Ladmanlow Sidings and other C&HPR locations

[Rowsley17D]

I've had ModelU staff arrive much quicker than the advertised turnaround time. It's excellent stuff too. Needs a good primer like Halfords grey etch.

[Enterprisingwestern]

 

 

Being a foreigner I've stocked up!

 

Mike.

[Alister_G]

The prototype front door of the house is quite an intricate design, not just a plain door:

 

 

So I've taken a while to get this successfully transferred to the model. After a few false starts, here's what I managed to produce using microstrip and the power of prayer...

 

 

This was sprayed in Matt Tan, and then I used weathering powders to give it the timber look:

 

 

And here it is fixed to the house:

 

 

Thanks for looking,

 

Al.

[chuffinghell]

Do you use aerosols?

[Alister_G]

Yes, for priming, or if I want a smooth base coat to work from, like the door.

 

Most painting is done with washes or dry-brushing though.

 

I don't own an airbrush.

 

Al.

Edited August 6, 2020 by Alister_G

[chuffinghell]

9 minutes ago, Alister_G said:

Yes, for priming, or if I want a smooth base coat to work from, like the door.

 

Most painting is done with washes or dry-brushing though.

 

I don't own an airbrush.

 

Al.

I’ve always preferred aerosol but I can’t really use them in the house hence getting the airbrush

 

I still use Halfrauds primer though....but I have to go into the shed and I end up getting bits of dust and spiders webs all over what I’m spraying

 

I need to learn/practice with dry-brushing, any tips?

[Alister_G]

12 minutes ago, chuffinghell said:

any tips

 

To be honest, I'm not sure I can give any, I just do it, it's a matter of practising until you get the result you wanted.

 

But in general, the least amount of paint on the brush you can get away with, and do a little at a time, don't try to get the finished result in one pass, build up layers gradually.

 

Al.

[mullie]

Patience is a virtue, build up the layers with tiny amounts of paint, I work in acrylics so don't have to wait long. I also use things like talc, chalks and charcoal to add texture as well as Indian ink.

 

More difficult to remove paint than add it.

 

I use quite a lot of Tamiya aerosols these days as they are very good and I can buy them locally when my local Toymaster is open. Halfords primers are also used.

[Alister_G]

Cheers Martyn, yes I prefer acrylics too, both for the quick drying, and the fact that you can dilute them with water.

 

And I think the matt colours really give a matt finish as well, unlike enamels.

 

Al.

Edited August 6, 2020 by Alister_G

[sb67]

The house is just looking better and better Al, great stuff. 

Do you dry brush using your acrylics? I'm trying to use more acrylic paint but sometimes I find the drying time too fast when there's not much paint on the brush. 

[Enterprisingwestern]

18 minutes ago, sb67 said:

The house is just looking better and better Al, great stuff. 

Do you dry brush using your acrylics? I'm trying to use more acrylic paint but sometimes I find the drying time too fast when there's not much paint on the brush. 

 

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylic_retarder

 

Mike.

[chuffinghell]

7 hours ago, Alister_G said:

Cheers Martyn, yes I prefer acrylics too, both for the quick drying, and the fact that you can dilute them with water.

 

And I think the matt colours really give a matt finish as well, unlike enamels.

 

Al.

I only use acrylics, I’ve never really liked using enamels.

[mullie]

2 hours ago, sb67 said:

The house is just looking better and better Al, great stuff. 

Do you dry brush using your acrylics? I'm trying to use more acrylic paint but sometimes I find the drying time too fast when there's not much paint on the brush. 

Trick used by artists is to use a larger brush so the paint doesn't dry so fast on the way to the task. Learnt this through my artist daughter and Mikkel discusses it on his excellent Farthing blogs.

 

Because of the shape of the brush chosen you can still dry brush and add detail,bthe paint flows easier as well.

Edited August 7, 2020 by mullie

[Alister_G]

4 hours ago, sb67 said:

The house is just looking better and better Al, great stuff. 

Do you dry brush using your acrylics? I'm trying to use more acrylic paint but sometimes I find the drying time too fast when there's not much paint on the brush. 

 

Thanks Steve,

 

Yes I do dry-brush using acrylics. I find I have to go and wash the brush under the tap at frequent intervals to keep it from becoming stiff with dried paint, but It's not too much of an imposition. I like the idea of Martyn's above though.

 

Al.

[sb67]

8 hours ago, Alister_G said:

 

Thanks Steve,

 

Yes I do dry-brush using acrylics. I find I have to go and wash the brush under the tap at frequent intervals to keep it from becoming stiff with dried paint, but It's not too much of an imposition. I like the idea of Martyn's above though.

 

Al.

 

Thanks Al. I'll give Martin's idea a go as well. I also like the idea of the retarder. 

[chuffinghell]

I’m sure I read somewhere that artists sometimes use glycerin as a retarder but I think that’s for watercolours not acrylic, not tried it myself though.

 

Don't use nitroglycerin

 

Edited August 7, 2020 by chuffinghell

[Alister_G]

I got fed up of looking at bare newspaper:

 

 

 

 

So I did a bit of grassage:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'll let that dry and then hoover up the spare, then give it a blast of hairspray and add another layer.

 

Al.

[NHY 581]

Evening Al. 

 

May I congratulate you on your article in the latest BRM. 

 

The article is very good indeed supported by your lovely photos.  The layout looks simply splendid and really showcases your skill and approach to modelling. 

 

Spot on !!

 

( and thanks for the mention! )

 

 

Rob. 

[Alister_G]

Thank you Rob, that's much appreciated. I've only seen the draft so far, hopefully mine will turn up tomorrow.

 

Having pinched your trackplan almost exactly, I didn't want to be accused of creating Dolly the Sheep Lane Clone...

 

Al.

[NHY 581]

No chance of that Al. 

 

Always nice to see one of our 'circles' layouts arrive in print. 

 

Your modelling  provides much in the way of inspiration. Thank you.  

 

The latest issue is on Exactly. You should be able to see it via your RMweb Gold Membership. 

 

Rob. 

[mullie]

Congratulations on the article Al though must admit I don't get BRM and can't currently read it in the library, sorry Smiths! Will have to try and get a copy.

 

Layout looks great by the way.

 

Martyn

[Alister_G]

Thanks Martyn.

 

Al.

[Worsdell forever]

13 hours ago, chuffinghell said:

I’m sure I read somewhere that artists sometimes use glycerin as a retarder but I think that’s for watercolours not acrylic, not tried it myself though.

 

Don't use nitroglycerin

 

 

It might work, just don't stir it to vigorously. 

[JustinDean]

Congratulations on article Al and well deserved. I was searching through Flickr for C&HPR photos and came across Ladmanlow; it took me a moment to realise it wasn’t real and actually your layout! I look forward to seeing it in BRM :-) 

Jay

[Mick Bonwick]

Well done with the BRM article, Al. That real background makes for an absolutely splendid rendition of your model.