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  1. Job's Modelling

    Something different

    By Job's Modelling,


    Styles St. Mary
    I know you have not heard from me from a long time. The Brexit was a breaking point for me. Ordering from British small suppliers became to complicate and expensive. Because I want to model, I searched for something new.
    I have always been interested in fantasy stories like the Lord of the Rings. But the Warhammer figures always show the most of them in a fighting position. My wife does not like that for my modelling. After some search on the internet, I found a Danish shop selling their own range of figures. My wife likes them also. I ordered some to try out and made my first fantasy diorama: a butcher shop.
     

     
    After painting some fantasy figures, I was not satisfied with the result. At some point I joined the Duncan Rhodes Painting Academy. It helped my to improve my painting. He also has a monthly painting challenge. I decided to participate in this challenge. In the pictures an overview of my entries.
     

    I’m glad, I found something to keep modelling. I still enjoy creating dioramas and small scenes.
    I will thank everyone who has supported me in my period on the RM web. I wish everyone a good new railway modelling year.
     

     
    As always suggestions and comments are welcome.
     
    Kind Regards,
    Job
  2. Job's Modelling

    Vicarage - Styles St. Mary

    By Job's Modelling,


    Northall
    I started a vicarage building using a kit from Scalescenes but I was not content with my choice. After some further research on the internet I found a floor plan of a vicarage building, dated 1928. I decided to use this plan as the start for my vicarage. Scratch building is totally new for my, so I have to see if I can manage the building of the vicarage. I also decided to give the building an interior. 
     

     
    The ground floor I created in a more traditional Victorian way using planks and rugs. Kitchen, scullery and larder with red quarry tiles and the hall with encaustic tiles. The pantry rooms with a simple brown tiles.
    I started with internal wall. On one side of the wall is the entrance door to the study and the entrance door to the drawing room. Wall paper of the study is a texture from internet.
    Next step was the wall between the study and the drawing room.
    In a description for the study the following items were mentioned: (family) paintings. cast Iron grate, book case. Other items mentioned are a large hardwood desk with a leather top with matching chair. Also twin leather chairs at either side of the fireplace with a small table by the side on which to put drinks or in my case a newspaper.
     
    For the club chairs I used the 1:48 kit from Petite Properties that I scaled down. The chairs got several layers of red leather paint. I also made a side table. This is made from some scrap material Petite Properties. The side table is painted with a brown paint from the Citadel range. On the side table is a newspaper. This comes from a kit from Scalescenes. The vicar is a repainted Preiser figure.
    I made the writing table and the chair using a kit from Fine Scale Building. The furniture is build
    from thin drawing paper. Although I accept the result for now I have to practice this kind of small modelling. I have not made frequently furniture in 1/76 from card and paper. But putting furniture in all rooms gives me a good opportunity to practice. I think I have to search for the right kind of card.
     
     

     
    The third wall has an iron-cast fireplace with mantle-piece mirror and two bookcases at both sides of the chimney. Texture are from the internet. I designed the bookcase kit myself using the Scalescenes method.
     

     
    The study is finished for now.
     
    Next job is the drawing room.
     
    Suggestions and comments are welcome.
     
    Thanks for reading and keep safe.
     
    Greetings,
    Job
     
     
     
  3. Job's Modelling

    Vicarage garden wall

    By Job's Modelling,


    Northall
    My next diorama is inspired by The Murder in the Vicarage. I started to make a diorama plan/map.
     

    I started to make the base, and after that I started with the garden wall.
    I will use the same garden wall texture from Scalescenes ( Brown brick - Garden Wall; TX 52) as I used for Rose Cottage. The texture is printed on a canvas photo paper.
    Then I searched for a garden door on the internet. The door that I found is downloaded and made to size.

    The door has a front and back side. The get a door I have fold it and glued the parts together. The braces were cut out separately and glued on the backside of the door to create some more depth.
    By the try-out I found the colour of the door too bright. I toned the door down with two layers of Citadel Agrax Earthshade.

     
    I used a garden wall base from Scalescenes and a picture from Internet to create the garden wall with door. The first part is now finished.
     

