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  1. Job's Modelling
    The starting point.
     

     
    For the painting of the figures I started with some research on internet. For my the right colors for clothing are a part of a good time based layout or diorama.
    Even for the dog I searched for a picture.
    The figures are painted with Vallejo paint and for the cardigan of the girl I used a color from the Citadel range.
     
    The chair is card build and is from the Furniture kit of Fine Scale Buildings and colored with some paint. The newspaper is also part of this Furniture kit.
     

     
    My pictures on the RMweb are a little bit misleading. The show more than an actual viewer of the diorama can see in the APA-box. To give you an impression I made a fake picture of an APA-box view.
     

     
    And to give you an impression of the real A4 size look at the picture below.
     

     
    And I made some extra pictures for my own use. And this is one of my favourites:
     

     
    For now the journey is ended. I have cleaned up the leftovers from my used textures and the design box to start a new journey.
     

     
    I hoped you like the result and will follow me on my next building project.
     
    Any comments, suggestions are additional information is welcome.
    Kind regards,
    Job
  2. Job's Modelling

    Cars in Northall

    By Job's Modelling,

    Because of my eye troubles modelling was not good possible, so I did some research on internet about the amount of cars in the 1950’s. As far as I could find out about 1 on the three families had a car at the end of the 1950’s. I decided that for Northall that means that every diorama with three or more buildings/houses should have a car.
     
    Until now I had concentrated me on the British Railways road cars. Only in Bridge Street and Nice street, which are larger diorama’s, I placed a car. I wanted to try out the use of a car also in my smaller diorama’s Station Road and Caroline Street.
     
    I also spent of lot of time in the research of what models could be used. There is a lot information available on this subject. The period of building, the changes made and the colours the cars were made in for instance. For OO gauge not all information is usable.
     
    Because Northall is places somewhere in Greater London I decided to give the cars also registration numbers that were used in Greater London. For Northall the area code for London North East
    (Middlesex to 1963) will be used.
     
    To create the car numbers, I made use of the ‘Vintage Car registration’ texture of ModelrailwayScenery.
     
    In station road I place an Austin A30 A2S4 2 door Deluxe, built in 1959 in Chelsea grey with mid blue roof. The registration number: KMD 302.
    The car belongs to Harry Wild a reporter of the Northall Gazette.
     
    I painted the roof of the car myself.
     

     
    For Caroline Street I used an Austin A35 4 door Deluxe, built in 1959 in County Cream. The registration number: KMM 302.
    The car belongs to Charles Bishop, a commercial traveller who lives on number 3.
     

     
    When I put the cars in the diorama’s I noticed that they were very shiny. So I gave both cars a coat of mat varnish.
     
    So, maybe, you will see more cars in my diorama’s in the future.
     
    Kind regards,
    Job
  3. Job's Modelling

    Christmas ……

    By Job's Modelling,

    When I did our weekly shopping I found this nice Santa.
     

     
    Light works on batteries and has a switch to put the light on and out.
    Santa was easy to remove. In this way a had a nice led light for the inside of my warehouse. I have to find a way to construct my building in a way I can put the light on when required.
     

     
    I started with the inside of the warehouse. I have finished one pile of wooden whiskey boxes and have to build more. There will also some barrels along one of the walls.
    The interior wall and floor are created with a seamless texture from CG Textures. The sliding door is from Scalescenes goods shed. I tried to find the right colors, so everything will go nicely together.
     

     
    I have managed to create a solution for the light. It will be placed in a opening in the side wall. I have made a small wall before the light. The white piece of card at the left side.
     

     
    I almost forgot. I have finished the front of the warehouse, see the picture below. As you can see I have also worked at the road in front of the warehouse.
     

     
    I hope you like the atmosphere and the building.
     
    Unfortunately I cannot finish the building. I want a figure inside the warehouse and have to order that by Dart Castings. Ordering 1 figure is too expensive for me. I decided to start designing my next diorama and see what figures are needed on that on.
     
    On Northall Dock I can start with the last warehouse and then finish the road.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  4. Job's Modelling
    I have started a new project.
    My cataract surgery was successful. I could start modelling again.
     
    I got some low relief 1:76th buildings from Petite Properties for my birthday.
     
    So, for my new project I will use them to create a scene for Church Street. One of the kits “No. 2 Station Road” will be used to create a pub.
     
    The kits of Petite Properties are laser cut and look good. “No. 2 Station Road” can also be used for a shop. There is also advice how to finish the building.
     
