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  1. Job's Modelling
    For Northall Dock I try for the first time to create the scene inside out.
    I asked myself the following questions:
    - What is the story behind Northall Dock ?
    - What will be the mean scene ?
     
    The answer to the first question will be answered in another entry.
    The answer on the second question is: a loading scene by a warehouse.
     
    First some background information about the used model:
     
    In the late 1940s production of the 'Jen-Tug' began. It was a 3 ton articulated vehicle, available with a wide range of trailers, including a flat trailer, a wire-sided trailer, a box trailer, a tipping trailer, a shallow tipping trailer, a high-sided trailer, a swan-neck trailer with winch, and a container.
    The cab had an Austin A.50 four-cylinder, overhead valve petrol engine, with a capacity of 1.5 litres, and an output of 50 b.h.p. at 4,400 r.p.m. It had a built-in four-speed synchromesh gearbox, a Borg & Beck, single dry-plate 8 inch hydraulically operated clutch, and was mounted on an easily removable sub-frame. It also had powerful Girling hydraulic brakes with 11 inch diameter drums on both the tractor and trailer, a Jensen patent tractor coupling, operated from the cab, and a turning circle of 22 feet.
     

     
     
    A 1950’s picture of a Southern Jen-Tug
    The 'Jen-Tug' became quite popular, and was supplemented by an electrically-powered version, the 'Jen-Helec'.
    The vehicles were made at West Bromwich, and also in Jensen's factory at Stoke.
    Info from:
    http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/Museum/Transport/commercial/Jensen.htm
    On this website more info about Jensen Commercial Vehicles.
     
    Below the model I build as the central scene for my new diorama.
     

     
    First I gave the model a finish with a mat varnish, after I had added the load and lorry driver.
    Then I weathered it with pastels and pigments.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  2. Job's Modelling
    Today I finished the painting and weathering of my first British Railway Road Service wagon.
    Used just for 4 acrylic paint colors for painting the loading: raw sienna, burnt umber, ultramarine and lemon yellow .
    Also used some metal gun and black paint and fineliners for detailing the load.
    Further weathering was done through dry brushing with: dirt grey paint and a chalk pastel mixture of: black, brown and white (my general weathering mixture)
    Below some picture of the result
     
    Hope you like the result.
     

    Loaded Scammel Scarab
     

    Scammel Scarab Western Region
     

    Placed in the diorama.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  3. Job's Modelling

    Street Signs

    By Job's Modelling,

    After I decided to place Northall as postcode borough W16 in Greater London. I wanted to use also a personalized street name sign, approved by the Northall Council.
     
    I found a good article on internet how street name signs have to be used and designed.
     
    The most important design advices I have copied below:
     
     

    “Street nameplates shall be of uniform design throughout the Administrative County of London and shall be constructed as follows:
    (i) Of durable, non-absorbent material.
    (ii) The name shall be in black letters, not less than 4 inches and not more than 5 inches in height, on a white background.  

    The appropriate postal district shall be indicated in the nameplate in signal red.  

    The name of the local authority may be included in the nameplate at the discretion of that authority and, if included, shall also be in signal red and shall be in upper and lower case letters, the upper case letters being not more than half the height of the letters of the street name.  
    Supplementary lettering (such as “leading to…”), less than 4 inches in height, may be included in the nameplate.
    Each local authority may adopt its own individual style for lettering, provided a clear and legible style of good design is used.
     
    The margin between the lettering of the street name and the edge of the nameplate shall be not less than half the height of the street name letters.
    Reasonable abbreviations may be used at the discretion of the local authority, e.g., “Rd” and “Gdns”.
     
    Issued by the Greater London Council and is a reprint of publication No.3781 (1952) of the London County Council “
     
    In the same article were the sizes mentioned for the design of the signs.
     
    I used this picture as a reference.
     

     
    My next diorama, as I mentioned in my entree last week, will be Station Road. Here you can see the result for Station Road designed as a Northall street name sign.
     

     
    The font used is Albertus Medium. This font was mentioned as the most useable font to create a London street name sign.
     
    The Northall Council decided that also some streets around Northall Dock should get some new street names and street name signs:
    Anchor Street is now Dock Road and
    Canal Street is now Canal Alley.
     

    (there is still to do some work on the street, the bollard needs some painting and the building some weathering and small repairing)
     
    There is also a nice website where you can create more modern London street name signs: http://www.myfunstudio.com/designs/lss/?source=mfs.
     
    Hope this is useful for others.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  4. Job's Modelling
    For the building of Fanshawe Ltd I needed a rain pipe to hid the join in the alley.
     