     
    Additional weathering will be done when the total wall is finished.
     
    Comments and suggestions are welcome.
     
    Thanks for reading
    Job
     
     
     
  4. Job's Modelling

    Murder solved in Glenshire

    By Job's Modelling,


    Northall
    I have finished my little coastal village diorama (22x14,5 cm)
    The cobbled surface is a texture is from Smart Models. I liked the colour of this one for this diorama. With an embossing pen I scribed the individual cobble stones row by row and one by one. I did this free handed, looking carefully to the texture. Every day about 10 ten rows. The visible holes are for the figures. Next job is to paint them.
     

     
    After I had finished the cobbled quay I glued the cottages in place and made some doorsteps. Now I had to paint the figures. Painting is done with paints from the Citadel and Vallejo range.
     
         
     
    The scene is roughly inspired by a short story The Blood Stained Pavement a short story in The Thirteen Problems of Agathe Christie.
     

     
    And some storytelling to the diorama.
    Miss Oliver, the editor of the gets a telephone call from Dermot Craddock of the Middleshire Police. He tell her about a solved crime in a coastal village in Glenshire. Some disappearances of young woman, that were some major news in the past last years, were finally solved. With his information she took place behind her typewriter and wrote an article for the Gazette.”
    1959 august 28 - Scotland Yard - The Gazette.pdf
     
  5. Job's Modelling

    Fisherman cottages

    By Job's Modelling,


    Styles St. Mary
    I finished my row of cottages. I used the kit T019 Row of Cottages from Scalescenes.
    I used the 2 kits: the TX 07 aged brown brick and the TX47 Coursed rubble.
    The Scalescenes textures are used for the wall, the lintels, the gutter, the downpipe, the roof base and the chimneys.
    I did not want to use white window frames. The alternative choice were the windows from the small cottage kit from Smart Models. I used the black and blue window frames. For the roof I also used a slate roof texture from Smart Models.
    Doors, the net curtains and some of the curtains I created myself using pictures from internet. The were made to size and sometimes I altered the colour a little bit.
    Chimney pot are from Dart Castings and Smart Models.

    The coursed rubble is scribed using an embossing pen. There is a light weathering on some parts.
    The roof is more weathered. I toned down the whole roof with a neutral grey pastel from Schminke.
    And I weathered the roof further with a chromium oxide green (Schminke) and a yellow ochre (Rembrandt). For the weathering of the chimneys I uses a dark neutral grey, looks more brown (Schminke)
     
    The cottages will be used in a small diorama based on a short story from Agatha Christie.. I will publish this when finished.
     

  6. Job's Modelling

    Apple Tree Cottage

    By Job's Modelling,


    Styles St. Mary
    Although it is been quite silent from my side, I’m still modeling.
     
    After I had finished Rose Cottage I build Apple Tree Cottage. Apple Tree Cottage is the premises of the Hinchliffe sisters.

     
    They do some small village farming: a small apple orchard and some pigs.

    In the picture some pig food will be delivered using a Austin A70 pick up. The car is a John Day Model.
     
    According to my research the sisters Hinchliffe had a small car. From my collection of cars I choice the Morris Minor MM. The sisters bought this car in 1949 by Henderson’s Garage in Milchester, Middleshire.
    Model cars are out of the box to shiny and clean. I gave the Morris a coat of Vallejo Satin Varnish and some weathering.
     
    The garage/shed for Apple Tree cottage is finished. I used a garage from 3DK models to create the garage for Apple Tree Cottage. Instead of a brick wall I used a wood texture from Model Railway Scenery. The garage door is from the 3DK garage kit. The asbestos roof is a texture from Model Railway Scenery.
    I added some white metal details from several suppliers whish I painted using paint from Vallejo, Citadel paints and AK. Green is from Busch, Woodland Scenic and MiniNatur.
    I finished the shed scene by adding Cutie, the Irish Setter, and miss Mary Hinchliffe to it.
     

    There is a little story behind the scene but that I have to save for a later moment. Another scene has to been built for it.
    This little diorama is not yet finished completely. I still have to do the right side.
     