    For the finishing of the pub I will use texture from several suppliers and some textures I found on the internet.
     
    The pub is situated on the corner of Church Street and Station Road. At the other side of Station Road, opposite to the shops under the arches.
     

    Station Road – shops under arches.
     
    For the pub, I used a name from a Scalescenes kit: The Station.
    Here is the start of the building of the pub.
     

     
    I used the following textures:
     
    Brick texture: Old English Brick from Scalescenes printed on Innova Canvas IFA36
     
    Sign “The Station” from Scalescenes small corner shop printed on mat photo paper from Pro-line 120 gr/m2
    Windows and sills from Clever Models printed on 308 gr/m2 Photo Rag from Hahnemühle.
    Floor from Smart Models pub kit printed on mat photo paper from Pro-line 120 gr/m2
    Entrance texture is from Scalescenes the High Street fronts kit printed on mat photo paper from Pro-line 120 gr/m2
     
    I hope I can show some further progress in a couple of weeks.
     
    Any suggestion or comments are welcome.
     
    Regards,
     
    Job
  5. Job's Modelling
    I had more time to model this week. So here is an update.
    The starting point.
     

     
     
     
    The kit from Petite Properties is easy to build when you follow the instructions. Especially when you want to create a shop. The shopfront gives great opportunities.
     
    For my pub, I had to make some additional changes. I searched for some usable pub windows on internet. I resized the windows I found and give them an additional text using Publisher.
    The door is from the pub-kit of Smart models.
     
    The sign is based on a 1959 picture of a pub. I created it with the use of Publisher. Colours and fonts are based on my shop research fitting the Victorian style of the pub.
     
    New for me was the use of paint for my modelling. I used paint from the Vallejo and AK modelling range.
     
    Although I’m not totally content with the door section, I find to total appearance convincing. The pub will be part of a small street scene.
     

     
     
     
    Any suggestion or comments are welcome.
     
    Regards,
     
    Job
  6. Job's Modelling
    The starting point
     

     
    Now I have finished the pub.
     
    I added the roof using the slate roof textures from Scalescenes. They are printed on 100 gsm Rice Paper from Hahnemühle. This paper has a fine nice texture. Chimneys are from the kit of Petite Properties. They have the brick paper I used for the pub. Roof flashing is from Scalescenes. The chimney pots from Dart Castings, painted using Vallejo and AK modelling paints.
     
    I also added a small yard entrance at the right side of the pub.
     

     
    And of course, the Pub has its own history:
     
    The pub, is geographically the nearest to The Great Eastern in Bridge Street.
     
    The Station was first recorded in 1853 in Kelly’s Directory. The pub had several licensees.
    Now (1959) the pub is owned by Billy Kelly, who refurbished The Station and opened it with Elizabeth Turner as licensee, featuring local musical talents as variety. Sadly, lack of experience meant that it struggled financially and its future looks not good.
     
    The diorama is not yet finished. I must build a next building on the right side of the pub. I will keep you informed about the progress of that one.
     
    Any suggestion or comments are welcome.
     
    Regards,
     
    Job
  7. Job's Modelling
    A quick update
    I start with a quote of Pablo Picasso: “I always do things that I cannot do to learn how I have to do it”
    I have finished the front of my Georgian building. I used Marshalswick House from Petite Properties as a base.
    I used again textures from Scalescenes printed on a textures Hahnemühle photo paper. (Un)fortunately something went wrong when I tried to give the building some weathering the first time. Here it is where I remembered the quote of Picasso. I knew that the printed textures where water resistant. So, to correct the damage I painted the building using diluted Vallejo paint. The result was satisfying.
    After the paint was dry I used pastels to weather the building to give it an old appearance.
    The building will be placed in Church Street when finished, as an office for an insurance agency.

    As always comments and suggestions are much appreciated
    ​Job
  8. Job's Modelling
    I have finished my Church Street diorama. Another street in my fictive town of Northall.
    I started to create a base. The base is build up with 3cm high card strips on a MDF base.
    First, I finished the Assurance Agency. I used textures from several Scalescenes kits.
    To finish my diorama, I had to add some pavement in front of the Assurance office. There were also some minor gaps, between the building and the street, I had to fill in. I used some Woodland scenic earth to fill it and gave it some colour with olive green pastel. I also added some grass from Mini Natur against the wall to the back yard and on the corner of the shop.
    Finally, I placed my British Railway van in front of the pub. This van I will use on all my diorama’s and can easily be replaced by another car. It is Western based and fits in the right area. Using the van in every layout will give the illusion of a delivery route for the van.

