Gravy Train Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) Hi AlanSorry not been able to post up anything, my laptop not working and my mobile phone has given up too, just got the use of the missus mobile, have loads of stuff to post but all on the hard drive :-(CheersPeter Edited December 30, 2015 by Gravy Train Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 Hi Alan Sorry not been able to post up anything, my laptop not working and my mobile phone has given up too, just got the use of the missed mobile, have loads of stuff to post but all on the hard drive :-( Cheers Peter I did wonder where you got to Peter. Anyway, welcome back and look foreward to seeing your latest work soon. Cheers. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) Watching Miss Marple (Joan Hickson version) this week, the most often heard comment from both SWMBO and myself was "Allan Downes built that village". (Yes even our Gert has been an Allan fan since the early 1980s todeller articles - she even bought me a can of Colron for my birthday one year ...) Were there any windmills? Edited December 28, 2015 by mullie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravy Train Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) Just got these from my Facebook account Didsbury Sorry about the concave look of the buildings but I assure you they are all straight and level Peter Edited December 29, 2015 by Gravy Train 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 Bloody hell Peter, ease up there mate ! - THAT is fabulous ! Absolutely top class modelling from the Master himself. A real honour and privelage to have it on the thread. Many thanks for sharing such exquisite workmanship. I'll get my coat... Cheers. Allan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravy Train Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Hi Allan, Thanks for your kind comments,steady on though, you know how wide a door is and I have to walk through them regularly and my head has got to fit through it :-) The pictures always make my models look concave not sure why. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 Hi Allan, Thanks for your kind comments,steady on though, you know how wide a door is and I have to walk through them regularly and my head has got to fit through it :-) The pictures always make my models look concave not sure why. Peter It could be your camera lens Peter. Do you use a wide angled lens coz they can sometimes distort a picture ? Cheers mate. Allan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravy Train Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 (edited) Yes Alan Definitely my camera but the lack of a wide angled lens, I'm told by the experts Peter Edited December 29, 2015 by Gravy Train Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 Hi Peter. If it helps the camera I use as recommended by Chris Nevard, pro photographer, is a CANON POWER SHOT SX60 HS. Beautiful bit of kit. Cheers. Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 A possible cheaper option may be to build your models slightly convex to compensate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted January 2, 2016 Author Share Posted January 2, 2016 CLYDE BANK RIVERSIDE STATION. This was built over christmas for a long standing client of mine who has an eye for the unusual. There was no plan, just a three quarter angle picture which showed the building in Victorian red brick that got swiftly replaced with Wills course stone - it was the shape we were after, not what it was built out of ! Anyway, here's a few pictures but there's still a few odds and ends to do yet including straightening that stupid drunk chimney ! Happy new year all. Allan. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Happy New Year Allan - Saw this and thought of you Georgian Designs for shop-fronts and door-cases, originally issued by I. & J. Taylor's Architectural Library, whose imprint is on the plates, between 1790-1794 https://archive.org/details/designsforshopfr00ijta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 An absolutely Beautiful building Allan! Happy New Year! Also, a delight to see Peter back again - wonderful station buildings, even if they are slightly concave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markeg Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 Hi Allan, Fantastic work. Very much admired and inspirational. A master at work. Have a great year too. Mark in oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravy Train Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 cheers I need to buy a decent camera so that then my models will look straight, it is this that puts me off posting up photos of my models, I have so many but reluctant to risk it. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adams442T Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 I'm getting worried as Allan hasn't posted anything for five days! Does this mean we're due a scale 7 mm model of the whole of Milton Keynes, including roundabouts? Or is he stealin' a march on someone who mustn't be named by doing a complete model of the Notre Dame Cathedral complete with Seine and bridges? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharris Posted January 7, 2016 Share Posted January 7, 2016 A possible cheaper option may be to build your models slightly convex to compensate? You may laugh, but that's how they built the Parthenon. http://www.calvin.edu/academic/clas/pathways/acropoli/apar1.htm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share Posted January 9, 2016 A couple of 'just in case buildings' That means when my client comes up to pick up his station for his coastal layout these might just catch his eye ! Anyway, if he doesn't want them, there's always Robinson... Cheers. Allan. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Speaking of the magic fingered maestro, where is Herr Robinson? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 We were getting worried that Allan had disappeared as he hadn't posted for a few days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium The White Rabbit Posted January 10, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 10, 2016 Maestros aren't allowed to have holidays... http://iainrobinsonmodels.blogspot.co.uk/ It's good that he's busy & I hope he's receiving appropriate rewards, but I was hoping he'd be able to post once or twice over Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 And the black and white theme continues with another addition finished and another started today. Cheers. Allan 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 (edited) Evening Allan hope all's well at Downes towers Lovely work as usual set off extremely well with the blue sky behind. Whilst I think I know how you "colour " you roofs may I ask how you obtain the final orange/brown effect on the bay window roof ? Cheers Grahame Edited January 15, 2016 by bgman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravy Train Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 (edited) Hi Allan, wonderful and imaginative you haven't lost your touch with Architectural niceties, you are obviously still enjoying making models Allan, sorry for not responding more often, I have no computer at the moment nor a mobile phone, so have to borrow one for an hour or so each day. cheers Peter Edited January 15, 2016 by Gravy Train Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 Evening Allan hope all's well at Downes towers Lovely work as usual set off extremely well with the blue sky behind. Whilst I think I know how you "colour " you roofs may I ask how you obtain the final orange/brown effect on the bay window roof ? Cheers Grahame Hi Grahame, thanks for the kind comments. The tile colouring is achieved by using Colron Antique Pine wood dye. I used to use English Light Oak dye but you can't seem to get it any more so, in desperation, I tried the pine and fortunately it worked out even better. Cheers. Allan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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