    I already made a rain pipe using a 1,2 mm rod from Evergreen for a house on Nice Street. A texture is glued around this.
     

     
    For the warehouse I wanted to use a square Victorian rain pipe.
     
    I wanted to create it myself using a self-made texture. My journey on the internet began.
    I learned a lot of new English words connected to rain drainage. Finally I found a picture by CG textures that was usable.
    The white arrow is pointed to the rain pipe of choice.
     

     
    Then I started to create my texture.
     

     
    In the PDF you can see the final result.
     
    Rainpipe square.pdf
     
    And finally how I made the model:
     

    1. I cut out the texture with the header.
    2. I cut the header off the rain pipe and glued on a piece 1 mm card
    3. I cut out the header again and glued it again on a piece of 1 mm card, that could hold the rain pipe.
    4. Coloured the edges of the header black.
    5. I cut out the rain pipe.
    6. Glued the rain pipe under the header
    7. I cut out the total rain pipe
    8. Coloured the edges of the header and the rain pipe 9. Glued the rain pipe on place on the structure
     
     
    Picture of the rain pipe in model.
     
     

     
    I hope you find the model convincing.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  5. Job's Modelling

    Bookshop front

    By Job's Modelling,

    I designed both shop using the Scalescenes textures and following the related building description.
    Although the overall appearance is convincing I thought it must be possible to create a shop front I saw on several websites.
     

     
    I found a picture that has a lot of resemblance to the shop front design of Scalescenes.
    If you compare the shop front in the picture with the shop front in the drawing below you will notice a lot of differences.
    For my it would be a challenge to create a shop front that looks more like the drawing, creating the following features mentioned there: plaster; console, facia, cornice, stall riser. The fanlight, the transom and mullion is part of the design of the Scalescenes shop. The transom and mullion are so fine that it’s very difficult and maybe impossible to achieve in card.
     

     
    I have used a very good quality of card to create the shop front. Grey board will not give the same result. This is one of the excellent advices I followed from David Neat.
    The shop front is made using the Scalescenes textures.
    The facia I created using a black wood texture, adding the shop name on it in Publisher.
    The final result is weathered in my usual way with pastel pencils and some pigments.
     

     
    I will give the shop an interior.
     
    I hope the result is convincing. And of course again a overall picture of Station Road, adding more and more colour to it.
     

     
    Advices and comments are much appreciated.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  6. Job's Modelling
    Planning an urban diorama
     
    When I decided to build diorama’s I tried to find as much information as possible.
    With this information I made my one reference card. My reference card (without the pictures) contains the following elements:
     
    Think of the acronym PICS:
    • Plausible scenes
    • Independent / isolated vignette(s)
    • Contours in the scenery
    • Staging
     
    Planning ahead
    To avoid frustration on your project, plan ahead. Look if you can create your scene with available scenery products.
     

     
    Make your own unique sign
    Don’t place any structure on your diorama without at least making up and printing your own unique sign for the building. That means don’t use the names / decals supplied with the kits you buy.
     

     
    Scalescenes provided the name Ducketts , I changed it in JOHN GRAMTHAM F.C.A, HIGH CLASS GROCERIES & PROVISIONS
     
    Modify your kit
    If you use a kit, at least modify it a bit on your layout.
    I like to do some kit bashing with the Scalescenes templates. In this way I create my own buildings. For instance J.H.Pepperell's greengrocers shop.
     

    This was a try out, to see what I could do with the Scalescenes templates and kits.
     
    Look (for scenery items) in other modeling disciplines.
    I always keep an open eye for that one. Not only for scenery items. But also for the technique that are used in other disciplines. This area I still have to explore.
     
    Urban ground cover
    Building a great looking structure for your diorama is not the end of your work to replicate the real world. You must not leave a gap between the bottom of our structure and your bench work. Real buildings don’t sit on top of the earth but rather rise from it.
    That is the most important thing I learned from building Bridge Street. I now let the buildings rise up from the ground.
     

     
    Street base structure used on Nice Street.
     
    Now I'm still busy creating the Dock Basin for Northall Dock.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  7. Job's Modelling
    The first job I had to do now was adding the windows behind the weathered factory wall. In the past I use a solvent free glue from Pattex. This time I used double sided tape from 3M, as David Neat advices in his excellent articles.
    I had re-size the windows from Scalescenes first. I used window c form his excellent Arches and Windows TX00 kit.

    After adding the windows I tried out how to create the final look. I had several possibilities that were usable.
    I decided to build an inner wall with white stone to create the illusion of depth.

