RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 6, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 6, 2017 There is not many occasions where using wills plastic sheet would be considered a short cut... Andy Yes, but feel the texture... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 6, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 6, 2017 Well that's the first 3'of platform facing made and ready for priming and painting. Just another 10'left to do. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted May 6, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 6, 2017 It's high time you started getting some paint on the 1366, young Spams. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simond Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 If he leaves it much longer, it'll go green on its own... Best Simon 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 6, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 6, 2017 It's high time you started getting some paint on the 1366, young Spams. Everybody knows that naughty engines don't get new coats of paint. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 6, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 6, 2017 As a change to platform facings, a retaining wall... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 6, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 6, 2017 If he leaves it much longer, it'll go green on its own... Best Simon So you think I should finish it off then? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Gold Donw Posted May 6, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 6, 2017 Nice job on the stone sheets. I am not sure which I prefer fiddling around to hide the joins on the plastic sheets or scribing the whole lot from scratch. I use DAS again you can marks out the rough courses and stones quicker when still fresh but it then takes more effort to clean of the raised edges than if you let it dry before scribing and once it is dry the scribing takes longer. I was looking at Trevor Nunn's work today in S gauge beautifully done Brickwork quions scribed on cartridge paper then stones scribed into a thin layer of DAS between the brickwork quoins. Bit of a pain when there is a lot of retaining walls. If you want to see mind boggling work look at Jeffs work on building dry stone walls here http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/94282-kirkby-luneside-2-grime-and-filth/page-106 then look forward to see how much walls he builds this in 4mm the results speak for them selves. Don 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 7, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 7, 2017 Nice job on the stone sheets. I am not sure which I prefer fiddling around to hide the joins on the plastic sheets or scribing the whole lot from scratch. I use DAS again you can marks out the rough courses and stones quicker when still fresh but it then takes more effort to clean of the raised edges than if you let it dry before scribing and once it is dry the scribing takes longer. I was looking at Trevor Nunn's work today in S gauge beautifully done Brickwork quions scribed on cartridge paper then stones scribed into a thin layer of DAS between the brickwork quoins. Bit of a pain when there is a lot of retaining walls. If you want to see mind boggling work look at Jeffs work on building dry stone walls here http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/94282-kirkby-luneside-2-grime-and-filth/page-106 then look forward to see how much walls he builds this in 4mm the results speak for them selves. Don Building a dry stone wall from individual lumps of DAS. And not just a short length - now that is modelling madness! I've tried DAS a few times but can't seem to get the results that others do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted May 7, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 7, 2017 Building a dry stone wall from individual lumps of DAS. And not just a short length - now that is modelling madness! I've tried DAS a few times but can't seem to get the results that others do. It may be madness but I like the results. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted May 7, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 7, 2017 It may be madness but I like the results. Don Gordon and Maggie gravett often demonstrate the blobs of Daz technique at shows. Andy 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 7, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 7, 2017 Gordon and Maggie gravett often demonstrate the blobs of Daz technique at shows. Andy The only other thing that puts me off using DAS is the weight. Hard lesson learned from New Haden, use light materials when possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daifly Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Gordon and Maggie gravett often demonstrate the blobs of Daz technique at shows. Andy What do they make with soap powder?Dave Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted May 8, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 8, 2017 What do they make with soap powder? Dave No... Daz is short for Darren. Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Donw Posted May 8, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 8, 2017 The only other thing that puts me off using DAS is the weight. Hard lesson learned from New Haden, use light materials when possible. Not a princple Jeff follows, I couldn't convince him that 4x2s were a bit excessive for baseboard construction. Mind you the fell on his layout used an awful lot of plaster. I agree with you about lightweight materials. At the weekend someone remarked they had used painted vermiculite for loads in some hopper wagons to keep the weight down. Don Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 13, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 13, 2017 On the basis that you can never have too many part completed projects on the go...I've started another. This was to have been a copy of the wharf building at Helland Bridge but, although I've kept the overall dimensions, I've decided to alter it to better suit the location. Ground floor is almost the same, although I've moved the double doors on the right hand side. The more significant changes will be at first floor level and will include elements of another building I photographed near St Teeth in 2013.... Anyway, here's a few of the ground floor under construction. The right hand doors will be slid open and the interior modelled. Some sort of workshop I think. John's car fits... And some time later with the stonework sheets added. Lots of work to do on the corners and joints. This is well underway but I forgot to take a photo and the building is now under a large weight overnight (not me). 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 13, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 13, 2017 Oh, as a change to Wills coarse stone, I've used their random wall sheets instead. These are being sanded down a little and the stones altered to make them a bit more long and flat. Still quicker than scribing from scratch. Honest. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 14, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 14, 2017 Bit of a sketch I knocked out this morning. Heavily distorted and curved by the camera, but should give an idea of what I've got in mind. Not on the same level as one of Mr Wardle's masterpieces but it will do. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 14, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 14, 2017 Making a start... The office end first. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 14, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 14, 2017 Moving on to the rail level store end... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 14, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 14, 2017 At this point I had a change of mind and deviated from the sketch. A gently sloping roof over the 1st floor double doors rather than a gable. Seemed a good idea at the time... But, I didn't like it. So out with the razor saw. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted May 14, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 14, 2017 Can someone please put me out of my misery, please, I have been looking back through the thread trying to find the build of the Slaters 20 ton brake, without success. Could you please give details of its location. Many thanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted May 14, 2017 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted May 14, 2017 Can someone please put me out of my misery, please, I have been looking back through the thread trying to find the build of the Slaters 20 ton brake, without success. Could you please give details of its location. Many thanks. Are you thinking of the BR std brake that I backdated to the LNER version? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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