    Thanks for reading and keep safe.
     
    I also wish every one a Happy Christmass and a healthy and good 2021.
     
    Greeting,
    Job
  7. Job's Modelling
    On Facebook I use Miss Parker to write about her research of the historical buildings of Littleworth and her daily life in the 1950’s. I separate the story there from my modelling information.
    So, Miss Parker continues:
    When I come back in Green Lane, I see the Austin pick up from Mr. James Nash standing in in the lane. Mr. Nash has a pet shop on Station Road in Northall where I sometimes buy some Spratt’s cat food. The Piggott sisters order their animal food there. Mr. Nash is probably delivering some Thornley’s pig food and some chicken food to Apple Tree cottage. Mr. Nash is talking to Miss Mary Piggott. They are looking to Jo, one of the Gloucestershire Old Spot pigs.
    I have another look and go into Rose Cottage. I have to make telephone call for an appointment with the National Provincial Bank to see if I can get a mortgage for the improvement of my cottage.
     
    Modelling information.
    The Pet shop on Station Road is made for my granddaughter a while ago. But fits in to my story.

     
    Today I finally finished Apple Tree cottage. The flashing around the chimney’s is done. More about Apple Tree cottage in a next entry. I made some new pictures with the Austin A70 pick up. Now with some pig food and chicken food sacks for Jo & Co, the pigs, of the Piggott sisters.
     

     
    Information about how I made the Austin A70 you can find here:
     
    Comments and suggestions are welcome.
     
    Greetings,
    Job
     
  8. Job's Modelling
    I have not posted a blog for a while. But I am still modelling. I have finished my cottage.
     
    This cottage is called Rose Cottage and it belongs to Miss Harriet Parker, a free-lance journalist and writer.
     

     
    For the magazine of the Middleshire Historical Society Miss Parker wants to describe the cottages of Littleworth. She thought it would be a nice idea to start with the cottage she lives in. Sitting behind her Underwood Noiseless 77 typewriter she starts typing:
    “I know the cottage is built in around 1900. But there is not much information about the cottage in his papers. The only thing is a letter about adding a shed to the cottage in 1935. This letter was from Frederick Peterson & Son, Builders & Contractors.
     

     
    Mrs. Peterson tells me that Mr. Frederick was a fully accurate man. He archived everything very carefully. Now she stands up and goes to another room. After a while she comes back with an archive map. I can read that it is a map for Littleworth. Mrs. Peterson tell me that the firm had only done a few building projects in Littleworth. One of them was de building of some cottages on Green Lane. As a speculative builders Mr. Frederick Peterson hoped he could sell them to people who could afford buying a cottage. The three cottages there where of a basic design from E. Flint and Son, architects. In the map was page from a notebook on which stood that the cottages could be finished by a personal choice of brick and tiles.
    Mrs. Peterson gets another paper out of the archive map. This is a drawing of the floorplan of the cottages. I am incredibly pleased to see them and recognize my own cottage in it. Unfortunately, there is no further drawing information. No. 1 Green Lane was sold to Mr Christopher A. Roope, Wine & Spirit Merchant. They have their premises on Dock Road in Northall. We have no information when the cottage is sold to your farther.
     
         
     
    Suggestions and comments are welcome.
     
    Job
     
     
  9. Job's Modelling
    A pictorial journey:
    To test the choice of the textures I started to build the toilet group.
     

     
    Next step is building the main building of the school.
     

     
    Then the base had to be made and the school must be glued on the base.
     

     
    Base made with the help of a frame maker.
     
    The scene would be a photographer taking a picture of Victorian school class for a special occasion.
     
        
     
    I hope you have enjoyed this little journey.
     
    Comments and suggestions are as usual welcome
     
    Keep save and healthy.
     
    Job
  10. Job's Modelling
    Next stage was to search the textures and colours I want to use.

     
    Textures are aged brown brick TX07 from Scale Scenes and Mixed Grey Roof Slates from Model Railway Scenery. Brick Textures are printed on a photo canvas paper. Slates are printed on 100 gms. Rice paper from Hahnemühle.
    Remember: different settings and choices on your printer can give different results.
     