    This is glued behind the windows.
    Then I printed the “Grime window” sheet from Scalescenes in black and white. After looking at some reference pictures on the website of CGtextures I wasn’t convinced that the colour used by Scalescenes would create the right appearance.
    After I tried the black and with version I took my pastel pencils to add some grey/blue colour to the original texture.
     

    On the left the original version, at the right the colored one.
    The colored texture is added behind the windows.
     

     
    Here is the final version of the windows.
    And below the factory placed into the diorama.
     

    The factory is finished now. Let’s start with the front of the scene.
    Till next time.
    Regards,
    Job
  8. Job's Modelling
    I started Nice Street (Urban Scene) as a diorama.
    With a new build model and some models from Bridge Street I made a muck up in the APA Box
     

     
    Non of these models was used on Nice Street.
     
    During building the diorama I start to do more research about how to build a diorama. I already accepted the rule of thirds for the planning.
     
    Also read some interesting things about how to design an urban scene.
     
    Most information about building a diorama is to be found in other modeling diciplines. Especially the information from Sheperds Paine was of great use for my.
     
    One of the things I noticed was that when I came in to the room where the diorama is standing you can see the whole scene at once. The viaduct and the railway arches where the first things that take the attention. In this way the viewer will loose his attention in a short time, without seeing the details on which I spend a lot of attention.
     
    I’m fascinated in the way Sheperd’s Paine discripes the realisation of a black box.
    So I dedided to give that a try. I made a tryout and did some experiment with the viewing opening. These resulted in the final desing. With this viewing opening it is possible to see the whole diorama, when you look around.

     
    By my art supplier I found black presentation card, suitable to create the front of my black box.
    I have to add some glass behind the opening. Just from a cheap photo frame.
    This is the way it looks when you are looking to the central scene.
     

     
    regards,
    Job
  9. Job's Modelling
    I decided to finish the cottage in the front of the diorama first.
    Added the street name sign on the building and a drain pipe.
     
    For the roof I had a look at several slate and red clay tile options. In the front of the diorama I try to use whenever possible light colours. The grey slate tiles I found didn’t look right to me so I choose the red clay tiles from Wordsworth Models (free download).
    I also first searched for some background information and read it.
     
    I wanted to give the roof an old look. To create a convincing appearance a looked for a picture on the website of CG textures. See picture below.
     

     
    Then I did pick out a row that I wanted to model.
    I carefully tried to make the row cutting and adding individual tiles.
     

     
    Then I cut it on rows of two tiles high.
     

     
    And then I come to the compromise. If I wanted to create a roof as on the reference picture I had to create it with individual tiles. But I wanted to use the tiles texture from Wordsworth. Then you have to glue them somewhat over each other.
     

     
    In this way I laid all the tiles on the roof.
    On the reference picture you can see there is a line of cement below the top edge.
    I tried to model this with a Scalescenes concrete backyard floor tearing the texture carefully in an almost straight line.
     

     
    After I glued this in place and I added the top tiles individually, the roof was ready.
     

     
    And finally a pictures of the cottage details and a picture of the finished cottage on the layout.
    After making and seeing this picture I decided to create a simple background model behind the cottage.
     

     
    Regards,
    Job
  10. Job's Modelling
    For the pavement I also use the sheets from In the Greenwood. Made the pavement to the right size using a craft knife. Then I cleaned them first with an MDF cleaning pad. I gave it a coat with Gesso.

    Next step was painting the granite kerbs. As base colour I used AK Dry Light Mud. I gave it several layers. The side used a lot of paint. After that I took a little piece of natural sponge with some Petite properties ‘Mucky’ paint. With just a little paint on the sponge I dabbed the granite kerbs.

    The slabs I gave first a coat with a base colour of Celestra Grey from Citadel. Than I did the space between the slabs with Vallejo Oiled Earth. After that I took an old brush with the hairs cut down. I dabbed the individual slabs with a coat of Tallard Sand, Baneblade brown, Stormvermir fur from Citadel and Flat earth from Vallejo. I worked directly on applying, in the same way, Administration Grey from Citadel. When finished I gave the pavement and kerbs a coat of Light Grey wash from Valejo. Just to bring the whole scene together.
     

     
    Here is picture of the whole diorama. The side street has another finished colour. I used it as a try-out, but I’m still content with the final result. The black edge at the end of the pavement will not be visible when the diorama is finished.
     

     
    I have first to do some things on the base and then I can start with the buildings.

    Kind regards,
    Job
  11. Job's Modelling
    In one of my entries the next question was asked:
     
    “Job, a serious question - do you plan these dioramas over time or just see a scene in your mind's eye in an instant?”
     
