Peter, just found this blog, what stunning, wonderful work, thank you for sharing this.

 

I have one question, however, which is to ask how you achieve your mortar effects on 4mm scale brickwork, please? Thanks.

Hi Captain,

thankyou for your kind comments.

The mortar effect is achieved by coating the brick sheet with what you interpret as the the mortar colour on the prototype, when it is dry i then part dry brush the paint colour over the top with a small flat end brush at an angle aprox 45 degree usually a couple of coats does the trick.

I have found that the mortar colour plays a big part in the overall colour of the brickwork eg, if you use a light colour and a dark colour with the same brick colour it gives a different overall effect on the brick colour making the colour look darker or lighter if that makes any sense.

Another tip is to give it a wash of thinned down matt black to tone it all down.

cheers

Peter

Hawick viaduct 4mm. 2nd batch of photos,

will post uop each dsay if possible as there are many photos.

A few more.

A few more pics, will try to get more across tonight.

Springs branch depot 4mm

Great Northern hotel 4mm

Peterborough 4mm

Wainthrop goods 4mm

I've just found this blog...what stunning work! Your modelmaking is so very fine and dimensionally it all looks totally accurate. I have spent a happy time looking through this article, thanks so much for posting the photos. An inspiration.

cheers,

Iain

Hi Ian,

many thanks for your comments, I'm very encouraged, Im so glad there are more buildings people such as your self on the RMWeb, I guess we can bounce ideas of each other :-)

cheers

Peter

I'd just like to confirm what my learned friend, Iain has said... Your work is absolutely fantastic and I find both of you to be great inspiration.

Thanks, Peter, I now have the standard against which I shall judge everything else.

Tony.

Harvested onto hard-drive for my own personal use.

I love to group your work then run them as slideshows. Delightful and educational, especially if I'm doing something boring, such as embossing, and need to look up and rest from time to time. 'Afternoon play on RT4 and that's me happy.

Tony.

Nice to see some contemporary buildings getting the Master's touch. Modern Image  modellers should give this a good examination

Tony.

Carlisle buildings,

Little & Ballantyne 4mm.

The seed merchants is still my favourite. It has such flavour of the time.

Tony

(over-egging the pudding? - what the hell.)

A Goods shed in 4mm

Victoria viaduct Carlisle 4mm

Ormskirk Coal Hole 4mm

Victoria viaduct Carlisle rd side building 4mm

8 Road 4mm

LNWR Northlight Engine shed

Magnificent!

There seems to be support(?)-members on the roof-vents; are these to be capped?

Tony.

Hi Tony,

No, I was asked to make the vents without the smoke deflectors :-)

cheers

Peter

It was quite common to see them missing. Your client must be going for that appearance.

Carlisle buildings,

more photos of Hotel

completed

photos by Mike Edge, 'Carlisle'