mullie Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Glad to see Elvis is alive and well, last time I heard he was alive, well and living in Oxfordshire! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrkirtley800 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 (edited) No he wasn't, he was living under Richmond Castle in Yorkshire. ----------- Oh no, that is King Arthur ------- doh Derek Edited August 9, 2016 by Mrkirtley800 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Glad to see Elvis is alive and well, last time I heard he was alive, well and living in Oxfordshire! Me and a group of my students gigged with him and his band three times, and one of my staff was in his band............................must have been the real Elvis though he was heavily disguised because he was bald when off stage. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevejjjexcov Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 Allan have just caught up with this thread, saw the fireclay,pollifiller models. HOW DO YOU DO IT? Such superb work time after time and as for the castle ........ brilliant love it. I do have a question tho.... can you make a complete bog of something just to make us mortals feel better.......lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 No he wasn't, he was living under Richmond Castle in Yorkshire. ----------- Oh no, that is King Arthur ------- doh Derek I thought it was Robinson... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted August 12, 2016 Author Share Posted August 12, 2016 Building a small narrow guage layout at the moment but first I have to massively apologise to Kevin ( KNP on Show Us Your Scratch Building Thread ) for blatantly coppying his magnificent dairy building and I only wish my version was half as good ! However, here's progress so far - a few of the buildings. Cheers. Allan 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium The White Rabbit Posted August 12, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 12, 2016 Hi Allan, I recognise most components but what are your quoins made from? Is it fireclay and if so, was this applied 'raw' to the treated Wills sheets and let cure, or has there been some other method involved? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted August 12, 2016 Author Share Posted August 12, 2016 Hi Allan, I recognise most components but what are your quoins made from? Is it fireclay and if so, was this applied 'raw' to the treated Wills sheets and let cure, or has there been some other method involved? The quoins are made from writing paper where the lines act as a guide when cutting out. First though, a sheet is taped down then a very light coat of pollyfilla is stippled over the surface then when dry, lightly sanded and cut into strips. Hope that helps. Cheers Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Ian Smeeton Posted August 17, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 17, 2016 Back to cathedrals, Allan, have you seen this? http://www.finescrollsaw.com/milan-cathedral.htm Best Regards Ian 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 Back to cathedrals, Allan, have you seen this? http://www.finescrollsaw.com/milan-cathedral.htm Best Regards Ian Absolutely amazing Ian. Are these pre cut kits, computer generated or what ? Cheers. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold teaky Posted August 18, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2016 Aha! Now we know what Robinson has really been up to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 (edited) G'day Allan, The link is to a page of a website by an awesome Spanish bloke who makes up plans intended for cutting out with a fretsaw/srcollsaw. The link itself is to his plans that you can buy if you want to saw out 12000 or something little parts from thin wood in order to build a model of Milan cathedral. . The first three photos in the link are of a model by an Australian - Ken Field - that I saw way down here at the Sydney Working With Wood show a couple of years ago, He cut it all out from timber, with a fret saw, amazing stuff. If you scroll down in landlords link you will see similar models by other crazy people using a variety of materials - acryllic, timber and possibly Colron wood dye, whatever that is. I have since bought the plans - here they are arranged dramaticaly on my floor - all 71 pages of them! I bought them originally to cut out over my entire life a bit at a time with a fretsaw, but have since bought a laser cutter so am hopeful of scanning them into the laser cutter programme and getting it to do the work while I lounge about drinking beer. Regards, Chris J Edited August 18, 2016 by monkeysarefun Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted August 20, 2016 Author Share Posted August 20, 2016 The old mill revisited. Pyruma fire cement, colron wood dye and a stone wall press the way to go ! Cheers. Allan 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 A little play with "Serif draw plus 8" Cheers. Allan 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giles Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 You have a gift for producing buildings that we'd very much like to live in........ 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted August 24, 2016 Author Share Posted August 24, 2016 You've probably seen these before but they're buildings for a small Narrow Gauge layout I'm building. This be they. And this be the signal box. Cheers. Allan 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted August 24, 2016 Share Posted August 24, 2016 How you keep turning building out that look so good still amazes me and I've been reading about your models since late 1977! One of my first scratch built structures was a barn based on your plans because it looked a bit like the Essex barn on the farm where I grew up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 Serif draw plus 8 test. Inserting a sky background. If this works, be warned, there'll be no stopping me ! Cheers. Allan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 Another test. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 And the final test for today. Cheers. Allan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevejjjexcov Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 This gets better and better! When can we expect to see Mr Downes O.B.E. for services to modelling? Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 (edited) Suddenly, this thread shot back to the beginning !!! Help Andy ! Cheers. Andy Edited August 27, 2016 by allan downes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 This gets better and better! When can we expect to see Mr Downes O.B.E. for services to modelling? Steve He disqualified himself for that when he sank the Queen's swans! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 suddenly this thread shot back to the beginning !!!!! Help Andy ! Cheers. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJS1977 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Perhaps it's going round one of those circles that you find in the Windmills of Your Mind..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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