    For the picture, with just the diorama, I was inspirited by the website of Petite Properties. I think this can be improved by learning how to use my photo program better.
    The other two pictures give a street view of Church Street. One is the original picture I made, the other one is photoshopped to create a late 1950’s look.

    original picture

    late 1950's look
     
    Any suggestion or comments are welcome.
     
    ​Kind regards,
     
    Job
  9. Job's Modelling
    I have to make some change of plans. So, I have to skip my third IKEA challenge. A couple of years ago my wife made a serious fall. Now she is diagnosed with an acquired brain injury (ABI). This means we have to make some adaptions in our home. One of the things she wants to change is removing smaller things that we have to keep clean by dusting, including the small diorama’s that are standing on a cabinet in our living room.
     
    We have already found a solution that was fine for both of us. But more about that in a later entry.
     
    For my third Ikea challenge I had designed a coal delivery scene. On the website of John Day models, I saw a nice coal lorry. But I like Austin models and he has also an Austin K8 flatbed lorry. I asked him if it could be used as a coal lorry. I included a photo from internet with my request. Then he offered me to make an Austin K8 coal lorry.
    So, for the first time in my modelling career I built a white metal car kit. I have to thank Daryle Toney for his, very helpful, support.
    As you know I like to create little scenes. To create the scene a used a scenic set from the John Day range: RDS 2 Coalmen and coal load.
     

     
    I placed the scene in a diorama I built in the past. I hope you like the final result. I have enjoyed building it.
     
    As usual suggestions and comment are welcome.
     
    Greetings,
    Job
  10. Job's Modelling
    Writing about a colour palette is one. Designing one is a totally different story.
    Because I didn’t want to do the try and error method for a diorama I had to do some research first.
    I used the following approach.
     
    I copied a “picture” from the website of Scalescenes or from another supplier to Publisher. In this case the aged brown brick from Scalescenes.
     

     
    This is the easy part.
     


    1. For the creation of my colour palette I like to use a 1950’s colour scheme. I have used the B5252 colour chart before, for the making of shop signs. So for my colour palette I wanted to use this colour chart for finding some fitting colours. This did take some time.
    I also looked at the website of Citadel paints which colours I could use in combination of this brick sheet.
    When you use Publisher for this it is possible to layer the different elements. In this way I could see which colour fitted best.
    In this way I created a “reference sheet”. I have made already several as pdf.  
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     

    2. The next step was selecting all the colours from the sheets I wanted to use for my diorama. After my first selection a decided to look for some other textures that would make my colour palette more balanced.
    Here is the colour scheme that I will use creating my next diorama.  
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     

    The main problem is that the colours on my computer are totally different from a printed version of the aged brown brick on canvas photo paper. As I said in the reply of my last entry one of the things I have noticed is that every type of professional photo paper gives his own colour. So I think I will be surprised in some cases. But the colour scheme is a good reference and with the use of pastels and pigments I can bring the colours more together.  
     
     
     
     

    Next step is to create a black and white version of my new diorama. It will be called Back of Nice Street. Nice Street was one of my former diorama’s with a row of shops.  
     
     
     
     

     
     
     
     
     

    At the other side of the street is a row of cottages. I will build some back yards of this cottages as part of my new diorama.  

    Any suggestion or comments are welcome.
     
    Regards,
     
    Job
  11. 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
  12. Job's Modelling
    Still too hot for me and my card modelling.
    So you have to wait for some modelling progress.
     
    Basic materials for my card models
     
    For the making of my diorama’s I use textures that I print out.
    I know there is a lot of discussion about what kind of printer you should use.
    I use a HP Photosmart Office printer. For printing I use the following:
     

    - Mostly light crème drawing paper for walls
    - Water color paper for roofs, rough walls
    - A good quality printing paper for metal
    - The highest quality for printing  
    After printing and making the parts I varnish it with a water color varnish.
    After weathering I use an acrylic varnish.
     
    Pastels:
     
    In the past I used scrapped pastels to create my weathering powder. For this I bought good quality pastels from my art supply shop. The results of that was quite convincing as you can see on a picture of J. Baker’s Café in Nice Street.
     

    finished cafe at Nice Street
     
    Pigments
     
    I had already read some articles about the use of pigments. So I want to try them out on my new diorama Northall Dock. After finishing Northall Dock Basin is was convinced of the use of pigments. For the Dock Basin I used pigments from Vallejo and one from V.O.F Verfmolen ‘de Kat’ ( Paint Mill ‘de Kat’).
     

