Popular Post brylonscamel Posted October 8, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2021 Oh no! Not another miniature wedding party? Back onto David's 'North British Hotel' commission and I have just added a fancy entrance porch. No 3D print shenanigans, just sheet styrene and a Swann Morton scalpel. PS Despite the pristine white of the sheet styrene, I'm sure we can resist the temptation to have a bride & groom wedding photography scenario on the steps! 8 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 8, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 8, 2021 Very impressive. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 5 hours ago, Stubby47 said: Very impressive. Thanks Stu, much appreciated - it's quite daunting at times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brylonscamel Posted October 8, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 8, 2021 (edited) When you get a sense of the scale and you say something Anglo-Saxon .. Edited October 8, 2021 by brylonscamel 12 8 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 (edited) Yeah “Wow!” (Or words to that effect). the entrance porch is exquisite. Did you model it in CAD first, or build onto a sketch, or…. And roughly how many hours of Swann-Morton time? Buildings do seem to take a while. atb Simon Edited October 9, 2021 by Simond Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bri.dolan Posted October 9, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 9, 2021 Amazing modelling ! have you carved into styrene for the stonework ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavymetalwagons Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 wow indeed .miles better than what i could do on my best day .hats tipped sir !!!!!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 On 09/10/2021 at 07:29, Simond said: .. the entrance porch is exquisite. Did you model it in CAD first, or build onto a sketch, or…. And roughly how many hours of Swann-Morton time? Thanks Simon - it has been a fun feature to reproduce in miniature. I had some basic dimensions from an architects drawing on the council planning website but the details was estimated from photos. Swann Morton time for the porch was about 10 hours. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 On 09/10/2021 at 10:10, Bri.dolan said: Amazing modelling ! have you carved into styrene for the stonework ? Thank you for the lovely feedback - and yes, this set of stonework is scored into the styrene. My preference is to use modelling clay but it was a bit overkill for this building! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 Egg box construction The method I use in constructing these little buildings is to brace each wall with an 'egg box' style lattice of formers. This creates a lightweight structure that retains it's shape whilst giving access to the inside of the model. I'm a recent convert to foamex as it is easy to cut and seems ideally suited to this sort of carcass. This is the biggest stand-alone building I've made and so far it seems to have worked fine, with all the angles staying square and nothing pulling out of shape. 10 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 Russian Dolls Houses The scale of the hotel can be gauged by the fact that the mockup of another hotel I'm making - based in Todmorden - fits within the walls of the North British Hotel, with space to spare! 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 Custom laser-cut/engraved windows are the way forward with these commissions. These fit really nicely! 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted October 25, 2021 Author Share Posted October 25, 2021 (edited) Painted Samples I painted up a small batch of resin-cast 'but & ben' cottages to take to 'The Great Electric Train Show' in Milton Keynes. Since the sun made an appearance in the studio this morning, I took some photos. The highland 'backscene' was blended into the background using Photoshop as the diorama is tiny and relies on a sheet of foam-board to be shoved behind it to act as a screen. I've included before-and-after photos to reveal the Photoshoppery. Edited October 25, 2021 by brylonscamel 14 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted October 25, 2021 Author Share Posted October 25, 2021 In this instance, I shoved the test track down the back of the diorama and put the NBL Type 2 on there for an instant slice of the West Highlands! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 That is very effective Brian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted October 25, 2021 Author Share Posted October 25, 2021 Cheers David - it makes these tiny photo dioramas seem much larger, once you drop in a distant hillside! Here are both images for comparison, one model, one real .. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted October 25, 2021 Share Posted October 25, 2021 All you need now is a class 27 for the full West Highland flavour. As others here will testify I do like a 27! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted October 27, 2021 Author Share Posted October 27, 2021 (edited) On 25/10/2021 at 20:39, David Bell said: All you need now is a class 27 for the full West Highland flavour. As others here will testify I do like a 27! You're not alone in loving the wee Sulzer - I was a bit late on the scene for 27s on the West Highland and the Edinburgh-Glasgow shuttle. 37s had come to dominate the former and 47/7s the latter but 27s remained very common on the Dundee stoppers and the Inverness-Aberdeen services. I also had one or two into Aberdeen from the south, with gradients that test a type 2! Here's the back of my head with 27s passing at Inverurie .. Edited October 27, 2021 by brylonscamel 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted October 27, 2021 Author Share Posted October 27, 2021 (edited) Bound for Aberdeen .. A 'friend of Braeside Models' is taking a little sample box of resin casts to the Aberdeen Model Railway Club exhibition at Dyce this weekend. My hope is that it might spark a conversation about what I am doing to represent the East of Scotland in model form. To fit the theme and location, I painted one of the 'but & ben' models in the manner of pink Aberdeen granite. Edited October 28, 2021 by brylonscamel 14 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brylonscamel Posted November 11, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2021 North British Hotel Not forgetting David's bonkers hotel commission, it's still progressing! I've been careful to get the structure right, checking internal bracing, constantly checking that everything is square, is to scale and the order of assembly makes sense. You'd think this was second nature by now but I'm still fiddling with material choices and construction methods to get the best result. Today was a good step forward, all the walls are made and the windows in. I was able to give the interior a dark grey coat with the airbrush and a pass with white primer on exterior walls. I can do the glazing now before assembly and then small job of the roof, with all it's dormer windows and odd angles! Note: There's a gap at the wall joints but this is just because everything is still loose. Internal walls and bracing Windows and stonework detail 15 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted November 11, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 11, 2021 Looks very impressive Brian. Are all the details 3D prints or laminations from parts from the cutter ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted November 11, 2021 Author Share Posted November 11, 2021 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Stubby47 said: Looks very impressive Brian. Are all the details 3D prints or laminations from parts from the cutter ? Cheers Stubby - the detail parts are a combination of materials and methods. Here's the full list: Windows - mostly 2-part laser cut MDF to my design 2 x windows are etched metal as the originals have very fine glazing bars Stone window frames w/pediments are cut from styrene using my plotter Pediment above columns and decorative discs are scratchbuiilt by hand with styrene Columns and caps are scratchbuilt using sheet styrene Balustrade is a 3D printed set I found online The entrance porch is scratchbuilt in sheet styrene by hand Even allowing for the laser-cut parts it was still a lot of work! Regards, Brian Edited November 11, 2021 by brylonscamel 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share Posted November 30, 2021 Alongside the hotel, other small buildings are springing from the workbench. Some will be produced as resin-kits, once all the stonework is rendered. The long winter evenings will come in handy! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted November 30, 2021 Share Posted November 30, 2021 7 hours ago, brylonscamel said: Alongside the hotel, other small buildings are springing from the workbench. Some will be produced as resin-kits, once all the stonework is rendered. The long winter evenings will come in handy! That is looking good Brian. Is that the beginnings of Aboyne in the background? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted November 30, 2021 Author Share Posted November 30, 2021 (edited) 23 minutes ago, David Bell said: That is looking good Brian. Is that the beginnings of Aboyne in the background? Well spotted David - it is indeed Aboyne! Edited November 30, 2021 by brylonscamel 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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