grahame Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 1 hour ago, K14 said: Pretty sure that the left hand shop was a fairly notorious after hours drinking hole called "Scribbles" during the late 1980s & into the 1990s - No 731 OKR according to Google. Interesting. The one on the left, which is 731, was the Clear Spirit vodka bar and lounge for a while in the 2000. There are pics of it on the web. And there is mention of Scribbles at 731, presumably before the short lived Vodka bar. The middle shop with the bricked up frontage and Untitled Ltd sign in the pic above seems to have a bit of a reputation with people entering and leaving during the night. The whole building is considered mysterious. Some say it had a very dodgy after hours drinking den full of blaggers and crims - the sort of place where if you didn't have a gun or knife you were given one on entry. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 Some basic colours are now on, the windows/glazing to the properties above the 3-storey shops is fitted and the vee-roof has had Redutex added. The frontage for the 4-storey section has yet to be started, along with completion of the roof and chimneys, and the shop fronts for all five needs to be done. The whole row measures a smidge over 6.5" long, a little under 4" high and 2.5" deep. Fingers crossed I'll have room for it: 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 A bit of styrene strangling, cutting and gluing, this afternoon. This'll do for today - time to sort out my dinner: 11 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 I've added a little more detail and started to get some colour on the window wall working down from the top - I've got about two thirds of the way down so far. It's going to need finishing then some weathering down and grubbying before fitting glazing/windows: 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grahame Posted December 24, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2020 The glaziers have been this morning but there still gutters/downpipes, chimney pots/flaunching and, of course, the shop fronts to make and add. And the 4-storey window wall is only currently held in place (by my thumb in the pic below): 6 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kylestrome Posted December 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 24, 2020 Crikey, Graham! That's speedy work even by your standards. How close are you to having all the buildings you need for the layout? David 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesperus Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Looking fantastic Graham Have a great Christmas. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grahame Posted December 24, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 24, 2020 Just a quick update pic of the building row. Chimneys and hoarding boards - one at each end of the row - have been made and added, but that's it now for Christmas. And I'll take the opportunity to wish everyone who frequents this thread a safe and enjoyable Christmas. 24 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted December 24, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 24, 2020 Merry Christmas Grahame. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 03060 Posted December 25, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 25, 2020 Best wishes Grahame and thankyou for all of the inspirational subjects and information that we've been treated to throughout the year. Cheers Regards, Ian. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 Christmas is over and I've eased myself in to a little light modelling with a start on the shop frontages. Two more basically done, although they need branding and internal details, and two more to do. Think I'll go for a closed one with whitened out windows (just like christmas ) and the other not yet decided. And there still gutters and downpipes to make and add . . . . 13 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Hi Grahame, Just had a catch up, more excellent work on the buildings, something to look up to when I crack on with the ones for the next layout. On the subject of pebbledash, that approach looks excellent. Apologies if I've missed it, what paint did you use please? Thanks! Jo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 10 hours ago, Steadfast said: On the subject of pebbledash, that approach looks excellent. Apologies if I've missed it, what paint did you use please? I did it before Christmas so before all the wine and beer . . . . But it's a paint effect using (mainly Humbrol) aerosols. The base colour was dessert yellow (I think) over a primer base. Then the speckly effect was various greys/black (Humbrol Tank Grey and Halfords grey primer and Humbrol matt black) misted on (outside in the garden) from a distance so that just a small amount reached and settled on the model held horizontally. Just a small amount squirted and then checked before adding any more to get the effect required. Then when dry sealed with a matt varnish from an aerosol. Finally a little weathering powder along the bottom edge. HTH. 11 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted December 28, 2020 Author Share Posted December 28, 2020 On 24/12/2020 at 12:37, Kylestrome said: How close are you to having all the buildings you need for the layout? Closish, but still plenty of building modelling work to do. There are some major structures to make, such as the train shed, station entrance building/foyer, platforms and canopies, viaducts, etc., but I need to know their exact model size to fit before starting on them. And then lots of the buildings need detailing (shop fronts, signage and guttering is a particular bete noire) and finishing, especially the two tower blocks; New London Bridge House and Southwark Towers (currently they're just formboard cores). 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Thanks for the explanation Grahame, I've used similar in the past for concrete. Very realistic looking on your pebbledash, I must say! Jo 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post grahame Posted December 29, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 29, 2020 Finally got the last shop front in (a bricked up one) and the guttering and downpipe in place. Hopefully the whole row seem sufficiently grotty and run-down. Blue Flame was the project name for a product I once worked on so it seems relatively appropriate and the other shops still need signage, but that's it for the time being. I've got some proof reading to do for a friend's book and to think about the next project. 13 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted December 29, 2020 Share Posted December 29, 2020 Love the buildings Grahame, can you tell me what you use to paint the London yellow brick? I'm trying to do some but struggling to get it right. Apologies if it's been asked before. Many thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted December 29, 2020 Author Share Posted December 29, 2020 Base colour of dessert yellow (from a humbrol matt acrylic aerosol) then grubbied down with washes, weathering powders and a 6B pencil (rubbed over with a finger to highlight the embossed brickwork). Finally sealed with a matt varnish. There are several sections earlier in this thread that go into further details and explanation. HTH 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted December 29, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 29, 2020 Similar to Grahame, I’ve used Tamiya Dessert Sand which is brush painted or Tamiya light sand and warm wood? In spray cans for the buildings of Kensington Olympia. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 It's that time of the year for some reflection on the past 12 months and to wish everyone a happy and prosperous new year in 2021 - and certainly a better one than 2020 has been. Today I've taken the opportunity to order online some modelling materials and supplies for what I fear will be a protracted lockdown period that will make visiting the local model shop impossible. Certainly over the last year I've increased my modelling output and hope that will continue. And I'd like to encourage other RMwebbers who have followed this thread to have a bash at some self reliant constructional modeling. Cheers. G 4 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alangdance Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Wishing you all the best foe 2021, Keep up the good work. Where are you getting your Redutex slate roofing from. dcc supplies seemed to be alwatys out of stock. Alan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 Yes, it can be tricky to get hold of. I'm down to scraps and off-cuts that I've saved and managed to use those for the row of shops I recently made as there was little sloping tiled roofing on it. However, yesterday I did notice that they (DCC Supplies) have some terracotta coloured square tiles sheets in N and ordered a couple of those. Fingers crossed they're the same (they look it when zooming in) and it will only need repainting grey. I did have a variegated light grey tile sheet that looked rather piebald (it was simple matter of spraying that a darker grey for it to be okay) but they don't appear to have that in stock either. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alangdance Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 I thouht about that as well. I have a couple to hand so I have given a off cut a coat of grey primer and I will see in the morning what they will look like after a few washes. I do not have any of their slate but compared it to a scalescene printed slate sheet and they are little under size. But I do think this will be noticeabe in N gauge. alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 48 minutes ago, alangdance said: I do not have any of their slate but compared it to a scalescene printed slate sheet and they are little under size. But I do think this will be noticeabe in N gauge. Always assuming the Scalescene ones aren't oversize and that slates all come in the same size (which presumably they don't or do they?). I have painted and sprayed grey primer on Redutex roofing (both before and after cutting and fitting) and it has always been okay and can offer a bit of welcome variation. In fact I noticed the DCC write up suggests painting and modifying the finish and relief, and also warming it with a hairdryer to make it more flexible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alangdance Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 just done a quick check and slate varies a lot. From anything from 6 to 16 inches wide. Scalescenes seemed tobe on the lager size. Looking again at the Redutes tile sheets they look to be a bit large for UK tiles. alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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