APOLLO Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I like the weathering effect on your buildings, do you very lightly airbrush them with dilute track colour ? Superb urban modelling - inspirational - thanks for posting the pix. brit15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I like the weathering effect on your buildings, do you very lightly airbrush them with dilute track colour ? Superb urban modelling - inspirational - thanks for posting the pix. brit15 Generally the colours of choice for Jim, Charlie and myself are Humbrol 33 and Humbrol 98. A dilute wash of Humbrol 33 (matt black) is airbrushed onto the buildings. For the track and ballast, Humbrol 98 (Matt Chocolate) is airbrushed on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete the Elaner Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Why do you not like the Cinema? The back of it reminds me of the one in Ealing which was demolished around 2005. That place was falling apart. I don't think they had to do much to knock it down. Breathe on it possibly? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 (edited) I think it looks great. I had a proper look at it the other day when I was round Jim's. The roof and interior really look the part. . Edited January 18, 2012 by Baby Deltic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Looking at your photos was like taking a walk around the station. Amazing feeling and atmosphere to it all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
L49 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Thank you! Hopefully we will be able to get a bit more done over the next couple of weeks and move the scenery out from the station area a bit more. The basic blocks for the cutting to the west of the station are now in, including the White Horse Lane bridge. Once that is in I will have to get my finger out and start work on the GER viaduct at the window end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BROADTRAIN1979 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 WOW WOW AND WOW I hope my buildings look near as good as these as mine will also be scratch built super fantastic is what i say to both harford iv and harford street. Mark. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7APT7 Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 Hi matey Man, you sure know how to weather and make things look aged, Great building love all the derelict or ready for demolishing... LOVE IT Pal Keep the photos coming....? Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Connor Posted January 21, 2012 Share Posted January 21, 2012 Thank you for all your kind comments. With regard to weathering my buildings, I have tried various paints including gouache and acrylics, but have always returned to Humbrol. As BD stated, I invariably use Humbroil Matt Black (No 33), diluted to approx 40/60 with white spirit. After completion I will spray the models with an aerograph airbrush, using a mix that is generally around 40% paint and 60% white spirit. The mix is important because too much paint can result in a degree of "splattering" which could ruin the finished job, particularly if the building has been constructed from printed card. Sometimes I will make the diltion slightly weaker, particularly if I am working on a more 'modern' building, such as one constructed in the 1930s, as this would not be as grimy as one dating from Victoria times, even in an area such as east London, which, until the Clear Air Act, suffered from dreadful polution and smogs. I use card these days as I feel this gives the best brick effect, although I was once a complete devotee of styrene sheet! I start spraying from the top and work downwards, therefore the roof (if there is one!) is the 'dirtiest' part of the building. I know that everybody have their own techniques, but this seems to work best for me. I know it's stating the obvious, but take care when using an airbrush. Always use a spraying mask and, if possible put your model in one of those sp[ray booths that can be found at various exhibitions. They're not cheap, but they certainly seem to keep the room free of paint odours. I also think it's best to spray a piece of scrap card before starting on the actual model, so if the airbrush is going to spit, it'll do it there and then, so any problems with the mix can be rectified. It's also worth investing in a decent airbrush. A friend of mine was once tempted to buy one at a knocked-down price and was horrified to see the 'pebble-dash' effect, when he tried to weather a building. I hope these few brief notes are of interest. I apologise for not replying earlier, but have been busy working on the layout and have only just found the time to sit down at the computer! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Nevard Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I say, this looks just better and better! Drop me a line when you're ready;) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJD Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 You have done a great job of creating the feeling of a run-down urban environment. Tell us about the model of the tram. Did you build it or buy it? Thanks, Richard Utah, USA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adams442T Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Superb! As an ex-pat Londoner, Hackney rather than Mile End and with a father & uncles on the signalling side based at Dalston this latest incarnation seems like deja vu! Now where did I put those London Road NLR coaches & the Peter Kay kits................................ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
APOLLO Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Thanks Jim & Baby Deltic for the airbrush weathering tips. Brit15 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I was weathering more wagons tonight, with the spray booth and I still managed to stink the gaff out with paint fumes. Good job I was wearing a respirator! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
