Tricky Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 Ok, well....first step - take it off. That’s as far as I’ve got today...! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted March 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 30, 2020 More than I've achieved! Is there any way of trying it at different heights without cutting it? Even just a plain green strip on a plain background to raise up and down... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 33 minutes ago, Hal Nail said: More than I've achieved! Is there any way of trying it at different heights without cutting it? Even just a plain green strip on a plain background to raise up and down... Not really, it rests on top of the baseboard. I think I’m just going to go for it.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephenwolsten Posted March 30, 2020 Share Posted March 30, 2020 Please don't take my views as worth much, as I misinterpreted what you had already painted and I admit to preferring a very high viewing hight. I wonder if the advice in Paul Bambrick's book is any help in deciding? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted March 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 30, 2020 Given the bottom is hidden, presumably you could always mount it back up higher again anyway so not actually that risky cutting the bottom off? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted March 30, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 30, 2020 Leave it as it is. Dave 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 9 hours ago, Dave Hunt said: Leave it as it is. Dave I shall ponder during the day....I had to take it off anyway to upend the baseboard so that I can begin soldering all the droppers on. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 On 31/03/2020 at 08:20, Tricky said: I shall ponder during the day....I had to take it off anyway to upend the baseboard so that I can begin soldering all the droppers on. Still pondering...! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 In the meantime, I’ve decided to tackle the dock edge where the track comes perilously close to the water’s edge and so a small retaining wall has been built. I am experimenting with how I try and reproduce the vegetation along here. This is the area available. Underneath the protective card is the water surface which at the moment is plywood painted in murky green shades. It will eventually get the gloss varnish treatment but is sufficiently advanced to warrant looking after and protecting. The brick wall is recycled from Birmingham/ Monk’s Gate which is now in ‘storage’. And here we are entering the realms of experimentation...polyfilla into which is pressed.... ....moss, weed roots, the odd twig. 10 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 Followed by a smattering of more polyfilla, soot, ash, more ash, more dilute polyfilla, a mist spray of water and anything else lying around! Who knows how it’s going to work out...! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 21:04, Stephenwolsten said: Please don't take my views as worth much, as I misinterpreted what you had already painted and I admit to preferring a very high viewing hight. I wonder if the advice in Paul Bambrick's book is any help in deciding? You’re right of course - Paul Bambrick’s book does indeed cover viewing heights but in my haste I jumped straight to the interesting bit! I shall retrace my steps and do what I should have done first time round!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 On 30/03/2020 at 21:04, Stephenwolsten said: Please don't take my views as worth much, as I misinterpreted what you had already painted and I admit to preferring a very high viewing hight. I wonder if the advice in Paul Bambrick's book is any help in deciding? You’re right of course - Paul Bambrick’s book does indeed cover viewing heights but in my haste I jumped straight to the interesting bit! I shall retrace my steps and do what I should have done first time round!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 Here’s one last shot of the mess I’ve ended up with at close of play! I am hoping that it all sets reasonably solid so that I can sand and shape it, then add back some texture, vegetation and colour in a more controlled fashion! This is a photo I took a couple of days ago of the banks of the River Eden, not far from Penshurst whilst out on my bike ride. I love the way the roots have become exposed as the soil is eroded. The variation of colour and texture are noteworthy, as well as the gentle movement of water. I think this is essential prototype material to aim to copy, rather than try and make it up from my imagination. There - I’ve nailed my colours to the mast! Let’s see if I manage it now! 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 Here’s today’s update on the The River Experiment Project.... I think yesterday’s splodging was vaguely successful although I am a bit apprehensive that it will all end up a soggy mess. However, I have persevered today. Here, I have cut back the excess foliage and smeared over another covering of polyfilla followed by pva in an attempt to stabilise it all. The eagle-eyed among you will see I have replaced the card which disintegrated! And here I’ve covered it with the ubiquitous carpet underlay. This is in an attempt to replicate the exposed roots etc in the real photo I posted yesterday. If it’s all sufficiently dry tomorrow I’ll trim back the underlay, clean up and hopefully add some colour. 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted April 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 16, 2020 Very nice Tricky. Regards Lez. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tricky Posted April 17, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 17, 2020 Your daily update.... ....I cut back the carpet underlay to just a few wisps and then smeared a wet mix of polyfilla over it, lightly sanded it when it was dry and then added a base coat of paint (at last!). Tomorrow hopefully I’ll dry brush some highlights, add detail vegetation, smarten up the wall and add some timber shoring etc. Lesson No 1 - the initial application of moss was totally unnecessary!! 22 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fastdax Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 It's very interesting to see how this feature is evolving, Richard. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted April 18, 2020 Author Share Posted April 18, 2020 3 hours ago, Fastdax said: It's very interesting to see how this feature is evolving, Richard. Thanks - me too! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tricky Posted April 22, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 22, 2020 (edited) Ta da! Reasonably pleased with the outcome. Rather than use the stone wall experiment, I made some timber baulks from scrap oak and weathered them using mostly acrylics. These take a bit of getting used to compared with enamels but ok I think. Coverage isn’t as good and you can’t manipulate and mix the paints as easily in the model I don’t think. Or it may be just me. Next, I’m going to attempt to get the layout working with tortoise point motors either operated through the DCC handheld or if I don’t get on with that then a control panel of some sort. I’ve got some quite nice walnut left over from something else...! Then, decide once and for all whether to cut the backscene down. Edited April 22, 2020 by Tricky 21 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 That looks superb Tricky, thanks for the set of photo's too showing it all come together. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted April 22, 2020 Share Posted April 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Tricky said: manipulate and mix the paints as easily in the model I don’t think Looking very nice so far, in respect of using acrylics I tend to use the Vallejo range for most of my buildings etc. and add a few drops of their Retarder Medium, it helps to slow down any drying out and enables me to manipulate the paint as I wish. Other Mediums are available. Grahame 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Dave Hunt Posted April 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 22, 2020 Summing it up so far, Richard, the word superb comes to mind. Dave 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 10 hours ago, bgman said: Looking very nice so far, in respect of using acrylics I tend to use the Vallejo range for most of my buildings etc. and add a few drops of their Retarder Medium, it helps to slow down any drying out and enables me to manipulate the paint as I wish. Other Mediums are available. Grahame Where do you by Vallejo paints? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted April 23, 2020 Author Share Posted April 23, 2020 9 hours ago, Dave Hunt said: Summing it up so far, Richard, the word superb comes to mind. Dave Thanks Dave! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcf Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Inspirational modelling but if it was me II would be worried about starting detailed modelling at the front of the layout and having to stretch across it to model the rear and risk causing damage to the work already modelled. Amazing work though. Regards Rob Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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