Rustons Sidings.

[NHY 581]

7 hours ago, sb67 said:

I've added some different shades to the bricks. I'm still not sure about it though, I'm hoping a slightly darker mortar wash will bring it round.

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Steve, 

 

Have you considered a light dusting of Dark Earth weathering powder? 

 

If you do, try it on an unseen corner. 

 

Rob. 

[sb67]

Cheers guys, got no excuses to not get anything done now, one of my partners kids was sent home with a cough today, whilst I've not had a lot of contact with him I was at the house all weekend so I'm going to self isolate for 14 days now. I work in a gym with vulnerable people so I got to do it. 

[sb67]

2 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

Hi Steve, 

 

Have you considered a light dusting of Dark Earth weathering powder? 

 

If you do, try it on an unseen corner. 

 

Rob. 

 

Good idea, I will try that on the side that's going to go next to the backscene.

[NHY 581]

Might be worth a go. It's what I used to tone down the Bachmann buildings on Bleat.  Just a light touch will be enough. 

 

 

Rob. 

[d&h]

On 14/03/2020 at 17:56, chuffinghell said:

Me neither, I assumed they were a late eighties thing

Dates can often catch you out. There is a lovely picture in the "last Days in Steam" series that has a steam engine pulling a nuclear flask wagon!

[sb67]

I've added some weathering powders, some dark earth and a touch of green in places. I think it does look better. 

 

 

 

I'll try using a wash on another wall and see which I prefer, then paint the lintels.

 

 

[jamest]

Hi,

 

I think in those last pictures the brickwork looks great - although I appreciate its you who has got to be happy.

 

The powders blend the colours better and give it a more 'matt' look.

 

Regards,

James

Edited March 18, 2020 by jamest

[Signaller69]

Looks excellent, beats my efforts at brickwork I have to say. 

 

Brickwork is one of my least favourite jobs along with replicating concrete.

 

Martyn.

[sb67]

The house is getting there, I went over it with weathering powder but I'd still like to do a bit more weathering on the brickwork,  and maybe the windowsills and lintels are a bit too clean.

Next up painting the roof, adding a chimney, guttering and downpipes.

 

[AireValley1962]

42 minutes ago, sb67 said:

The house is getting there.......

 

Golly, if I could create brickwork half as decent in twice the time, I'd have a totally different layout! And that's why I stick with grass......

 

Nicely done!

 

Cheers,

Will

[Alister_G]

That's looking really good Steve.

 

Al.

[chuffinghell]

That looks fantastic!

 

I wish I’d gone for the brick buildings instead of the stone now......But I don’t have the energy or mental capacity to start all over

 

Chris

[sb67]

Thanks for the comments guys, I quite like the look of it now, just got to do the same for the roof. 

Chris - I like your stone buildings, I'll be checking your thread out for how to do the flashing around the chimney as well.

[sb67]

I've been wondering about the roof. My default for a roof would be painting it slate grey and then weathering it. Looking around my local area almost all roofs are tiled.

Does anybody know, would slate roof be more appropriate for a specific area?

I'm also guessing that to paint tiles would be the same sort of colours as brickwork, although the houses in my road are a darker brown colour. 

[Dzine]

7 hours ago, sb67 said:

I've been wondering about the roof. My default for a roof would be painting it slate grey and then weathering it. Looking around my local area almost all roofs are tiled.

Does anybody know, would slate roof be more appropriate for a specific area?

I'm also guessing that to paint tiles would be the same sort of colours as brickwork, although the houses in my road are a darker brown colour. 

Hi Steve, It's worth remembering that slate can be quite different depending on where it comes from; some quite dark, some light, some very blue-ish and so on.  It might be worth doing a bit of research based on the location of your layout and then think about where slates might have come from.  Don't forget you might get patches of other colour where a later repair has taken place or a chimney taken down and so on.  Hope this helps, apologies if I'm telling you what you already know.  Kind regards Paul

[sb67]

2 hours ago, Dzine said:

Hi Steve, It's worth remembering that slate can be quite different depending on where it comes from; some quite dark, some light, some very blue-ish and so on.  It might be worth doing a bit of research based on the location of your layout and then think about where slates might have come from.  Don't forget you might get patches of other colour where a later repair has taken place or a chimney taken down and so on.  Hope this helps, apologies if I'm telling you what you already know.  Kind regards Paul

 

Thanks Paul. 

