norseman Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 My own humble effort: A goods shed to go on my boy's layout whenever we get that finished. Made from home made brick paper and scrap card, with backside of cereal boxes as roofslates, and pieces from an old umbrella as gutters and downpipes. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 26, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 26, 2014 A fertilizer wagon to road exchange shed Basswood frame with corrugated plasticard cut to 8' x 4' sheets, fixing bolts made by poking from the back with a compass point. Hopefully will be fully clad & painted by this evening. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) I agree all the pieces on the last page (edit= and the two above this post) are serious pieces of workmanship, but Freebs yours (post 394) is truly scratch built, and the colour tones are so realistic,and I love the weathering on the roof and the walls. Edited January 26, 2014 by Jaz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 For those wanting a minor detour from the really great model work on these pages, I offer you some jocular divertissment at http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/81491-all-done-but-the-making-good-the-brunel-pub/. The Old Blue Last (Shoreditch) interpreted. iD Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted January 27, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 27, 2014 My model of Bakewell Station is not yet complete, however, today I finished scratchbuilding the platform canopies, and I though this shot looked quite good: So I tweaked it a bit: 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Quite good? Looks bloody AMAZING!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrkirtley800 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 This is Embsay Canal Road, a station in the Yorkshire Dales about 1908. Midland Railway abounds. Not exactly Allan Downes but the best I can do. Derek 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Technically I would think you show us your scratch built building, means buildings, i.e. not locos, as there is no where for trees, so I will squeeze this one in here, if anyone objects as being outside the remit...I will remove it. rmweb484trees87 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 This is Embsay Canal Road, a station in the Yorkshire Dales about 1908. Midland Railway abounds. Not exactly Allan Downes but the best I can do. Derek Do you know what I'd say if I built that? Not exactly Derek Kiirtley800, but it will have to do. Superb Derek, let's see more ! Cheers. Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Technically I would think you show us your scratch built building, means buildings, i.e. not locos, as there is no where for trees, so I will squeeze this one in here, if anyone objects as being outside the remit...I will remove it. rmweb484trees87 That is the BEST tree armature that I have ever seen. WOW!!!! Allan. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Allan Thank you, coming from someone who has been at the top of his (and just a bout everyone else's) game for years...I take that a real compliment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrkirtley800 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Thank you very much Allan, that is a real compliment coming from you. I always believed that less is more when it comes to model railways, and I had thought I had made that particular scene a bit too busy. It is at the back of the layout which is never seen quite like that and does gather a lot of dust. I am writing up an account of the layout for the Modeller, Paul (Worsdell forever) has taken a fair few pics, but here is another taken by me, please ignore the background. I rarely take decent photos so I tend to hawk the good ones about and bore everyone to death. Derek 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Really cracking stuff Derek and your stonework on that station is really impressive - what is it and how did you do it ? Cheers. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrkirtley800 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Allan, the buildings are basically boxes made out of plasticard. With stone buildings I use three layers of 40thou to get the thickness of the walls. The stonework is the soft base plaster, I think they used to call it 'browning' but definitely not polyfilla, that is far too hard. It is applied by brush, the plaster being the consistency of thick double cream. The building has to be laid down and the plaster allowed to dry thoroughly then soaked in solvent. In my chemical laboratory days I used chloroform, done outside of course, but any solvent will do. The solvent keys the plasticard and the plaster together. Allow to dry before the second side is covered .with the plaster mix. When the building is all covered I rub it gently with sandpaper, just to smooth everything out. Then start scribing the stones. The beauty of soft plaster is that it is so easy to scribe the stone courses. When all the sides are dry I use a wash of grey Humbrol let down with white spirit. The paint soaks in and hardens off the plaster. Then it is a case of dry brushing with the required colour - don't need to tell you about that. The stonework is pretty tough. I built a Midland water tower similar to the one at Garsdale. It was near the front of the layout and while working on something or other knocked it off the layout on to a concrete floor. The layout is set at over 4 feet above the floor, so I expected the worst. It was not even scratched. The only drawback with my method of building is the waiting for things to dry, so I have a few projects going along at the same time. Derek 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold queensquare Posted January 30, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 30, 2014 Thank you very much Allan, that is a real compliment coming from you. I always believed that less is more when it comes to model railways, and I had thought I had made that particular scene a bit too busy. It is at the back of the layout which is never seen quite like that and does gather a lot of dust. I am writing up an account of the layout for the Modeller, Paul (Worsdell forever) has taken a fair few pics, but here is another taken by me, please ignore the background. I rarely take decent photos so I tend to hawk the good ones about and bore everyone to death. Derek That stonework is really lovely, both in terms of colour and texture, and certainly repays the effort put into it Jerry Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrkirtley800 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 (edited) Here is another piccie of one of the bridges at the end of the line, where the fiddle yard starts. It is crossing the 00 track (my son's) the EM tracks are over to the right This stonework was done in the same way as I described. I think the final dry brushing used GW chocolate brown. Again, little is more. Derek Edited January 30, 2014 by Mrkirtley800 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 A fertilizer wagon to road exchange shed Basswood frame with corrugated plasticard cut to 8' x 4' sheets, fixing bolts made by poking from the back with a compass point. Hopefully will be fully clad & painted by this evening. roof_frame (1).jpg some_cladding (2).jpg some_cladding (3).jpg some_cladding (4).jpg some_cladding (6).jpg Stubby, that's awesome. Beautiful work on the frame there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGC Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 An exercise in perspective modelling : PIC_0012.jpg and in case anyone hasn't seen it - The Gentleman's Restroom... PIC_0041.jpg Only just found this topic and only seen the first page (the rest will have to wait till I get home and not at work!), but the quality is stunning. I find Stubby's sense of humour rather ironic, that he puts a poster on the back of the gents door exhorting workers to join the RMT "for a safer workplace" than make the gents look like it's just suffered a serious chemical war attack! Brilliant. Phil 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gymole Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 I have just taken the time to go through this whole thread and there are no words suitable to express what I think of the quality of ALL the submissions. I am just starting out on this modelling lark at the tender age of 51 and if I ever get to make something approaching half as good as the worst one here (and it would be very difficult to say which that is ) then I will be a happy man. Well done to everyone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravy Train Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 (edited) A couple of early modelling photos, built many years ago but still intact, took these photos yesterday, models in particular the LNWR 4rd Engine shed The 'MILL' at the back is a new build, The Hotel was built many, many years ago, rendered brickwork freelance work, cheers Peter Edited February 2, 2014 by Gravy Train 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Absolutely superb work as usual Peter - model making at its best. Cheers. Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iL Dottore Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 (edited) Just to hi-jack the thread a wee bit. Although these two items are not quite 100% scratchbuilt, they are heavily modified and rebuilt kits with some scratchbuilt aspects: 1) A water tower, the base was rebuilt and the inspection platform was scratchbuilt 2) A church with some stained glass windows The stained glass windows were created from stained glass images on the internet and reformatted, edited, trimmed and printed out on OHP acetate and the internal lightbox (designed to ensure that the "stained glass" receives an even illumination) was completely scratchbuilt. Additionally, one of the façades (not shown [don't have a photo]) was rebuilt. I now return you to your 100% scratchbuilt masterpieces. iD p.s. both are heading for the scrapheap (no space for them and they don't meet my current standards), if you are interested in giving one of them a home, pm me and - as Joan Rivers puts it - "we can talk" Edited February 2, 2014 by iL Dottore 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pushpull33 Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Just thought i would share this 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterkern23 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Pushpull nice little cottage! What did you make the roof out of? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold westerhamstation Posted February 12, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 12, 2014 One of Brasted Station 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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