Warren Branch

[MrWolf]

A mixture of coal dust, ash horse muck and a little moss perhaps?

[chuffinghell]

2 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

A mixture of coal dust, ash horse muck and a little moss perhaps?

as long as I don’t have to use real horse muck

 

I must admit it’s turned out far better than expected….especially the rails for the skip wagons

 

I’ve tried my best to do a random pattern I appreciate it maybe still look a bit too uniform 

[MrWolf]

I thought that the mass produced Wills'cobblestones looked uniform, especially with eight in a row, I started seeing patterns in them!

 

(Note to self: Must stop Miss R foraging for wild mushrooms...)

 

But paint and muck makes a big difference I think, that join isn't noticeable under normal lighting!

 

[Graham T]

The camera is not always our friend!  I struggle to resist the temptation to try to fix all the errors that they show up; it's often more trouble than it's worth, especially if the item in question looks fine to the naked eye.

 

That probably makes very little, if any, sense!

[Winslow Boy]

9 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

I thought that the mass produced Wills'cobblestones looked uniform, especially with eight in a row, I started seeing patterns in them!

 

(Note to self: Must stop Miss R foraging for wild mushrooms...)

 

But paint and muck makes a big difference I think, that join isn't noticeable under normal lighting!

 

 

What join is this?

[chuffinghell]

Obviously quite a bit to do yet but I couldn’t resist a mock up

 

[MrWolf]

24 minutes ago, Graham T said:

The camera is not always our friend!  I struggle to resist the temptation to try to fix all the errors that they show up; it's often more trouble than it's worth, especially if the item in question looks fine to the naked eye.

 

That probably makes very little, if any, sense!

 

I do use my photos to catch odd bits of paint I have missed or edges that are untidy, because many are noticeable once they become inaccessible, but there is definitely a limit.

[MrWolf]

24 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

 

What join is this?

 

Thanks for that. You no longer owe me a pie for fixing the BMW.

[chuffinghell]

1st tried citadel nuln oil hoping it would tint the white filler…..but it didn’t

 

2nd tried a heavily thinned black paint….better but still left white patches

 

lastly painted the whole thing with black acrylic and wiped it off, rubbed with kitchen towel and finally used a 2000 grit paper to sand off the top surface

 

masked off and painted the ‘rails’ with sleeper grime

 

 

there are some dark patches and light patches but hopefully it adds to the effect? Once dry and given a coat of matt varnish I’ll look at using some weathering powders maybe?

 

Edited August 17, 2022 by chuffinghell

[chuffinghell]

I’ve painted the inside of the pump house footprint so you can see more clearly where the pump house is going to live

 

 

It’s also tided it up

[MrWolf]

The splodge on, wipe off method is what I employed for the livestock yard, subtlety is not always your friend. 

It looks like granite setts now though.

[Winslow Boy]

16 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

The splodge on, wipe off method is what I employed for the livestock yard, subtlety is not always your friend. 

It looks like granite setts now though.

 

So you're splodger are you Rob?

[MrWolf]

35 minutes ago, Winslow Boy said:

 

So you're splodger are you Rob?

 

Jack the Dripper actually.

[Graham T]

I thought that was this chap...

[chuffinghell]

1 hour ago, MrWolf said:

The splodge on, wipe off method is what I employed for the livestock yard, subtlety is not always your friend. 

It looks like granite setts now though.

do you think it needs a little brown weathering powder?

[MrWolf]

1 hour ago, chuffinghell said:

do you think it needs a little brown weathering powder?

 

Test area up against one of the walls, easier to disguise any resulting fubar.

[Rowsley17D]

Those setts look as though they pass Mr Wolf's test of a 4mm scale bike being ridden over them. Well done. I think there would be some moss growing between the setts away from well-travelled areas.

[MrWolf]

If it helps this is a Victorian mill yard across the road from our house.

 

 

Most of the roads look like this. Okay on a 1930s standard bicycle, not so good on 1970s Tour de France machinery, which can result in the sudden feeling that one has three Adam's apples...

 

[chuffinghell]

I’m getting there slowly

 

 

matt varnish will remove the shine left by the nuln oil and help tone it down as I may have gone a bit too heavy with the wash

[Rowsley17D]

Looks good from here, Chuffers. There'd be plenty of coal dust, soot and acid rain around to darken most things in the area.

[chuffinghell]

I’ve since tried dry brushing some white and I’m quite pleased with it

 

 

mock up

 

 

 

A shame the pump house blocks most of the retaining wall 🤨

 

currently working on the coal bunker which is probably too small but it is what it is, I also need to build the Wills yard crane and cut down and refit the pump house doors

[Bluemonkey presents....]

Looking excellent very nicely done

 

[Rowsley17D]

Looks really good, Chris. You should be very proud.

[MrWolf]

Very impressive Chris, everything blended in nicely, I particularly like the detail of the lamp over the steps in the back yard.

[chuffinghell]

1 hour ago, Bluemonkey presents.... said:

Looking excellent very nicely done

 

thank you 

 

52 minutes ago, Rowsley17D said:

Looks really good, Chris. You should be very proud.

thank you, admittedly it’s turned out better than expected 

 

10 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

Very impressive Chris, everything blended in nicely, I particularly like the detail of the lamp over the steps in the back yard.

Thanks Rob, interesting to know what it will look like once the lights are powered up and the chimney is pumping out smoke, assuming they all still work