stu357 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 I have a small shed at the end of a siding that is low releif and at a slight angle. I was just going to have the door shut but I had loads of 08 bits left over from these, http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/79028-trying-to-detail-a-railroad-class-08/ so I cut the end off a lima 08 (I knew there was some reason to save the lima shells) to create a low releif 08853.... I was going to paint it in greeny grey primer and have this in the paint shop, but I had loads of wasp stripes left and couldn't resist using them! Its going in here, Any one else cut Locos / vehicles up for scenes like this? Stu. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rods_of_Revolution Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 That's very effective, it adds visual depth without adding physical depth! Cheers, Jack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londontram Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 A very good idea that works really well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 75C Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 I have seen something similar on a MPD layout featured in the modelling press a while back, but I agree, it's very very effective! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium CloggyDog Posted February 14, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 14, 2014 That would have been Border's Reach, by the late Keith Wright. And yes, featured recently in one of the mags by his brother, who now owns the layout. Initially, he used both ends of a demic Hornby Class 29, later an 08, peeping out of a low-relief loco shed. I think he may also have done similar with a class 56 on his Arnold Lane layout. I have seen something similar on a MPD layout featured in the modelling press a while back, but I agree, it's very very effective! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerces Fobe2 Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Will you be fitting it with a DCC chip? XF Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete 75C Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 That would have been Border's Reach, by the late Keith Wright. And yes, featured recently in one of the mags by his brother, who now owns the layout. Initially, he used both ends of a demic Hornby Class 29, later an 08, peeping out of a low-relief loco shed. I think he may also have done similar with a class 56 on his Arnold Lane layout. Thanks for that. Yes, the layout name is familiar - I just couldn't remember it! A link to a gallery photo already on RMWeb: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/image/45429-saturday-morning-at-borders-reach/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Jackson Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Fantastic idea Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 I have a small shed at the end of a siding that is low releif and at a slight angle. I was just going to have the door shut but I had loads of 08 bits left over from these, http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/79028-trying-to-detail-a-railroad-class-08/ so I cut the end off a lima 08 (I knew there was some reason to save the lima shells) to create a low releif 08853.... I was going to paint it in greeny grey primer and have this in the paint shop, but I had loads of wasp stripes left and couldn't resist using them! Its going in here, Any one else cut Locos / vehicles up for scenes like this? Stu. I stuck a GWR 0-8 something up a dead siding that only had wheels on one side and was propped up on a block of wood on the side that didn't!!! I think I've got a picture of it somewhere... Cheers. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mophead Posted February 23, 2014 Share Posted February 23, 2014 Superb modelling I've been thinking something similar with some left over airfix drewry kits Mophead Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu357 Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 Thanks everyone. If you get down at eye level it looks OK, but from other angles its not so good, I've got to desguise the join with the back wall. I have found the workshop door desguises where the roof joins the wall but it needs something either side. I noticed most paint shops have some kind of movable access platform, one of them would work to the right of the model. So had a look in the scrap bin, A couple of Hornby crossing gates, some brass etch signal ladder and offcuts, some .4 wire and a pipe filter..... oh and the wheel off the back of one of the Bachmann large jacks (the one it came off will be stuck the right hand side to desguise that join!) OK, so it won't meet health and safety with those steps, but it wont look too bad in the shadow! I'll try and have the whole scene together for a shot soon. Thanks, Stu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterkern23 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 The most expensive low relief building ever! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 What about all those early Merit Figures ? - all low relief, and Slaters figures weren't much better ! Cheers. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu357 Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 Well I placed the shed on the layout, the loco is low releif but the shed is more shallow in height. what I've been doing is making trees for the forest that goes behind the shed. you see my three main lines run under there! I looked at your thread on roofing Peterkern23, its fantastic, I used embossed plasticard for my roof with a thin layer of paper to create the step as sugested in there. I just thought I'd put some update photos on, there are many more bits to go in the forground yet tho (diesel fueling point and armco barriers etc) the shed on the right is obviously a Hornby one, the inner back is cut away to let the track run underneath. I've got to get on to detailing that yet. (one day soon I'll get round to writing a post on the class 357's!!) thanks for looking, Stu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu357 Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 I just found this older photo that explains why this needed to be low releif inside and full length on top, on the left you can see the track going in right behind the false wall in the shed and on the right you can see it actually comes out more than half way down the long shed. (which is btw a bashed scalescenes modern warehouse, still not finished) and runs underneath the raised track. Its only a small oval layout, see my thread here, http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/73104-small-folding-00-layout-re-kindles-interest/ Stu Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 That sort of cunning hiding curves inside buildings appeals to me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu357 Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 Here's a couple of update photos, the 08 in the shed, and an overview of the depot the view from the other side shows another low releif vehicle. that BR bedford TK under the arches is not as long as it looks! Stu. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Really effective work. I love the retaining wall in the first pic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonhall Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 and the prototype follows the model in Saafeld Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Reminds me of Henry being bricked-up inside a tunnel in one of the early Thomas the Tank Engine stories. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 20, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 20, 2014 There are a couple of tube train cabs that have received the same treatment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 such a great idea, it has got me thinking. Thank you Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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