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wenlock

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Excuse the title, I couldn't resist! I'm still plodding along with my model of a William Clarke station building. Progress has hardly being made at lightning speed, but I'm happy with the end results so far. As I've said before, I think the chimneys on William Clarkes buildings are their crowning glory, so I wanted to capture their appearence as closely as possible. I used layers of plastic card to construct the stacks, inlaying "bricks" as required. Once the assembly had dried, the corners along the center of the stack were bevelled using a scalpel blade, then sanded smooth before rescribing the brickwork. Information supplied by Tim V, was invaluable in getting the detail right, so thanks once agin Tim!

 

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I'm looking forward to fitting the chimneys to the main building shell and then starting on construction of the roof, over the next couple of weeks or so.

 

Best wishes

 

Dave

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buffalo

They look spot-on, Dave. The Clarke chimneys do have a very characteristic shape and you've captured that very well.

 

Looking forward to seeing them in place.

 

Nick

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Mikkel
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Very clever and creative use of plasticard, and the texture looks good too. Inspirational, thanks.

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aberdare

Fantastic bit of work. I must admit I have a liking for ornate chimney stacks and they are superb examples

 

Jim

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BlackRat

Wow! Attention to essential detail (as my old drill instructor used to say) makes a world of difference.

 

And you can see it here.

 

The finished building will be a fine example to us all.

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marc smith

Wow indeed!

Dave have you been off work for weeks or what? lol

 

Those chimneys look ever so intricate...

.... would have taken me ages ;)

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wenlock
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Wow indeed!

Dave have you been off work for weeks or what? lol

No Matey, but now X factor/Strictly come dancing are back on the telly, Mrs Wenlock is glued to the box and I can escape into the study and get some modelling done!

 

Dave

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