Ladmanlow Sidings and other C&HPR locations

[Graham T]

That looks fantastic.  How on earth do you make and paint that roof in one evening?!

[MrWolf]

Corrugationage.

 

Now there's a word that ought to be in the dictionary.

[Alister_G]

3 minutes ago, Graham T said:

That looks fantastic.  How on earth do you make and paint that roof in one evening?!

 

Thanks Graham. I guess it's just practice - it's not complex, just cutting corrugated sheet to size and sticking it together, and I use acrylic paints so they dry in minutes.

 

Al.

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[Alister_G]

New page, so here's a reminder:

 

 

 

Al.

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[Alister_G]

A couple with occupants:

 

 

 

 

 

Desperately trying to get a shot of the inside of the roof...

 

 

 

Yeah, well, maybe not...

 

Al.

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[lezz01]

Superb job as usual Al.

Regards Lez.

[Alister_G]

Thanks Lez.

 

Al.

[Mick Bonwick]

'Tis wondrous to behold. Just imagine what it'll be like with a **** ***** inside it.

[MrWolf]

Or at least bits of one.

[KNP]

Lovely and looks great, even if it hasn't a **** ***** inside!

[NHY 581]

Yep. Totally agree. Lovely shed.

 

Really needs a Ford Focus inside. 

 

There, I've said it. None of this pussy footing around. Just come out and say it. 

 

Rob. 

 

 

[Andrew P]

SUPERB Al. 5* 

[westerhamstation]

Hi Al, cracking job. All the best Adrian.

[Bogie]

I thought your little shed was great - this is even better!

[MrWolf]

1 hour ago, Bogie said:

I thought your little shed was great - this is even better!

 

Bigger is always better when it comes to sheds, you can get more rusty junk in them.

I think that Alister has demonstrated that principle admirably well.

[Alister_G]

Thanks guys, for all your likes and comments, they are much appreciated.

 

Al.

[Alister_G]

On 16/07/2021 at 23:40, Mick Bonwick said:

'Tis wondrous to behold. Just imagine what it'll be like with a **** ***** inside it.

 

Just for you Mick...

 

 

 

Al.

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[chuffinghell]

6 hours ago, NHY 581 said:

Really needs a Ford Focus inside…

I really shouldn’t drink tea whilst reading comments, this particular one nearly spat it out laughing

 

[Alister_G]

What did I do this afternoon, on probably the warmest day of the year so far?

 

Why, I hid in a nice cool cellar, of course.

 

Oh, and whilst I was there, I built the baseboard for the diorama.

 

I started with a basic framework, 6mm ply sides and 19mm ply ends, and added the roadway base:

 

 

 

Then I added the base for the courtyard:

 

 

 

Offcuts of cork were used to form a rough shape for the landscape:

 

 

 

I tried out the buildings to make sure they would fit:

 

 

 

 

 

Then, I started adding newspaper and PVA glue to form the structure of the landscape:

 

 

 

 

 

This has all been left to dry now.

 

Thanks for looking,

 

Al.

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[Mick Bonwick]

I have to say that your rate of progress is phenomenal, Al. If only I could make a start on something and not be distracted almost immediately by something else I might be able to emulate it. It is rather doubtful, though.

 

Nicely done.

[Alister_G]

Thanks Mick,

 

These things happen occasionally, when I have a day or so uninterrupted, and I make what progress I can, but as you will have seen from following this thread, there are long periods when I don't get chance to do anything much at all.

 

Plus, this idea has really fired my imagination, and I want to see it realised as well as I can.

 

Cheers,

 

Al.

[Alister_G]

A few bits and pieces to show you this evening.

 

Firstly, I have cut out a base for the cart shed, which will be painted to represent old concrete:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, the baseboard. Here it was this morning, with the layers of the basic landscaping now dried:

 

 

So this afternoon I started bedding the structures into the landscape, so that they look like they were built there, not just plonked down:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the view from the road:

 

 

 

The ground surface of the courtyard will be brought up with a skim of plaster, to enable me to add some texture, wheelruts, etc.

 

Thanks for looking,

 

Al.

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[Alister_G]

As I said above, the base for the shed has now been painted to represent a concrete slab:

 

 

 

 

 

I'm probably going to make it dirtier, and with the all-important oil stains where the Land Rover is parked...

 

In the meantime, I've been beginning to add some signs of life. I built a toolbench and a set of shelves, which are both from the Scale Model Scenery laser-cut range, and then I added a scratchbuilt lathe and pillar drill:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's a nice atmospheric shot:

 

 

 

Thanks for looking,

 

Al.

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[Mick Bonwick]

Aha! This shed has an electricity supply, does it?

 

Where are the wall sockets then? Eh?

[Mick Bonwick]

4 minutes ago, Alister_G said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm probably going to make it dirtier, and with the all-important oil stains where the Land Rover is parked..

 

Excellent!