richard i Posted May 15, 2021 Author Share Posted May 15, 2021 The last interior has been built. it is much narrower than the Others because of the way the d&s body goes together. If the roof had been made to come off then it could have been wider. However, then I would be chasing the gap between ends and roof. you pays your money and you take your choices. Now to paint and fit with a bunch of paintings and mirrors. I am drawing the line at luggage racks richard 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted May 16, 2021 Author Share Posted May 16, 2021 Compartments taped off for the white uppers to the compartment dividers. Ready for painting. then pictures mirrors and seats to paint. have also printed my first transfers for the solebars let’s see if they work otherwise it is plan E for how to get the detail wanted. richard 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share Posted May 17, 2021 The detailing begins. the prints are real ones. the bar has a mug, teapot and real gcr postcards, the map is the gcr one plus pictures. too far for something hidden inside a carriage? what else could I do. The filing cabinet in the station has an open draw with papers in it. this might explain why my builds take a long time. richard 10 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimwal Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Richard, your builds seem quite quick given the research involved and what you are putting in the models. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted May 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2021 Are the teapot and mug homemade or are they bought? If homemade, how did you do it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted May 18, 2021 Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 18 hours ago, jimwal said: Richard, your builds seem quite quick given the research involved and what you are putting in the models. Not when you consider that some can build a br maroon carriage in 3 days including painting, or under a week at least. richard 3 hours ago, ChrisN said: Are the teapot and mug homemade or are they bought? If homemade, how did you do it? Home made. I found a design of mug. Printed it on paper to scale and then glued it around a plastic rod. The coffee pot/ tea pot is round plastic rod of various sizes. Cemented to each other. They are more impressionist than perfect, but should give the illusion looking through the carriage window. Others go further. Clive models the bacon in the frying pan. richard 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ChrisN Posted May 18, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2021 24 minutes ago, richard i said: Not when you consider that some can build a br maroon carriage in 3 days including painting, or under a week at least. richard Home made. I found a design of mug. Printed it on paper to scale and then glued it around a plastic rod. The coffee pot/ tea pot is round plastic rod of various sizes. Cemented to each other. They are more impressionist than perfect, but should give the illusion looking through the carriage window. Others go further. Clive models the bacon in the frying pan. richard Richard, Brilliant! Well done. It can be a rod for your own back though. I started to build the furniture piece by piece for each room of a cottage I was building. You can only make so many chairs before you go barmy, especially when I think I have a whole road to build, the station master's house, the refreshment rooms, and probably a school. However, it does make so much difference. 1 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted May 21, 2021 Author Share Posted May 21, 2021 On the most detailed drawing we have the flooring. third and smoking have an iron plate. Those could be made, but will it be seen? the first non smoking had....tiles.....carpet I could do that as a paper coloured in. Simple but what colours? worth it? I would need 5. It would be a couple of days of diversion. I know most are saying put people in, they would be more visible, just two per carriage would be another 14 to paint up. Not sure I have that many seated people richard 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Harrison Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Which book or magazine is that drawing in Richard?- and are there other GCR carriages in it? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted May 22, 2021 Author Share Posted May 22, 2021 3 hours ago, James Harrison said: Which book or magazine is that drawing in Richard?- and are there other GCR carriages in it? This one there are about 8-10 drawings of various carriages or rakes of carriages. All useful. Also information in the text. richard 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Harrison Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 I'll have to try and track a copy down. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted May 22, 2021 Author Share Posted May 22, 2021 The carpets are in. I drew the line at cutting out the tassels on each corner. I am looking at how to do the brown and black on the solebars. The transfers did not work. The colour was not deep enough. Painting the brown with masks of 1mm wide strips of masking tapes over the black did not give straight enough lines and it still leaves the gold line. How to do that. My bowpen work is very poor so if that is the only route then they are going to have to have everything else done except that and then come back to it when I feel more confident. just thinking out loud, any mileage in LMS lining? It is black and straw around the edges. I just remember from using it years ago that there was no edging lining, I had to paint out one straw line. ideas? richard 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted May 23, 2021 Author Share Posted May 23, 2021 The insides are in and the carriages have all been turned to the correct orientation. you can see the carpets if you angle the carriages and catch the light correctly. So definitely worth it. as usual you do not notice that the insides are fitted, but it is obvious when they are not. trimming the floors to fit did give me an idea how to get the brown on the solebars. Paint up very thin plasticard and lay that on as a sort of 3D transfer. It is all sunken and in shadow so it may just work. then it is on to the green Howard’s 2-4-2 to see if that can be brought to life. richard 6 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxman1831 Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Very nicely done with the floors and interiors. Is the missing toilet window in the brake third deliberate? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted May 24, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Manxman1831 said: Is the missing toilet window in the brake third deliberate? Are we not looking at the corridor side? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxman1831 Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Well spotted. I was trying to work out why we were seeing the composite toilet, but not the brakes one. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted May 24, 2021 Author Share Posted May 24, 2021 Yes corridor side. It is more relaxing to look at as it is less busy. The frosted glass with coat of arms are fitted to the other side. richard 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 And I thought I was done. However an email exchange with JQ had him persuading me that the brown and gold had to go on. I found fox do a .3 mm gold lining. I tried on the d&s first as it has riveted detail so could not have an inlaid piece. I will have to touch in the brown and black afterwards where it is obviously missing. This is pre decal soft so it has not sat down over the rivets yet. It is certainly noticeable. now I have done this I am committed to doing another 4 sides and realistically another 13. richard 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted June 2, 2021 Author Share Posted June 2, 2021 Now I do not know which plan we are up to for the others. Plan R? 1.5mm wide strips were too narrow to line on and outside lining meant the lower lining was lost. the idea this time is 2.5 mm wide and put the gold transfer on the edge. Then stick it on the black painted sole bar which will give the black surround. As Keith at club said, “And then they are finished?” I think so but I am sure to have missed something out. I hope they are as I am ready to move on to a different project. I was also kindly given a DJH kit, opening it I realized why people can build more quickly than I can. Firstly all the bits were there. Secondly there was loads of information available to help with the build. maybe more exciting photos shortly. I will be doing one as a proof of concept and I still have to line the other side of the d&s third. richard 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxman1831 Posted June 2, 2021 Share Posted June 2, 2021 What will your DJH kit become? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 17 hours ago, Manxman1831 said: What will your DJH kit become? It is nothing GCR related. It is coronation William stanier. really out of period and location but a great looking loco. richard 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted June 11, 2021 Author Share Posted June 11, 2021 First one done. it looks a little neater than the directly applied ones. Boy does it send my eyes dolally hopefully the lining will be more visible once on the model. only 11 more to do. Though I am kicking myself as I think I have underestimated the amount of lining needed. Forgetting that I need two strips of it per side. no doubt at this rate I will find out in December richard 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted June 14, 2021 Author Share Posted June 14, 2021 The result is much neater. it is perhaps too wide as it conceals too much black, but it is on now so the others will need to be done the same way. richard 7 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 Buffet carriage done. four to go. I lined two of the brown strips tonight so I must be getting faster. richard 7 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard i Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share Posted June 20, 2021 And they are finished both sides there is a strange feeling when I make the decision that a project is done. It is almost a sense of loss that I no longer have the project to work on. I wonder if others feel the same way. I feel adrift until I settle on the next big project. I try a couple of short or simple projects usually to refocus myself. this time I have the next lined up converting a L&Y 2-4-2 into the GCR equivalent kindly from “green Howard’s” ( many thanks) I hope to do it justice and hope my plan for it works, otherwise it will be trip down a rabbit hole long project. I might do a guaranteed short project putting transfers on a southern pacific cab forward first. let’s see which I pick up first later in the week. richard 8 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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