Little Muddle

[aardvark]

16 hours ago, KNP said:

'The Expansion' and some pictures I've taken a few minutes ago to see how things were going....

 

 

 

 

 

As I have said many times before and that is I use photography as an aid as well so I can see and feel how things are going.

 

It'll be a shame when the house gets built, blocking the view.

 

[Harlequin]

Hi Kevin,

 

I hope you realise what you've started here...

 

Modellers across the nation will now be ripping up their plants and fixing bigger versions in place every few weeks to simulate them growing.

 

It will be a renaissance for the model scenery industry.

 

😀

[KNP]

And today, if you look through the round window, we will be building a chicken coop (or at least starting).......!

 

🙂

[aardvark]

Why does a chicken coop have 2 doors?

 

Because if it had 4 doors, it'd be a chicken sedan.

 

[KNP]

And believe it or not between the last post(?) and this one a chicken coop was borne

 

Simple construction, four sides and a roof.

Card pre- scribed to make it easier

A few pre- stained matchsticks and a bit of wriggly tin….

 

 

 

Now to paint.

 

 

[lmsforever]

Any ideas please I have to build a home for two donkeys arriving soon  and have not a giant space left on the layout.

[KNP]

27 minutes ago, lmsforever said:

Any ideas please I have to build a home for two donkeys arriving soon  and have not a giant space left on the layout.

I give up…..

?

[Graham T]

Sounds like this is waiting for a punchline...

[KNP]

Coop is built.

Rust starting to form on lid.

Walls drying from the paint washes.

 

 

When dry all will receive a Matt varnish.

 

Now to build the chicken run….

 

 

Edited September 14, 2022 by KNP

[KNP]

1 minute ago, Graham T said:

Sounds like this is waiting for a punchline...

Agree

 

What is it….?

[KNP]

Trip down memory lane.

 

Whilst ferreting around looking for something or other I came across a very pristine envelope and I suddenly remembered what it was.

Many years ago I brought some plastic chain link mesh in sheet form.

There is my fence for the chicken run but just look at the age….and company???

 

 

 

I have used some pieces but a long time ago!!!

 

Amazing what you find when looking for something else.

 

[Graham T]

Very nice!  Do they also sell anvils?

[KNP]

5 minutes ago, Graham T said:

Very nice!  Do they also sell anvils?

I don’t know but but someone might?

[Gedward]

54 minutes ago, Graham T said:

Very nice!  Do they also sell anvils?

 

....Beep!   Beep!

 

[lmsforever]

2 hours ago, KNP said:

Trip down memory lane.

 

Whilst ferreting around looking for something or other I came across a very pristine envelope and I suddenly remembered what it was.

Many years ago I brought some plastic chain link mesh in sheet form.

There is my fence for the chicken run but just look at the age….and company???

 

 

 

I have used some pieces but a long time ago!!!

 

Amazing what you find when looking for something else.

Thats only yesterday !

 

[lmsforever]

Honest I have two model donkeys on order and I do need some ideas as to a donkey hose should be like,   HEE HAW HEE HAW

[KNP]

3 minutes ago, lmsforever said:

Honest I have two model donkeys on order and I do need some ideas as to a donkey hose should be like,   HEE HAW HEE HAW

Hose or house?

[lmsforever]

Watching tv as well as on web  my school was approved you know!

[teaky]

34 minutes ago, lmsforever said:

Honest I have two model donkeys on order and I do need some ideas as to a donkey hose should be like,   HEE HAW HEE HAW

?

https://www.euansguide.com/venues/the-donkey-sanctuary-sidmouth-3490/location

[MrWolf]

It depends on the period and where such animals are kept. Some would have shared rather deluxe brick built stabling with working horses, others would have a simple, but strongly built hut, not like those awful bits of firewood you can buy on eBay.

 

The simplest solution would be a demounted railway box van. The cheapest of which would probably be an old Tri-ang insulfish van. That also has the advantage of looking much older than the vans with corrugated ends.

 

This van (GWR wood Mink) has been used as an improvised feed store for the livestock yard on my as yet unfinished layout.

 

 

[gwrrob]

On 13/09/2022 at 07:11, KNP said:

 

To get just flower heads I paint the tops of static grass with the colour in question, say white, by dragging a wide brush held almost horizontally across the top.

Easy way of doing say daisies and in yellow buttercups.

 

I have tried this method and here are my results. I used WWS 6mm autumn static grass, adding some medium green Noch leaves and then dry brushing white acrylic as you described.

 

 

[KNP]

41 minutes ago, gwrrob said:

 

I have tried this method and here are my results. I used WWS 6mm autumn static grass, adding some medium green Noch leaves and then dry brushing white acrylic as you described.

 

 

 

Shaping up Rob, did you hold the brush flat, or on its side, so it could be dragged lightly just across the tops?

But the effect is there isn't it.

[gwrrob]

4 minutes ago, KNP said:

 

Shaping up Rob, did you hold the brush flat, or on its side, so it could be dragged lightly just across the tops?

But the effect is there isn't it.

 

Both Kev and because they're done on a tin you can angle it to suit as well. You can make loads in a flash at hardly any cost. At normal viewing distance the white will look more muted I think.

[MrWolf]

5 hours ago, Graham T said:

Very nice!  Do they also sell anvils?

 

And rocket launchers?

 

Asking for a friend....

[Worsdell forever]

6 hours ago, KNP said:

Co-op is built.

Rust starting to form on lidl.

Waitrose drying from the paint washes.

 

When dry all will receive a Morrisons varnish.

 

Now to build the chicken run….

 

 

 

All looking supermarket...

 

 

 

Coat on, bag for life in hand, I'm off...