Jaz Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Am still plodding through the RMlive pictures in order to put them up on the homes I find. I managed to do WillJs blog for Victoria Bridge.....how on earth do I link to that??? I resorted to a link to him instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 We already have a compressor, I occasionally use the air brush, but still prefer the old hand painting. I also stopped at the Topp table....and meant to buy some weathering wood colours...am still kicking myself for forgetting. I am NOT a really experienced airbrushed....I don't use it anywhere near enough. But Kal did realise it was better to have one with a good range of pressure. And so far the little beauty has been used for all manner of jobs......it cleans out the dust from your computer nicely Oh and if you use the controller jerkily....you can get some spotter effects....they are fun to play with. Use a little food colouring on old envelopes and newspaper for practise....... oh lol it sounds as though it does not get much work, but actually I have done a lot some stuff with it. Kal has weathered track too near Kalborough. the yellow wagon was bright yellow before i did my FIRST airbrush work the one to the left was a hand painted effort, also from the cheap yellow wagons. the loco on the left was my second loco attempt, the first was just on some bogies.. img 1052 Ah........ this was done before we came here to RMweb.....hang on will upload....make take a 'few' minutes 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) A few more these are old...and I suspect Mick / Newbryford will laugh himself silly. but this was my first serous attempt with the airbrush as weathering a loco rmweb2925show154 I was probably far too scared originally to put my attempt up. this was the first wagon. From yellow to um....well not sure...I repainted it not long after. The point was once you had a go...you got quite brave rmweb2927show156 which then encouraged me to start on the buildings admittedly back to hand painting rmweb2939show159 The pictures are also a bit naff....I'll go pop it up on Kalborough.....watch this space. eidt= and yes the engine shed really is from the Thomas the Tank engine range Edited September 17, 2014 by Jaz 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 OK I grabbed the loco 56100 push its top back on....and slapped it on the layout...the light is not great....so excuse the pictures. And don't forget this was painted over a year ago.....the loco is airbrushed with some hand work..... yes yes the windows are awful...I have some of Pete Harveys etchings to trial....results will go up in time for the wipe blade markings and the wagons with the loco were airbrushed as a primer, but hand painted over. the BRUTE trolley has been thrown in to try and hide the plastic ends!!!!!! rmweb2940show160 the cleaner end (I sort of trailed one end and one side with the heavier stuff for comparison) 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 viewed from the dirtier end rmweb2943 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I swung the loco around in the other direction so both sides ended up in photographs rmweb2946show166 again using the BRUTE trolley to hide the obviousITS ONLY A MODEL bits... the train just noticed.....A4.....GBRF......Road Haul.....rule 1 applies.... ...or preservation or heritage..... a birds eye a down the line ....pointing out the sparsity of signals.....ok to be correct the absence and one I cropped due to the fact it looked awful otherwise 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
runs as required Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Gosh Jaz those look brilliant! Thanks for going to the trouble to dig all those out to tell the full story. On the two yalla examples I can see the value of using both the air spray and following up with brush paint and powders. I do like the idea of that Tomboy Jaz ducking around the sidings at March armed with her aerosols. I understand what you mean saying once you've broken the ice on those costly boxed ex works mint locos, everything is easy. Must have been like that in real life at somewhere like Tyne Dock 'shed' in the 60s/70s confronted with the arrival of brand spanking new 9Fs dhig Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Gosh Jaz those look brilliant! Thanks for going to the trouble to dig all those out to tell the full story. On the two yalla examples I can see the value of using both the air spray and following up with brush paint and powders. I do like the idea of that Tomboy Jaz ducking around the sidings at March armed with her aerosols. I understand what you mean saying once you've broken the ice on those costly boxed ex works mint locos, everything is easy. Must have been like that in real life at somewhere like Tyne Dock 'shed' in the 60s/70s confronted with the arrival of brand spanking new 9Fs dhig Once you start messing with the original paint jobs....nothing is sacred...... your are touching up the odd window rmweb2954wethering1 sun in the right direction gives lovely effects rmweb2955weathering2 then the door is up for grabs... then all hell breaks out..... 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doughnut Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Love the new pics Jaz. The workshops are top drawer! The 56 throught the station is fab. Had me fooled at first, looks like its going around a canted curve...very realistic. Then noticed the body's not on properly, giving the impression it's leaning into the curve. Looks good though!! Dave 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Love the new pics Jaz. The workshops are top drawer! The 56 throught the station is fab. Had me fooled at first, looks like its going around a canted curve...very realistic. Then noticed the body's not on properly, giving the impression it's leaning into the curve. Looks good though!! Dave doh!!!!!! I thought I had clicked them back on, might have been a good idea to check BOTH sides properly......I thought I had not put them on the tracks to well........ no you see why Kal is of me playing with his toys, train ......um what do you call 'em oh yeah .......locos.