allan downes Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 Photoshop Cathedral. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 More pics. What else! 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted July 21, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 21, 2018 Allan mate, what have you got against domestic bliss in my house! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 Allan mate, what have you got against domestic bliss in my house! Colron wood dye, a pair of bifocals and a sharp stanley knife! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 A few detailed shots of the Cathedral, which, BTW, took six months to build most of it of which was spent how to build it, what went where, why and wherefore! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 MPD essentials. Seven Valley MPD members must of had quite a shock when they turned up for work to find an engine lift and coaler photo shopped into their MPD by Tony Wright's son, Tom! 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 A few detailed shots of the Cathedral, which, BTW, took six months to build most of it of which was spent how to build it, what went where, why and wherefore! MY PICTURES 6627.jpgMY PICTURES 2633.jpgMY PICTURES 2612.jpgMY PICTURES 2520.jpgMY PICTURES 2521.jpgMY PICTURES 6469.jpg Oh for crying out loud - talk about setting the bar ridiculously high! How are we going to vault over this modelling spire? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 And here's one Alan made earlier........ 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 21, 2018 Author Share Posted July 21, 2018 And here's one Alan made earlier........ IMG_9536.JPG BR. I wasn't that pissed when I made it! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted July 21, 2018 Share Posted July 21, 2018 BR. I wasn't that pissed when I made it! I often find it best when I've finished mine, it usually helps ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 Thatching with heavy duty knitting wool glued down close stranded with neat PVA, trimmed then coloured with Polyfilla stippled with Colron wood dye of an appropriate shade. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 Harlem Steel first edition. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 Harlem Steel second edition. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 A few town and industrial buildings. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 Water mill construction. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 And my favourite water mill model. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marly51 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 And my favourite water mill model. MY PICTURES 123.JPG I particularly like this one Allan. There are ruins of two, more basic, Highland corn mills in our village, which I would like recreate in 00 scale sometime. The last miller at Gruids Mill was a close friend and we have spent many happy days, out and about, exploring the sites of old mills. Marlyn 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 47137 Posted July 24, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 24, 2018 Allan - there is so much inspiration in your models. I had memories of your steelworks from years ago, and now I am finishing off my own 'processing plant' you have closed the loop for me with your post of the pictures. Thank you so much for all the ideas. Was the steelworks a commission for an individual modeller or maybe a display for a museum? I can't imagine many people being allowed to have something like this in their living room. - Richard. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 Allan - there is so much inspiration in your models. I had memories of your steelworks from years ago, and now I am finishing off my own 'processing plant' you have closed the loop for me with your post of the pictures. Thank you so much for all the ideas. Was the steelworks a commission for an individual modeller or maybe a display for a museum? I can't imagine many people being allowed to have something like this in their living room. - Richard. Every day when I drove past Scunthorpe steelworks I used to promise the four queens (blast furnaces) that one day I would model them even if they didn't look anything like them at all (which of course, they never did). For the most part it appeared that I followed the principle of the original builders which in effect was to stick anything anywhere and hoped that it would produce steel but all this in a 20ft garage as opposed to half of Scunthorpe! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 Disused canal side factory at Alperton now demolished. Its purpose was uncertain. 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold teaky Posted July 24, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 24, 2018 Is that the original height of the chimney or was it cut down at some point? It seems to be a large diameter for such a short structure. i wonder what the factory/industry was? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 I agree with what you said about the diameter and yes, it was probably cut down at some point. Here;s the original 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 I also found this image on the web and it looks as if that chimney stands untouched. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 .. Allan - did you ever make anything that went badly wrong? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandbridgejct Posted July 30, 2018 Share Posted July 30, 2018 My first visit here for a few months, and the standard is, as always, exquisite. And everything from steel works, to cathedrals, to chippers. Does Mr Dolphin apply an ethical fishing policy? I hope he never got caught in his own net. I particularly liked the way you took Dougall, gave him a haircut, and turned him into a thatched cottage. Alan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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