Boatman Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 The back. I used to see this on roadside establishments everywhere when I was a kid. Boatman 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatman Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 And there's always this old chestnut. 7mm scale set-piece. Only about 8" square. I was missing me mud! Boatman 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn1 Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 A bit rough round the edges, but entirely home made - Princes Park Station. I did this largely 'by eye', no plans. I may well have a go 'Princes Park II and make a better effort! 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Absolutely magninicent Unicorn 1. However, may I take the liberty of making a suggestion about those really wonderful buses and that is to say that 10 plus tons of bus would have more than a certain impact on its tyres and by flattening the tyres at the botton with a file this would demonstrate what I mean perfectly ! Alright, I'll get my coat.... Cheers. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alant Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 Garage and yard now completed. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium DLT Posted August 31, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 31, 2014 (edited) Garage and yard now completed. Superb! Dave. Edited August 31, 2014 by DLT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulcanbomber Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Florist & Sweet shop Finished Just Post Office to finish off 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium acg5324 Posted September 1, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 1, 2014 Kensington North Main signalbox, in n scale. Prior to the steps being added. Further pictures of Kensington Olympia station buildings etc can be found here. The full thread of the layout can be found here 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterkern23 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Gorgeous piece of work, the thing with paint is...if it goes wrong you can paint it again...... BUT ask others opines first because it might actually be a great paint job....I thin a number of people 'walk off' having painted and feeling it's not good enough and when they go back ....actually it's pretty smart. Plus if you need to weather.....you can cheat and use clean water mixed with weathering powder which in general can be brushed off if you rally hate it. The thing is not to panic,,,,,you'll get there eventually.....and the building work is superb. and the idea to trial it on some spare is spot on. Andwhere possible start painting off the product along the product and back off. Cardboard protector can be stood up to help cover the areas you are not ready to paint.....or cling film........and I am sure.....loads of people can give you other ideas. Wow! That is a gorgeous model. Give it to me! I'll paint it! Gorgeous piece of work, the thing with paint is...if it goes wrong you can paint it again...... BUT ask others opines first because it might actually be a great paint job....I thin a number of people 'walk off' having painted and feeling it's not good enough and when they go back ....actually it's pretty smart. Plus if you need to weather.....you can cheat and use clean water mixed with weathering powder which in general can be brushed off if you rally hate it. The thing is not to panic,,,,,you'll get there eventually.....and the building work is superb. and the idea to trial it on some spare is spot on. Andwhere possible start painting off the product along the product and back off. Cardboard protector can be stood up to help cover the areas you are not ready to paint.....or cling film........and I am sure.....loads of people can give you other ideas. Wow! That is a gorgeous model. Give it to me! I'll paint it! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
landscapes Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Good Evening All I have just completed a scratch built model of Haymarket MPD main shed building complete with internal lighting, it measures 510mm x 720mm the real size in 4mm scale should have been 1220mm in length but I thought this was just to big to handle so I reduced the length down to 720mm. All that is required now is rain water pipes and gutters to the East and West elevation walls. I would now like to weather the main roof sections and in particular dirty up the roof lights as these would never have been cleaned, any suggestions on how to achieve this would be more than welcome. Regards David 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Peter! Where have you been? And stop posting photographs of brick walls with 20p pieces photoshopped onto them! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 David - that is ABSOLUTELY STUNNING! What an absolutely first class piece of work. For the roof weathering - I'd suggest an overall wash of diluted weathered black acrylic (or similar) but not pure black - applied with a wide brush and work it up in layers. If anything, it will give you a base to work on and pick up the details in the tiles and window frames. Once dry, you can use a cotton bud to wipe sections of the dirtied windows clean. Then for the roof again, some judicious lighter and darker dry brushing to represent stains running down from the roof vents? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterkern23 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Peter! Where have you been? And stop posting photographs of brick walls with 20p pieces photoshopped onto them! Hey Freebs. I have been away for a while working on world poverty. But now I have returned! Not sure how you figured out my ruse - I thought my photoshop skills were getting better? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterkern23 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 this one is genuine?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNER4479 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Do tunnel mouths count? Oh, to hell with it - posted anyway 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Wow. That's a great way of doing it - nicely done Dave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravy Train Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Hi Dave, well, its a structure and its structure modelling :-) nice work too, very neat. cheers Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamiel Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this thread, I always keep an eye on it, and it never ceases to be great source of inspiration.Some truly wonderful buildings, walls, weathering and general constructions.Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterkern23 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Come on jamal - show us your pics Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamiel Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 (edited) Come on jamal - show us your pics Did you mean 'Jamiel'? I posted a couple of buildings back in post 212, of a water tower/coaler based on the one at Plaistow, and a goods building based on one at the old Birmingham New Street. They are approximate copies, and also show how much of a 'mongrel' my layout is, or will be. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/74067-show-us-your-scratchbuilt-building/?p=1124079 I was working on the first of two signal boxes for the layout, but everything is on hold, packed away in boxes after a house move, and waiting for a shed to arrive to house the layout. I got a little further than this, before it was packed away, I finished the basic tiling, but no leading or edges. Here is a photo a few days before it went into a packing box. On the subject of tunnels, here are a couple of pics of the entrance to the double tunnel at the north end of the station. There are more details on my thread for the layout 'Ellerby; linked below. I can't wait for the shed to arrive, set up the work bench and get back to modeling, and hopefully make some better, more finished contributions to this thread. Jamie L (I quite like Jamal though) Edited September 15, 2014 by Jamiel 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterkern23 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Sorry it was my predictive text iphone! I should pay more attention. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branwell Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Having practised long and hard to get a finish that I was happy with, I've finally applied paintbrush to plastic on my 2mm version of Lightcliffe. So far I've only done the waiting rooms but I'm pretty happy with the results and having also glazed the windows have now embarked upon tiling the roof. Given this is 2mm scale and that the buildings will inevitably be viewed from above, to my mind the roof is the most important part as far as appearance goes. I considered using embossed plasticard and played around with self adhesive tiles from York Modelmaking but neither of them quite had the impact I was looking for. Then I stumbled upon some very thin slate effect slips (http://www.richardstacey.com/versirf.html#sridge) and decided to have a go with chopping them up and using them as individual slates. Made a start with those this afternoon and finding the whole thing very theraputic. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterkern23 Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Hey branwell, I have found that wet and dry paper has the most perfect texture for tiles. The back of it is literally a paper and can be marked with pencil and cut with a sharp blade. A fine 1200 would be great for 2mm! Here is one I made in 4mm with 600 wet and dry: Pete 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branwell Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Hey branwell, I have found that wet and dry paper has the most perfect texture for tiles. The back of it is literally a paper and can be marked with pencil and cut with a sharp blade. A fine 1200 would be great for 2mm! Here is one I made in 4mm with 600 wet and dry: Pete Thanks for the tip Pete - I've used wet and dry for flat roofs before but had never thought about using it for tiles/slates. The slips I'm using have a real slate coating so the textures are pretty good (certainly good enough for me) plus they're reversible, with dark coloured slate on one side and light coloured slate on the other ... and there's also colour variation within the slips in a pack so you get a nicely random roof without having to get the paintbrushes out. David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterkern23 Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Great! Even better Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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