    Paint Mill 'de Kat'
     
    The Mill 'De Kat' is built in 1781, and after a partly rebuilding in 1960 it became then a paint mill.
     
    The pigments from the paint mill are much cheaper than from model paint suppliers. So I decided to buy some more pigments by my art supply shop. Got some money for my birthday.
     
    For the choice of colors I used the pigment color chart from Vallejo as a reference. Vallejo gives also a description of the use of the colors. The pigment color chart you can download from the website of Vallejo. The colors from the paint mill have other names.
     
    I bought some small glass jars. Made labels, with a description for the purpose, for every color I want to use.
     

     

    Pigment with label in jar.
     
    The use of pigments in this way will give me the following possibilities:
     

    - Use them as single pigments
    - Make my own mixture of pigments
    - Use pigments with PVA-glue
    - Create my own acryl paint colors
    - Use the pigments with other acrylic mediums.  
    Still have to buy some more pigments and some acrylic mediums and experiment with them.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. Job's Modelling
    Last week we were married for forty years.
     
     
    To celebrate this I had arranged a short stay in a local city hotel just over the border in Germany.
    We have enjoyed our trip and could combine our both interests.
    The owner of the hotel has the same breed of dogs we have: Irish Soft Coated Wheaten Terriers. A bread that doesn’t affect my allergic constitution to much, with the right approach.
    So we took the dogs with us on our walks. My wife could work with them. She is a coach of dog owners and likes to create a dog (owner) in balance.
     

     
    In this area there were in the past large coal mines on both sides of the border.
    On one of our walks we saw some relics from the coal mining past. See the pictures.
     

     

     
    I told the owner of my diorama’s and she was very enthusiastic. I suggested that they could be a nice atmospheric items in their small restaurant. She thought this could be a good idea. So my diorama’s Nice Street and Northall Dock will go over the border to a small hotel in Germany as eye catchers in their restaurant.
    I promise you to post some pictures after we have them installed them in the restaurant.
     

     
    My eyes are going better finally. So I can start modelling again. I really missed it.
    Regards,
    Job
  16. Job's Modelling

    Doubts

    By Job's Modelling,

    Sometimes I have the feeling that I have to quit a project. I have my doubts how to get the result I like to achieve.
     
    This happens to me from time to time — I feel like I miss the possibilities that can be used in the modelling world, and I start to worry. I’ve learned to deal with it, so that while it still comes up, I now have trust that I’ll be fine.
    So what do I do when have my doubts and get back my motivation ?
     
    I do this: I look at the things I have made. I look at Nice Street and, I remember the problems I have solved crating this one. If this diorama is fine, the next one will probably be too. And the one after. We tend to imagine horrible future moments when it doesn’t really happen.
     
    Ironically, when I have my doubts the first thing I want to do is to start all over again. I’ve found that taking some time to sit back and look at the project helps me to see the problem and the solution. Even just for a view minutes day. I just sit and look and I try not to judge what I’m seeing.
     
    Then I realised that when I want to solve the problem I had to go back to me basic design. What did I want to build and what is the theme of the diorama.
    I wanted to build a dockside diorama. My basic design is a strong diagonal line as a base.
     

     
    That was a good choice. It gives the diorama a dynamic feeling and creates depth.
     
    The basic design for my buildings was a L- shape.
     

     
    Here I didn’t achieve what I had in mind. Although it is maybe difficult to see in a picture. The building behind the cottage is too low. I have to raise that that so that the wall is visible above the roof of the cottage.
    The same is the case with the builders merchants warehouse. The top line of the roof is too low.
     
    But there is something else I don’t like here. The eye goes to that what is brighter. So if I’m looking at the diorama my eye goes first to the cottage and then to the builders merchants warehouse. After that it goes to the warehouse of Roope and Voss.
    I don’t mind that the first focus is on the cottage, because it is expressing the end of the decade I’m building. But my theme was: the delivery of goods to Roope and Voss.
     
    So I have to build another builders merchants warehouse.
     
    Result will be published of coarse.
     
    Regards,
     
    Job
  17. Job's Modelling
    The starting point.
     

