The Coal Drop

[MAP66]

A quick update this evening with a photo for those of you interested in chimney stacks. You can see my attempt of a lead flashing, still needs to be painted a greyish colour and weathered.

I used paper cut with a Stanley knife and glued in place with Deluxe Materials Rocket Card glue. I didn't manage to get all the flashing in line with the brick courses but close enough, life's too short to be that exact in my book.

 

As I mentioned in an earlier post the lichen on the roof is made from dust you find at the bottom of a box of tea bags. Dab on a spot of glue and sprinkle on the dust, blow of the excess, wait to dry and paint. Also has many other uses as well, start drinking copious amounts of tea and let your imagination run wild.

 

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[MAP66]

I had a go at using some watercolours to paint where the track leaves the scene. I'm no J.M.W.Turner more like paint by numbers but I think it does the trick, especially as the tree is designed to mask some of the view so it doesn't need to be a masterpiece.

 

I am waiting on a few bits and pieces from Dart Castings and it can take a few weeks for them to deliver, hence no posts for a while. Hopefully when these bits and pieces arrive I will be able to finally get this completed and then all I have to worry about is putting some words together and sending my entry in.

 

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[steamtoy]

Wow this is a very nicely modelled scene great weathering and building work, very inspirational.

[MAP66]

Wow this is a very nicely modelled scene great weathering and building work, very inspirational.

I see you have only just become a member, so welcome to the forum and thank you for your very kind comments.

You have given me my very first 'Wow' comment which I am very chuffed about, I hope I am able to produce some more Wow comments with the final scenes.

 

Thanks again

Mark

[MAP66]

Evening folks

 

It seems that 'Old Ned' was a bit under the weather but a quick call from the local vet seems to have worked wonders and Ned is back on the oats again.

In other words the bits and pieces I was waiting on finally arrived from Dart Castings and so I was able to add this cameo scene today. More to come later...

 

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[KNP]

Evening folks

 

It seems that 'Old Ned' was a bit under the weather but a quick call from the local vet seems to have worked wonders and Ned is back on the oats again.

In other words the bits and pieces I was waiting on finally arrived from Dart Castings and so I was able to add this cameo scene today. More to come later...

 

MAP66

 

Looking really effect and life like now.

[MAP66]

One of the items I ordered from Dart Castings is this garden privy. It's not properly bedded into the scene yet, just placed to show where it will be located.The window blind is a piece of tissue paper made to look like its flapping in the breeze. I did make a toilet chain and handle which was a waste of time as you can't actually see it. But you can just make out the sheets of newspaper hanging on the right hand wall. This is after all the days before Andrex.

 

The brick wall behind requires further painting and weathering and then that piece of angled back-scene needs to be painted in, then I can finally plant the tree onto the scene permanently and replace the cobbles which will, if done correctly, give the impression of being displaced by the tree roots.

 

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[Andrew Cockburn]

Hi Mark

 

That outdoor "lav" looks the part, for its not a feature I've seen too often modelled on layouts and dioramas. The model as a whole is looking good, look forward to seeing it in it's final form.

[MAP66]

Well it continues, I keep on thinking of further things to add but a coal yard without loaded sacks of coal is in my eyes not a coal yard.

Those two marks on the cobblestones happened last week when I moved the coal dray out of the way to gain a better view and in the process promptly knocked over the feller carrying the sack of coal on his back. All that remain are his footprints, another job to fix! But it can wait and will probably be one of the last tasks to complete.

 

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[MAP66]

Evening Folks

 

Herewith, my attempt to blend in that back-scene. Can I just say its a good job I have a tree to put in the way, which happens to be the next job on the list after a spot of weathering on that pristine looking brick wall.

A note to myself; Why have you now stuck the lav in position before the tree? Answer: because I'm an idiot.

 

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[MAP66]

Well I have finally managed to stick that tree in place and I have used some ready mixed filler to extend the roots which I think make it look like the tree is really rooted to the ground instead of just sitting on top of it.

Just needs a bit of a haircut to fit within the size constraints of the rules, so a bit off the top and a bit of the sides, backs OK.

 

That blue door to the other store room is made from a scrap of white card with the wood planks  scribed on with a pair of dividers,  I then gnarled up the top and bottom of the door to simulate rotten wood. The door knob is a track pin, I read somewhere that they make good door knobs, and they do. I painted the door with paints from the Citadel range (my sons old Warhammer paints) which have come in very handy for this project. 

 

I haven't checked the electrics for a while so I switched them on and stuck up a couple more photos showing the coal office, which leads nicely into....,

 

So what's happening in the coal office?

Well Dave the dog is sprawled out on a rug in front of a roaring fire. A roaring fire in the middle of summer I hear you ask? Well it's very early morning and there's a bit of a chill in the air, which is why Rodney lit the fire to warm the place up a bit, after all its not like there short of coal is it. Its the end of the month and Rodney is here to go through the sales ledgers for his brother Del before he catches the train into London.

 

Rodney's found a problem, the figures for July are not adding up, oddly enough March, April, May and June didn't either. You can see Rodney just about to take a last swig of whiskey from that mug (a bit of Dutch courage) while he contemplates how to confront his brother again on his gambling habits. Del likes a flutter on the gee gee's and he's been dipping into the proceeds again. Well there goes the profits and that really is The Coal Drop.

 

I must apologise for the most long winded way to get the subject title of this CBC into a story, please forgive me.

 

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[Andrew Cockburn]

All-in-all, a very convincing, well-modelled CBC diorama, with nice effects (ie lighting), while the black and white photos tend to add a sense of nostalgia to it all!

[Guest Saltburn]

A very nicely modelled CBC the tree does look like it's been there for years and the toilet area is very catching and nicely modelled.

Edited August 13, 2018 by Saltburn

[MAP66]

Well that's it folks all finished, well the building anyway. I will put some words together and send my entry in.

Thank you all for your kind comments throughout this CBC and good luck to all those who have entered.

 

So I will end with some final shots.

All the best Mark.

[KNP]

Very effective and busy.

Looks great.

[Southwell]

This is brilliant, so atmospheric - I love the tree and the ivy particularly

[MAP66]

Very effective and busy.

Looks great.

Thanks Kevin

 

Your entries have been a real inspiration for me so to get positive comments from a master modeler is the icing on the cake for me.

 

All the best

Mark

[MAP66]

This is brilliant, so atmospheric - I love the tree and the ivy particularly

Thanks for the kind comments Southwell.

 

I'm pretty proud of how the tree turned out, but I wouldn't want to make another one anytime soon.

The ivy around the tree is from miniNatur with some wire wool thrown in for good measure.

 

Regards

Mark