L49 Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 I was weathering more wagons tonight, with the spray booth and I still managed to stink the gaff out with paint fumes. Good job I was wearing a respirator! Turn your bleedin' pressure down then! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Turn your bleedin' pressure down then! You were only supposed to blow the bleedin' doors off! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BROADTRAIN1979 Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 One more word out of you arthur ..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John P Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 All I can say is "excellant" The weathering really ties everything together and the colors are all natural looking and really set the mood as a dirty, gritty city John P Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
L49 Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 I haven't had much chance to do any work on the layout recently, but I did call round with the camera to try to get some new shots of the work that Dad has done, and to get some shots that you will never be able to see from the viewing side. I will start with a couple of these, looking along Mile End Road with the recently finished buildings on the south side. This is Floreston Street bridge Finally a couple of shots of White Horse Lane bridge. The tower in the background of the first shot is the Mile End Methodist hall, otherwise known as 'The Lycett'. Finally, opposite the main bulk of the Lycett is the one contribution I have actually been able to make to the layout since the last pictures were posted. This is Cohen's stores on White horse Lane. It looks like Mr Cohen had quite a retail empire along this street, as the red-brick building in the background was also part of Cohen's stores, although it had obviously fared a bit better during the war! 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I think I've been thrown out of The Bancroft Arms.... You guys create the atmosphere of the area perfectly - it's uncanny, I mean it! Best, Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 (edited) Although this is a bit out of my area - I lived in NW Lunnon back then - the decrepitude was much the same - The photos are so good it is like stepping out of a time machine - thanks for the memories Edited August 15, 2012 by shortliner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jim Connor Posted December 6, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted December 6, 2012 (edited) Hello all, Well, it's been a long time since I posted anything on here, but then, as you'll see from these photos, I've been rather busy modelling. Here we have a view from the rear of Harford Street's street level building, looking west towards Whitehorse Lane. The large building prominent in the middle distance is the Methodist Lycett Hall, which finally succumbed to the demolition men in 1962. Looking north along Floreston Street, with one of George Transport's fleet of Guy Vixens approaching on the left. Floreston Street disappeared under the Ocean Estate scheme of the early-mid 1950s and has left no traces. The house on the right is taken from a photograph in the LMA collection. Two views looking north along Whitehorse Lane, with the Lycett on the left. Architecturally it bore a superficial resemblance to NLR stations of the period (ie. Bow etc), but it was doubtlessly a fashionable style at the time! A couple of fairly general views in the immediate vicinity of Harford Street station. I've have now started work on the new GER branch terminus at Mile End Gate, which is still in its early stages. I am basing on the 1890s rebuild of Shadwell & St Georges East, which closed in 1941 and was demolished around spring 1956. This view shows the entrance, which still survives off Sutton Street. I know that Shadwell was not a terminus, but Mile End Gate is being constructed as if there were plans for the line was to be extended further, as at Chingford, or, given its elevated location, the first station at Hounslow Town. Another street level view of Mile End Gate. The nameboard above the arch is probably fairly standard, but is based on that which was once at Burdett Road. Here are a couple of platform views of Mile End Gate (only one side is complete at present). The buildings are again based on Shadwell, but I have no drawings showing elevations, so they have been taken from the few known photographs. The ironwork at the top of the stairwell is taken from Leman Street which was rebuilt around the same time, but survived in-situ long enough for me to photograph it in detail in the early 1980s. The canopy has what I always refer to as the "1890s" valancing, although I appreciate that it slightly pre-dated that decade and was still being erected in the early twentieth century. The awning brackets are of a standard GER design and are based on those at Bow Road (1892). The brackets, valancing, GER platform benches and stairwell ironwork have all been etched using my artwork. Unfortunately, the supporting columns are not strictly of the correct pattern, as I have used a proprietary casting Edited December 6, 2012 by Jim Connor 29 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 (edited) Jim, Superb! And as usual very evocative of the area (which as you know I love in a strange way)... Look forward to more updates. Best, Pete. Edited December 6, 2012 by trisonic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jonte Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Bravo, Jim! My decision to use card as a basis for my current layout was influenced by Sidney Street. Fabulous. Have you designed/built Mile End using the same methods (photoshop?)? Best wishes, Jonte Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Connor Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Thanks Jonte, much appreciated. Yes, Mile End Gate was designed on the computer, but I use Adobe Illustrator not Photoshop. I was once an advocate of using plastic sheet, but was never really happy with brickwork so, after many years, I changed to card. I know that some modellers like the relief of plastic brickwork, but to be quite honest, would the indentations of mortar courses actually be visible when scaled down to 4mm, unless of course a considerable amount of mortar had dropped out and the wall was about to fall down? I used the same programme for the various etches. I only wish such technology was available when I started back in the 1970s! Best wishes Jim Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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