george stein Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 Armin: Thanks for reply. Will checkout MZZ homepage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CourthsVeil Posted September 23, 2015 Author Share Posted September 23, 2015 The new Factory now has rusted roofs, the innocent yellow rendering lightly sooted and a bit greenery: Customs Office – new The Customs Office with its light grey rendered surface didn’t quite satisfy me. I wanted some variation. So I started anew with a brick structure – looking a bit US. Pictures say more than words: Complete with its flat tarpaper roof and some details: Aahhh… those photographic images! They tell us what all went wrong and has to be corrected. Quite a lot… and: needs to be integrated in the ground cover soon. Always grateful for comments. Armin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CourthsVeil Posted October 3, 2015 Author Share Posted October 3, 2015 To add to the variety I got with the New Customs Office I rather quickly made another Warehouse; it got an annex of corrugated iron and a broad ramp: These together make a nice ensemble, me thinks: Now just one small building missing: quite in the foreground right to conceal the exit to the fiddle stick. I will keep you posted… Armin PS: this whiteish window does stand out like a sore thumb – replace? What do you think? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 3, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 3, 2015 Replace the white framed window ? Yes, unless you can arrange some workmen ( or just scafolding) making repairs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CourthsVeil Posted October 3, 2015 Author Share Posted October 3, 2015 Thanks, Stu! A very good idea! Armin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainmaster247 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 It all looks really good, one thing I love about cardstock structures is how easy it is to customize them to suit your needs, like you have done for alot of them here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CourthsVeil Posted January 8, 2016 Author Share Posted January 8, 2016 Port Authority Even a very little access point for ferries like Port Chambre needs some order and therefore should have a building for one (or two) officers overlooking things and happenings and telling people what to do (and what not). A few weeks ago I downloaded (and paid for) a kit to make a rotten US warehouse (I will not name the manufacturer, ‘cause this stuff is just a shame and not even a single Cent worth). After I had printed the thing I decided it could end its life as template for a view block at the right side of my layout: said Office for the Port Authority. Its outline is trapezoidal, it will fit nicely in the digon behind the r/h point. Brick papered, as usual. I imagine a tower on top to overlook the quay. Cardboard covered with template, cut and bodged together: Covered with brick paper and with a mock up of the tower: Very provisional this… Until next time… Armin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CourthsVeil Posted February 21, 2016 Author Share Posted February 21, 2016 Indeed it was just a mock up, no more. Ugly colour and a silly step in the roof. Made it anew with more decent brick paper, attached an officer at its desk: Then there came the roof behind the tower (glazing not yet fixed): Better now: Ready to plonk: A few details missing… Enjoy Armin edit: true brick colour is best represented by the two last pics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CourthsVeil Posted May 25, 2016 Author Share Posted May 25, 2016 Again time to add a bit to this thread, me thinks… Some time ago I came across a website presenting a small, disused, but very nice station building (klick me – goto “Foto-Galerie”). Its name is Deinste, it’s located in northern Germany and these days preserved by a gang of shortline aficionados. This structure is a composite of the Empfangsgebäude (public area and office), the Stellwerk (signal box) and the Güterschuppen (goods shed) – all connected. Obviously the various elements are of differing age. Thus the main building is clad with wooden planks, the signal box (partly embracing the office) is bricks and the goods shed timber framed bricks. I thought this might be an interesting little project, aside from the small layouts I’m bodging together. I already had a new layout in mind, which, however, I’ve hibernated for the time being. Nevertheless I did a start – however, not slavishly following the prototype… Not too many words – let them pictures speak for themselves (the methods used are already known to you loyal readers): Front view (ca. 1910) used as template: Outlines to make the base layers: Paper mock up: ... ... ... Sorry, upload of further pics failed - will revert later... System says: Error: This file was too big to upload My answer : no, it is with 266KB well under the limit! Armin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 I do like these buildings of yours and look forward to seeing more of this one! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CourthsVeil Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 Thanks, Edwardian, its appreciated. Now I try to continue with the upload(s) which yesterday failed... First a paper mock up: Then the card cut out: First windows inserted (mullions are white sewing threads stiffened with PVA) all card pieces glued together - not yet assembled: Now cladding ( .8mm basswood – textured by manufacturer): It seems I’ve the Transform function in GIMP not yet fully understood… This is what you call the signal box – here with corrugated sheet waiting for the glue to set: The goods shed – like the signal box not closely following the original: Same from underside: At last all parts together: A nice ensemble, me thinks... That's it for now - other structures to follow... Regards Armin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardian Posted May 26, 2016 Share Posted May 26, 2016 Cursed with a need to share the occasional insights I experience, I offer the view that part of the appeal of these models is the medium in which they are executed. Most HO European layouts that one typically sees reflect the relative maturity of that market in displaying the vast array of plastic building kits and accessories available to it. Wonderful as Pola-Faller land is, I am just not used to seeing such subjects rendered in card and so, when I do, it is refreshing and provides a new perspective on the subject. Now I have to see my doctor, because I suspect I need to cut the dosage of my pretentiousness pills. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CourthsVeil Posted May 26, 2016 Author Share Posted May 26, 2016 Thank you all for your attention. Edwardian: I don't see anything pretentious - it's just a matter of taste or preference, in my opinion. But you relate to my personal habit of using RMWeb instead of German RR fora. I'm not so fond (to say the least) of those timber framed plastic buildings with their deep mortar joints. And as a dyed-in-the-wool individualist I chose card and wood etc. And design my own elevations at the PC. Regards Armin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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