    To be honest there was no planning when I started with the building of Bridge Street. I just wanted to build a layout on which I could shuffle around with a shunting loco and some wagons. A single line from a “fiddle stage” to an industry using wagon cards and wagon bills. Because me lack of knowledge about the shunting practice of British Railways in the 1950’s I made a crucial design mistake. But Bridge Street was fun to build and for me my first steps in card modeling.
     

    Bridge Street junction Station Road with goods line in front
     
    As I described before after finishing it was covered with a plastic sheet and out of sight. After that I build Nice Street in an APA-box situating it in Northall, without any planning. Just to see if I could build a convincing diorama this way.
     

    Nice Street main scene
     
    Northall Dock is build, because some people, wanted to see something with water in my next diorama.
     
    But the above question was the impulse of some serious thinking about what do I want to build more. In this way the development of Northall will be more consistent.
     
    On internet I found I nice document from a Great London area with a description of local areas in a borough. I used those description as a starting point for the design of the Northall Diorama’s. This can be quite challenging when I have to translate this to a diorama in an APA-box.
     
    For my next diorama I made this description:
     
    Predominant Land Use: Commercial (shops under arches), shops and residential buildings
     
    Townscape:
    The site is bounded on by a through road and an arched railway embankment.
    Station Street is the main route through the area for both vehicles and pedestrians
     
    Scale and Setting:
    Commercial transport corridor from the east to the west. Garage.
     
    Building Types/Uniformity of age and styles:
    Most of the buildings are shops and residential buildings.
     
    So I made a schematic plan for my Northall Diorama’s:
     

     
    As you can see my next diorama will be Station Road. Situated between Bridge Street and Nice Street. This line is situated on the arches in Northall and mainly used for passenger traffic. The other line to Northall Dock is a single goods traffic line only.
    On Station Road there are some shops under the railway arches. I have found a nice urban social theme from the late 1950’s that I want to use. ( Sorry, I will not give that away yet.)
     
    Regards,
    Job
     
    PS. I have also to make some serious thoughts how to store so much diorama’s or thinking about an other solution.
  12. Job's Modelling
    For the building of my diorama’s I do a lot of research on internet. For railway modellers there is a lot of information available.
     
    My main interest in railway modelling is freight traffic and the social history of the period that I’m building, the late 1950’s. To give a right impression the use of daily live pictures is most important. Luckily I have found a lot of beautiful websites with a lot of pictures.
     
    But what about social media you could ask now. The most frequently social medium I use is the RMweb. Like to get inspired by other railway modellers and read about how the do their modelling.
     
    The only other social medium I use is Facebook with a limited of “friends”. But lately I discovered that it could also useful to get information for building of my diorama’s. But there was also a lot of information which could be useful for some of you to find some time based information. Two groups I’m following at this moment on Facebook:
     
    Ghost Signs U.K.
    Hammersmith Palais Old Skool
    On my journey through the pictures of the last mentioned group there is a lot of time based information to find. To give you an impression below just some pictures.
     

    1910 - GWR Parcel van
     

    1933 - West Bromton Station
     

    1951 - Kensal Road
    This would be a nice urban scene.
     

    1960 - London Totters yard
    Such pictures give my information about the possibilities for modelling a horse and cart.
     
    Luckily temperature is now down in the Netherlands so I can go one with Northall Dock. In my next entry some progress on my road modelling.
     
    I hope you like this kind of information.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  13. Job's Modelling
    This blog records the development of diorama’s of Northall a fictional neighbourhood in a large industrial city in England.
    The time setting is in the late 1950’s. The switching point to the modern society with live in now.
    The diorama’s will all have a relation to British Railway practice in Northall .
     
    All diorama's will be build in APA boxes as a black box.
     
    The idea of building Northall came when I build Bridge Street. Unfortunately not build in a APA box and the victim of the clearance program of the Northall Governance.
     

     
    Urban Scene is the first diorama build in this way, but not yet finished completely.
     
    To build the diorama's I developed my own design rules using information from different sources in the modelling world. I like to look out of the box.
     
    Here is a little Northall history:
     
     
    From 1850 on , sleepy, rural Northall has been enveloped by the expanding metropolis. Railway and canal construction brought further expansion.
    Growth continued until the Second World War, by which time Northall was completely built up.
    Older industries all closed in the 1950's and 1960's.
    In 1954 Northall had three distinct areas. In the north were houses from the 1930’s and factories. Immediately south of the railway were streets of terraces dating from c. 1870-1920. Farther south lay the old town, with the dock area.
    The railway line is situated on 29.921 feet above the surrounding streets.
  14. Job's Modelling
    I have done some further work on J. Peterson Ltd on Grove Road.
     
