RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted December 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2020 Thanks, Chris. I can't claim to have done very well at the start. There have been a lot of reprints along the way! The key thing for me is to study how it all goes together well before starting, and then to measure, measure, measure before using any glue. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted December 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2020 16 minutes ago, chuffinghell said: I’ve never done very well with card kits so I’m always in awe of those who produce such high quality buildings such as yours hats off to you sir Did you mean "huts off"? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted December 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, Tony Teague said: Did you mean "huts off"? I clicked on "Funny" because there's no "Groan". 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted December 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2020 Thats a bit harsh, I was doing my best 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallpaul69 Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, Tony Teague said: Thats a bit harsh, I was doing my best Never mind Tony, We love a bit of fun - really! My take on card buildings is that they are best used in the background with more detailed items in the foreground. Having said that, sometimes the right item is only available in card and its better to adapt card items than starting butchering resin ones. Take care All Cheers Paul 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted December 16, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 16, 2020 3 hours ago, Tallpaul69 said: My take on card buildings is that they are best used in the background with more detailed items in the foreground. If you think that these are going into the background after all the work I've put into them, you've got another think coming, sunshine! On the other hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallpaul69 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 15 hours ago, Mick Bonwick said: If you think that these are going into the background after all the work I've put into them, you've got another think coming, sunshine! On the other hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sorry Mick, My comment was aimed at card buildings in general, not your specific ones, which I agree are best of breed! On the other hand............... Just trying to think of a location that needs 4 small sheds in the foreground? -But maybe this just shows up my limited knowledge of the Portland area? I'm not planning on any card buildings in the near future except maybe one (or two?) on a scenic test piece I am planning to spend some Tier 3 time on next week. I'll put it up here when it's finished (maybe in the new year?- because like Mick, I will have to have a number of goes at it before I am satisfied), and then everyone can have their own back on me. Take care, keep safe, Regards Paul 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold nickwood Posted December 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2020 23 hours ago, Tallpaul69 said: My take on card buildings is that they are best used in the background with more detailed items in the foreground. Having said that, sometimes the right item is only available in card and its better to adapt card items than starting butchering resin ones. What stops any modeller detailing card buildings in the same was as those built in any other medium? Well made, detailed and weathered card buildings, kits or scratch builds can stand comparison with anything made of plastic, resin or any other material you can think of and be just as robust. Madder Valley would still not exist if this were not so and I would challenge anyone to produce buildings to Pendon standards in any other material. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallpaul69 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 2 minutes ago, nickwood said: What stops any modeller detailing card buildings in the same was as those built in any other medium? Well made, detailed and weathered card buildings, kits or scratch builds can stand comparison with anything made of plastic, resin or any other material you can think of and be just as robust. Madder Valley would still not exist if this were not so and I would challenge anyone to produce buildings to Pendon standards in any other material. Agreed. However, many modelers have many calls on their modelling time and I would suggest that spending a long time fiddling around with small details on a cardboard structure may not, unless their budget is very tight, be either their first priority, or an aspect of modeling that they love doing? Build a wagon or add details to a card structure, which would you prefer? Cheers Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted December 17, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2020 42 minutes ago, Tallpaul69 said: .... snip ... Build a wagon or add details to a card structure, which would you prefer? Cheers Paul Either depending on my mood, I will even tackle basic brass and tinplate work but could not envisage tackling anything with complex valve gear and the mass of fiddly bits that come with most etched kits. There is a barrier to get through, I am not yet ready to try and overcome partly due to cost. I think where card kits have got their bad reputation from is because they are a beginners medium and beginners, being kind, often haven't the right eye for blending the right kits to make a scene convincing. Getting the 'look' right is not down to the medium the model is made from but to paraphrase someone's strap line on here 'right bricks, right design style, right location'. Pendon is the ultimate got it right. How often do we see layouts with, as an example, the Walthers factory, and it just screams American if you have an eye that notices that sort of thing. