Show us your scratchbuilt building

[Captain Kernow]

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Another shot with the building on the soon to be platform.

Jack

Very nice, Jack, got a definite look of St Erth about it, in that photo!

[Jack00]

Thanks CK. thats a very encouraging response ...and st.Erth not a bad layout concept.

 

Cheers

Jack

[Highlandman]

I have slowly been building a copy of the old Kingsbridge station, sadly no longer with us, for my Salcombe Harbour layout. It's nearly finished but I do need to get some valancing made as there is no commercially available valance that will suit it. The Kingsbridge line had a particular style of valance and from what I have been able to work out was quite deep at about 3ft.The flaunching round the chimney pots is Milliput and the doors and windows are etches I had made from plans.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[grahame]

I don't have much current and certainly nothing up to the standard of those pictured in this thread but here my rather old and dated N gauge contribution; 

 

The basic inspiration (apologies for the poor pic - it was taken from a passing train):

 

 

 

Under construction:

 

 

 

Nearly finished with details like window dressings and drain pipes to add:

 

 

G.

[alderson.eric.j]

Hi there,

 

Here are some pics of my "Scratchbuilt" works in Liège, Belgium. Those are HO (1/87th) scale buildings that can be found yet nowadays in Liège.

 

Here a view of a small street market scene. The buildings in the background were all scratchbuilt from PVC Board, Slaters and Evergreen styrene sheets and profiles. The stone street has been carved in some insulation foam board (Dépron) and the lot was painted with Vallejo's acrylics.

Here are now two pictures of my latest scratchbuilding project : St Vincent Church in Liège (borrough of "Les Vennes"). This one took me two years to do it, more than 500 hours of work, and some engeneering tricks (the domes were made from decorate-yourself PVC Xmas baubles covered with individual paper-cut copper plates... 60 hrs to cover the lot...)

The building was made from PVC board and Evergreen Styrene strips, painted & weathered with Vallejo's acrylics.

 

Hope you'll enjoy those two buildings from across the Channel.

 

Eric.

 

PS : For more about my own GWR buildings & dioramas / layout project (Leddysh Gate), see this topic : http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/78792-rickys-leddysh-gate-workbench/

Edited November 20, 2013 by alderson.eric.j

[gazmanjack]

Hi all,

 

I was kindly advised that I should put a few pics of some of my models up on here. These are all scratchbuilt out of various materials, card, timber (North Eastern Lumber), styrene (both Evergreen & Plastruct) and a variety of corrugated card purchased locally. All models are for my layout Kelly Bray, heavily based on Callington.

 

First up, an unfinished Callington Station building with overall canopy. Plans for this model were purchased from Network Rail Archives. Construction - all styrene with corrugated card roof, Tichy Train Group windows used.

 

 

2nd, Callington Goods Shed. Although complete, I will repaint it in the future before setting in place on the layout. This model was built using plans from Network Rail Archives and from various photos I have collected. Construction - card, corrugated card, timber, Scalescenes paper, and Tichy Train Group windows.

 

 

3rd, Callington Signal Cabin/Ground Frame. Still needs windows completing... Must learn to paint a little neater ! Construction - styrene, timber, Scalescenes paper, corrugated card Tichy Train Group door and Grandtline windows.

 

 

When I'm done with the Provendors Store, I'll post a few pics of that up. I'm currently waiting on more materials...

 

Cheers for now,

 

Gary.

 

 

[allan downes]

Nice work Garry, and since you mentioned painting a little neater may I suggest that in order to get clean cut lines between different colours such as the corner timbers on your signal box, that It would make a much cleaner job if you painted the corner angle sections seperately before attaching to the building as was done here...

 

 

And here.

 

 

 

 

Cheers.

Allan.

[iL Dottore]

I don't have much current and certainly nothing up to the standard of those pictured in this thread but here my rather old and dated N gauge contribution..

 

G.

Lovely model, GHASTLY prototype (presumably a 1970s "cheap'n'nasty" construction from some town planner who hadn't been introduced to Mr Good Taste).

 

Any more work of this calibre to show us?

[gazmanjack]

Nice work Garry, and since you mentioned painting a little neater may I suggest that in order to get clean cut lines between different colours such as the corner timbers on your signal box, that It would make a much cleaner job if you painted the corner angle sections seperately before attaching to the building as was done here...

 

Cheers.

Allan.

 

Absolutely right Allan. The only issue I had, was that the corner posts were timber and I had to soak mek into the timber to get it to adhere to the clapbooard styrene. Otherwise prepainting would have been the way to go. Thanks for your input. As I have said on another forum (YMRC), any tips from yourself are quite valuable !

 

Cheers, Gary.

[allan downes]

Absolutely right Allan. The only issue I had, was that the corner posts were timber and I had to soak mek into the timber to get it to adhere to the clapbooard styrene. Otherwise prepainting would have been the way to go. Thanks for your input. As I have said on another forum (YMRC), any tips from yourself are quite valuable !

