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[David Bell]

This is what it looks like now.

[Adrian Stevenson]

Coming along nicely.

[David Bell]

5 minutes ago, Adrian Stevenson said:

Coming along nicely.

Thanks Ade, it was seeing yours that convinced me to try the long static grass

Cheers

David

[David Bell]

The station yard is close to completion. I can turn the board around now and do the front.

 

[David Bell]

This is the coffee stirrer fence. I have coloured it with a mixture of weathering powders and will give it a coat of matt varnish.

Edited August 23, 2021 by David Bell

[David Bell]

First visitor to Embo!

[37Oban]

Hi David,

 

I thought I'd return the favour with a couple of my own drawings from years past!

The Highland Railway loco was drawn way back when, and the cafe was one of my first attempts at pointillism, about 6 years ago, and yes, the left hand end is that abrupt!

 

Last  night I remembered that I had done a plan of Oban last year so I searched it out.  It needs doing again but I think the passenger station and harbour tracks can be fitted into a room 10' x 8' without too much compression, although, as always, more space would be useful!  Something to think about when house-hunting, hopefully in Oban next year!  I think a silhouette cutter would be useful when making the station building!

 

The locomotive drawing cd arrived from the Caledonian Railway Association arrived today but I haven't had a chance to look at it yet.  Something to look forwards to tomorrow, unless I start drawing!

 

Regards

 

Roja

 

 

[David Bell]

Lovely drawings Roja. I think you must have tremendous patience to do pointillism.

Cheers

David

[David Bell]

This is where we have got to this morning

[David Bell]

My thoughts have turned to making the station sign.

The top line is Slaters 13.5mm lettering, roughly the right size but the wrong font.

The lower line is the same lettering after a judicious bit of trimming 

[David Bell]

Here is the sign, temporarily in place

[David Bell]

I have been playing with Slaters letters again and produced the sign which sits next to the level crossing 

[David Bell]

Here are the signs painted and in situ

[David Bell]

I have completed the last piece of coffee stirrer fence and the gate for the station yard

[David Bell]

I have been working on the level crossing. I need to make a new insert for between the tracks. The original did not have check rails, there was timber instead

[David Bell]

The reworked version

[class26]

On 28/08/2021 at 16:08, David Bell said:

I have completed the last piece of coffee stirrer fence and the gate for the station yard

Hello David,

 

I know you said above you used various weathering powders on the fence but I would be grateful if you might go into a little more detail about the process as I need to weather the snow fences on my Forsinard layout and your results are very impressive and exactly what I would like to achieve

Thanks in advance

Nigel (Class 26)

[David Bell]

Hi Nigel,

I still have some to do so I will take a few photos as I do it to  show you the process.

Cheers

David

[David Bell]

Hi Nigel,

 

I will split this into two posts to accommodate the pictures

 

These are the powders I used on the fence. There is a grey, a black, a brown and a white, in Humbrol's range respectively called Smoke, Black, Dark Earth and White.

 

First I do the bottom of each upright with the dark earth, varying the height I apply on each upright,(first photo).

Then I do the tops of the uprights with the grey. (second photo) Note I have left a gap between the two colours on a couple. This is where the white goes. You won't see it if applied over the darker colours.

[David Bell]

Then i apply the black to the very bottom of the uprights,third photo.

Finally a sparing dab of the white in the light areas ,fourth photo

 

It is pretty messy so best to do off the layout. I did it on the layout so ended up with a lot of residue powder below the fence, which can be removed with a hoover.

 

The powder adheres pretty well to the wood. If your fences are smooth plastic I would give them a very light sand before applying the powders.

 

When all done you can seal with Matt varnish

 

Hope that helps!

Cheers

David

[David Bell]

Hi Nigel,

Hopefully you end up with something like this. You can see all the surplus powder below the fence.

I have still to do the back of the fence yet

[David Bell]

Now the scenic work is approaching something close to completion my thoughts have turned to the station building and I have made a bit of a find! 1.24 scale is commonly used in dolls houses and you can buy all manner of stuff for them including panel doors and windows. Brilliant!

[David Bell]

I have set the dolls house doors into the cardboard mock up of the station building to try them for size. They look pretty good.

[class26]

19 hours ago, David Bell said:

Hi Nigel,

Hopefully you end up with something like this. You can see all the surplus powder below the fence.

I have still to do the back of the fence yet

Hi David,

 

Thank you so much for all of this, it is incredibly helpful and very clear. As soon as I get the powders i`ll crack on with my snow fences

 

Thanks again

 

Nigel 

 

[David Bell]

The station building has two poster boards and a clock. I have made the boards from plastic and the clock was fashioned from a bottle top. The posters and clockface were downloaded from the internet and printed on plain paper then sprayed with Plastikote clear sealer.