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7APT7 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Hi Jaz Great set of latest uploads... nice touch with the graffiti with JAZ on the wall... Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7APT7 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Hi Jaz I've noticed the Eddie Lorry picture, is that fog in the air... the camera as captured the haze really good... Always great work and love to always look at the many on going mods and creations that Kal and You make together... Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock67B Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Very inspiring images Jaz, keep them coming! Kind regards, Jock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Hi Jaz I've noticed the Eddie Lorry picture, is that fog in the air... the camera as captured the haze really good... Always great work and love to always look at the many on going mods and creations that Kal and You make together... Jamie We are really lucky. the veluxes in the roof face north and south subsequently certain parts of the layout benefit from either the southern morning light or the northern evening dusk. The cove is in front of the only vertical window and benefits from late afternoon light. The light also filters in at specific angles and I place building where these effects can be taken advantage of. thus at dusk as the sun is setting you can get the light streaming in at an angle and if you are there at the right time...it effectively give several types of lighting effects. I love the shadows in this one...the light to the left is actually you seeing the inside of the resin building being lit up, but gives the effect of a light source within the building. I was showing this effect to David Todd whilst he was here. The effect was on the south facing and I have placed Scripps Garage to take the full advantage. this was taken with Davids camera, and we were playing with the effects, there was a touch too much sun, so if you held your hand to the left of the camera you could allow it to focus in the garage and coincidently get a view throughout the window... take your hand away slightly and the camera focus could easily change, and without a focused area the picture appeared useless I often take ages to just set up a picture. Unfortunately David Kal and I got no where near as much as we wanted to get in despite he was her from Thusday to Tuesday. But then he made the judgement call of wanting to help put in a fence post or two. Then he was walking the bigger dobermann (you can't take both at the same time) So time just got away from us...as usual. We did do some testing with the camera wagon.....but never managed any polished pictures....plus we were in them. I will see if anything is salvageable, as Kal was very taken with how it showed the tracks wobbles!!!! . Actually it was impressive that he had done so well...but you know guys and their train sets .... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeT Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Morning Jaz, Cracking job on the 56 nice and subtle just right, great stuff George Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 This one for instance looks good, very atmospheric, but look carefully and the rectangle of the velux is discernible... rmweb785goathland5 rmweb786goathland6 this was taken at the same session. I moved the birds around to grab the reflections, and got in closer not just for the close up but in order to avoid the obvious telex shape in the water. then continued in the sae frame, the swans heads are so small, but i had consider filing them for a better shape rmweb7877 Turning the heads carefully helps improve with how they photograph. I often take half an hour 'setting the scene' if the light is worthwhile. Occasionally I have spent so long gaffing about the lot has gone...and I have had to give up in disgust. The best way to get a good photograph? In my opinion? Is attempt to get the focus through the eyes of one of the figures on the layout. Birds eye, very informative, but if you can focus IN the layout and avoid any give away touches....even dare i say it....obscuring any give away details with a touch on on the photograph. with natural light and getting the focus on the better detailed items...and soft focus on the worst give the images i am usually most satisfied with. So I use the derogatory term 'taking a snap' mostly because I am using my iPad. But frankly iPads and iPhones are getting so good. And I like the bigger screen because I can see what it will look like on a pc screen. Even my camera with its technology often leaves me with bits that appeared focused by once upsized on my pc very iffy. And updating between my iMac my iPhone and my iPad and Kals is just so much easier, set it up, and a lot gets done by itself. And I never have enough hours in my day. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Morning Jaz, Cracking job on the 56 nice and subtle just right, great stuff George It was really nice meeting you at RMlive, hopefully another time we can chat longer. Am planning on checking out Ashcombe today... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Todd Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Am still plodding through the RMlive pictures in order to put them up on the homes I find. I managed to do WillJs blog for Victoria Bridge.....how on earth do I link to that??? I resorted to a link to him instead. Try this.............................. Victoria Bridge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Another where light makes all the difference rmweb1166heartbeat12 A birds eyre showing the light leaking through, you just need to concentrate on those areas that are benefitting and remember the light is always moving!!! the same area nice enough without the light effect, but you notice more defects like the trees...because the shadows help so much with bringing in a sense of reality. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Try this.............................. Victoria Bridge Perfect thanks David. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 And I notice this being done by exhibitors, some add their own lamps to bring those same effects into play. Avenford East the light off to the right is a by product of the lamp but just look at those shadows I took several pictures here, the setting was inside but he had two lights throwing out his own shadows. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/72163-arboretum-valley-rmweblive-sent-to-coventry-wouldnt-happen-with-jaz-around/page-274&do=findComment&comment=1580326 link to back to p274 when we are at the Midlands and East Lancs show 2014 early September 2014. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Kinlett Wharf ! was pming Will J regards this and he had a few words...... Will J Sorry for the slow reply! I'm afraid there is no kinlet wharf thread as such, kinlet wharf was built in1996 (a proper veteran layout...) so all the work was done at the wyre forest club well before rmweb, and much of the rest of the Internet! There are a few references to it, and pictures in amongst my blog. Thank you for posting the pictures and the kind comments! Jaz WOW, you should pop an A4 sheet on it to that effect. A couple of the layout at RMlive were clearly long in the tooth. But I would not have guessed that was one. It must have been top notch in its day. I'll go mention do an update. What about the catenary and ohe is that original? or did you spruce it up? just so i get my facts right. Will J The catenary is all original with just a few little blobs of glue repairing it over the years. The layout is kept in very sturdy special wooden boxes which keep the delicate bits out of harms way! Jaz and to put this in context rmweb2917show146 some edges showing, and some blur, but I am sure you get the idea. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Brass etching...cont'd rmweb2958brassetching1 repeat of the earlier post http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/72163-arboretum-valley-rmweblive-sent-to-coventry-wouldnt-happen-with-jaz-around/page-275&do=findComment&comment=1584231 Kal said to have a go at one....pesky little devils. Soon got the hang of it though. 1. Long nose pliers ....beware when using them for bending along the seams....in case a weaker point bends first!!!! I found it more useful to use the long nose pliers to PROTECT next to the seam and used the bar to press against the seam. 2. Deciding which seam to bend first is tricky!!!! cause the first seam appears to be the easy seam.....after that you are terrified of messing the first on up!!! 3. When making a box bending the 90degree angles is not too hard....except for the last one!!!!! Because the thickness of the tool you are using makes it harder. The bars at this point come into their own. BUT still each carefully for the weaker part bending!!!! rather than the bit you want to bend. 4. Once your nerves are shredded, walk off, calm down and return. 5. Having a second job, e.g. checking on RMweb for updates helps break the job and stop you wanting take a hammer to it. 6. I make it sound much worse than it is, plus being a woman with smaller hands, and issues with the hands...makes it much harder. I suspect some blokes will bend these things with ease. 7. But I am pleased with the result....although I plan to buy some plastercine to push the brass etching into to hold it in place for the glue bit.....glueing myself a second time aught to be avoided....am using blue tack at the moment as a substitute. 8. They are really nice etchings....worth the effort.Hopefully the pictures which will go up in due course will prove this. rmweb2959brassetching2 despite my best attempts at zinging the legs every where i managed to connect them to the main body.....phewwwww. You do really need to think a head with these though... rmweb2960brassetching3 otherwise you are in serious danger of damaging those elements you have already bent into shape. as for plastercine still not sourced any this was the blue tack rmweb2961brassetching4 I'm quite pleased though I think I managed the shape fairly well for a novice rmweb2962brassetching5 yes there is an excess of blue, but once upright and painted i don't think it will be an issue rmweb2963brassetching6 The thing that I am struggling with is, finding a reference picture to copy for painting, in good nick or bad...... 'Shed Baskets' does not help me search on google for the actual item.....gggrrrrrrrr....... Anyone able to help??? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will J Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Hi Jaz, thought you might be interested in this link, much of my work on Kinlet Wharf is the road traffic! http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/351/entry-4773-weathering-traffic-for-kinlet-wharf-just-what-counts-as-a-british-n-gauge-car/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 (edited) Kal went searching ...ontarioindustrial.com This should certainly help with weathering, and in the background other colour choices. Edited September 18, 2014 by Jaz 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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