I have started to build a fairly large new layout which has points too widely distributed to make manual operation easy, but upon looking at off the shelf point motors I couldn't really justify the price. After playing around with a number of options I decided the most cost effective solution was a servo modified to work as a DC motor with stop switches.
The components are dead simple, just two micro switches, a power supply, the servo and a double pole double throw (DPDT) switch to control
I haven't done any modelling for a while so decided to ease back in with something small.
Concept 2 have produced a fantastic machine with which all rowers have a complex and dysfunctional relationship. It essentially reproduces perfectly all of the unpleasant parts of rowing a boat. it is however essential for training and amazingly good exercise for non rowers normal people.
I realised that I could justify a rest day to myself and do that tiny bit of modelling I wanted by making a mini one.
So for something a little out of the ordinary!
My girlfriend wanted to get a Minion (From the film Despicable Me) for her sister's 18th but no one seemed to sell them so we decided to make one
These are the chaps in question:
The first step was to make a small test minion.
With dimensions sorted it was on to the big one! The cake is a standard equal quantities recipe and the fondant Icing is made from marshmallow and icing sugar. to give an idea of size, the cakes alone
The saga continues very slowly and this entry covers the completion of the windows, doors and the creation of the rear wall.
I realised that I couldn't really put off making the rear wall of the house any longer so sat down with an envelope and designed it, once that was done I cut out the windows and doors required for the project.
The top and bottom storys are flush and constructed in much the same way as described for the front wall in part one.
The doors are made from 2-4 lamin
I have continued the gardening with the bulk of the focus being slabs and the flowerbed in the centre.
This bed contains Delphiniums, lavender and will contain something else once i think of something to make, I am tempted by a Hydrangea bush but any suggestions would be great.
The bed soil is made from a pile of ballast and then painted a dark brown.
The delphiniums are made using a 0.1mm copper wire, painted and coated with a foam scatter, painted light blue, leaves were cut from painted ti
I still haven't decided what to do with the rear elevation of the house so have been slowly working on the garden,
The shed as discussed in the last post is getting there,
small raised pond and flowbed sit between the house and the shed, the ensemble is made from laminated card to build up the hight with a skin of bricks around the edges, painted ballast was used to make a mound of compost for the flower bed, the plan is for roses to be in this bed.
The walls are in and two of th
After much more cutting and a surprising amount of faff trying to assemble and insert the windows (the open one in the top left hand corner was amazingly hard) the building looks like this, I have something slightly different planned for the remaining front window which is proving to be a bit more trouble than I thought.
I am really looking forwards to trying to do the front it shall be an assortment of Warwickshire sandstone, cobbles and a few harder stone slabs which sit in a line immedi
As some of you may know Allan Downes suggested a Tudor building challange,on this thread.
http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/85293-how-about-a-little-tudor-competition/
Being in exam season I was keen for the opportunity for extra procrastination... so this is the first of a number of entries which will detail my progress.
It is a very simple layout sort of beer mat sized with a 2 up 1 down and a small walled back garden. The house is broadly based on a number of houses in D
This will be a dump for all of the modelling I do, some of which may pop up on my rolling stock or layout threads, but this will mostly be a place for projects which dont fit into other places.
A quick summery about me, my modelling is all in 4mm scale in 009, 00 and P4 encompassing 20-30s GWR and modern day London Underground.
My real passion within modelling is for scenery and buildings so most of what appears here will be of that ilk.
Here is a quick example of a few pieces to show w