     
    I built the factory yard wall in the front.
    Actually this is just straight forward modelling.
    I used the 6’ Industrial Wall and Gates from Railway Model Scenery a starting point. This is really a nice kit with a beautiful old wall texture. The colour of the wall didn’t fit to my industrial building. For the wall I used the same brick texture as for the Printing Works. The templates from this kit were used.
    I also decided to use the metal gate from the kit. I think this is just great. The wall copings are also from this kit. Next time I will use some thinner paper for this.
     
     
    Because I liked to try out some green for my urban diorama’s I searched on the internet for some usable products. Because of the postal cost I searched for a Dutch supplier. I found some nice products by a supplier for war-game materials.
    The product I have used are from miniNatur. I bought some long and shorts tufts for the seasons summer, early and late fall. The can be applied with some glue and a tweezer. After my first use I’m enthusiastic about the quality and the appearance. I have seen they have also other useful products, but that is for the future.
     
     
    The dustbin is from Dart Castings and the weathering is done in my usual way, with pastels and pigments.
     
    Below a picture of scene so far. I have given the figures a coat of primer and have still to paint them. I also have to build a chair for the sitting man.
     

     
    I hoped you like the result.
     
    Any comments, suggestions are additional information is welcome.
     
    Kind regards,
    Job
  18. Job's Modelling

    Finally ….

    By Job's Modelling,

    I couple of weeks ago I was surfing on the internet searching for another possible lighting solution for my diorama’s. I left the website I was looking at in front of my computer, while I went to go for a shower.
    When I came back there was I new massage in my Outlook. This was an order confirmation for the light I was looking at. My wife had just ordered them for my.
     

     
    I dismanteled the lighting above Northall Dock to see the possibilities of this set.
    First I made a new lighting frame the way I read in the chapter about Shadow Boxes in How to build a diorama.
    I create a piece of cart in a 45 degree angle on the lid of the APA-box. On the cart I could fix the led strip, that had double sided tape. The rest of the lighting is outside the box on top of the lid.
    On the underside of lid I glued glossy white paper for reflecting the light.
     

     
    And now just some picture of the diorama in different lights. All pictures are made with the same camera settings. What is your favourite?
     
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    I left away some terrible green and red pictures. And this is just a limited selections of the possibilities I have. For the pictures I just changed the colours and didn’t brighten or dim the lights.
     
    I think I finally found the solution for my general lighting problem. Do you agree with me?
     
    Regards,
    Job
  19. Job's Modelling

    Fisherman cottages

    By Job's Modelling,


    Styles St. Mary
    I finished my row of cottages. I used the kit T019 Row of Cottages from Scalescenes.
    I used the 2 kits: the TX 07 aged brown brick and the TX47 Coursed rubble.
    The Scalescenes textures are used for the wall, the lintels, the gutter, the downpipe, the roof base and the chimneys.
    I did not want to use white window frames. The alternative choice were the windows from the small cottage kit from Smart Models. I used the black and blue window frames. For the roof I also used a slate roof texture from Smart Models.
    Doors, the net curtains and some of the curtains I created myself using pictures from internet. The were made to size and sometimes I altered the colour a little bit.
    Chimney pot are from Dart Castings and Smart Models.

    The coursed rubble is scribed using an embossing pen. There is a light weathering on some parts.
    The roof is more weathered. I toned down the whole roof with a neutral grey pastel from Schminke.
    And I weathered the roof further with a chromium oxide green (Schminke) and a yellow ochre (Rembrandt). For the weathering of the chimneys I uses a dark neutral grey, looks more brown (Schminke)
     
    The cottages will be used in a small diorama based on a short story from Agatha Christie.. I will publish this when finished.
     

  20. 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
  21. Job's Modelling
    Today I got an email from Ghost Signs. I follow his website, Facebook page and blog for a while now. Some time ago he asked for some modelled signs and I send him some picture of Nice Street. He asked me to write something about it. Now he wrote an article about Nice Street featuring some ghost and shop signs I used. I’m very pleased with the way he wrote about my modelling.
     
    Never thought my modelling would be published outside the RMweb.
    You can find the article here:
    http://www.ghostsigns.co.uk/2018/06/the-dioramas-of-northall-by-job-weessies.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ghostsigns+%28Ghostsigns%29

    Kind regards,
    Job
  22. Job's Modelling
    For most of my life I did not think of myself as creative at all. Although I liked to draw when I was younger.
     
    What I learned is that creativity isn’t something that you have or don’t have. It is something that you can nurture and develop. Most importantly, creativity can be a practice.
     
