lmsforever Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Trust the gloves ,hat .and a handy tree to practise on comes with it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 Yesterday,@ 2130 Today,@ 1330. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 I must be getting older [cue for cheeky dt / RaR comment] ................ but ......... try as I might, I couldn't detect the bungie chord in the second picture ...... .................................. anyway, that being as it may .................... congratulations on shaping and painting the Cotex so quickly - what a star as usual ........ J Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 Today,from the top. I have zoomed in from half a mile away, can you see it now J ? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 I am going to start at the lowest point, just on the start of the curve and work backwards towards the tunnels. Earlier, this evening, as well as uploading to the Dover seawall repair thread. Now, I have been on Maps, to find an "Elevation Finder", which will give me the heights all the way along the foot paths. I have to measure distance between relevant points along the foot path, as the whole length,will have to be compressed into approx 15/17 feet. This is the start,the curve and gradient is not natural,it was man made when the two companies decided to link their termini. by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 8, 2016 Author Share Posted March 8, 2016 This is an example of the Elevation Finder. Click on the map,it gives you a blue marker, under the map, it gives longtitude and latitude And the height in meters or feet. Good enough to give me a profile on the Celotex. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Here you go: http://www.009.cd2.com/cliffhanger/scenery.htm all you need to know. The trick seems to be getting to put some really big sponsors in place behind you dh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 (edited) Here you go: http://www.009.cd2.com/cliffhanger/scenery.htm all you need to know. The trick seems to be getting to put some really big sponsors in place behind you dh Thanks dh, Well, you better pack your money bags, for the Easter period and stay over, Edited March 9, 2016 by David Todd 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 Should have cut some cliff segments today. http://youtu.be/jQCJqAwxZKI 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 9, 2016 Author Share Posted March 9, 2016 A run into platform 1. http://youtu.be/fUl4x3jR808 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 http://www.009.cd2.com/cliffhanger/scenery.htm In his painting part, he mentions acrylics mixed with thinners,not water,using an air brush. I have never had any success trying that, the paint blocks the nozzle,even when I've thinned to to what I believe Was the right consistency. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 Making a start. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 10, 2016 Author Share Posted March 10, 2016 Making a start. But first, to the groundwork. by ferriesdover, on Flickr I had quite a bit of 1" extruded foam,that I had cut in half a year ago. Cut to meet the trackbed,then champhered,into the cess. This will be glued to the board's,after painting and scatter is applied. The foam boards will only be fixed/slotted on to the screw thread's you see above the b/board's. This will allow easy removal, for when the hole layout is dismantled. by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 High dt, Those smaller pieces are a clever idea, particularly applying them to the larger ones. Soooo much carving/shaping saved. Just a thought about the vertical nails. I very much get the idea that the cliffs should be lift out, having seen the situation "in the flesh". I wonder if the holes in the Foam might become worn and loose over time. Are you going to apply some form of Buttress to either the bench, or Foam rear, so that the nails become locators and not supports to prevent lateral movement? Regards J Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 Thanks for posting J. Will answer your Q. later. I do have a method. This,is going to be "representative " with a few small details, no way can it be accurate. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 This is the area of modelling. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 I do have a method "A cunning Plan" ? Why not Google up some stage design tips: you could have a 'fly tower' - and several ciffs - with contrasting weather: The Tempest , Midsummer Night's Dream, BoB 1940, Dr Zhivago (sp?) etc. 'Seriously though' I reckon J has a good point about some battening to counter warping of the butchered celotex. dh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 Stuble Changes. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 Bit more, 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 11, 2016 Author Share Posted March 11, 2016 (edited) Stuble changes lll. Edited March 12, 2016 by David Todd 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 Stuble changes 4. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcredfer Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 (edited) That's very clever, following what nature does - coat the chalk with thin soil, grow the grass, then erode it away in vulnerable places and leave the rubble at the base of the cliff ............. It's a good job nature hasn't got screwdrivers, rasps and other gouges ..... it's fast enough with wind and water J Edited March 12, 2016 by jcredfer Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 (edited) by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr by ferriesdover, on Flickr Edited March 12, 2016 by David Todd 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 It's great the way the "which is the model view; which is the real view?" style of posting is moving around to the cliff hanger stretch. dh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 "A cunning Plan" ? Why not Google up some stage design tips: you could have a 'fly tower' - and several ciffs - with contrasting weather: The Tempest , Midsummer Night's Dream, BoB 1940, Dr Zhivago (sp?) etc. 'Seriously though' I reckon J has a good point about some battening to counter warping of the butchered celotex. dh Foiled,!! just back from Poundland, seen these last week. They were to be hot glued into the Celotex, then would slip over the screw threads, save wear on the Celotex,when I take the sheets on and off,during profiling,the cliff face's. They were out of stock today, so I bought BRM mag. instead. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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