I'm trying to think a bit more like that and for the area I want to model I wonder if a tile roof would be more suitable. The flats where I live were built in the 50's and have tile roofs so I did an experiment.

I want to learn to ''paint what I see'' and as I've plenty of time on my hands let's see how I get on. 

I've a picture of a roof. 

 

Trying to paint what I see I've started with a dark brown but it's not dark enough so I'm thinking a chocolate brown would be a better start.

 

 

[Alister_G]

To be honest Steve I'd avoid browns and go for more grey.

 

I don't know if you have a graphics package on your computer, like Paint.NET or Photoshop, but even Microsoft Paint has a tool called a colour picker, which basically selects the colour when you click on an area of a picture. It's quite illuminating (excuse the pun) to see what colour is produced sometimes, it can be nothing like what your brain thinks it is seeing.

 

So for instance, clicking on this bit of your photo:

 

 

produces this colour:

 

 

Whilst clicking a bit further to the left produces this colour:

 

 

Not what you would expect at all.

 

Al.

 

Edited March 20, 2020 by Alister_G
smelling and grandma

[chuffinghell]

5 hours ago, Dzine said:

Hi Steve, It's worth remembering that slate can be quite different depending on where it comes from; some quite dark, some light, some very blue-ish and so on.  It might be worth doing a bit of research based on the location of your layout and then think about where slates might have come from.  Don't forget you might get patches of other colour where a later repair has taken place or a chimney taken down and so on.  Hope this helps, apologies if I'm telling you what you already know.  Kind regards Paul

He’s not wrong, when I’m back at work on Monday I’ll see if I’ve still got the photos of a site I visited two weeks ago at a slate quarry

[sb67]

8 hours ago, Alister_G said:

To be honest Steve I'd avoid browns and go for more grey.

 

I don't know if you have a graphics package on your computer, like Paint.NET or Photoshop, but even Microsoft Paint has a tool called a colour picker, which basically selects the colour when you click on an area of a picture. It's quite illuminating (excuse the pun) to see what colour is produced sometimes, it can be nothing like what your brain thinks it is seeing.

 

So for instance, clicking on this bit of your photo:

 

 

produces this colour:

 

 

Whilst clicking a bit further to the left produces this colour:

 

 

Not what you would expect at all.

 

Al.

 

 

That's interesting Al, didn't know about that. I'll have a play around later and see if I can find a match or mix that colour. To me the darker one looks like there's a bit of brown in there. 

[Neil]

Top tip for painting what you see is to cut a 1cm square out of the centre of some thin white card (paper will do also) and use this to view the area you're trying to colour match. It stops the brain overlaying it's prejudices onto what info the eyes give it; sky is blue, grass is green, sort of thing.

[chuffinghell]

Hi Steve

 

I popped you those downpipes in the post yesterday, hopefully be with you soon

 

Just wanted to reassure you that they were wiped with 99.9% isopropyl before being packaged whilst wearing a facemask and nitrile gloves

 

Chris

[sb67]

Thanks Chris, much appreciated 

[chuffinghell]

45 minutes ago, sb67 said:

Thanks Chris, much appreciated 

You’re more than welcome

 

Hopefully the post won’t been held up to much, I’m sure the post office is very busy at the moment with the increase in mail order whilst we can’t get out.

 

I’ve ordered some plasticard today so I can finish the platform I’ve started (I should really check what I’ve got before starting something) 

[sb67]

It'll get here when it does Chris, my car insurance and tax forms certainly weren't held up! 

[sb67]

Been planting a bit of static grass just to get on with something, this in preparation for the next bit where I think I'm going for a hedge along the line of the track.