RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted November 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 17, 2021 13 hours ago, grahame said: That's an interesting looking building. 13 hours ago, MrWolf said: The colour of the stonework and the high level tank instantly reminded me of the old mill buildings around Lancaster.. I really like the attention paid to decades of alterations to suit changes in industry. All the pieces are reversible, the wings can be swapped over and it's also available in 4mm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post 2ManySpams Posted November 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted November 17, 2021 Two of mine in 7mm, all scratch built in plasticard. Started a couple of years ago and finished a few weeks ago in order to enter them in the 2021 G0G virtual modelling competition. Both based on wharf buildings that existed at Bodmin prior to being demolished by the LSWR when they converted the freight only Bodmin to Wadebridge line to passenger carrying. Lots of finishing off to do in the surrounding scenics. 10 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post 2ManySpams Posted November 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted November 17, 2021 And my current project is to complete the adjacent grain store buildings which I started in 2015. Again all scratch built from plasticard with hand carved stonework. The original building was also at Bodmin but, unlike the wharf buildings, it survived the LSWR remodeling. It was however swept away after the line closed and the entire site is now a Sainsbury's carpark. The painting is about half done and still far too bright. There's various windows and louvres to go in the remaining openings, plus the rainwater goods still to add. Will post more when complete. 8 13 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Edward Posted November 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 17, 2021 42 minutes ago, 2ManySpams said: Two of mine in 7mm, all scratch built in plasticard. Started a couple of years ago and finished a few weeks ago in order to enter them in the 2021 G0G virtual modelling competition. Both based on wharf buildings that existed at Bodmin prior to being demolished by the LSWR when they converted the freight only Bodmin to Wadebridge line to a passenger carrying. Lots of finishing off to do in the surrounding scenics. I like the way ( among lots of other things) you've combined ashlar and random stonework so effectively! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted November 17, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Edward said: I like the way ( among lots of other things) you've combined ashlar and random stonework so effectively! Thanks Edward, the stonework mimics the real buildings. They must have had high hopes for the wharf to spend money on the posh stone used on the lower frontage. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 My latest scratch build high level signal box for Colmore juction layout.. started from these to kits and google searches for pics and info.. more to follow.. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted December 8, 2021 Share Posted December 8, 2021 Stil coming along treat this signal box build… 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted December 12, 2021 Share Posted December 12, 2021 More from signal box build this evening.. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted December 13, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2021 I'm a bit reluctant to post this building in the scratchbuild thread as its origins are a RTP cast model produced by Kernow Model Railway Centre. However, as you will see, my early intentions to use it as was quickly passed and the final building includes significant scratchbuilt elements. This is the signature building on my 4mm cameo layout "Polsarrett". Anyway, this is where the story started: Nice but, in reality, clay dries were quite substantial buildings and this just seemed a bit underwhelming. A second building was donated by a good friend, which increased the length but not the bulk. I ignored this for a bit and thought that just doing a cut and shut would be sufficient to add the bulk. The roofline was altered to make the front facing roof much larger. The add on units were amended to separate the chimney from the furnace - they should be at opposite ends of the building. The roof pillars were removed too, as their spacing was less than a wagon length. Appropriate PPE was used when cutting the resin. The building in place was better but just seemed too low, so the ends were built up and the height and depth of the interior platform increased. Lots of interior detail, roof columns and trusses added from plasticard. DAS stone effect clay was used to match the resin stonework, and blocks scribed into the dried clay. Deepening the building left a bit of a gap at the rear of the left hand gable. This was filled with a 2 storey extension made from a composite of KMRC resin off-cuts. The added bulk was definitely starting to work. I originally intended reusing the metal roofing from the KMRC model but in the end decided it was too difficult to cut and get flat. The roof vent roofing was removed and plasticard substituted. This did result on damage to the roof trusses, which had to be repaired. Roof on and into primer. By this time I had decided to heavily amend the left hand gable extension. The DeWalt Multitool came out again and more of the resin section removed to enable an office to be made up from plasticard. The end result to follow... 8 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post 2ManySpams Posted December 13, 2021 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted December 13, 2021 Painting has brought the building alive, all done with Velejo acrylics: So, would it have been easier to have scratchbuilt the entire building? Yes, definitely. Working in mixed media and modifying RTP to this extent has been quite difficult. The end result is probably far more than 50% plasticard. However, modifying the RTP has been an iterative process. Changes made, a look to see and further thoughts. Also lots of looking at prototype dries and researching how they work. This fed into the iterative process resulting in a building that has evolved over the last 12 months. The result now is something I would never have dreamt up had I built it from scratch, so a plus in that respect. I've also had a positive outcome with using the DAS stone effect clay - another tool in the amoury. So no, I wouldn't do it again but I'm glad I did! 5 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahame Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Here's a scratch-built N/2mm scale model of an art deco garage mainly made from mountboard card. It's based on one in the village where I live. Details of the build can be found on my 'scratch-built card and styrene structures' thread. 9 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Stil few more jobs on signal box but its getting there now 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Captain Kernow Posted January 3, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3, 2022 (edited) Almost finished, a 4mm weighbridge office for 'Callow Lane', scratchbuilt from Slaters plasticard, with Scalescenes printed roof slates. Guttering and down pipes still to be painted (since done) and some weathering still to be applied to the completed building. This is a model of the Leckampton structure, the plans as published in the old EricPlans series from the 1970s. Edited January 3, 2022 by Captain Kernow 6 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post 2ManySpams Posted January 3, 2022 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted January 3, 2022 Next one from me, a LSWR cottage based on the one at Nanstallon. It's another building for my 4mm cameo layout, Polsarrett. Again stratchbuilt from plasticard. A few nearing completion: And a few insitu with the roof now painted... Just some flashing around the chimneys and porches left to do. 13 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Great piece of work there of a type of railway architecture not often modelled. The large corrugated water barrel is a typical railway example but also rarely seen in model form item. The signal box is looking good too, any pictures of that? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 3, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3, 2022 56 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Great piece of work there of a type of railway architecture not often modelled. The large corrugated water barrel is a typical railway example but also rarely seen in model form item. The signal box is looking good too, any pictures of that? Ah Wolfy, thanks for the positive comments, much appreciated. Now, the signal box will the the subject of a future episode. It's going to be based on the one at Nanstallon. It started life as a L-Cut Creative kit but l wasn't happy with the level of detail nor its similarity to to a LSWR box. As a result there's not much of the original kit left. Now the cottage is just about done the box might be next... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 (edited) I'm all in favour of modifying building kits to get what you want out of them. This is the not quite finished signalbox for my layout. It started life as a Wills'kit for a much bigger box. Edited January 3, 2022 by MrWolf 15 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enfys_Rainbow Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 One from me. 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barclay Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 (edited) From one end of the scale to the other... Edited April 3, 2022 by Barclay 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pylon King Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 1:76 scale PL pylon designs . 6 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enfys_Rainbow Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Another one from me: Matt 13 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EDDY100 Posted February 24, 2022 Share Posted February 24, 2022 (edited) A couple from My new Layout Found an old loft layout pic, gloomy hides all the defects. Edited February 24, 2022 by EDDY100 9 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gedward Posted March 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 12, 2022 Stern trawler destined for Bovey Quay harbour. 4 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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