Pete Goss Posted October 9, 2019 Author Share Posted October 9, 2019 On 03/10/2019 at 14:27, scoobyra said: Only just found this thread (still can't get used to the new format). Great stuff Pete - More inspiration! Mike Mike We are due to bring the layout to Portsmouth next year coincidentally as a 'work in progress'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Goss Posted October 9, 2019 Author Share Posted October 9, 2019 On 05/10/2019 at 09:12, blackmoor_vale said: Another absolute work of art from the master of building construction! I follow the progress. It gets better and better. The choice of role models is very good. Best greetings, Torsten Guten tag Torsten. Hope you are well. I will be contacting Herr Ebe again very soon once the brewery and maltings boards are completed. Auf Wiedersehn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Mike B Posted October 11, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 11, 2019 On 09/10/2019 at 12:49, Pete Goss said: Mike We are due to bring the layout to Portsmouth next year coincidentally as a 'work in progress'. Excellent! World's End is still one of my greatest inspirations. I'll look forward to seeing you. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 (edited) On 20/02/2018 at 19:44, Pete Goss said: The brick soldiers themselves are then made from plasticard strips (say 3mm wide for 9" brick soldiers for example), the strip should be longer than required so it can be trimmed to fit the opening. Partly cut through on one side only with the Stanley knife. The strip will start to curve naturally in one direction. Trim to suit. Job done. Hi Pete ... I missed this comment on first read - but has neatly answered all the questions I had about your brick course / headers technique. Thanks so much for taking the time to photograph your step-by-step guide. I had it in mind that your headers were 3rd-printed or laser cut etc but this 'analogue' method is perfect. I've taken to scratch-building fairly recently and find your solutions increasingly appealing (lining-pen windows, hand cut arches etc.) Your techniques make it easier to adapt to the various sizes, styles and proportions that a building dictates. Mind you - your method still demands a great degree of design, cutting and measuring skill! Edited November 7, 2019 by brylonscamel update message Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Goss Posted November 11, 2019 Author Share Posted November 11, 2019 On 07/11/2019 at 10:44, brylonscamel said: Hi Pete ... I missed this comment on first read - but has neatly answered all the questions I had about your brick course / headers technique. Thanks so much for taking the time to photograph your step-by-step guide. I had it in mind that your headers were 3rd-printed or laser cut etc but this 'analogue' method is perfect. I've taken to scratch-building fairly recently and find your solutions increasingly appealing (lining-pen windows, hand cut arches etc.) Your techniques make it easier to adapt to the various sizes, styles and proportions that a building dictates. Mind you - your method still demands a great degree of design, cutting and measuring skill! Yes, an interesting comment on the skill or mind set required to measure and cut things out. I would say that, as with all these things, taking time out to set up the physical making process to start with will help considerably and pay dividends in time. Such as perhaps using a small drawing board as I do, or maybe a nice piece of plain wood with 2 steel rulers screwed down at right angles with one of them raised a little for card to pass under for measuring and marking, you will be in a much stronger position to draw and mark out en-masse, rather than just one thing at a time. A much more economical use of time I have found. This is why I always try and construct, build and finish several buildings at the same time, so all walls can be made at the same time, painted, all windows etc. It maybe takes longer overall but all are finished at the same time. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted November 11, 2019 Share Posted November 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Pete Goss said: Yes, an interesting comment on the skill or mind set required to measure and cut things out. I would say that, as with all these things, taking time out to set up the physical making process to start with will help considerably and pay dividends in time. Such as perhaps using a small drawing board as I do, or maybe a nice piece of plain wood with 2 steel rulers screwed down at right angles with one of them raised a little for card to pass under for measuring and marking, you will be in a much stronger position to draw and mark out en-masse, rather than just one thing at a time. A much more economical use of time I have found. This is why I always try and construct, build and finish several buildings at the same time, so all walls can be made at the same time, painted, all windows etc. It maybe takes longer overall but all are finished at the same time. Pete - Thanks again giving a detailed response! I had spotted your use a traditional drawing board. I had a big A0 drawing board many years ago but it went in various house moves! .. But I like the your DIY solution : steel rulers and wood I've got a small collection of brick buildings on the workbench at the moment and appreciate what you say about building and painting simultaneously. I got into a right pickle recently with mis-matched colours on a collection of whisky distillery buildings. It all came out OK in the end but I regret doing the painting in batches! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pete Goss Posted November 20, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 20, 2019 After a lot of experimentation we have arrived at the following conclusion for the setts colouring. The original colouring idea of an enamel wash pictured on an area in the August post on page 5 was removed as the wash tended to give a mushy finish so I started again. Ground setts were originally laid at Bass brewery using Mountsorrell setts which although light grey colour would of had a very slight pinkish tone in them. The following technique was originally tried out on a section using pink (dark tan polish) but the contrast was too severe, so I removed the finish for the second time and started again. For the final version I painted the top surface with a mix of Humbrol enamel 64 light grey and 33 white, trying not to fill the joints, before lining all the joints with Humbrol tank grey 67 / earth 29. This gave a flat but sharply defined 2D finish. Then when dry and using a clear shoe polish and Humbrol weathering powder brushed on the polish/weathering mix. After a severe buffing-off with a soft cloth the surface will be sealed with Humbrol Satin Cote varnish. This took it up to the 3D finish as pictured below. The weathering/polish mix tended to fill in the tiny surface blemishes and dressed the edges of the setts where the painting had (purposely) missed. This was all Julie's idea. The trackwork on the second picture has been ballasted with fine sand laid dry. Pva /water 50/50 eye dropped on, before painting on a thinned coat of Humbrol 67/29 enamel mix and dry brushing off when dry with Humbrol 110 wood / 64 light grey. The rail sides are painted in Humbrol tan 62. Ballasting in these yards would have been done using gravel and ash I believe, as proper large stone ballast was reserved for the proper railways elsewhere.. 