    But let me repeat my starting points:
    - Using my favorite method for design
    - Balanced colors
    - Just low relief
     
    For the building I took the garage from Scalescenes using a texture from Clever Models and a self-made sign. I did choice the brick wall from Model Railway Scenery
     

    Brick wall ((Railway Model Scenery)
     
    But making photographs I noticed another problem. The solution was to create the complete workshop. In this way it is possible to create a picture using the birds-eye position for my camera. I think I have to do a lot of try outs to get the right picture, but making digital pictures this is no problem.
     
    For the roof I also wanted balanced colors. The simplest one would be using slate. The zinc roofing from Scalescenes has the wrong colour in my case. The other possibility was to create a corrugated roof. The color from the Scalescenes range gave a balanced color look.
     
    So I created a corrugated roof for Peterson & Son Ltd. I think a simple photo guide will explain enough.
     

    Corrugated plates about 16 x 22 mm in 4 mm scale. I used 20 mm high as on the texture from Scalescenes.
     

    I created guide lines for gluing the plates in place. Just overlapping each other. From every plate a made the edges black with a pastel pencil to create some shadow lines.
     

    I used pastel pencils for weathering: sienna and umber are very useful. For more fresh rust you can use orange to brown colors.
     

    The finished corrugated roof. With on one side the wall coping.
     
    On the other side I made also a roof window from a left over from Scalescene
     
    Yard side with roof.
     
    I have to finish the roof with further wall copings. The next job will be to create a small builders yard.
     
    Any suggestions for creating a believable yard are very welcome.
     
    Kind regards,
    Job
  15. Job's Modelling
    I have almost finished the terraced house.
    Before I show you the result first my personal review of the kit from In the Greenwood. I have enjoyed building it, but just for this diorama.
    The 3 mm MDF I personally find too thick for the terraced house. 2 mm would have been better, but I don’t know if it possible to do the laser cut. The kit is easy to build. There are no windows supplied, so you have to make your own choice here.

    Painting

    The doors I have painted using just a black wash from Vallejo. They have got several layers.

    For the “white” woodwork I used a paint from the Petite Properties range called “Top of the Milk”. The paints of Petite Properties work well on MDF.

    For the stone parts I used a paint from the AK range called Dust. I like to use as less different colours as possible to keep the diorama together.

    The roof is painted with Petite Properties Soot Ash with some Warpfiend grey from Vallejo. I found the Petite Properties paint alone to dark.

    Windows

    I have tried different methods for the windows. I found the way Clever Models do their windows using a matt picture suitable. But the setting is Edwardian, and in no PDF kit I have there were suitable window textures to find.
    After an intensive search on the internet I found picture I could use for the curtains. With some help from a photo program and my usual way of scaling I made them at size. I made them also less white to let them fit in the diorama.
    Now my terraced house has authentic Edwardian curtains.
     

     

    Photo box

    For a long time, I have an article about a simple photo box. I have build the box to day and the photo of the cottage is made using it.
     

     

    As you see I have to finish the chimneys. But you will see the result of that in one of my next entrees. I also will start with the shop. Just a preview of my first design for the shop name:
     

     
     
     
    Comments and suggestions are welcome.
     

    Kind regards,
    Job
  16. Job's Modelling
    Back from my holidays. I walked a lot in the fields and woods in the early morning and late evening ( before sunset). Made some useful grey sky pictures. Because of the sunny weather I did a lot of reading ( inspector Wexford), searching on Internet and following the blogs and forums on the RMweb.
    Last week it was to hot for modeling in Holland for me.
     
    So here is the entry of my result of my internet research on roads.
     
    For my Nice Street diorama I didn’t much research for the road surfaces.
    Pictures showed that:
     

    - Asphalt / tarmac was used for residential streets
    - Granite setts were also used for those streets  

    Asphalt/tarmac in Nice Street, granite setts in Angel Yard
     
    I used for both Scalescenes textures.
     
    For Northall Dock I wasn’t sure which what kind of road surface would be the right one. So I did some research on the internet. Because Northall could be a part of Greater London I concentrate on that area, but also used general information from other parts of the UK.
     
    From 1815 on important roads were macadamed, acclaimed as quiet, good- looking and quick to install. Macadam needed however a lot of maintenance.
    It was also not usable for tramlines ( and I presume also railways), these were laid in granite setts.
    After the World War One they started to give the macadamed roads a cover of asphalt.
     
