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2 hours ago, C&WR said:

Thanks, Al, & for your PM. I’ve been doing a fair bit of modelling (converting a MINI Cooper S hard-top to represent my Cooper Convertible was fun, along with a straight Cooper & a Countryman rally car) & a SR-71 Blackbird which I’m pleased with. Also started on a balsa & tissue aircraft as a project for when I’m at my own home.

 

it’s been fun adapting figures & so on. Just another tool in the modelling box!

 

Those Balsa & tissue aeroplanes are such a "light delight", which have you started on?

 

J

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1 hour ago, jcredfer said:

 

Those Balsa & tissue aeroplanes are such a "light delight", which have you started on?

 

J

 

This one. It’s a Guillows T-28 Trojan. Bought in the local Hobbycraft ages ago to amuse TSC, & also because it was reduced & looked all lonely!3C87AE97-7CB0-4299-BBFA-3F4D3952DC6F.jpeg.7b085a198769a412c273c465a5f32b7c.jpegAFFDD42C-E681-4F55-A472-8ABDC28DEE9E.jpeg.b95d1c1f602bb5d2e2ca8259d185e349.jpeg

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Just a quick one. Metcalfe cottage which was a freebie in BRM ages ago being given a bit of an upgrade:

 

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i found the wallpaper patterns on the internet, imported them to MS Paint, resized & cut to fit. Peeling & lumpy paper for realism, obviously. May let glue Scalescenes panels to the backs of the doors.

 

i’ve replaced the first floor with a solid bit of card (not shown) covered both sides with Scalescenes cream clapboard, which I find useful for floorboards. Am debating putting a staircase in to divide the ground floor so there aren’t two doors to the same room.

 

Next up is building the chimney breast & furnishing. Goodness knows where it will go, but it’s a fun build!

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Nice choice of wallpaper, very seventies :)

 

There isn't an obvious place for the staircase, either, I  suppose it will have to run up the side wall where the extension is.

 

Prototypically, a small terrace might have the staircase running sideways across the house, dividing front and back rooms, but there isn't really room for that here, plus the chimney breast would be in the way.

 

Al.

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Cheers, Al. Just ordered some Plastruct stairs to do the job. I’ll put the staircase running across the building with the foot by the closest window in the near wall & the head over the door on the far wall.

 

I can then block off the “extension” from the room which will have the hearth, but leave a gap by the near wall to allow the illumination to come through. Not completely realistic, but an interesting exercise.

 

It’s my only quibble with the otherwise lovely Scalescenes medium station. No stairs to the upper room!

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I think there's a reference in one of Gerald Durrell's books to a man who built an extra storey on top of his bungalow but got so used to climbing up and down ladders to do the work that it wasn't until he wanted to show some friends round the finished work that he realised he hadn't put a staircase in...

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On 28/03/2019 at 00:35, RJS1977 said:

I think there's a reference in one of Gerald Durrell's books to a man who built an extra storey on top of his bungalow but got so used to climbing up and down ladders to do the work that it wasn't until he wanted to show some friends round the finished work that he realised he hadn't put a staircase in...

 

That’s just brilliant! The Plastruct staircases have arrived, so can deal with that in due course. 

 

As I have ready access to the railway at the moment concentrating on buildings for the branch now. Here’s WIP on the @BRM free laser cut cottages:

 

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I’d been slowed down as my dry-brushing of the brickwork was awful. Finally gave the walls a good coat of Red-Brown Tamiya acrylic, then a swipe of Humbrol enamel dust wash. Random bricks picked out in other shades.

 

Some touching in to do. Roofs only taped vaguely in place for photo.

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Few more from today. How I solved the staircase problem in the freebie cottage:

 

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How the @BRM cottages will fit into the overall scene, with the freeshops from another publication alongside:

 

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And finally a little find from eBay. Really wanted one when they were released, forgot, then found one in aid of a Class 37 preservation project:

 

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Rather a happy weekend in between a bit of cycling, sister visiting for weekend & the parents’ Golden Wedding photo shoot, updating the one from their Silver Wedding :)

 

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Many thanks, Julian. Yes, MGB still thunders about the place pretty much whenever the sun’s out.

 

There’s even a little one on the railway. Sometimes seen outside the station, sometimes on a 1-plank being taken places...

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Great car, particularly for it's time.  I really miss mine.  Good action picture, has all the feel of panic.  I hadn't noticed that Stn Bldg before, or perhaps that's more down to the angle.

 

Regards

 

J

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Building has been there from early on, Julian, it’s one of the modules of the Scalescenes medium station. I have been gradually adding to the scene, though.

 

Sadly something seems to have gone wrong with the lighting. I fear a dodgy soldered joint inside & have no way of getting in & fixing it short of tearing up the station...

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8 hours ago, jcredfer said:

It must be the angle, {or just that recurring age thing}.  I really like the corrigated roof on the verranda.  It's a very realistic scene, a credit to your work.

 

Regards

 

J

 

That roof is the Wills bike shed! Many thanks, I was really pleased with all the little bits I could add to the scratchbuilt side, some dustbins to go in next.

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I agree with Julian, it's a very well modelled little scene which really captures the feeling of rushing for the train.

 

I wondered at first glance if the lady standing near the car was a traffic warden!

 

Al.

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Been a while since I’ve been around for a lot of personal reasons. Modelling went on, but only occasionally. Then when winter hit & I was locked down & even my charity shop closed was delighted to gone across some free Scalescenes kits from a magazine.

 

Thought I’d get building again!

 

 

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Next up was the boilerhouse from this set. Decided to make a boiler using various types of styrene & an old tube which had held sports hydration tablets.

 

I did all the buildings with a skeleton made of styrene profiles. The idea is that when this goes on a baseboard the buildings can be lifted off to show the interior.

 

I’ve also been cutting out the bullseyes in the end walls & fitting scratchbuilt fans & vents.

 

 

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12 hours ago, Alister_G said:

The boilers look spot on, lovely bit of modelling.

 

Al.

Thank you! Photos a bit cruel about the finish, & of course firebox door would need a giant to stoke the thing, but I was pleased!

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