    Colours are from AK-paints – wood grain, from Citadel Paints: Zandre Dust base colour, Sturmvermin Fur layer colour and Dawnstone dry and Ivory from Vallejo Paints. I also used paints from Petite Properties: Red squirrel and Top of the milk.
     
    I also needed some additional textures for some details.
     

     
    The textures are Old Floorboards from Smart Models; White Stucco from Scale Scenes and the Floor Page from the Scale Scenes church TO14.
     
    Next step was to paint the window and door parts of the model, before adding the textures. Although I had selected a colour for the windows, I used another colour that gave a better result: Dust – from AK Paint. For the doors I used Woodgrain from AK Paints.
    I also painted the small stone parts in this stage.
     

     
    To see if my choices worked out, I started with the “toilet” building. The brick paper was glued on the walls. I painted the doors using the Woodgrain paint from AK. After I have glued the walls together, the additional details were glued on the building. Then the roof was fitted and finished.
     

     
    Next step is building the main building of the school.
     
    As always information, comments and suggestions are welcome.
     
    Greetings, 
    Job
  11. Job's Modelling
    I have chosen The Little Acorns School from Petite Properties for my next project. It will be build as a diorama using the same base as for the George Inn.
     

     
    It will be a mixed media project using paint for some parts and textures for other parts.
     
    The first thing I do when I start a project is doing some research. Being a teacher myself for a long time this is an interesting subject for me. These little one class school actually exist around 1900 in agriculture villages. Littleworth was also an agriculture community around that time.
     
    I don’t know if I have to build the interior. I know that I have to give it a planked floor and a sober interior wall. I found some nice attributes that I could use. Nothing is available, so I have to scratch build everything.
     

     
    I also needed a story for my diorama. There are a lot of pictures available of photographed classes. So, I thought it could be a good idea to use that for the scene. I still had some Edwardian figures that I could use.
     

     
    After working out this theme I found out that I had enough children and a teacher. So, I don’t have to order them. The photographer is also available as a single figure from Langley.
     

     
    These small classes are historically correct. I found some interesting information on this subject. (Teacher is standing wrong in this try-out)
    I made a diorama plan to see if it would fit.
     

     
    The playground will be an aggregate tipped and rolled in surface. Found some interesting material to try out. Will use the book Landscape Modelling by Barry Norman and Modelling Grassland and landscape detailing from Gordon Gravett as a reference.
    Next stage is to build the school building.
     
    Suggestion are more than welcome,
    Job
  12. Job's Modelling

    The George Inn 2

    By Job's Modelling,

    I have finished the Austin A70 Countryman. Lovely kit from John Day but takes some time to paint. I’m pleased with the result.

    I have finished the diorama of The George Inn. The base of the diorama is 27 cm. I used some figures I had already painted and some I have used before.
     
    The story behind the diorama:
    The car belongs to Ernest Huntington. He is the current owner of Sweetman House in Littleworth. He has also a kennel with pointers. His wife is Julia Adderley. She is the sister of Andrew Adderley. Andrew Adderley is the owner of Adderley Glass Works in Northall.
     

    Adderley Glass Works - Nice Street in Northall
     
    His daughter Marian Adderley is visiting her uncle and aunt for a week during her summer holidays.
    Ernest Huntington is reading the new menu information next to the door of the George Inn. He has his favourite dog Fetch with him.
     

     
    She has a lot of energy and loves to play outside.
     
     
    For the base I have to thank my friend Nico. He is a frame worker and helped me to realise it.
     
    Suggestions, comments etc are welcome.
     
    Thanks for reading.
    Job
     
     
     
  13. Job's Modelling

    The George Inn

    By Job's Modelling,

    Here is update on my latest project. I have finished the pub, but there are some small things to do. Pictures are some great judges!
     
    The pub is, as said in my latest blog entry, a Petite Properties kit. I have used textures from the internet (the lower brick part), Scalescenes and Clever Models for the pub.
    It took a lot of time to put all the small paper parts into the frames. For the stucco I made my own PDF file with the right size for the stucco parts. Also, the chimney’s needed some extra care.
     
