Three-D Modelling for Railways

This was inspired by a recent trip to Worcester, and a desire to do a half-timbered building. I decided to do a row of three buildings. On the right is the Swan, formerly the Swan with Two Nicks, which is half-timbered, but got a brick facade in the eighteenth century. It dates from ca. 1550, and has been a pub since 1764. The building in the centre is the King Charles II, and is said to be where said king hid after his defeat in the English Civil War, Worcester being the site of the final battle. Built in 1577, it became a pub later, some time after it was a hiding place for a king. Originally, it was a corner building, right up until... The building to the left was built in the 18th century as a shop with a home above. It is now two shops; most prominently  "Kents hairdressing for men", and it looks like that has been since 1934. The entrance is round the corner, and so not included on the model. On the other side is "Bleeding Canvas Tattoos", the entrance to whic...

These were (and I think still are) used to fix the track, getting the ballast right, etc. There were numerous designs and my model represents one that would have been around in ca. 1980. It is not an accurate model; for one thing it had to fit the chassis I had (a Kato). These machines were not photographed much, so that makes it difficult too - but hopefully makes it hard for someone to say it is wrong! From a modelling point of view, this was interesting as I used NURBS to create hoses.

 For about ten years, from the mid-seventies to mid-eighties, ICI used these PNA wagons to transport drums from Runcorn to Willesden. They were divided into three sections, with standard 45 gallon drums in the larger end sections and larger drums on their sides in the centre. I now suspect the drums were covered in a tarpaulin, so may want to address that at some point!