Peterkern23 Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 I bought an unprinted Hornby house from the rmweb live show today. I'm going to paint it and weather it and post my progress here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Peterkern23 Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 Front elevation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterkern23 Posted September 14, 2014 Author Share Posted September 14, 2014 Roof detail Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Jackson Posted September 14, 2014 Share Posted September 14, 2014 That looks amazing, much better than any RTR manufacture can do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterkern23 Posted September 16, 2014 Author Share Posted September 16, 2014 Thanks nelson! Here is the back: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Centurion Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 You have really bought that to life, chnage the door and windows and I think it would be usable, I suppose those roof ridges (dunno what the term would be, the flat bits that follow the roof apex at either side) look a bit overscale to me but not bad at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaz Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 I suppose those roof ridges (dunno what the term would be, the flat bits that follow the roof apex at either side) Firewalls - often called "nine-inchers" by builders. So in 4mm they should be 3mm wide, yes? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stannyblade Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Looks great. But can you show or tell us how you painted it? Like how did you get the different brick shades etc? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted September 16, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 16, 2014 The firewall is an upward continuation of the party wall, so only half its width (1.5mm in 4mm scale) would be on each end of each house. Compared to the stretcher bricks on the front the firewall scales at about 1 foot if not slightly wider, hence its overscale appearance. Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Walters Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 It looks great and you've obviously put a lot of time into it, showing what can be done with mass produced plastic. My only observation is that there seems to be a little too much moss on the roof, part of the reason for a pitch is for the rain to wash the roof and stop that happening. As for the wall extensions above the roof, that is quite common in terraced houses in the South Wales area, the reason could be that a developer would be able to build one house at time in a terrace as money became available. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 16, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 16, 2014 It looks great and you've obviously put a lot of time into it, showing what can be done with mass produced plastic. My only observation is that there seems to be a little too much moss on the roof, part of the reason for a pitch is for the rain to wash the roof and stop that happening. As for the wall extensions above the roof, that is quite common in terraced houses in the South Wales area, the reason could be that a developer would be able to build one house at time in a terrace as money became available. As long as the moss is on one side only, moss does not grow where there is a lot of sunlight and that amount of moss would not be unusual on the northern side of a building. The trick is to make sure that any modeled moss is on the same side on other buildings. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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