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

I always like to see pictures of your layout. I have not looked frequently the past several months, due personal circumstances and doing research for my collection of Oxford cars. Wish you a nice Christmas holiday and a good and healthy 2020.

I always like to see pictures of your layout. The barn scene is lovely. I have not looked frequently the past several months, due personal circumstances and doing research for my collection of Oxford cars. Wish you a nice Christmas holiday and a good and healthy 2020.

DAF sold its passenger car division, along with what is now the NedCar factory in Born, in 1975 to the Swedish company Volvo Cars, leaving DAF to concentrate on its successful line of trucks. The DAF innovative Variomatic transmission system was no part of this deal. DAF passenger cars were made from 1959 to 1975.

Your question makes me think. When I started to buy my car models I for one reason or another I choose for Austin or Morris models. I think I know why. A neighbour of my is interested in old timer cars. He has a DAF. See the advert. He was very enthusiastic when I showed him my Austin coal van. When I was a boy in the late 1950’s the only British cars I can remember are Austin or Morris cars. My neighbour has worked for the firm that imported the Austin cars from England. So, my interest in Austin cars lays somewhere in my childhood, although my parents did not have a car. For the show room I collected Austin cars that where for sale in 1954. But I have decided to build up a collection of BMC cars. BMC was the largest British car company of its day, with (in 1952) 39% of British output, producing a wide range of cars under brand names including Austin, Morris, MG, Austin-Healey, Riley, and Wolseley, as well as commercial vehicles and agricultural tractors. So this could be an interesting collection of cars that also can be used for my diorama’s. Job

The design of the kit is good and gives you a good model. I'm not an expert in that field. But I found this information on Wikipedia: "At the time of the mergers, a well established dealership network was in place for each of the marques. Among the car-buying British public was a tendency of loyalty to a particular marque and marques appealed to different market segments. This meant that marques competed against each other in some areas, though some marques had a larger range than others. " If you look at the Mini you will see that is build for several BMC marques: ARO Mini, Austin 850, Austin Cooper (Austin Mini, Austin Partner, Austin Seven), Leyland Mini, Morris Mini (Morris 850, Morris Mascot), Riley Elf, Wolseley 1000 (Wolseley Hornet). See also this CarMart adverd from 1960:

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

Both loco's look excellent.

Thanks. I'm looking for colours to paint my models. Although I have some colour charts from Austin, I find it hard to find a good model colour.

Thanks Mikkel. I tried several other years, but the only one that gave enough models in 1:76 for my showroom was 1954. Car Mart Ltd had several showrooms around London. I found a nice picture of one of them situated in 1954. It gives me also the possibility to give the showroom a personal touch. My Car Mart showroom is situated in Northall, and I don't mind if it is an other year. I also created a Northall diorama in the Edwardian era.

That is also a great song. I still regularly listen to their music. But I have heard that Mr. L.R, Thomas took Miss Estella Havisham after their journey to Farthing to a music hall for some entertainment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMGqgCgcaOQ

Some beautiful pictures of your layout. Nice story about the way managed to get your pub in the layout again.

You have done a great job.

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

Again a great model for your layouts.

With this very nice modelling story I missed some Zen background music. After reading a beautiful book about a Music Shop where the owner linked music from different periods I thought tis could be used: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=endless+river&&view=detail&mid=6F9600DB09AE2542F6FC6F9600DB09AE2542F6FC&&FORM=VDRVRV The Endless River - Pink Floyd.

Nice work. Looking forward to your next entry.

Thanks for the complement for the pdf. I unfortunately couldn't post it as a movie. I agree with you. That others take the time to read my entries and take the time to give me feedback and compliments is really a bonus for me.

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

Thanks Mikkel, I have not read Hemingway's short story. Something for my to read list. Yes we have a picture frame maker. He has helped me with the diorama "Station Road" for my granddaughter. As you are searching for a frame of a picture we take our time. A painting etc needs the right environment to show it. Here is a picture of the diorama without the glass.

Thank you for that compliment. I know that those samples were made to show their possibilities in needlework. Some of these are real artwork. My picture frame maker gave this diorama a nice name: "The lonely waiter."

I have also made a picture with a OO scale figure.

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.

Thanks Marlyn, creating the front garden will be a new challenge for me.

Thanks for the compliment. The owner of the cottage is waiting for a garage added on the right side.