    Also other roads got an asphalt road surface.
     
    At the end of the 19th century wood blocks, often tarred for preservation, were also used to pave streets. These were manufactured until the 1950s.
    Docks were embanked and walled for security and granite was laid on the quays: when new and not abraded, it was less slippery than cobbles for the horses.
    Also granite setts were used to pave roads.
     

    Track in granite setts in Liverpool.
     
    If you are travelling through London you could travel over wood, macadam, asphalt, granite setts, cobble and unmade roads even in the 1950’s.
    In early days, silver grey Cornish granites and some from Devon would have come via the GWR and tended to stay to the west side of London, the LNWR brought darker granites from North Wales, the GNR fetched setts from Leicestershire and darker granites and basalts from further North, but much changed once the MR gained access to London.
     
    In different parts of London you could see different colours of granite setts, depending of the Railway Company that served that part of London in the past.
    After reading about the development of the roads in (Greater) London, I decided to use grey granite setts for the roads on Northall Dock.
     
    Next time the first results.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  17. Job's Modelling
    Real modelling is still going slowly. This has several reasons. I hope I can show some progress in a short time.
     
    I spend some time on reading inspector Wexford novels and made some thoughts about how to use them into my diorama’s.
    I realized I was making two type of diorama’s:
     
    More or less railway based:
    Northall Dock – track out of use
    Bridge Street – siding with track; station, arches with track
    Nice Street – arches
    Station Road - arches
     
    and British Railways van delivery service:
    Nice Street – delivery to Adderley Glass Works
     
    I like the railway based diorama’s and I have some idea’s to build more of them.
     
    But I also like to explore the possibility to build some diorama’s telling a story about parcel delivery in Northall. I came to this after seeing a nice instruction movie from British Railways on You Tube:
     
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAbqjmbISww
     
    What I like to do is the following:
     
    There is one railway van with a van driver that I will use for all of the to build parcel delivery diorama’s. For the van I had the Austin 3way van in mind:
     

     
    The van men will be Monty porter figures. I can those the right one depending on the scene I’m building.
    I’m also trying to create a map of Northall and have already a lot of other useful information about delivery receivers.
    I will create a delivery sheet for delivering the parcels. I will use a simplified one.
     
    From every scene I will make a picture and a description (small story). I this way I will try to write the story of a workday of Albert Foster, van driver at Lower Road Goods Depot in Northall in the late 1950’s.
    This could be a nice PDF booklet.
     
    I can use all useful information about van parcel delivery in the late 1950’s by British Railways. All information is welcome.
     
     
    What do you think about this idea?
     
    Kind regards,
    Job
  18. Job's Modelling
    After I tried out several water texture possibilities I was looking for the quay wall texture I want to use.
    I had bought the dock edge pdf’ s from Scalescenes in the past. This has two options a concrete one and a stone one. I found the concrete one to modern for my diorama.
    CGtextures.com has a lot of nice textures. They have also some useful dock textures in their collection. I tried several but tried out the concrete one: ConcreteBare0280 (Texture: #35243)
    I decided to try out the stone wall texture from Scalescenes and the concrete texture from CG textures.
    Both textures are printed on water color paper to get some more texture.
     

    Concrete wall, concrete pillar with water try out no.1: paint & varnish
     
    I found that the stone wall looked to flat after printing. So I gave it some more texture using embossing pens. These are used mostly by people that make scrap cards.
     

    The stone wall before embossing …
     
    and
     

    after embossing with water try out no.4: acrylic paste, paint & varnish and a wooden pillar.
     
    Don’t mind the gaps between the water and the quay. There are there because a glued the quay wall on the try outs. The dock edge is just a try out to see of it will work out.
    I will use the dock edge color as on the pictures. Both pictures are now without any weathering.
    On my diorama I will use the stone quay wall for the following reasons:
    I like the embossed texture &
    the colour is lighter. That is one of the rules I mostly use. Building up the diorama with (when possible) light colours in the front and darker colours to the end.

    Regards,
    Job
  19. Job's Modelling

    Whiskey boxes

    By Job's Modelling,

    For the interior of the warehouse I wanted some (whiskey) barrels and crates.
    Basic information I found on the very useful http://www.igg.org.uk/gansg/00-app1/common.htm
     
    After reading this basic information my research on the internet began.
     

     
    Then I discoverd that whiskey also was shippen in whiskey boxes. Mostly with the name of the distelery on top of it.
     

