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Gentleman with model plane MLV4 £2.60. The  plane balances on the mans hand


Ive tried t make him look blond,


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Ive also smooth the road a bit


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and painted the other side of the road, and forgot to photograph it lol


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All pictures are under fluorescent lights because I missed the light

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Dart castings MLV3 gentleman with model yacht £2.60

So far I have only painted the yacht,

I popped it on the river, liked the picture then Kal said, who would put a nice boat like that in a river, you need a pond

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this pond (notice I'm trialing some grasses)

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yep

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the 'tree trunk' has been moved here, it is closer to the edge of the layout, so the lack of branches is less of an issue, it will be more 2D than 3D, 

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I love those two vignettes, Jaz.  I had always intended to have a yachting pond on Wallington, although there turned out not to be space.  Will remember the boat for possible action in the sea, although I'd probably have a pop at making it myself.

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The buildings are not quite the right size, even without the missing extensions, still this positioning appears to allow for various factors,

the Aidesnfield car parking in front of the building needs to be big enough for 1960s sized cars, but also for modern ones.

the grass next to Scripps and a cross the road, are now in place.

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Bought forward to check the colour, it will need to be carefully embedded, enough not to float,

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The colour dried out horrible, so a second try, tho is the base coat

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you may have noticed the gaping hole

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fine surface polyfilla, and a few other small ones in the area got done too

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post filler

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hopefully tomorrow this will be dry and still fit nicely.

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Sasquatch

You may have chopped off your fingers, but I am not chopping off my toes!!! Although the amount of tools I drop it is a wonder they are all intact and scar free. 

Mature ones? I'm not sure you said mature trees, you mentioned 200.

 

The trick with those branches is to stick them into a centre point and have the branches fan out at an angle. They then make quite realistic looking shrubs.Imagine a chinese fan.

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I've had a word with the tree dept. here at Sasquatch models and it's not good news!

Something about finishing all these jobs and not staring at RMweb all day.

 

Nice scenic work Jaz, that village looks terrific!

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Hi Jaz

 

What great set of photos, loving the tunnel mouth with the banks of trees on either side.

 

The young lad playing with his aeroplane is great to

 

You have been moving a head at a fast rate...

As always, great work you are doing mate...

 

Jamie

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Hi Jaz

 

 the trees you have, some look huge and they look excellent .... have you made those yourself...

 

Job well done

 

Jamie

Thank you Jamie

All the big trees are home made. They have evolved (and hopefully improved) over time.

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You sure ?

 

Here;s one for you...2010...........

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rch0eHEX_M

Wow your not wrong, nice bit of reference video two, Kal is saying I need to do some more on the station. He is correct but as I keep improving my modelling skills with this PIR here on the Heartbeat area where I can afford a mistake, I am not too concerned because I know Goathland station will benefit. Hoever I do have plans for the other platform and the ballasting soon, because then we can run some trains, and have them look ok on the tracks.

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On advice I have been out and bought the citadel shades, and am trying them on various pieces in addition to the gloss issue.

 

The Donkeys need improving

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I tried some of the Humbrol satin, still shiny then the matt, which  also recently bought.I think this is working I need to paint them all over though.

I dulled the blue as well

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But they are starting to look more believable

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The Presier donkeys I repainted for comparison

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You notice the turf photographs quite nicely here. I will be only putting static grass in some areas. As I have 4mm and 6mm it will be where it would be longer, but you can see this does a nice job.

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Maybe.... you should do it the way the real thing is done, I painted enough of them in my time.

 

The Green is sprayed, but the black we hand painted.

 

Regards

 

Kal

Always hand painted mine, both Bedford 4 tons and landies
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Varnish......

This looked good

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20 minutes later

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Not too impressed....I'll back to the  shop as soon as I can for a normal tin.......that is never going to have that nice honey tone!!!!

If anyone has any good results with this stuff, please say, it looks more like PVA!!!!

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Hi Guys, (and Jaz) the scenics are looking great, I like the guy with the plane and the Yacht on the pond, really nice little touch's,

I put a bit in the Lunester Lounge for Kal re track converter, Peco do a Code 75 to Code 100 converter track just a few inches long.

 

Bodge :sungum:

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