Different Flooring and new uses

[Emma.J]

  Hello I wasn't sure where to put this topic, either here or the "how to" section but it's mostly a review of different floor types and where they can be used so I hope every one will offer up suggestions. I'm starting this topic off as I've been asked to mention the flooring in my Tudor house so I thought I'd share my experiences with different floor types here.

(Measurements - I'm counting flooring by the number of windows / doors it is long. Eg a floor section that will hold the standard medieval two window wall is 2 sections long.)

4300 Train Station Floor

4300 - Main Station]http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showinv.pl?setnum=4300&pics=on]4300 - Main Station

This is a black plastic tray type base, with a raised rim and location knobs around the edge for steck walls. There are 4 types of floor pieces in this set. The end section is a 2x1 and has a rim around 3 edges, the middle section is a 2x1 and has a rim on the top and bottom short sides, the long side piece is a 3x1 and has an edge to put steck running down one long side and the rest is a raised plastic base the same height as the edges. The last piece is a small square 1x1, raised floor section which can clip to any of the other pieces. Each piece of flooring is lightly marked to show off 1x1 sections on it. The internal floors clip to gether with a small overlapping edge, while the 1x1 raised sections have a single small clip on one side.

  thank you Richard for the suggestion about this floor on an older topic.

Now I've used this flooring for the Medieval / Tudor buildings. The house sits perfectly on the base giving a nice black rim around it and more importantly you can grab the house and the floor doesn't fall off!



The picture above shows the floor made from two end sections together, item No.30 03 966, with a close up below



If you happen to get item No.30 03 967 the small square raised base this can be clipped to the side to add an extra pavement, floor space etc. Please note if you want to pick these smaller  sections up in one go, glue them together or they will fall apart!



I didn't intend to buy the smaller raised squares I just managed to buy a set of mixed flooring pieces. The are smaller in length than one section of the main floor so they will not give you a perfectly flush edge around it I but I thought they looked good to use on one side to show off some small set up at the side of a building eg the market stall. As you can see these raised sections are the same height as the rim around the house.



The house floor can be extended by item No.30 03 968 the middle section so you could have a 2x1 house or longer, as long as the building is rectangular. If you wanted to put this sort of base on the City Guard Room you would have to cut out notches in the rim to allow for the buttresses around it. This is the same thing that has to be done if you want an L shaped floor.



I'll be going into the "L" floor design again on my Tudor Manor topic as well, but you can see from above where I've had to cut out the rim to allow a T connector.

The other handy thing about this flooring is it has connection slots underneath so you could clip it to the top of a steck wall and create a balcony etc if needed.

My next post will be about the large Sheriffs base.

[Wolf Knight]

Emma this is yet again a wonderfull idea of yours!!! Its  so great!!! I think I have two spare sets of floors from the train station...i think I can floor two of my most importand buildings in my castle project!!!

Thank you so much!!!!

[WarriorOfToys]

Amazing!
Thanks so much for sharing this with us Emma!
It is really great,
but could you floor anything that is longer then 2 units long?

Like if you had an 8, by 10 square or something big like that?

[Wolf Knight]

...could you floor anything that is longer then 2 units long?

Like if you had an 8, by 10 square or something big like that?

I think she could...There are longer pieces for this!

[Ali Baba]

That is really great. I hadn't noticed these floors were modular. I thought they were one big piece. Thanks Emma

[Emma.J]

Emma this is yet again a wonderfull idea of yours!!! It's so great!!! I think I have two spare sets of floors from the train station...i think I can floor two of my most importand buildings in my castle project!!!

Thank you so much!!!!

Thanks wolf but all credit to Richard for telling me about this, I've just put it in practise and thought I'd share a few ideas.

Amazing!
Thanks so much for sharing this with us Emma!
It is really great,
but could you floor anything that is longer then 2 units long?

Like if you had an 8, by 10 square or something big like that?

Hi Warrior I'm sorry but you couldn't only something that is 2 units wide. It can be very long or have a L or T or H junction in it (See Manor house topic) or you could make a square but it would have to be like a doughnut. Unless you cut the edges of and then I think you'd make the parts too small to fill in the hole.

I think she could...There are longer pieces for this!

Hi Wolf I think the part your thinking of is No.30 03 965 it's 3x1 but it's all raised flooring with a rim along one edge with a long trough / inset for the steck connectors. It's not like the flooring on these houses where only the rim outside is raised.

Going back to Warrior's question I suppose you could make a giant floor from the 1x1 raised squares with Wolfs 3x1 around the edge but this would mean the internal floor is higher inside if you put the walls on the steck joins so you couldn't open any doors inwards!
But if the floor was just made of the 1x1 then yeah you could make it as big as you like but the steck would have nothing to clip to 

[WarriorOfToys]

Hmm, ok, cool.
Thanks Emma!

[Emma.J]

  Hi a little add on to the Train Station floor info.



I borrowed a pick from someones advert so I could show every one the pieces in this set.

On the left is the 3x1 which is a raised floor the same as the 1x1 singles you can see next to it, but with the long groove down the edge for a steck wall to sit in.

Centre bottom is the end piece with a raised lip around the edge, use two of these for a normal Tudor house.

Top right is the middle piece with a raised edge top and bottom.

There is also a blue version of this floor used for the western schoolhouse Part no. 30 50 500

[flatcat]

Great work, Emma!

Ah, Lots of these black floor pieces came with my ambulance station.

Did you make the market stall cover yourself, as I am missing mine

[Emma.J]

3876 - The Sheriffs Office Floor

30 08 3940 - large building base]http://playmodb.org/cgi-bin/showpart.pl?partnum=30-08-3940]30 08 3940 - large building base

As I'm sure most of you will know this is the same 3x3 grey flooring also used for the Western Golden Nugget Saloon, I've called it the Sheriffs simply as that building is still available from PM.

This large square steck base is grey with horizontal indentations across it to resemble wood flooring.
It has raised steck nobbs around 3 sides with another row cutting across one third of the floor. It also has steck connecting slots underneath.

As it's grey it could make an excellent base or raised floor for any steck castles. I've used to floor large steck buildings like the Medieval Pub.



I know it's not a perfect look as there are extra nobbles around the edge but as you can see it will fit the staircase on an give enough room to set up some figures outside or to open the large door.







Barrels etc stood inside will cover some and plants down the side of the staircase can cover the other bumps.

It's not the best base for a large diorama but for a small setting or in a display case it will give you the opportunity to fill the building up and still be able to turn it around without everything falling out.

As you can see by the next pictures from my Victorian shop range I've used it to some success creating a single room building. It overhangs a little at the sides but I think it looks better the a single piece of the Mansion floor with it's open edge.