 

Cheers, Gary.

 

Hi Garry.

 

I'll try and rig up some kind of demo later showing how I get around corner posts on timber clad buildings.

 

Cheers.

Allan.

[allan downes]

Right Garry.

 

I've rigged up some kind of demo on corner construction but the forum won't upload photos from my files at the moment - cyber gremlins at work no doubt !

 

Anyway, I'll try again later.

 

Cheers.

Allan.

[allan downes]

Oh dear, now it has - well at least one picture so I'll go back and try the rest.

 

Just stay with me, we'll get this sorted yet !

 

 

[allan downes]

Well there you go, uploading blind !

 

For the demo Garry I have used clap boarding but it will still work on whatever you use.

 

As the picture shows, just lightly score down the back and gently part fold, run a strip of masking tape doen along the score line and then fold fully.

 

The fold will probably snap but the tape will hold it together.

 

Now the corner post shown here has been placed in position just for demo purposes but in reality I would have painted it first then very carefully glued.. it into the corner fold as seen.

 

Then with the whole section formed, I would then back it all up with 2mm card for strength and  to give anybody a hard time should they, and for whatever reason, feel inclined to pull it apart!!

 

Cheers.

Allan.

[alderson.eric.j]

Thanks for the trick, Allan. This is a thing I always found hard to do well, and I never thought about doing it that way !!!

 

All my thanks again,

 

Eric.

[gazmanjack]

That's brilliant Allan. You must have a 1000 tricks up those sleeves ! I recall a similar trick to this you do with embosed (brick) sheet. Much appreciated for the demo.

 

Cheers, Gary.

[hornbyandbf3fan]

I've finally plucked up the courage to upload a picture of one of mine. This is my first attempt and since I've built a cattle dock as well. There's one from when it was built and two from the layouts last show.

[gazmanjack]

Speaking of cattle docks, here is one I built my son for his layout 'Jacks Corner'. The cattle dock is based on the one at Highley, from a few photos off the net. As luck would have it, Bachmann produced a model not that long after I completed this model. This is made of card, embosed card, embosed styrene, brass rod and the Ratio Concrete Fence Posts kit

 

 

Prior to this cattle dock, my son needed a signal box, so a plan was drawn up and this was produced... Ok, it doesn't have point rodding etc, but it was built for a 5 1/2 year old ! Construction - Evergreen styrene strip & clapboard, card, embosed card, Peco tiled roof, Grandtline windows and door, staircase off an old Dapol signal box kit.

 

 

I must admit that I got a little carried away with the build which included an interior, all scratchbuilt. Please excuse the oversized light ! The stove is an old Lego brick which has been modified and the kettle is off cuts of sprue and brass wire. All the furniture is Northeastern Lumber and the notice board is framed styrene. The levers are just out of shot behind the black corner bracing.

 

 

Cheers, Gary.

 

[Benbow]

My cattle dock for Shaftesbury.

 

 

Roger

[allan downes]

My cattle dock for Shaftesbury.

 

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Roger

 

Really nice work there Roger and not spoilt by grotesque figures and those on your excellent model are most convincing - the best I've seen yet.

 

Super workmanship, can we have more ?

 

Cheers.

Allan.

[Benbow]

Thanks Allan. How is Immingham by the way? I used to live at East Halton.

 

Couple more pics, it is still very much work in progress. I thought retirement would bring loads of spare time......I wish!

 

All the buildings are from Shillingstone completed just before Bachmann announced theirs. However using card and brickpaper they cost considerably less. I had intended to model Shillingstone but as with most modellers the idea was bigger than the space available! So a branch off the S&D to Shaftesbury was conceived.

 

 

 

 

 

[allan downes]

Really nice Benbow, plenty of atmosphere and feal good factor.

 

Superb.

 

Cheers.

Allan.

[Beatty 139]

This is just work in progress

 

 

I normally laser engrave brickwork on my model buildings but for some time have been wondering if there was a better way of producing stonework other than scribing clay or plaster.

 

A Warley show there was tucked up the top end of the hall a sales stand for Bromley Craft Products (usual disclaimers about no connection etc) and by the second day I actually noticed it and had a nose.

 

Well I have just had a chance to use there stuff and had a go and this is the initial results of which I am most pleased, unfortunately it was quite cad intensive for me as they don't produce their stencils in 10mm scale so I have had to draw and cut my own custom ones for the building (NER Romaldkirk Station).

 

I am hoping once detailed finish painted and varnished it could be a route forwards.

 

I will update once I have made some more progress.

[gazmanjack]

My almost complete build of the quite large provendor. Still have to build the unloading platforms on the rail side of the shed.

 

 

 

Also some more weathering to be done prior to installing on the layout.

 

Cheers, Gary.

[freebs]

Pretty fantastic modelling there Gary. The doors look great

[gazmanjack]

Thanks Freebs !

 

There is a 'how to' on this build and others in my thread. See here ; http://www.rmweb.co....nee-callington/

 

Cheers, Gary.