Sooo... <head scratch> festoons are simply lengths of bulbs draped as seen on gazebos or pub gardens- in this case the other shelter has a cable going into the roof space and (just visible) a small one feeding that top fixture so it likely lit up.
Deco loved things liked public clocks to be bright and shiny so the clock tower (rethinking this) would need to use that finer printer to make a hollow square with empty holes for the clocks, fitted with dials printed on clear acetate(?) maybe as a full strip glued inside and given a wash of pale yellow. Use one of those white led fittings suspended with the wires held by a hook or slot under the tower roof, fed through a hole in the top of the shelter ceiling near a groove in one of those convenient new support mouldings on a rear corner and glued down the back to ground level- we know now this is prototypical. Have another one or two small holes in the ceiling so that when lit the led gives a yellow tinge to the clock dials, plus a little leaches into the shelter through the holes just like modern bathroom down lighters. Modeller solves where the battery holder goes (glue shelter onto a removable base over a baseboard recess?) or links onto a wire extension running beneath?
Then obviously it would look isolated so naturally you'd want to place strings of lights between each lamp pole and criss crossing the main road... all original decorations were in white so how lucky that colour bulbs only appeared from the late 50's... as did the main illuminated trams... and the t.v. broadcast ones... no, stop now!
@ianwest195 Thank you for the information and very interesting something to think on, i was looking for small working clock but they just do not make them that small, I did think about a round tiny oled screen and power and run that from a esp32 board but oled have not got down to that small size they are getting smaller so maybe in the next couple of years they might be small enough.... nothing fancy just a working clock face.
But what you said is sure worth thinking about i know you can get some really tiny LEDs these days so making a working light string would be posable, maybe use some really thin lacquered copper wire so the wire thickness does not look too chunky, Just keep the sections fairly short so the LEDs do not over power the wire and burn out. hmmm yes something to think about and try at some point.
Martin
Here is a general question for everyone .... what are your ideas on the colours paints for the clock shelter? we only have black and white photos to go by my guess would be, frame and panels white or cream? looking at the photos the clock and the roof look the same colour maybe a grey? or a blue maybe?
Martin
For me it's going to be 'corporation paint' by now so cream panels with green frames and tower, top and roof lead grey sheets for weatherproofing. Roof brackets and guttering in brown something noted on other structures in full sunshine so not just shadows. Floor I'm not sure of as it could be concrete, flags or asphalt: pity it's covered on that second photo!
I Really Like That Idea Of Tht Colour Scheme , It Stays In Line With Traditional Colours For The Blackpool Tramway, Plus It Look Alot Better In The Original Colour, And I Would Do It (Flag) Colour For The Floor,Cos It Stays Within The Time Period For A Blackpool Diaroma,..!
Brilliant Idea Wessy 57 👍
Thank you everyone for your ideas on painting ...@ianwest195 i found a small detail that we missed off the model maybe its my just been fussy but studying the model to the picture I noticed that the roof on the model is too thin on the photo best I can make out looks like there is a skirt the goes around the roof so I made one and its on the printer now will post pictures when its finished, it will be a separate piece so the buyer can always choose to leave it off if they think it looks better without.
Thank You
Martin