    I always work on a small A4 plateau which can be used on almost every table.
     

     

    The Austin A40 woodie is from John Day Models. It is easy to assemble, but hard to paint. A lot of little details. Paint is from the Citadel (main colour and chrome) and AK range (tyres and woodwork).
    The side shown on the picture is finished. I still have to do the other side and the back lights. When I have finished all the painting, I can finish the model.

     
    Suggestions, comments etc are welcome.
    Thanks for reading.
    Job
     
  14. Job's Modelling
    Due personal reasons and some other modelling interest there is been some silence from around my modelling projects.
    I still have to paint some cars, but that have to wait.
    In a box I had a lot of OO gauge cars waiting for a project were one of them could be used. Some months ago, I found two cheap showcases. The cars moved from the box to the showcases. Now I noticed I had just bought cars from which I thought they could be useful. But I like to use them in my favourite way as historical elements in a diorama. I bought a small book called “Cars we loved in the 1950’s” from Giles Chapman. This book is my guide to build up a collection of 1950’s cars. For every car I did some background research. Very useful, because I discovered for instance that an Oxford model of a Morris Minor 1000 was to date in the early 1960’s due his colour. I also made cards for my models with the name of the car and the date of production, with a black and white advert of the car. Some adverts are Dutch. For instance, the BOVAG advert .
     

     
    I also started with a new building project. This time a small diorama with the pub from Petite Properties. A friend of me, a picture frame maker, helped me with the design of the base. The base is to be finished, when the pub is finished.
     

     
    I will build the pub using textures from Scalescenes, Internet and self-made textures.
    Progress is going slow, so you will have to wait a while before you can see the finished diorama.
    But for me the process of my modelling activities is just as important as the result.
     

     
    I want to thank everyone who is reading my blog. I appreciate the comments and support I have received this year.
     
    I want to wish all of you a good Christmas Holliday and a healthy New Year.
     
    Greetings,
    Job
     
     
  15. Job's Modelling
    This is my first kit from Kingsway Models. Signs are kindly made for me when I ordered the showroom.
     
    If you follow the instructions the kit is easy to build. I missed one essential instruction and had to do the front a little bit different. I made new textures for the front of the showroom. I scanned the original Austin and CarMart sign from Kingsway and used them to put them into my front textures.
     

     
    I was not happy with the roof textures of the original kit. For the garage roof I used a texture from Scalescenes. Kingsway does not supply roof flashing wit the kit. I don’t like to see the folds in the roof.
     
    Kingsway also supplies a complete roof for the showroom. I made just a part of the roof using a texture from Clever Models. I did this because my diorama will be placed in an IKEA APA box with indirect lighting. And the main purpose to build this diorama to create a diorama showing a collection of my Austin cars.
     

     
    At the right side of the showroom I created a yard with some petrol pumps and three second-hand Austin’s. These cars are already painted. The yard textures are from Scalescenes with weathered with grey pastel mixture. Petrol pump are from Kingsway Models.
     
    I still have to paint the cars for the showroom. But at this moment I have to finish some other projects first. The bird’s eye picture gives you an impression of the total diorama.
     

     
    Next update from this project will be when I have finished the painting of my showroom models.
     
    As always comments and suggestion are welcome.
    Greetings,
    Job
  16. Job's Modelling
    I always wanted to do something with my collection of 1950’s car models. Garages and showrooms are very useful to create a nice diorama. On the website of Kingsway Models I found a collection of useful items. I ordered his new Main Dealer Car Showroom. The showroom doesn’t have signs for Austin. And I wanted to build an Austin showroom. When I ordered my kit, I asked him if it was possible to create some Austin signs for my showroom. He kindly made some nice signs and a garage name.
    When I got the name of the dealer for my showroom. I asked Internet of it also really existed. To my surprise it did. It was a main dealer of Austin in the 1950’s in London and had already a long pre-war history. Here it is:
     

     
    Next step to find a correct range of models. That was the hard part for me. There are a lot of model available, but to get the right time frame was not as easy as I thought.
    Finally, I found a website with an overview of the models that were available in a certain year. After trying several options, I came out on 1954.
     
