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Sweet Bridge

Chris Nevard

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111008_cornish_int_IMG_1410_WEB, a photo by nevardmedia on Flickr.

 

A very kind Mr Sweet mailed me this rather nice bridge casting for the Cornish project last week. I'm sure you'll agree that it is a wonderful piece of work, with nice deep rendering which would be quite tricky to achieve by scratchbuilding.

 

When it arrived, I expected it to be resin or plaster, but much to my surprise it is fibreglass! The stone being moulded into the gel coat. The joy being that it is very tough and very light - ideal for a portable layout.

 

The shot above shows it in primer in preparation for dry brushed top coats of various pale greys, beige, browns, creams and so on. Real stone is a fascinating mix of subtle different colours and shades, and certainly nothing like the painting-by-numbers approach often used which feature large blocks of solid colour - that approach suits engines and carriages just fine, but not hacked up materials straight from the ground which will have been exposed to the elements for decades.

 

I'd be very interested to know more about this stone effect beauty, because fibreglass is not a material we normally associate with toy chuff chuffs, it being more a material of yachts, dingies, kit-cars and the aeroplane industry.

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bundeena2230

Please keep us informed of the progress and colours used, I have something similar that wants painting, so I am interested in this.

Regards

Kevin

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Chris Nevard

Colours will depend on the area you're modelling.

I tend to look for photos or visit the area I want to depict, then pop into my local model shop to select similar colours. I also select brighter and darker shades but avoid anything too garish,

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bcnPete
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Do you mind if I ask, how do you build up your dry brush colours Chris? Do you put on an overall base coat on first and then work in different shades one at a time or concurrently?

 

TIA, Pete

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gwrrob
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That's a very nice looking bridge - is it commercially available?

 

I don't think so as I bought it back in the mid 90s from a small ad in the Railway Modeller.If I remember right they were also available as a double track version.It will come alive when Chris paints it.

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bcnPete
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One at a time in a random fashion.

 

Much like my drinking habit!

 

Thanks Chris

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Ramblin Rich
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I don't think so as I bought it back in the mid 90s from a small ad in the Railway Modeller.If I remember right they were also available as a double track version.It will come alive when Chris paints it.

Oh dear, 10 years late - as ever! Thanks anyway....

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