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Reach for the ferry


Andy Y

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It's high time I got round to putting together some of the more appropriate stock to run on Keyhaven.

 

First off the ramp is this M.A.R.C. Models reach wagon, some enterprising soul down Dorzet way seems to have purloined one of the matching pair that fell out of use at Dover in the 1950s. The originals were paired together for loading train ferries offering the bare basics of accommodation for riders.

 

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Although the kit has been sat around the workbench for the last 7 months it was an easy build last night and this afternoon, seeing as the solder had gone on walkabouts post Christmas I decided it would be quicker to get going with epoxy resin rather than venturing out. It all went together an awful lot better than a simple plastic brake van kit that's following it on the assembly line!

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That looks brilliant Andy. And great to see an update on Keyhaven, as a Dane I have a particular interest in anything related to train ferries.

 

I'm glad you've actually found time to do some modelling in the midst of managing this unruly bunch of RMwebbers :).

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I bet you will find that solder when you don't want it, (usually after buying a new batch)

 

Nice models, Keyhaven looks as good as ever in the background.

 

John

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Andy, could you tell how you did the lettering on the corrugated sheeting of the building.

 

I'm guessing you got a stencil and sprayed. But really my question is - how or where did you get the stencil.

 

Andy

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Andy, could you tell how you did the lettering on the corrugated sheeting of the building.

 

I'm guessing you got a stencil and sprayed. But really my question is - how or where did you get the stencil.

 

Andy

 

Hi Andy,

 

I downloaded?

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Hi Andy,

 

I downloaded????Scalescenes painted corrugated iron, re-coloured it in image editing software and stitched sufficient together to be able to print the building frontage off onto card all in one go. The lettering was added in the image editing software and a clone brush used to fade out the lettering before printing. So, it's totally flat, one day I'll get round to replacing it with corrugated plasticard for which I'll use Letraset style rub down lettering (not that many people seem to make rub-down lettering these days in this IT age).

 

 

Thanks, Andy. Rub down is available from the Letraset site, but not sure if they do white lettering. So I guess a stencil and dry brushing one letter at a time is the way to do it. WHSmiths no doubt have a stencil template. I plan to have a go on the slate roof of one of my warehouse buildings. Andy

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