Show us yours - Realistic modelling

[ianb3174]

On 17/07/2023 at 15:58, ekgrowler said:

Blackwood N Gauge Layout. 

 

Brilliantly observed modelling.  Love the tracks on the cant and the different ballasting heights. The bridge just frames it perfectly.

[ardbealach]

Haven't been on these pages for the past month or so.   What have I been missing!   The quality just gets better and better!   None of the pictures looks as if the modelling is just out of a box.   Congratulations to you all.  [Alisdair] 

[6990WitherslackHall]

Goods Shed at Oxendale.

 

[Andy Healey]

Finally got my G5 to add to my fleet of Locos, excellent work by TMC and Bachmann.

[Tony Wright]

 

Stoppers at Little Bytham. 

[AY Mod]

23 minutes ago, Andy Healey said:

Finally got my G5 to add to my fleet of Locos, excellent work by TMC and Bachmann.

 

Far too clean for this topic. 😁

[Andy Healey]

3 minutes ago, AY Mod said:

 

Far too clean for this topic. 😁

Fresh out of Darlington after repaint!

[46444]

Wickham Wanderer...

 

 

Permanent Way crew at St. Oswalds in Dumfriesshire ready for the off...

[Not Jeremy]

A short parcels working earlier today

 

[PMP]

[Philou]

@PMP I like that. Really gives the impression of depth - nay - grandeur. Questions: What scale? What height the silos? Is the water the Kathy Millat (hope that's spelt correctly :/) type of PVA over a coloured base? Very good. Last question: Are the doors on the side of the building special Russian ones? :).

 

Cheers,

 

Philip

[The Johnster]

Are the silos in fact full scale asbestos sheeting...

 

An unusual piece of modelling, but quite convincing.  Especially the water.

[Dicky L]

[JonathonAG]

Another from Riccarton North, V2 No. 60883 digs into the gradient with a mixed train heading for Hawick and onwards.

[Captain Kernow]

1 hour ago, JonathonAG said:

Another from Riccarton North, V2 No. 60883 digs into the gradient with a mixed train heading for Hawick and onwards.

Just wonderful.

 

[F-UnitMad]

Seeing as there's two "realistic modelling" threads, I might as well copy here my recent post in the other one.....

 

The morning crew swap over with the graveyard shift on my O Scale American freelance Short Line, the Portway Terminal Railroad....

 

Figures are 3D colour-printed, by WestEdge3D of Australia.

[46444]

Caley 812 Class 57566 passes a horsebox in the yard at St. Oswalds whilst heading down the branch.

 

 

 

Edited July 23, 2023 by 46444

[saxokid]

Another “night shift” from my home layout build Colmore traction depot..

[PMP]

On 20/07/2023 at 21:40, Philou said:

@PMP I like that. Really gives the impression of depth - nay - grandeur. Questions: What scale? What height the silos? Is the water the Kathy Millat (hope that's spelt correctly :/) type of PVA over a coloured base? Very good. Last question: Are the doors on the side of the building special Russian ones? :).

 

Cheers,

 

Philip

Hi Philip

The layout is HO with OO stock placed on it. Silo height is 9 inches with Walthers Cornerstone kit bashed buildings.

Water is AK Interactive water Gels over plastic base sheet.

 

 

 

This is the viewpoint the layout is seen at, but the pelmet is actually lower now having revised it on layout completion, note the grain loading hadn’t been fitted at time of image.

Edited July 24, 2023 by PMP
Addition

[Kelvin Pinnock]

Stratford St. Mary goods shed.

[Nova Scotian]

1 hour ago, Kelvin Pinnock said:

Stratford St. Mary goods shed.

The variation in the texture of the ground is excellent. As is the depth of the detail on the brickwork - it's not flat. But again I keep coming back to the rich varied texture on the floor - I assume it was deliberate to have the smoother texture at the foot of the steps where there'd have been more foot traffic?

[robock]

10 hours ago, Nova Scotian said:

The variation in the texture of the ground is excellent. As is the depth of the detail on the brickwork - it's not flat. But again I keep coming back to the rich varied texture on the floor - I assume it was deliberate to have the smoother texture at the foot of the steps where there'd have been more foot traffic?

As I (Robin) was largely responsible for rebuilding the goods shed, I can give you some background. Kelvin built the original structure from Wills Scenic sheet material some years ago, partly based on the prototype shed at Clare on the Stour Valley line. There were many compromises in the model, which made it virtually free-lance, so when I decided to 'enhance' it in 2020 it was sawn into many pieces and the remains were incorporated into the side wall where lorry is unloading. The other three walls were all new, still using Wills sheets to match; only the office part was salvaged intact from the original model, although it was also completely re-detailed. Having said that, I must confess that I regret using the Wills material as it is too 'rustic' for the rather fine Victorian brickwork found on the prototype!

Ground texture is buit up from fine horticultural silver sand and diluted PVA, laid very wet and rubbed down with various pieces of wood, fingers etc. when dry, then painted and rubbed down again until tone and texture look about right - luckily I had a colour photo of the prototype in the 1960s for reference.

The shed was bedded to the ground on a layer of filler mixed with PVA, (with clingfilm over the base of the building to make it removable) with some of the mixture blended into the ground to smooth out the heavily trodden areas.

[Philou]

I think the brickwork looks absolutely fine - at least you can see the coursework. Fine Victorian brickwork would have had quite thin cement/sand (probably lime:sand) mortar bed that was about 1/4" thick which at 4mm scale would be very fine. The bedding would probably have been flush with the brickwork and at 4mm scale would have given a very flat finish and possibly looked unrealistic - too flat - though correct.

 

Umm ..... the only thing that doesn't look right - and it may be the angle of the photo - is there doesn't seem to be enough room between the bonnet of the lorry and the fence to have allowed it to reverse park into the position shown in the photo. Vehicles didn't have terribly tight turning circles - especially lorries. Otherwise 'tis a grand bit of modelling.

 

Cheers,

 

Philip

[Worsdell forever]

27 minutes ago, Philou said:

Umm ..... the only thing that doesn't look right - and it may be the angle of the photo - is there doesn't seem to be enough room between the bonnet of the lorry and the fence to have allowed it to reverse park into the position shown in the photo. Vehicles didn't have terribly tight turning circles - especially lorries. Otherwise 'tis a grand bit of modelling.

 

Cheers,

 

Philip

 

I've noticed that the driver is wandering off for a brew and left his mate to work out how to get it out...

[Captain Kernow]

32 minutes ago, Philou said:

Umm ..... the only thing that doesn't look right - and it may be the angle of the photo - is there doesn't seem to be enough room between the bonnet of the lorry and the fence to have allowed it to reverse park into the position shown in the photo

They were better drivers back in the day...