20 1 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 I like the shoe polish idea........ one thing tho....... will any dust or debris stick to it? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neil Posted November 21, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 21, 2019 That's very neat work scribing the setts but (and I'm afraid it's too late now) the appearance is improved if the voids between the sleepers are filled in first. It's particularly apparent around the points because of the extra space required for the blades to move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted November 21, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 21, 2019 Not if it's been buffed up it won't. Look on it as shiney armour plating. Anyone who's bulled up a pair of DMS army boots will tell you that dust just blows or wipes off the surface. Regards Lez. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pete Goss Posted December 16, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2019 Here's a little cameo I have thrown together for a bit of fun. Working my way round to the cooperage board, I needed to detail the inside of the cooperage building. These are two steam driven saw benches sawing slivers of wood ready for cask production. 30 15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pete Goss Posted February 14, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2020 Some of the railway workers having a brew in the mess room. The room has since been illuminated before closing it up with the roof. 18 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pete Goss Posted February 14, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2020 Some more illumination. This time gas lamp standards, 14 in total. Negative wire runs inside the brass tube, the positive wire is soldered top and bottom so the brass standard carries the current. A 1000 ohm resister will be fitted to each standard once the lamps are planted. Other than that the electrics are the same as the wall mounted ones shown earlier. 24 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilks Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 Just picked this posting after reading about the layout in April's Railway Modeller. Copper, Wort and Co Ltd is a great idea which should be fun to operate, lots of detail, a mix of reality and intrigue which will keep the audience captivated. The circular design is well thought out and surprised there aren't more circular layouts on the exhibition circuit. The size, scale, finish and detail on the buildings is immense. I look forward to following the progress of the Copper, Wort and Co Ltd and hope to see at an exhibition in the future. Wilks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pete Goss Posted March 28, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 28, 2020 The last board!!.. The High Street. I have set out the building carcasses and am ready to start thinking about the tram track crossing the line in High Street. The railway squeezes behind building's almost scraping the walls. There will be brick walls along the track side both sides for most of the length of this board. This morning I had a final electrical test. The other 4 boards all have their buildings finished and are ready to be stuck down.. 20 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve1 Posted March 28, 2020 Share Posted March 28, 2020 I can vouch for The Coopers having drunk in there frequently when attending DEMU Showcase, as can several others! steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff_p Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 (edited) Hi Pete, another one of those "late to see this thread" people here. All I can say is how awe stuck and impressed my wife and I are. Amazing work. Jeff. Edited April 3, 2020 by jeff_p Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pete Goss Posted April 4, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 4, 2020 On 03/04/2020 at 08:49, jeff_p said: Hi Pete, another one of those "late to see this thread" people here. All I can say is how awe stuck and impressed my wife and I are. Amazing work. Jeff. Thanks Jeff. I am now working on the ground work on the High Street board. At the road crossing, the tram line is plastered in with filler and awaits the carving of the setts, similar process to before. The buildings are set out, walls marked out (the green strips) and the footpaths under way. … at the same time as I am painting the shops on the opposite desk in my workroom. 23 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Can't beat a box of Creme Eggs for inspiration ! Lovely work. G 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pete Goss Posted April 13, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 13, 2020 Another productive weekend. Walls, railings, signals and crossing gates all ready for painting. These are mainly for the High Street scene. One of the cross bar signals will be internal, the other located at the crossing gates. The water crane will be near the locomotive shed. 22 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 All nicely modelled Pete, I especially like the use of the cross-bar signals slightly reminiscent of the Broad Gauge, ever so slightly. Grahame 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishplate Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Hi Pete. I have been fortunate to see your other layouts at exhibitions and remember your very helpful comments when we were discussing your buildings on Worlds End at (I think) Wakefield. I first found out about the brewery railways in Burton when looking at a project to increase speed on the main line though the area. BR had all the old line plans in big linen books. The one for Burton had leaves that folded out to show long-gone sidings going off into town, with crossings like that on your High Street scene. I have had a very pleasant wander through six pages of inspirational modelling. I look forward to seeing this one at a future exhibition and seeing more great modelling on here. Best regards John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pete Goss Posted May 3, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 3, 2020 Getting on with it now! Got a lot of hats to make shortly for the hat shop on the corner. But is will be all the windows and doors next. 16 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 7 minutes ago, Pete Goss said: Getting on with it now! Got a lot of hats to make shortly for the hat shop on the corner. But is will be all the windows and doors next. Such impressive work here.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Pete Goss Posted July 4, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 4, 2020 Two months later and I am very nearly ready to start sticking everything down!! Just the rainwater downpipes tom complete on these buildings. 19 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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