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Few more photo's of Crabbys,  I wont be doing any more to it now until it gets back to the UK,  (It does fold flat so will fit inside my laptop bag!) 

 

The wood is either wooden coffee stirrers "acquired" from various coffee shops at airports, or natural weathered  (10 months in West African climate) de-laminated  8mm ply..  The coffee stirrers were stained with Dark Soy Sauce.....!

 

 

Trev. 



Few more photo's of Crabbys,  I wont be doing any more to it now until it gets back to the UK,  (It does fold flat so will fit inside my laptop bag!) 

 

The wood is either wooden coffee stirrers "acquired" from various coffee shops at airports, or natural weathered  (10 months in West African climate) de-laminated  8mm ply..  The coffee stirrers were stained with Dark Soy Sauce.....!

 

 

Trev. 

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Stunning modelmaking Douglas, how's your eyesight ?!!

 

Cheers.

Allan.

Thanks Allan.

 

That's a good question about my eyesight! I am now over 50 and it is becoming an issue :sad_mini:

 

Getting a daylight anglepoise magnifier last year has made a big difference, and using my reading glasses while modelling also helps. But it isn't as easy as it was when I first started my buildings for Dulverton, ten years ago...

 

BTW, there are some more buildings on my Dulverton thread:

 

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/46817-dulverton-in-n-carnarvon-arms-hotel/

 

 

Douglas

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Apologies that I've just posted this pic on my steelworks layout thread
But just in case you missed it there....

Most of the buildings in this scene are scratchbuilt
The gable fronted building isn't - it's actually a Skytrex industrial building,
intended for O gauge
But a bit of creative painting etc....

The other buildings are low-relief efforts
Some are made from Slaters 7mm corrugated iron
some from a 2nd hand, re-built, re-painted Peco Loco depot
with knightwing and scratchbuilt walkways & other details

I usually set the scene at night....
and being a Welshman - in the rain! ;)

PS. I play rain sound effects when exhibiting this little layout
the scenic section of which is just over 3 feet long :O

EDIT: Oh, and plenty of Wills corrugated iron & asbestos are used too......
along with plastruct tubing for pipework etc

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Apologies that I've just posted this pic on my steelworks layout thread

But just in case you missed it there....

 

Most of the buildings in this scene are scratchbuilt

The gable fronted building isn't - it's actually a Skytrex industrial building,

intended for O gauge

But a bit of creative painting etc....

 

The other buildings are low-relief efforts

Some are made from Slaters 7mm corrugated iron

some from a 2nd hand, re-built, re-painted Peco Loco depot

with knightwing and scratchbuilt walkways & other details

 

I usually set the scene at night....

and being a Welshman - in the rain! ;)

 

PS. I play rain sound effects when exhibiting this little layout

the scenic section of which is just over 3 feet long :O

 

EDIT: Oh, and plenty of Wills corrugated iron & asbestos are used too......

along with plastruct tubing for pipework etc

 

SUPERB !!!!!!

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OK, Just got the Wheel Rights to a level ready for here, still stuff to do, but here goes...

 

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Just posed on my cutting mat, base to come shortly... Been fun...

 

May need to try some more pics, once the sun is not so bright, they seem over exposed...

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OK, Just got the Wheel Rights to a level ready for here, still stuff to do, but here goes...

 

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Just posed on my cutting mat, base to come shortly... Been fun...

 

May need to try some more pics, once the sun is not so bright, they seem over exposed...

 

Stunning !! better than my original !!!

 

Allan.

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Apologies that I've just posted this pic on my steelworks layout thread

But just in case you missed it there....

 

Most of the buildings in this scene are scratchbuilt

The gable fronted building isn't - it's actually a Skytrex industrial building,

intended for O gauge

But a bit of creative painting etc....

 

The other buildings are low-relief efforts

Some are made from Slaters 7mm corrugated iron

some from a 2nd hand, re-built, re-painted Peco Loco depot

with knightwing and scratchbuilt walkways & other details

 

I usually set the scene at night....

and being a Welshman - in the rain! ;)

 

PS. I play rain sound effects when exhibiting this little layout

the scenic section of which is just over 3 feet long :O

 

EDIT: Oh, and plenty of Wills corrugated iron & asbestos are used too......

along with plastruct tubing for pipework etc

 

That pictures amazing! What do you use for the light grass? :)

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Campaman, what an absolutely fantastic job you've made of that. Some lovely texture sheets you've used too. Is that one of your signal boxes I spy in the background?

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Campaman, what an absolutely fantastic job you've made of that. Some lovely texture sheets you've used too. Is that one of your signal boxes I spy in the background?

 

The texture sheets apart from the roof are all home made, yes the signal box will appear soon, its my model of a local box that my grandfather used to work in.

 

Thanks

 

Andy.

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Apologies that I've just posted this pic on my steelworks layout thread

But just in case you missed it there....

 

Most of the buildings in this scene are scratchbuilt

The gable fronted building isn't - it's actually a Skytrex industrial building,

intended for O gauge

But a bit of creative painting etc....

 

The other buildings are low-relief efforts

Some are made from Slaters 7mm corrugated iron

some from a 2nd hand, re-built, re-painted Peco Loco depot

with knightwing and scratchbuilt walkways & other details

 

I usually set the scene at night....

and being a Welshman - in the rain! ;)

 

PS. I play rain sound effects when exhibiting this little layout

the scenic section of which is just over 3 feet long :O

 

EDIT: Oh, and plenty of Wills corrugated iron & asbestos are used too......

along with plastruct tubing for pipework etc

Looks great Marc. I think you've captured the atmosphere well also.

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I will stick some up into a Dropbox folder and will start a new thread in the Card Modelling forum with links to some as I think that is probably the best place for them.

 

I will start with the stone paper that I used for the building above.

 

If anyone else has any they have created and wants to share you can send them to me and I can add them to the Dropbox folder.

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Hi folks,

found another photo of another angle of the Rothley GCR buildings I did which are above.

the lintels above the stairs entrance were hand scribed.this model was constructed around 1999, some years back now.

cheers

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That pictures amazing! What do you use for the light grass? :)

Thanks hornbyandbf3fan,

 

It's static grass, applied with a cheapo electric flyswat / teastrainer applicator

It's a mix of brands - I just chose the deadest looking colours I could find.....

Some of them are from a wargaming supplier on ebay

I just asked the sellers which were their palest, most scorched looking fibres...

 

Cheers again

Marc

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Most of my larger buildings are posted elsewhere, lots of times, so I won't pop them in here but I have included a couple of sheds that I knocked together one afternoon. Both Plastikard (hand-scribed planks), covered with sandpaper for the roof felt.

 

I even put a plant pot on the shelf inside :)

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That window looks a bit big; I may revisit it and add a couple more frames

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