    Unfortunately, not all models are available in 1:76. I have seen some more than excellent models in the 1:43 range.
     

     
    The cars in the showroom will be a mixture of Pocketbond, Oxford diecast and John Day Models. I will make my finally choice if I have built the showroom. The John Day Models I have to paint and put together.
     
    I also did some further research for some scenic items, for instance posters or brochures for on a counter.
     

     
    After the research I started with the kit. The kit is kept neutral. For my Austin Garage I have changed the background walls with an Austin slogan with BMC sign and some posters.
     

     
    If you are surprised by the Dutch text in my pictures it is easy to explain. I publish daily on Facebook in My Story to inform also some Dutch interested friends. There are also some English speaking/reading people that follow me on Facebook.
    Will be continued.
     
    Any information, comments etc. are welcome. 
     
    Greetings,
    Job
  17. Job's Modelling
    I have to say goodbye to Station Road. I loved building it, especially the interiors of the Arch Record shop and the Walden Book Shop. I have made picture of all my building project, so I can have look at Station Road on my desktop.
     
    Also, Caroline Street has to go. Will keep the elements I can use again in the future.

     
    I don’t have the place to keep all my diorama’s. Some of them have found a new house. Some of them were made for someone special. Some of them have already gone. I don’t mind. It is not only the result that counts for me. The process of starting with an idea, researching and building it are more important for me.
     
    A new project is waiting, and I have already done a lot of research. I still have to order some items. Them the process of building a new project can start.
     
    For Station Road I made a small presentation. The assignment from my Daily Craft book was: “take a photo at the same time at the same place every day for a week.”
    I translate the assignments, when possible, to my modelling. In the pdf my Power Point presentation of a week on Station Road.
     
    Station Road.pdf
     
    I hope you like it.
     
    Job
  18. Job's Modelling
    For my birthday a got some modelling books. One of them was:
     

     
    I also will try to follow a book called “your Flow keep calm daily craft book.” In this book is a daily papercraft task you can do. I will translate this daily tasks in a way that suits my best. The task for one of these days was make a paper flower using a newspaper or a magazine.
    I translated this to try to make a road pavement try-out with weeds using paper textures.
    From page 88 on there is a chapter about paving. I have adopted a picture from this page for my try-out.
    I used the following textures:
    Kerbs – Smart Modelling GR14 Flagstone pavement
    Pavement – Smart Models GR15 Grey Tarmac
    Sewer – Model Railway Scenery Manholes, drains etc
    Cobblestones – Model Railway Scenery TX26
    Road Tarmac – Scalescenes TO34
     
    Most of them where just parts that where over from other projects. They where printed on high quality matt photopaper.
     
    I finished this very small try-out (4,8 x 4cm) adding some weeds. I used the following materials:
    Heki leaves 1561 – mid-green
    Mini-Natur moss pads late fall
     
    I also used some pigments from Vallejo to give it a used look.
     

     
    Hope you like the result of this little project.
     
  19. Job's Modelling
    Littleworth is the village at the end of the branch line from Northall.
     
    I have finished the main building of first model for Littleworth: a detached cottage. On the left side I have planned a garage.
    A low relief kit of Petite Properties and a picture from internet are used as a base.
    The Flemish bond brick texture is from Wordsworth Models. Free to download. All the other used textures are from Scalescenes, except for the curtains.
     
    I used for the roof some useful advice from the excellent book of David Wright “Making rural buildings.”
    This is the way I made the roof:
     
    The Scalescenes texture is A4 filled with rows of clay tiles. Scalescenes provides also an A4 with lines for gluing the tiles in the right position.
    I didn’t want a clean roof and searched for an example on the website of Textures.com. I use this to create the roof for my cottage.
    On the picture you can see the process:
    1. Glue the lines on the roof
    2. Gluing the clay tiles on 220 gsm cardstock
    3. Cutting a line of clay tiles
    4. Giving the individual line his shape
    5. Colouring the underside of the row with a raw umber pastel pencil
    6. Adding the shaped and coloured row to the roof
    7. Repeating step 3 to 6
     

     
    And of course, a picture of the finished cottage.
     

