Shadow Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 Some more photos in my gallery page here on RMWeb. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/album/3915-north-norfolk/ Did a photo tour for Edwardian and his Castle Aching layout whilst working(!) in the area. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 Some more photos in my gallery page here on RMWeb. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/album/3915-north-norfolk/ Did a photo tour for Edwardian and his Castle Aching layout whilst working(!) in the area. Thanks a bunch man! Beats using Google Maps to get inspiration. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 It isn't raining and it isn't cold so I decided to have a walk around the village to do some research. Lots of clay lump, flint and thatch here in Great Ellingham, in terms of materials used to build houses. Also some of that slightly yellowish brick that Guy mentioned. Most of the brick that isn't covered though isn't yellowish, it's red. Most of the old houses here in Great Ellingham either have their bricks covered or painted over so I can't see, or are clay-lump. Including my own home as seen above, which is one half of a now semi-detached and converted farmhouse from the 17th Century. The black shed (formerly a stable) is where the KLR layout itself will be housed once I clear all the rubbish out of it. Strange how I've lived here for years but never actually looked at what the village really looks like until now. Great Ellingham church. Your usual flint square towered Norman jobby, very normal. Nice carved oak door though. All this will be very useful down the road. Interesting that I've been posting on this thread more frequently recently than my Workbench. I've just not had a lot of loco stuff to be working on recently. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Rixon Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 The use of red brick for decoration - lintels and string courses - in a yellow-brick building is quite common in small houses. Here in Cambridgeshire, the yellow brick is more often left un-rendered and the red-on-yellow effect looks horrible. I'm glad to see that Norfolk has the good taste to render over the yellow brick. That tower mill looks rather nice. It's very dark in the photo; is it hung with slates? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Rixon Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Ellingham Church.jpg Great Ellingham church. Your usual flint square towered Norman jobby, very normal. Nice carved oak door though. *cough* Not Norman, I suggest. Firstly, it's a bit big for a Norman church. Secondly, the decorated windows with the pointy arches are a later style. Norman churches generally had round-topped arches. The foundations might be Norman. (Taking "Norman" to refer to the 11th and early 12th centuries only, everything after being "English".) But a good, representative church for the region, no doubt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 The use of red brick for decoration - lintels and string courses - in a yellow-brick building is quite common in small houses. Here in Cambridgeshire, the yellow brick is more often left un-rendered and the red-on-yellow effect looks horrible. I'm glad to see that Norfolk has the good taste to render over the yellow brick. That tower mill looks rather nice. It's very dark in the photo; is it hung with slates? Yeah. I've seen it on a few buildings and it is quite ugly. And no, it's not. It's brick that just been rendered and painted in a rather drab charcoal colour. *cough* Not Norman, I suggest. Firstly, it's a bit big for a Norman church. Secondly, the decorated windows with the pointy arches are a later style. Norman churches generally had round-topped arches. The foundations might be Norman. (Taking "Norman" to refer to the 11th and early 12th centuries only, everything after being "English".) But a good, representative church for the region, no doubt. I said "Norman" because it's what comes into my head when I think of square towers. It's actually Perpendicular but yes, it's a typical Norfolk church, even though I personally tend to think of round towers when it comes to my home county's churches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted March 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2018 These old buildings in Banham are good subject matter https://goo.gl/maps/LEcvimtRZM92 Quidendham round tower is also a good subject https://goo.gl/maps/G5L17616Y9A2 and old Eccles (the village was abandoned and moved to a new location many years ago) https://goo.gl/maps/ZJsRsxrpHSU2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 These old buildings in Banham are good subject matter https://goo.gl/maps/LEcvimtRZM92 Quidendham round tower is also a good subject https://goo.gl/maps/G5L17616Y9A2 and old Eccles (the village was abandoned and moved to a new location many years ago) https://goo.gl/maps/ZJsRsxrpHSU2 Thanks. I actually spend a lot of time in Banham (I have friends there as well as being a frequent visitor of Banham's weekly car boot sale) and I've seen Eccles once or twice. Never actually been to Quidenham to be honest, I'm usually more around the Attleborough and Watton areas rather than up Thetford end. Either way, that streetview of Banham is nice, plus if you turn the camera around you get an excellent view of the church. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold beast66606 Posted March 31, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 31, 2018 Thanks. I actually spend a lot of time in Banham (I have friends there as well as being a frequent visitor of Banham's weekly car boot sale) and I've seen Eccles once or twice. Never actually been to Quidenham to be honest, I'm usually more around the Attleborough and Watton areas rather than up Thetford end. Either way, that streetview of Banham is nice, plus if you turn the camera around you get an excellent view of the church. So you're one of the people who clog up my lanes for the Banham Boot then ... (Banham is my village) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 So you're one of the people who clog up my lanes for the Banham Boot then ... (Banham is my village) Ah right. Wow, there's actually quite a lot of you fellow RMWebbers who are really local to me. That's interesting. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted April 2, 2018 Author Share Posted April 2, 2018 The platforms are painted. Decided on the more yellowy Cambridgeshire brick colour for the front brickwork. A bit of my usual undercoat, a splash of Vallejo Model Colour Brilliant White, a bit of Model Colour Brown Sand, and some Games Workshop Agrax Earthshade wash to make it look muddy and used, and bring out the details. I am thoroughly pleased with this result. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 The first true KLR building has arrived!Bought for cheap on eBay, a complete, unbuilt, Ratio signal box for Kelsby! Kelsby station house is also on the way! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted April 4, 2018 Author Share Posted April 4, 2018 (edited) Kelsby signal box as it stands now: Getting the base square was a pain. Not using the green base Ratio supplied as this will be standing in the middle of Kelsby yard surrounded by dirt and various such things for the most part. Also because I don't want to use the base anyway. Edited April 4, 2018 by RedGemAlchemist 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 Kelsby signal box continues to take shape. Building the box itself is done, not all it needs is painting and glazing. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 And building no.2 has arrived, Kelsby station house, in the form of a Dapol booking hall kit. I liked what the end result looked like in the product pictures so I felt it was perfect for Kelsby. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Kelsby signal box continues to take shape. Building the box itself is done, not all it needs is painting and glazing. Signal box WIP 2.jpg Nice job on the windows. I remember they could be a bit of a !! I take it the microstrip, plastic offcuts and wire are coming out for the lever frame etc? Don't forget to give your signalman, or woman a stove and a chair. I believe it can get a touch chilly in your part of the world!! Chris. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 Nice job on the windows. I remember they could be a bit of a ######!! I take it the microstrip, plastic offcuts and wire are coming out for the lever frame etc? Don't forget to give your signalman, or woman a stove and a chair. I believe it can get a touch chilly in your part of the world!! Chris. Yeah, they were. And... um... I don't... have a lever frame... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandhole Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Like I said, plasticard, microstrip, sprue and wire. A decent photo of a lever frame. Plasticard for the base , microstrip and wire for the levers, plasticard for the shelf for the block instruments and carved sprue for the instruments and token apparatus. I know there are some great kits out there, but they are expensive!! I made my first frame up out of bits. Drove me crazy and took me an age but, the great feeling when I did it. I was 17 at the time, another time!!!! Chris. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 (edited) Like I said, plasticard, microstrip, sprue and wire. A decent photo of a lever frame. Plasticard for the base , microstrip and wire for the levers, plasticard for the shelf for the block instruments and carved sprue for the instruments and token apparatus. I know there are some great kits out there, but they are expensive!! I made my first frame up out of bits. Drove me crazy and took me an age but, the great feeling when I did it. I was 17 at the time, another time!!!! Chris. ...yeah, as said I have none of those things. Plus I'd already put it together by the time you posted the first one, Chris. Sorry. Mission failed. I mean there's still some details to add like guttering and the hooks with buckets on at the front, as well as a wash coat and paint touch-ups, but that's the general gist. Also accidentally snapped off the rear roof ornament but it looks fine with just the front one anyway. Edited April 6, 2018 by RedGemAlchemist 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 And here is the complete Kelsby signal box. Grubby but quaint, I think. At least that was the intent. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 Finally gotten started on Kelsby station building.It still surprises me how good these Dapol kits are considering how old most of the kits are. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 Kelsby station building is complete. Sorry for the lack of updates, I... kind of forgot to take photos.Complete with rain staining on roof and one slightly wonky chimney. Kelsby is shaping up to be a very attractive little station in my mind. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Smashing job on the buildings. I think that ex-Airfix station is an under-regarded model. Your painting is very subtle and naturalistic. Well done! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 Smashing job on the buildings. I think that ex-Airfix station is an under-regarded model. Your painting is very subtle and naturalistic. Well done! Thanks. As usual, that praise means a lot coming from a man I see as a mentor. I was painting on a much smaller scale before doing this, having played Warhammer 40,000 for some time. (Is it OK if I put a picture up to demonstrate?) Therefore, I like to think I paint without really thinking about it, almost automatically as it were. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Thanks. As usual, that praise means a lot coming from a man I see as a mentor. I think if you can paint a plastic kit of a building and it not look like a painted plastic kit, that's skill. Things need to be subtler at scale, and your station could be made of wood or card because of the lovely soft tones you've achieved. See Madder Valley I was painting on a much smaller scale before doing this, having played Warhammer 40,000 for some time. (Is it OK if I put a picture up to demonstrate?) Only if I can post this! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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