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted December 17, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2020 Easton will have card buildings. Easton will have brass and nickel-silver kit-built rolling stock. Easton has got ready-to-run locomotives. Easton will have plastic kits. Easton has got wooden baseboards. Easton has been inspired by people who created Pendon Museum's exhibits. Easton is progressing because of skills learned at Missenden Abbey Railway Modellers' events. Easton is. 5 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 38 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said: Easton will have card buildings. Easton will have brass and nickel-silver kit-built rolling stock. Easton has got ready-to-run locomotives. Easton will have plastic kits. Easton has got wooden baseboards. Easton has been inspired by people who created Pendon Museum's exhibits. Easton is progressing because of skills learned at Missenden Abbey Railway Modellers' events. Easton is. Easton is ‘finished’? 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallpaul69 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, KNP said: Easton is ‘finished’? Kevin, I think it is a daring modeler who says his layout is finished! I'm sure you will agree (engine shed door?), and I'm sure Mick is the same, that you can only say a layout is finished "for now"? Keep going and keep inspiring us beginners guys! Cheers Paul 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 hour ago, KNP said: Easton is ‘finished’? Nope its still a Mess and I love it......yum yum ! Yours Nigella 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Tony Teague Posted December 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2020 22 hours ago, KNP said: Easton is ‘finished’? Is that Sheena Easton? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted December 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2020 29 minutes ago, Tony Teague said: Is that Sheena Easton? Nope..its an Easton Mess....... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted December 18, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Tony Teague said: Is that Sheena Easton? 1 hour ago, Gilbert said: Nope..its an Easton Mess....... "GROAN" 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Gilbert Posted December 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 18, 2020 Just now, Mick Bonwick said: "GROAN" Happy to be of service...... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted December 21, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 21, 2020 Despite sore fingers and thumbs from building card huts, there's more card building to come. Recent observations on the suitability of card for modelling have prompted me to take things a little further than I had originally planned. I have discovered that X-Acto no longer export to the UK, by trying to find some #2 blades for my favourite knife and failing dismally. I have had to resort to my other knife, that uses #11 blades, and is not as robust. The 2mm greyboard has had to be cut with a Stanley knife! I have spent today cutting and gluing. I still have sore fingers and thumbs. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted December 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2020 All fingers and thumbs............I see. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold nickwood Posted December 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Mick Bonwick said: Despite sore fingers and thumbs from building card huts, there's more card building to come. Recent observations on the suitability of card for modelling have prompted me to take things a little further than I had originally planned. I have discovered that X-Acto no longer export to the UK, by trying to find some #2 blades for my favourite knife and failing dismally. I have had to resort to my other knife, that uses #11 blades, and is not as robust. The 2mm greyboard has had to be cut with a Stanley knife! I have spent today cutting and gluing. I still have sore fingers and thumbs. I am reliably informed that a laser cutter is what you need. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted December 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2020 13 minutes ago, nickwood said: I am reliably informed that a laser cutter is what you need. More like a band aid. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ian Posted December 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2020 (edited) 39 minutes ago, NHY 581 said: All fingers and thumbs............I see. 18 minutes ago, NHY 581 said: More like a band aid. Do they know it's Christmas? Edited December 22, 2020 by ian 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted December 22, 2020 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2020 Just managing to squeeze a photograph on to this page. There is a row of cottages, that is at right angles to the station throat, called Bloomfield Terrace, and it is my intention to represent those buildings on the model of Easton. There will not be a scratchbuilt stone-by-stone model, but the Scalescenes kit might be good enough. We'll see when it's nearer completion. Note that I didn't say, "When it's finished". 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold john new Posted December 22, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 22, 2020 58 minutes ago, Mick Bonwick said: Just managing to squeeze a photograph on to this page. There is a row of cottages, that is at right angles to the station throat, called Bloomfield Terrace, and it is my intention to represent those buildings on the model of Easton. There will not be a scratchbuilt stone-by-stone model, but the Scalescenes kit might be good enough. We'll see when it's nearer completion. Note that I didn't say, "When it's finished". Bloomfield Terrace complete with footbridge access over the lines. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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