     
    A picture in this size shows my some points that are waiting for my pastel pencil and a chimney pot that is not correctly pushed in.
    Will be continued.
    As usual comment are much appreciated. 
     
    Kind regards,
    Job
  20. Job's Modelling
    A quick update
    I start with a quote of Pablo Picasso: “I always do things that I cannot do to learn how I have to do it”
    I have finished the front of my Georgian building. I used Marshalswick House from Petite Properties as a base.
    I used again textures from Scalescenes printed on a textures Hahnemühle photo paper. (Un)fortunately something went wrong when I tried to give the building some weathering the first time. Here it is where I remembered the quote of Picasso. I knew that the printed textures where water resistant. So, to correct the damage I painted the building using diluted Vallejo paint. The result was satisfying.
    After the paint was dry I used pastels to weather the building to give it an old appearance.
    The building will be placed in Church Street when finished, as an office for an insurance agency.

    As always comments and suggestions are much appreciated
    ​Job
  21. Job's Modelling
    Everything got upside down
     
    One
    So, we made our plans. Then my wife had a serious fall in the bathroom and insured her back badly. Her recovery will take some time. The Billy cabinet has now to wait for a while. But that is now problem.
     
    Two
    I want to thank everyone who gave me useful information for the design of my Billy plank. I already started with making a new plan.
     
    Three
    One of the advices was to buy the excellent book Modelling Grassland and landscape detailing from Gordon Gravett. I also bought Creating the rural scene – A guide for Railway Modellers and Diorama Model Makers from David Wright.
     
    When I browsed the books, I noticed that there was still a lot to learn for me. So, I will go back for now to the building of small dioramas. In that way I can try out the several techniques I want to use for my Billy plank diorama and built some rural scenes.
     
    In this way I can support my wife with her recovery and do some technique developing modelling.
     
    Kind regards,
    Job
  22. Job's Modelling
    In the past I have to do my built diorama’s away. Nothing bad about that, but my wife likes my diorama modelling. Yes, I’m a lucky guy with that.
    But now I had to find another way for creating diorama’s that could be placed in the living room.
    On a Facebook group I saw someone who exhibited his Petite Property models in a showcase. In the latest numbers of the BRM magazine there is an article about building a layout in a Billy shelf.
    My wife liked that idea. So, my next IKEA challenge will be to build a diorama on a Billy shelf. This diorama will be dedicated to her. The diorama will be a farm scene with Hereford cows and other animals. I love those Pendon farm side scenes, but I have to do something different here.

    Left scene

    Middle scene

    Right scene
     
    But my knowledge about this subject is limited. So, I need your advice.
    I will start with the left part: a farm situated on a country lane between two places.
    The cars on the picture I will not used. In front af the farm there will be a Rover P4 75, another white metal kit from the John Day range. The other cars are a Jowell Bradford van on the road and a Austin A70 pick up for a milk delivery scene.
    The vegetable garden will become a garden with an apple tree, flowers and some vegetables. 
    The farm will be card build using the farm from Scalescenes in aged brown brick.
     
    First of all, can anyone give me some advice about modelling an early 1950’s country lane?
     
    And of course, all information about this subject is welcome.
     
    Greetings,
    Job
  23. Job's Modelling
    I have to make some change of plans. So, I have to skip my third IKEA challenge. A couple of years ago my wife made a serious fall. Now she is diagnosed with an acquired brain injury (ABI). This means we have to make some adaptions in our home. One of the things she wants to change is removing smaller things that we have to keep clean by dusting, including the small diorama’s that are standing on a cabinet in our living room.
     
    We have already found a solution that was fine for both of us. But more about that in a later entry.
     