     
    With the pictures I found there were also sizes metioned.
    17 x 14¾ x8½ inch is in 4mm : 5,6 x 4,9 x 2,8 mm.
    22½ x 15½ x 7 inch is in 4 mm: 7,5 x 5,1 x 2,3 mm
    16 x 12 x 12 inch ( a box from 1962) is in 4 mm: 5,3 x 4 x 4 mm
    15 x 11 x 13 inch ( a box from 1954) is in 4 mm: 5 x 3,6 x 4,3 mm
    17 x 11 x 5/8 inch ( a Black and White box from 1955) is in 4 mm: 5,6 x 3,6 x 2 mm
    I also found some pictures of a box photographed from different sides. I used this pictures to create sides in O gauge in publisher. The sizes I only used as a refference depending on the thickness of the card I had available.
    So I created my own “whiskey box” kit. And build some of these for free standing use in O scale.
     

     
     
    I scaled that one down to 00 gauge to creat my ‘whiskey box’ card kit. Black and White whiskey box 1955.pdf
     
    Then I started to create the whiskey boxes in OO gauge. See the pictures below.

     
    I believe I can improve my building of very small items. But the whisley boxes work out well on in the diorama for me. Most viewers will have a global look and not the detailed look from the digital camara.
    The whiskey boxes on the Jens truck have some other advantage. Because they are much lighter of color the immediately aske the attention of the viewer to the delivery scene in front of the warehouse. Below a picture without and with the boxes.
     

     
    For the whiskey crates against the wall I used I different approach. I will explain that in an other entrie.
     
    Regards,
    Job
     
    PS.
     

  20. Job's Modelling
    Before I started I read some articles about brick painting. I have read the chapter of brick painting in that excellent book “Cottage Modelling for Pendon”, some chapters in a book called “Create exterior finishes” from Bea Broadwood. Is also very useful for railway modellers, especially for those who do 7mm. And last but not least an article from Emmanuel Nouaillier in an Eisenbahn Journal. I will mostly follow the steps described in the last article. For my colour choice I used all three.
     
    For the house and shop I also use this time a kit from In the Greenwood.
    I cleaned them first with an MDF cleaning pad. I gave all the parts a coat with Gesso.
     

     
    Then the brick parts got a coat with Vallejo black Wash. This to down tone the white the Gesso.
     

     
    Now I can start painting the individual bricks with a base colour. With the information I had, I looked at my available paints. I have used the following colours: Red Squirrel and Mucky Pint from the Petite Properties range and Dust from the AK range.
     

     
    For the mortar I used a pigment called Earth of Vicenza. I blow the most pigment off the piece (out of the window) and wept it off with a moistened piece of cloth.
    Above the wall in progress, below a larger picture of the finished wall.
     

     
    After testing my way of brick painting on a side wall I can continue painting and building my terraced house.
     
    And of course suggestions and comments are welcome.
     
    Kind regards,
    Job
  21. Job's Modelling
    Thinking..
     
    After I put the poem to the entry last I week I started to think about the ….. (dots)
    So here is the answer in a nutshell. The inspiration came when I traveled by train with my wife over the new line through the Flevopolder to Groningen.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Holliday …
     

    As a boy in the late 1950’s I got on vacation with my parents to a place in the north of the Netherlands in the province of Groningen. After going from Utrecht to Groningen with the electric express train we had to change train. The last part of the journey was with a blue Diesel Electric 1. I still can hear the sound of the diesel engine and smell the diesel fuel. I think this was the starting point for my interest in trains.
    Of course I got a model train ( with my brother) for Sinterklaas (your Santa Claus) . Then there was a period in which I developed other interests: art, literature, music and social history and girls.
     
    Model railway experience…
     

    Then I became an armchair modeller. Until I read an article about Fremo. I joint in and build my first modules. Within Fremo I learned about modelling, way bills, wagon cards and real freight traffic with shunting on the country stations (mostly German). Learned to think about what kind of goods come in and are send away.
    Unfortunately I had to give up Fremo, for several personal reasons.
     
    Card building ….
     

    In May 2007 I met Peter Genttle from the 3 mm Society with beautiful card build structures. I was most impressed. We did that day a lot of talking and on a certain moment he said: “I like to walk around a little bit. Can you stay here. You can build that slate roof further.” When I said I hadn’t the experience he sad: “You have to start once, why not now.”
    It still took some time before I really started with my first structure from Scalescenes. Using the kits made it not necessarily to create the walls the Pendon way. Just print out and you can start following the instructions.
     
    RM web
     

    Here is the first model I build and published on the RM web to get feedback.
     
    I get a lot inspiration and feed back here, which I still much appreciate.
    So this is my tribute to all those that helped me to get to this....
     
