RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted January 9, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2017 No don't be daft, why would I want you to remove it? That's a lovely job, hand scribed stonework, I think? It could almost be a model of my house, complete with cellar, except I have a rear porch extension with a toilet and room for utilities. Nice one mate, Al. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted January 9, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 9, 2017 This evening, working from various photos of the Café I worked out the size and location of the windows and doors, and cut these into the shiplap cladding: These can now be scribed and cut out of the shell, but more importantly, gave me the dimensions I needed to draw up the windows etc in Silhouette Studio ready for the cutter to cut them out: I'm not sure I'll have time for this tomorrow, but hopefully Wednesday I can cut them out and see how it all goes together. Thanks for looking, Al. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggzuk Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 Coming on pretty fast there Al. Its going to look great once you get a coat of white on. I can really see the advantage of paint the black corners first with the shiplap now butting the corner posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) Looking really good that Al - I love watching how your buildings are constructed and slowly come to life As for my pic, I only meant that I didn't want to hi-jack your thread Rear porch extension, eh? Now there's an idea. Yes - It's my usual hand-scribed stonework on pvc foamex. It's not for anything particular other than my own pleasure. I'd fallen out of love with modelling just recently, but your builds have inspired me. That and the fact that it's completely dead at work at the moment... It's come to a halt now though because I need some filler for a couple of dodgy corner joints *edit* Update - I have filler! Edited January 10, 2017 by freebs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted January 10, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 10, 2017 After some consideration today, I have decided to build the Café as the full building, rather than half or three-quarter relief, one reason being it makes life simpler, and the other being I don't think even if I did successfully built it with a section chopped off, it would look right. So the extra section was added to the right-hand end: Th walls were beginning to get a bit unweildy now, and so I took some of this: Which is 4.8mm square styrene rod, and built a nice rigid framework to attach everything to, and to keep things square: So here's a birds-eye view of the plan of the building: And just to remind you, here's some repeat views of the prototype: I hope to start cutting holes for the windows tomorrow. Thanks for looking Al. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Looking better as a full building Al, but a little concerned about the Coaches in pic 1 mate, looks like they've met some pretty bad Track Laying. hahhaha :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted January 10, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 10, 2017 Looking better as a full building Al, but a little concerned about the Coaches in pic 1 mate, looks like they've met some pretty bad Track Laying. hahhaha :no: Cheers mate, yeah they do look a bit off the rails. Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Great work on the building Al but did somebody take the curve a bit quick coming out of Totley Tunnel. Must have been going some to get the coaches up there Out of interest once you've finished the cafe will you be serving these? Chips N Gravy in Yorkshire pudding........AWSOME!! Must go back when its open 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted January 12, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 12, 2017 Well, Bodgit is doing a Larry, Marcus is doing Cliffs, so what am I doing? Poking holes in things... First, I've added the back walls of the building, so it's all solid now: Then, I've been marking out the windows on the shell, and cutting them: And then, having printed (cut) the windows out on the Portrait cutter, I've been removing all the waste bits from the windows: Leaving a nice pile of chads... and a complete window: Which fits the hole in the building (only hopefully less wonky) Only another four to do, and then the frames, so should be finished by Christmas... Thanks for looking, Al. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Well, Bodgit is doing a Larry, Marcus is doing Cliffs, so what am I doing? Poking holes in things... First, I've added the back walls of the building, so it's all solid now: grindleford-cafe029.jpg grindleford-cafe030.jpg Then, I've been marking out the windows on the shell, and cutting them: grindleford-cafe031.jpg grindleford-cafe032.jpg And then, having printed (cut) the windows out on the Portrait cutter, I've been removing all the waste bits from the windows: grindleford-cafe033.jpg grindleford-cafe034.jpg Leaving a nice pile of chads... grindleford-cafe035.jpg and a complete window: grindleford-cafe036.jpg Which fits the hole in the building (only hopefully less wonky) grindleford-cafe037.jpg Only another four to do, and then the frames, so should be finished by Christmas... Thanks for looking, Al. At least your hole in wall poking is destructively constructive, and another cracking job mate, well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 Looking really good mate. That window looks superb. The comment about cliffs suddenly reminded me of this.... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rlTdlNpGcpo 2:50 onwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted January 12, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 12, 2017 At least your hole in wall poking is destructively constructive, and another cracking job mate, well done. Cheers mate, your Larryism must be constructively destructive then I reckon BV's going to be another blinder. Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted January 12, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 12, 2017 Looking really good mate. That window looks superb. The comment about cliffs suddenly reminded me of this.... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rlTdlNpGcpo 2:50 onwards. Lookout! Cliff! When I wrote "Marcus is doing Cliff" I did wonder what sort of response I'd get... Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted January 13, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2017 Hi Al, I'm not sure if you know, but you can go over cuts by running the cut process more than once (as long as you don't press the eject button!). If you are using .010" styrene you should be able to cut through, which should speed up removal of chads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted January 13, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 13, 2017 Hi Al, I'm not sure if you know, but you can go over cuts by running the cut process more than once (as long as you don't press the eject button!). If you are using .010" styrene you should be able to cut through, which should speed up removal of chads. Cheers Jason, I've got "Double Cut" ticked, but I keep forgetting I can re-run it again, it would make life much easier. Thanks for the nudge. Al 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Great work Al. I love it Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted January 14, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 14, 2017 A bit of an update on what I've done this evening. The main structure of the Café is now so holey, it should be a chapel! All the apertures for windows and doors have been cut into the shell: I've sprayed the outer window frames matt black: Which, when layed on top of the white second layer you saw me cutting on Thursday, looks like this: which is just how I wanted them to look. The layers aren't stuck together yet, so it is a bit out of alignment there, hopefully when I come to join them together they will be straight. Finally, having transferred all the marking out of the windows etc, I sprayed up the shiplap cladding in White: They are stuck to a piece of card with masking tape so they didn't blow away whilst I was spraying. More later today, Al. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Morning mate, I just love your step by step pics, really good, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus 37 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Morning Al. That window looks the dogs danglies. Really nice piece of work. This is going to look superb when it's finished. Cheers Marcus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted January 15, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 15, 2017 Really coming along now mate. Looking forward to seeing it all complete and detailed up sitting on the layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted January 15, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2017 Unfortunately I have barely had any time to myself this weekend, so nothing much has been done. All I've managed is to add some supporting structure for the roof, and the third chimney. Hopefully I can get cracking on the roofing this week. Al. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted January 15, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2017 In other news, I saw a video taken in the eighties of a Class 31 on parcels going through Grindleford, so I've gathered together the necessary bits. So In a classic eighties tradition, here's a filthy Class 31 and some mucky parcels stock: Thanks for looking, Al. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew P Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Cracking job on the Building Al, but the mucky 31 and Parcels Stock looks supper mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted January 15, 2017 Author RMweb Gold Share Posted January 15, 2017 Cracking job on the Building Al, but the mucky 31 and Parcels Stock looks supper mate. Thanks mate, I thought you might like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I've got a Class 31 in BR green. I so desperately want to respray it blue now! Great work on the station building Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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