    For my third Ikea challenge I had designed a coal delivery scene. On the website of John Day models, I saw a nice coal lorry. But I like Austin models and he has also an Austin K8 flatbed lorry. I asked him if it could be used as a coal lorry. I included a photo from internet with my request. Then he offered me to make an Austin K8 coal lorry.
    So, for the first time in my modelling career I built a white metal car kit. I have to thank Daryle Toney for his, very helpful, support.
    As you know I like to create little scenes. To create the scene a used a scenic set from the John Day range: RDS 2 Coalmen and coal load.
     

     
    I placed the scene in a diorama I built in the past. I hope you like the final result. I have enjoyed building it.
     
    As usual suggestions and comment are welcome.
     
    Greetings,
    Job
  24. Job's Modelling
    This challenge was more challenging than the first one. The box is about 18 cm wide, 7 cm deep and 12,5 cm high.
     

    I have a nice collection of cars that deserve to be put in a diorama. In a small box like this you can not create a scene with pavement, some road and a background model.
    So, I spent a lot of time drawing several (not) possible diorama plans. Using several materials and prints.
     

     
    The picture above is made when I finally found a solution. A small garage scene with a car, some pumps and figures. 
    I used my usual method for designing. I diverse the ground in thirds and the backscene will be placed almost diagonal. I will use the garage from Scalescenes, a backyard building from a Scalescenes corner shop, used as the garage office, and the Scalescenes Workshop. Also, some figures from Dart Castings and pumps from 3DK models.
    First step was to design the background. I used a grey sky and tried out different options for a background building. Finally, I decided to use a picture of the low relief factory from Scalescenes. I resized it to a useful background factory.
     

     
    Now it is time to put see what kind of ground texture I want to use. There are several options. After the try outs the choice was made: a texture from 3DK will do the job.
    I will add the base after I have finished all the buildings.
    Because I want to use blue Morris BMC car and the diorama is so small, I have made some thoughts about the colour for the garage. I would like to put the attention to the details on the for ground of the diorama. I saw in some pictures that a garage with painted white bricks was an option. In stead of using paint to give the brown brick texture a white colour I used the painted white brick texture from Scalescenes.
    For detailing the garage, I searched for signs on the internet. The garage door is also a texture from internet made to size.
     

     
    After I had I had finished the garage I filled in the small gap at the left side. This is just a suggestion for a building.
     

     
    Now I had to build the front with two petrol pumps. I had a model from Scalelink but missed the right colours to create a SHELL pump. I had some pumps from 3DK models which could be used. I also bought some petrol pumps from Kingsway models. I also found some nice textures on internet.
    With these components I found the solution. The Kingsway pumps have a layered approach. I used this method to create my Shell petrol pumps. I used textures from internet for the front and the sign, for the sides the red pars of the 3DK pumps and some black wire for the hose.
     

     
    The Morris pickup van for some semi-gloss varnish from Vallejo, some weathering with Agrax Earthshade from Citadel for the canopy and some rubber tyre from AK paints for the tyres.
     

     
    The only difference with the plan I made that I left the figures away. Focus is now on the Morris BMC pick-up.
    This IKEA box challenge is now finished. I can start with the next and last one.
    I hope you liked this one.
    Thanks for reading and as usual critics and suggestions are welcome. I’m never too old to learn.
     
    Kind Regards,
    Job
     
     
     
  25. Job's Modelling
    Although I had finished my High Street diorama, I gave it an extra scene. I also will add some missing information.
     
    I also noticed that I did not publish a picture of the side of the shop. The shop side has some posters from the early 1900’s era.
     

     
    Wenlock gave the suggestion to add a hot chestnut seller to the scene. So, I bought one by Langley models. I also tried to improve my painting. For this I got some feedback from an employee of a Wargame shop in Utrecht. I was very pleased with his kind support.
     
    And a little story behind the scene.
    In front of the shop is Mrs Cook with her daughter Elizabeth. Some what further in the street is her elder brother Edmund. He is watching Mr. John Allnutt who sold his hot chestnuts by his barrow. Mr. Allnutt was always very good humoured and could tell some fantastic stories. Edmund hoped that his mother would buy some chestnuts. He likes them with his Christmas sprouts.
     

     
     
    I hope you like the result.
     
    Comments and suggestions are as always welcome.
     
    Kind regards,
    Job
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