Engine Wood

Seeing your Pannier there reminds me I need to hurry up with mine!

MMmmmmm.

Very effective Capt .

Looking very good, any details on the canopy construction, Tim? That really does set it off and adds a lot of credibility to the building, I'd like some like that on one of my projects.

 

Doug

Looking very good, any details on the canopy construction, Tim? That really does set it off and adds a lot of credibility to the building, I'd like some like that on one of my projects.

Hi Doug - the basis for the canopy is some old Slaters valancing that I had. The rest is plasticard, scribed for the outer sides and the top section has some Wills clear corrugated plastic epoxied to the 30 thou sheet - the idea being to give it a bit of stability and to try to stop it warping, had I used a solvent type glue on it. It has been sprayed with grey primer so far. It is attached to the building by three spigots of brass, themselves glued to the inside of the canopy and which fit into small holes drilled into the main building. I will epoxy the canopy to the main building in due course.

what did you use for the corrugated iron building on the left? Is that also scale scenes papers, or is it some kind of plasticard?

 

J

Hi Doug - the basis for the canopy is some old Slaters valancing that I had. The rest is plasticard, scribed for the outer sides and the top section has some Wills clear corrugated plastic epoxied to the 30 thou sheet - the idea being to give it a bit of stability and to try to stop it warping, had I used a solvent type glue on it. It has been sprayed with grey primer so far. It is attached to the building by three spigots of brass, themselves glued to the inside of the canopy and which fit into small holes drilled into the main building. I will epoxy the canopy to the main building in due course.

 

 

Thanks, Tim, you've got the look just right!

 

Doug

 

[Apologies for tardy response...]

what did you use for the corrugated iron building on the left? Is that also scale scenes papers, or is it some kind of plasticard?

Hi Julia,

The walls of the corrugated iron building are built from Wills plastic sheets. The roof features a piece of ordinary 30 thou Slaters plasticard, on to which was glued a piece of Wills transparent corrugated plastic sheeting - but glued with Devcon epoxy to prevent any risk of the plastic sections warping. The roof of the overhanging canopy was done the same way.

 

The brick paper on the main building is from Scalescenes.

 

Will post some more photos soon, as the ironwork and canopy have had their base coat of 'factory blue' - to match the Scalescenes sliding wooden door, but I want to do a bit of weathering first...