freebs Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Anyone fed up of roof trusses? I've added a couple of suuporting columns at either end, and I gave the beams an initial paint job last night. I've also started work on a crane, with many thanks to those people who have sent me source material Apologies for the harsh camera phone pics. I left the DSLR switched on and exhausted the battery 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 10, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2013 That looks great, really atmospheric shot, and the crane is a work of art. Brilliant! Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain C Robinson Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Marvellous work, Lee! As Al says, very atmospheric interior shot. Um...did you stain those beams with Colron ? Someone will have something to say about that... seriously though, it's looking fab. cheers, Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Another vote of congratulations for the roof trusses. I had liked my Scalescenes ones a lot, but there is certainly inspiration there for me, especially as I had "liberated" a shed load of coffee stirrers from Rugby. When they charge £4.20 for a Guinness I think that's fair I was also planning to use the Wills yard crane inside, but am now thinking again. Either styrene or some stirrers will come into play, depending on whether I can find a little wheel or two. Looks as if the crane is fixed to a truss at the top? I'm at home at the weekend, might need to borrow the copy of Vaughn... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted December 10, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 10, 2013 Very nice. The supporting columns make a big difference, I think. I like the texture and wooden look of things. Great stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted December 10, 2013 Author Share Posted December 10, 2013 Marvellous work, Lee! As Al says, very atmospheric interior shot. Um...did you stain those beams with Colron ? Someone will have something to say about that... seriously though, it's looking fab. cheers, Iain Iain - if I'd had some Colron, I would have, but no, it's a wash of burnt umber, followed by a wash of black. I'll dry brush a bit of lighter brown/ cream on next... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazmanjack Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I have just found this thread and your modelling is marvelous. The 'coffee stirers' have come up really well with the wash. Will continue to follow your progress. Cheers, Gary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 Thanks very much Gary. The coffee stirrers are great for all sorts of things, if only being a slight pain having to laminate two together for thicker beams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted December 11, 2013 Author Share Posted December 11, 2013 (edited) I have hit somewhat of a wall with my crane. Without some fiddly little wheels and cogs, it's just a couple of lumps of wood stuck together. I tried dismantling an old clock, but the cogs were too big. What I need is an old watch, and what I don't have is an old watch Anyway, here it is balanced in situ in the obligatory "through the door" shot. I have actually dry brushed a bit of highlight onto the beams since the last update, but it doesn't show in this light. I've got the day of tomorrow, so I'll try and get a daylight shot. What I have managed to achieve is a fireplace, communication door, painting and noticebaord in the office. Also, I've started weathering the outside of the building. The office was the first to get the treatment: Then came the main building: I'm quite happy with how it's looking. It's nowhere near as dark as the last buildings and they don't match in colour, but this is more the colouring I was initially after. Although I like the station, I'm veering towards a repaint to take it more like the colour of this one... Edited December 11, 2013 by freebs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 (edited) Do they not have any cheap watches at those pound shop places you have? Edited December 11, 2013 by thebritfarmer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted December 11, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 11, 2013 (edited) You can get these on ebay, if you want. Missy gave me the tip and I used some of them for my cranes: As far as I remember I bought mine from this seller: http://www.ebay.com/itm/HUGE-PACK-100g-50g-Watch-parts-STEAMPUNK-ALTERED-ART-CRAFTS-CYBERPUNK-cogs-gears-/190847932569?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item2c6f6c5899 The contents vary, so there's no 100% guaranteee of what you get exactly. Most of the smaller gears in my package have cogs/teeth that you have to deal with, but some of the larger ones do not and could possibly be used. Edited for bizarre mis-spellings, must have been sleepy :-) Edited December 14, 2013 by Mikkel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain C Robinson Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Ah, yes...I remember seeing those cogs on Mikkel's blog. I feel a steampunk kinetic sculpture coming on... cheers, Iain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 I've seen some expensive framed 3 d pictures with clocks, very clever. But I agreed steam punk all the way. Hope you get the clogs it has started so well look forward to its progression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 The cogs made me think of Michael Landy's "Saints Alive" at the National Gallery... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted December 13, 2013 Author Share Posted December 13, 2013 (edited) Evening All I've been roofing tonight. Only got as far as the base layer, but after reading Allan Downes' explanation of how to tile a roof, I've got hundreds of little roof tiles ready to glue on. I've added a strip of bargeboard to either gable, but at this point am undecided whether to add a board under the eaves or not... Excuse the photos - The house is too much of a tip to find anywhere decent to set up a shot - I had to settle on the hall carpet (I've been tto busy modelling to tidy ) Anyway, thought I'd have a bit of a play with a roof on shot using an LED torch to provide "moonlight" and a shot at night, with the moonlight streaming in through the open door and windows. Crane has been removed again, waiting for some cogs to carry on. I'm also going to make some packing crates. *edit* And just a little photoshop with a conversion to Greyscale and a bit of Film Grain added... Edited December 13, 2013 by freebs 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 14, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2013 That's looking great. Re the bargeboard, won't you need something to hang the guttering off? Love the black and white shot, it looks very realistic indeed. Nice one mate, Al. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold JCL Posted December 14, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 14, 2013 (edited) It's so realistic it could be a unused scene from an Ealing picture like Ladykillers! Well done Lee. Edited December 14, 2013 by JCL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain C Robinson Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 I'm loving these shots. Your stonework is excellent of course and the interiors are brilliant. I look forward to seeing how you get on with the slates...well, it will be brilliant of course, what I mean is, look forward to nicking your ideas... . cheers, Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alderson.eric.j Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Wow... The last picture in B&W is Brilliant ! You'd guess it's a picture just taken out of the GWR Historical Society archives !!!!! Can't wait to see the thing finished with flat wagons, figures and stuff inside the goods shed ! I can guess that's going to be one of the best modelling pictures I'll have ever seen then ! Eric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Awesome, it is all fantastic, but I really, love the roof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 Back to the Crane for a moment Whilst doing a spot of tidying up last night, I found a lego steering wheel in one of my modelling pots (I keep bits of current projects in old takeaway tubs) whilst looking for something else. I had a bit of a brainwave - it looked just right (if a tad over scale) for the winding mechanism for the crane.... It's only rough at the moment, but the wheel is the steering wheel cut off the full piece, the winding roll is a section of biro tubing, which interestingly fits perfectly. I drilled a 3mm hole in two bits of 20thou and fashioned the brackets from this I'll wait for it to dry a bit more and then try to sand the edges a bit more smooth. I think I'm being a bit too worried about achieving finescale here as you'll never really see the detail of the crane, but it's fun! In other news, I'm making some packing crates... stay tuned... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 it's a bit rough at the moment, but should look ok from a regular viewing distance. All hand cut, including the bars - I really need some more microstrip what do you think? 1 packing crate= 45 minutes I need at least a dozen... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain C Robinson Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted December 17, 2013 Author Share Posted December 17, 2013 Thanks Iain With hand cutting the banding, it's left a raised edge. I reckon a much neater job could be made of it with microstrip, but then, I'm going to need an awful lot of it to make even just one crate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Alister_G Posted December 17, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 17, 2013 Brilliant! Wot 'e said! Funnily enough, I was standing outside the office the other morning looking at a pile of pallets, and working out how to model them in 4mm I think I need to step away from the MEK-PAK for a bit, it's becoming an obsession... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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