Guest bri.s Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 Very nice and interesting looking buildings to model ,great to see your progress at this stage to show how your doing them as well Really like the arch under the building ,unique Nice work Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post andy stroud Posted February 14, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted February 14, 2016 Hi, Many thanks for the comments. Completely unrelated, here are a few views of my Western emerging from the tunnel and crossing the viaduct. hope you like. at this end of the loco, I lost the windsceen wiper. It came away in the Maskol used to mask the windows during spraying. Blueball Castle on the hill in background. Need to fit some railings in the gap on the viaduct. Telephoto shot from the ground. cheers andy 33 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted February 15, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 15, 2016 Hi Andy, I've only just seen your superb layout, from your photos on the "How Realistic" thread. Excellent modelling. Cheers, Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium HillsideDepot Posted February 15, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 15, 2016 Hi, Many thanks for the comments. Completely unrelated, here are a few views of my Western emerging from the tunnel and crossing the viaduct. hope you like. How could we not like shots of a Western like that? I didn't think the top shot could be bettered until I scrolled the page and the bottom one came into view! But the middle two would be spoiling us, were it not for the other two. Great stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold PjKing1 Posted February 15, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 15, 2016 Great stuff Andy Cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waverley West Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Luvverly work, Andy. It's always a pleasure to drop by and catch up on your latest progress. I hope you have an adequate flood defence system for those buildings down by the river!? Cheers Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 I've just stumbled across this. I've been missing some good stuff over the past couple of years. I will keep my eye on this one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy stroud Posted February 15, 2016 Author Share Posted February 15, 2016 I hope you have an adequate flood defence system for those buildings down by the river!? Cheers Dave Hi Dave, to be honest, I havent decided yet weather it's going to be a river or a canal. The intention always was that it waas going to be a river, but I do fancy doing a lock towards the back of the layout, which would be a good way of disguising the end. Near where I live, there is a canal. For a mile or so, the canal and river actually flow together before going separate ways. Maybe something like that would be an idea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill badger Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Just come across this layout thread whilst looking for N / 2mm inspiration. I only hope I can do something this good! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post andy stroud Posted April 30, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 30, 2016 (edited) I am still working on buildings for the layout. Currently, I am concentrating on buildings which run along the front of the layout, with the railway running along behind on the embankment. The picture below shows the waterside buildings that were featured in post 148. They have now been painted but not yet properly fixed to the layout. The picture below shows the building I am currently working on. It combines features of several local mills in the Stroud area where I live. Built from plasticard depicting both stone and brick construction, it's fairly prominent at the front of the layout which I guess was the intention. The main part of the building started to warp quite a bit after applying the outer layer plasticard over the initial shell. Bracing it internally with 6mm thick strips of Plastruct seems to have cured this. It is now being painted and will then be fitted with window etchings by N Scale Brass. The new buildings have really changed the apperance of the layout. There will be more industrial buildings where the blue Dapol boxes are in the picture below. This last picture below shows the previously featured cottages. These still need to be properly fixed down and blended in to the layout. Edited April 30, 2016 by andy stroud 34 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cornish trains jez Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Hi Andy, Superb work. The buildings combined with the high viaduct really give a nice depth to the layout. Brilliant stuff! Can't wait to see more! Best regards, Jeremy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium maq1988 Posted April 30, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 30, 2016 That mill is certainly impressive, not sure I'd have the patience to deal with all of those windows though. It does sit nicely within the landscape rather than overpowering it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I see you've taken the steps approach to the slope to the waters edge. Much as I did on the houses behind the station on my layout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold bcnPete Posted April 30, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 30, 2016 Stunning work Andy I like the way you will have to peer through the buildings to see the trains. What a layout this is shaping up to be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgiesimon Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 That mill looks superb, really dominates the scene just as it should, this is one of my fave layouts on RM Web best wishes SImon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David41283 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Hi Andy, Absolutely inspirational stuff! May I ask which make and scale of brick plasticard you are using? I often think that 2mm scale brickwork just looks too small and busy to make out the brickwork, and I have used 4mm which is overscale, but to my eye can look better when painted. Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy stroud Posted May 3, 2016 Author Share Posted May 3, 2016 Hi Andy, Absolutely inspirational stuff! May I ask which make and scale of brick plasticard you are using? I often think that 2mm scale brickwork just looks too small and busy to make out the brickwork, and I have used 4mm which is overscale, but to my eye can look better when painted. Cheers David Hi David, I'm pretty sure the brick plasticard that I have been using is all Slaters and it is 2mm scale. To be honest I dont think it does look too small. I actually have some 3mm scale brick plasticard that I got from Modellers Mecca and that is definately overscale for 2mm, to me anyway. Having read what you said, I have just measured some 2mm sheet and there are about three and a half courses to 2mm which I think is about right. I think a lot depends on the way it gets painted. Personally, I aerosol the brickwork first with a grey or white to represent the mortar and then dry brush the brick colour on over several layers. Some of the mortar colour is lost in places which is intentional and helps create a varied effect. I am fairly pleased with the results but it does take a little while. It took me several weeks to paint the viaduct which is longer than it took me to build it. Many thanks, Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Smith Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 Hi Andy, Absolutely inspirational stuff! May I ask which make and scale of brick plasticard you are using? I often think that 2mm scale brickwork just looks too small and busy to make out the brickwork, and I have used 4mm which is overscale, but to my eye can look better when painted. Cheers David David, Like Andy I too use the Slater's 2mm scale embossed plasticard, and like him I too paint the wall mortar colour then dry brush brick shades on to pick out the raised brickwork. An example of mine is here : http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/100693-modbury/page-3 in entry No. 60. A little earlier is my signal box which has the same effect on the chimney. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris64B Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 (edited) Hi Andy, Just discovered this thread - what a fantastic layout and inspirational modelling! I can't believe this is all in 2mm! I keep looking through the photos and completely forgetting, until I suddenly spot something 1/1 scale in the foreground or background and it completely throws me - like this one: The screwdriver and biro look massive! And the same with your picture of the lineside hut next to the penny! Cheers, Chris Edited July 15, 2016 by Chris64B 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy stroud Posted July 24, 2016 Author Share Posted July 24, 2016 (edited) Here are a few pictures to show how things are going on the layout at the moment. I would like to say thankyou for the positive comments since the last set of pictures. Below is a picture of another industrial type of building under construction. As usual it's plasticard. At the other end of the building, I am trying something new for me. I've used a thin layer of Milliput to scribe in a depiction of randon stonework. Just trying something different from the usual embossed sheets. Not sure how this is going to work out once the building is painted but I was pleased with the result when I tried it first to make some dry stone walling. I am planning to have this end of the building derelict with a hole in the roof and boarded up or open windows. Edited July 24, 2016 by andy stroud 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post andy stroud Posted July 24, 2016 Author Popular Post Share Posted July 24, 2016 The buildings that were featured a few months ago have now been properly added to the layout. This is Blueball Mill. The new building which I am currently working on will go to in the space to the left of the Mill. The cottages have also been fixed. Many thanks, Andy 22 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Wonderful. This is outstanding peerless modelling. And 2mm/N gauge to boot. G. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cornish trains jez Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 Where is the "superb craftsmanship clever" button?!?!!!? Excellent work Andy. Just so much atmosphere. Best regards, Jeremy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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