    Here are the steps that I began using, and find I’m using every day, not only in my modelling work:
     

    1. I believe in my creativity. This is the first step and probably the most important. Just begin noticing and recognizing your own creativity.  

    This is one of my card models for Bridge Street.
     

    2. Pay attention to details – By entering into the practice of creativity, I started to notice more of the details of everyday life. By paying more attention to details, I try to create better models. For historical scenes I search for pictures of daily live scenes and read about the time I like to model. Use internet to find information.  

    1959 – shopping in a Record shop
     
    If looking at a picture you can ask yourself questions.
    What do people wear? Is there color information to find about the clothing? How does the record shop designed?
     
    3. Ask dumb questions. If you see some nice modelling ask how the result is achieved. How many of us are armchair modellers because they see excellent layouts and models on shows and say to them self: ‘I can’t do that .‘ By asking another door to start with modelling can go open. Just remember: there are no dumb questions.
     

    I asked my questions to Peter Gently. The above picture is from one of his excellent models.
     
    4. Practice . Just start modelling. Learn from your faults. Show your results. Get positive critics from other modellers. In this way your modelling will be better and better. And better doesn’t mean the level of modelling of other top modellers you admire. But receiving the best level you can reach at that moment. Your next model can be even better.
     

    My Launderette on Nice Street.
     
    I like to thank everyone for the replies I got on my (blog) entries in 2013. Helped me to stay encouraged and to become a better modeler.
     
    Being more creative is a practice, a habit, and a process. A good way to begin is to notice how creative others are. Just see what other people make. Not only with railway modelling, but also by making good pictures, and look how other modelling disciplines create nice things. Creativity is easy – just let yourself be more childlike, curious, open, and start by exploring any of the above practices.
     
    Next couple of months I will have less time for modelling. I have to follow a Mindfulness course. And just before Christmas my mother in law passed away in the age of 91. So there will be no weekly entry for the coming period.
     

    The start of Northall Dock
     

    Northall Dock at this moment.
     
    Happy and creative modelling in 2014.
     
    Regards,
     
    Job
  23. Job's Modelling
    I have to say goodbye to Station Road. I loved building it, especially the interiors of the Arch Record shop and the Walden Book Shop. I have made picture of all my building project, so I can have look at Station Road on my desktop.
     
    Also, Caroline Street has to go. Will keep the elements I can use again in the future.

     
    I don’t have the place to keep all my diorama’s. Some of them have found a new house. Some of them were made for someone special. Some of them have already gone. I don’t mind. It is not only the result that counts for me. The process of starting with an idea, researching and building it are more important for me.
     
    A new project is waiting, and I have already done a lot of research. I still have to order some items. Them the process of building a new project can start.
     
    For Station Road I made a small presentation. The assignment from my Daily Craft book was: “take a photo at the same time at the same place every day for a week.”
    I translate the assignments, when possible, to my modelling. In the pdf my Power Point presentation of a week on Station Road.
     
    Station Road.pdf
     
    I hope you like it.
     
    Job
  24. Job's Modelling

    Grimble & Son Ltd

    By Job's Modelling,

    First some background information obtained from Edward Grimble :
     
    “The company Grimble & Son Ltd is started in 1886 by John Grimble.
    He was mentioned as a carpenter in the St. James, Northall, Parish register.
    John Grimble started the company at his address at Orchard Road, where he had a workplace and did carpenters work for the local community. These works could vary from trimming a cart up to making a shed. His company grow out to a building contractors and merchants firm. He opened a warehouse at Anchor Street (now Dock Road) in 1897.
    Charles Grimble and his brother Frederick took over the firm in 1927. In 1955 his brother Frederick is leaving the firm. Charles son Edward is joining the firm and the firm’s name is from that time on: Grimble & Son Ltd.
    In 1959 they decided to build a new warehouse to have better access with road goods vehicles. The warehouse at Dock Road is now still in use for storage but will be closed when the new warehouse is totally finished.
    The company is at present involved by the renovation of Northall’s second war damage.”
     
    Model:
    The building is built in my useable way. Using a picture as a reference and searching for textures on the internet. Creating the textures in Publisher, save them as PDF and printing on the highest quality.
    Brickwork is from Scalescenes.
     

    The warehouse needs absolute some weathering and a roof. I’m considering some metal roofing.
     
    Now I have finished all the fronts and having received my missing figure from Dart Casting I can start finishing the interior of the warehouse. I also can go on with finishing the road in front of the warehouses.
    Regards,
    Job
  25. 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
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