    Sometimes it is good to stop and think about how did I got to this ….
     
    Regards,
    Job
  22. Job's Modelling
    In one of the replies on my entry Street Scene Design was written: “Also bear in mind that in the 'fifties' these areas would still have 'flagstone' paving rather than the later concrete types - and they would be rutted & disrupted by vehicles. Road surfaces would often be of cobblestone or granite setts.”
     
    For the road surfaces I already choose for granite setts. For the pavement I didn’t make an decision. So after the reply I liked to see if I could create a flagstone paving with granite kerbs.
     
    As usually I started with a search for background information and textures. With this information I created some texture sheets for my pavement modelling.
     

     
    To see if it could work out I decided to build the alley between Farnshawe Ltd. and the warehouse of Roope & Voss Wine and Spirit Merchants.
     
    The kerbs I placed individually:
     

     
    Then I glued the individual cut Yorkstone flags in place. Embossed the pavement to create some depth between the flags.
     
    I made the underground for the alley. Glued the pavement and setts in place. Embossed the granite setts on the road and glued the small granite siding in place.
     

     
    Then I did some additional weathering with pigments and ash.
     

     
    The only thing left was to put the alley along the side wall of Farnshawe Ltd.
     

     
    The final result.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  23. Job's Modelling
    After Nice Street my wife asked my to design something with water again.
    I had done that before on my first attempt with the Scalescene factory and an Inglenook shunting puzzle.
     
    So I decided to build Northall Dock.
    Quit a challange in an APA box. I want to build something more than just a quay and a ware house.
    My starting point for the design were two pictures.
    One from John Atkinson from 1890 and one from Edward Hopper (not published here)
     

     
    The information on Northall Dock I found in the archives of the Northall Gazette.
     

     
    I also made the design for the diorama. First on an one to one scale to be sure it would fit.
    Afterwards I made the drawing. It is still possible I will make some adjustments when I'm building the scene.
     

     
    Next stage is to design the main scene.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  24. Job's Modelling
    Some days ago, a received my order from “In the Greenwood”. Some laser cut products to create a Christmas diorama for my wife.
    Of coarse I tried to give it a place between my Northall diorama’s. The diorama is situated in High Street. The Northall Society helped me out to find some more information. We are going back in time. Prior’s tailor shop is established in the beginning of the Edwardian times, when the shop and terraced houses were built.
    I have bought the following items:
    A kit with two terraced houses,
    a kit with a corner shop,
    some sheets of with cobble stones,
    pavement.
     

     
    My first impression is that these are nice kits that can give a nice diorama. I did choice for these kits because the will the make the finished diorama less delicate than card models.
     
    I have already done some research how to approach the kits. The diorama will get some additional features:
    some figures from the Andrew Stadden range,
    a Hansom cab from Langley and
    a streetlamp from Gaugemaster.
     
    When the temperature is going down I can start to model. Until next time.
     
    Kind regards,
    Job
  25. Job's Modelling
    I still have to finish the Hansom cab…. But I think I will use something else on the diorama. Believe that the Hansom cab will be to large for this diorama. Thinking of using a handcart and a boy delivering a Christmas gift. In that time, it was already possible to buy things from a mail order company, for instance from the Empire Stores, which then were send to the costumer by rail as a parcel. Only the way we order, and deliver is changed ….
     
    But first there must be a cobbled road to put the cart on. I also made the base from Petite Properties. Painted the base black. For the cobbled road I use the sheets from In the Greenwood. Made the road to the right size using a craft knife. Then I cleaned them first with an MDF cleaning pad. I gave it a coat with Gesso. After this was dried the whole street had a coat of Vallejo Oiled Earth.
     

     
    Next step was painting the cobblestones individually. I used base colour from the Citadel range. In this case Mechanicus Standard Grey.
     

     
    After that I painted the space between the stones with a 50/50 mixture of Vallejo Light Sienna and Natural Umber mixed with Pigment binder. I let this dry for 24 hours.
     
    Next job was painting individual stones in groups of six with layer colours in grey tone. I used the following colours: from Citadel Administration grey and from AK paints Dry light mud. I mixed them in several shades.
    After painting the setts, I gave every individual stone a coat of Oiled Earth from Vallejo to tone down the surface.

     
    I used a Wargaming and Facebook modelling tutorial from Internet as a guide. Used the colours I had. But every time the result will be different even if you use the same colours again.
    I'm curious about your opinion about this one.
     
    Next job will be painting the pavement with its granite kerbs.
     
    Kind regards,
    Job
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