bridgiesimon Posted March 6, 2014 Author Share Posted March 6, 2014 Thank you, have now started painting the walling. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Just right! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted March 7, 2014 Share Posted March 7, 2014 Lovely work Simon. This sort of detail really adds to your layout. Yours is very much an exhibition layout and I think that the entertainment aspect for viewers in your layout is much more important that it would be for someone modeling a specific place and time. Interesting vignettes really add a lot. At risk of generalizing, there is a lot of push-back on such things here on RMWeb, particularly regarding what are perceived as cliches (bus on a bridge, waving children on a bridge, etc) but your layout is in a different space. In your case, giving the viewers interesting scenes besides the trains adds a lot of entertainment value. Keep the pictures coming as you progress. Hobbiton End is getting better and better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgiesimon Posted March 8, 2014 Author Share Posted March 8, 2014 Thank you for the encouragement and kind comments, most appreciated! We have a show with the layout next weekend hence the additional work and a list of other developments through the coming months. A good list of exhibitions, posted earlier should encourage us to add new details/developments durting that time as I aim to have new stuff done for each show. Best wishes Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 (edited) new water tank looks great, that monster is darn scarey, wouldn't be swimming in the tank with that monster as a resident Edited March 9, 2014 by Ralph Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sheep Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 so no hobbits bathing / swimming in the water tank then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgiesimon Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share Posted March 9, 2014 no water in the water tank yet, looking at different ways of doing water, looks like some really good products around! Anyone had any experience of what works well? Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgiesimon Posted March 9, 2014 Author Share Posted March 9, 2014 Latest piccie of the water tower - Best wishes Simon 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Hi Simon I love your water tank it is looking fantastic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sheep Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 As the inside of your water tank is plastic and many of the products require heating to melt them to a liquid state it might be worth doing a test with a spare lid if you have one to ensure it's not going to melt your handiwork. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgiesimon Posted March 10, 2014 Author Share Posted March 10, 2014 good point, I was thinking the same after spending time looking at youtube reviews. I have been looking at the Woodland scenics stuff though as that is not a melt and pour, it is a two part resin that you mix together before pouring in so would be cold. I do have a spare lid or 2 so will do a trial run first though just in case! Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
talisman56 Posted March 10, 2014 Share Posted March 10, 2014 Fantastic modelling there, Simon. Look forward to seeing the layout 'in the flesh' so to speak, at the Nailsea show... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 I used Faller water on my layout to make sea (picture here and a pond (pictures here. It comes as a transparent sheet with minor rippling and the advantage is that coloured backing can be put under it & the surface dry brushed to suit the kind of water depicted. I also have a couple of ducks from Langley Castings on the pond if you look carefully! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgiesimon Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 Interesting, I am trying a couple of different options based on sheets of acetate near the top, painted one side then varnish on tyhe other for the water surface. Will keep you all informed. The options available seem bloomin expensive when I only have a small water tank to fill!! Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 I've ended up with quite a bit of "water" left over, Simon. That's expensive enough, but building a new layout to use it up is even more so Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Grafarman Posted March 13, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 13, 2014 Interesting, I am trying a couple of different options based on sheets of acetate near the top, painted one side then varnish on tyhe other for the water surface. Will keep you all informed. The options available seem bloomin expensive when I only have a small water tank to fill!! Simon Please excuse the simplistic approach, but have you thought of PVA? Laid in layers and lightly stippled on top (or left millpond flat) can look very convincing; one of Allan Downes' tricks... David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAY NORWOOD Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Hi David I have triad that on Yard Shunter and in time it goes a milky colour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgiesimon Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 Same with the 'clear' varnish I have been trying out. with thin layers it is clear but as the layers add, it gets milky! Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 It could be a very large cup of tea for a thirsty hobbit! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortliner Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 (edited) Simon - I don't know if you intend to add on any further buildings but I came across these Hobbitt-holes while chasing something else, and thought they may at least inspire, even if they are not useful in themselves there are around four on this page - I'm not sure of the scale but they are intended for gaming, so may well fit with your small people. the first appears to be a "set" the other 3 are "fronts" and much cheaper http://www.ziterdes.de/ziterdes/en/neuheiten/index.php?neuheiten=true&we_lv_start_shoplistview=20 Re water - spread clear silicone bathroom caulk across the surface - it can be smooth or pullesd up int waves and ripples Best Jack Edited March 13, 2014 by shortliner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgiesimon Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 Thank you for the link, not just for the hobbit hole front but they have lots ofother great detailing stuff as well. I think I will be putting together an order their way!! Will try the silicone stuff as well. Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgiesimon Posted March 14, 2014 Author Share Posted March 14, 2014 Well, the layout is now all packed up ready for the Nailsea show tomorrow. Final checks and running session complete with all working which means at the show nothing will work and the locos will not run hehehe. Just a few final painting tasks for this evening before sleepies and off we go, hopefully will get to see some of you there? Best wishes Simon Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivercider Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 Hi Simon, I was pleased to see Hobbiton End for real at the Nailsea show, and enjoyed our chat. I had forgotten that I had seen and commented on this thread back in 2011, I think I must have had too many jugs of cider since then ! (I still think it is all a bit bonkers though! cheers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridgiesimon Posted March 17, 2014 Author Share Posted March 17, 2014 Bonkers is good though!! hehehe Simon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Alex TM Posted March 18, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 18, 2014 Hi Simon, Still think this is great; still makes me laugh too. Since most of our model railways are, in fact, fantasy then it seems only fair to take this along on the tangent that you have. If we can have fictional places and railways then why not populate them with fictional species such as hobbits, dwarves and wargs. Will your next project continue this theme or perhaps take railway modelling where " ... no man has gone before ... "? Once again, brilliant work. Regards, Alex. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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