hours, finally produced this:
It's really three buildings so the two pit buildings could be placed together with the control tower elsewhere on the layout. (Note that it's only temporarily on my track for the photos).
Here's a close-up of the control tower, with the style of doors and clock taken from the Brooklands building:
The roof lifts off so that figures can be placed inside...
...and then the second floor lifts off to do the same on the first floor...
Finally, here's a view of the rear of the building with the stairs for the spectators to reach the roof:
Soon to be installed on Andy's track, this is a Limited Edition of One!
Before putting my own pit building back, I replaced the old red cardboard garage doors with silver-painted corrugated plastic, and sprayed the grey Jersey-wall concrete barriers alternately red and white. So it's gone from this:
...to this:
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