Job's Modelling

Thanks, Mikkel, When the diorama is placed in the APA-box you have another viewing angle. But it is always possible to take it out to make pictures from different positions.

Pavement and road are in place. So I can start with the factory. I started with the wall at the end of the diorama and the factory chimney. The wall is build straight forward using TX24 Dark Brown Brick and the coping from RO11 Arched Bridge from Scalescenes. The wall is weathered after building using in the Schminke pastels mentioned in the previous entry. To give you an impression I made a picture with the finished wall on a piece of clean printing on Fine Art paper. Then I started with a TX24 chimney. Before I started I had a look at several picture of chimney’s on the internet. I liked that metal bindings along some of the chimney’s I saw. I decided not to use card for modelling them, but to use a black pastel pencil. I “colored” the bindings on the chimney before gluing the texture on the template build chimney. With a cotton bud I worked the pastel on the chimney. Then I glued the texture om the template. I did this step by step, side by side. The used template was too large and after drying for 24 hours I cut the glued part at size. After I the chimney was finished it got a light pastel weathering. Here are some pictures of the wall and chimney glued in place on the diorama. The chimney looks too high on one of the pictures. It has the same height of the diorama. When everything is finished it isn’t possible to have the low street view. I will do some additional weathering at the edge of the wall and the pavement as the factory is finished. If anyone has useful information, comments or suggestions please let me know. Kind regards, Job

I agree completely with Mike and the Station master. The overall view is very convincing. Job

Hello Mikkel, The color is in real almost like the last picture. But you are missing here some detail of the embossed setts. By using Fine Art photo paper the color are darker, I prefer deeper here, This will surprise me sometimes, I sure of that, when I'm starting with the structures. The size of the pavement is not that easy to answer. I found this about Yorkstone pavement on the internet: "There are variable lengths of 900mm, 750mm, 600mm, 450mm and 300mm and a standard width of 600mm. Choice of nominal thickness: 50mm and 75mm In streets with narrow footways or with vehicle overrun problems, 400 x 200 x 75 slabs to be used. from Standard Footway Materials - Streetbook 2005 - Borough of Islington The slabs of Scalescenes are about 4 mm width and 11 mm long. Hope this answer is useful.

Pavement and road are in place. But although the printed version is very good, I prefer to give it a personal touch. Another problem I had to solve was my way of weathering. When I started using my pastel pencil I noticed some scratching on the surface of printed pavement. So I re-read an article about colouring black and white photographs. In this article the recommended the use of soft pastels. I decided to give that a try. In an art shop I asked some advice and I went home with a small range of Schmincke soft pastels, fitting to my color palette for Caroline Street. Schimcke has all pastel colors in 5 different shades from dark to light. These pastels are very, very soft indeed. So applying it directly to my textures didn’t work out. Then I used some fine sanding paper to get some pastel powder. Almost like pigment. With a very fine synthetic brush I applied a small amount of pastel on the texture and with a cotton but I worked it on the surface. This looked very promising, so I decided to go on with this method. For the pavement I used Neutral Grey M and for the sides of the kerbing Neutral Grey D. Both colors I also for weathering some parts of the road. For the kerbings I used mixture of Grey violet O, Neutral Grey D and some Silver. I used Sepia Brown O for a start and for some parts Vandyke brown O for the road. The yard is weathered with the same colors, but I used more layers of Vandyke brown O there. On the textured Fine Art Photo paper it is possible to use also pastel pencils. I used the pencils also to color edges before gluing. If anyone has useful information, comments or suggestions please let me know. Kind regards, Job

The best option would be to buy a professional printer from the Canon Pro Range. But for me the printer must be multi-functional in our household. See after reading some reviews I think I will go for a http://www.canon.co.uk/Printers/Inkjet/PIXMA/PIXMA_MG7550/ This printer is also able to print Fine Art Inkjet papers.. I have just bought some new cartridges for my HP printer and I will buy an other printer as the new cartridges are empty.

Adding these "small" things to the loco it makes the loco more interesting on your layout.

Yes, they have a large range of papers. But to use them you need a printer that is able to print the ticker Fine Art Inkjet Papers. I have decided also to look for a printer that is able to print these papers. Thanks for the complement for my embossing.

No not a new diorama, but all about paper. This time I’m working with Fine Art Inkjet Paper from Hahnemühle. I received kindky from them some sheet to try out and there my first problem started. Both papers were 310 gsm and my HP printer had problem to print them. But with a little help from my (friends) hands I managed the printing of this papers. And I love the result. For my background sky I used William Turner 310 gms paper / 100% cotton. In my opion this couldn’t be a better choice. For the road I used German Etching 310 gms paper / 100% cellulose. This paper give already a nice structure to the road. But because my printer had some problem with this kind of thickness I decided to buy some thinner papers: A smooth one: Photo Rag 188 gms / 100% cotton and A textured one: William Turner 190 gms / 100% cotton. This one I will use for my buildings. For the pavement I did choice the smooth Photo Rag paper. When working with it I noticed it was had a vulnerable top coating. I had to be very careful cutting and gluing this paper. But I liked the deep of the colors of the pavement After I had finished the pavement and the road I created some more deepness by using a embossing pen. This was a delicate process, but I completed both with success. I didn’t glue the pavement on the road. As you can see I work from free hand. This ask for some patience and you cannot do all in one time. After embossing it was time to give the pavement and the road their final appearance. More about that in my next entry. If anyone has useful information, comments or suggestions please let me know. Kind regards, Job

I'm looking forward to the final result.

I don't think you need a bigger layout. Just have a look at working with wagon cards. Your goods train has a maximum size and using the cards the composition of your train looks different every time. Have for instance a look here: http://www.fremo-net.eu/320.html?&L=6

This is again a wonderful wagon. Like to see your wagon park growing this way. Looking forward to your next one.

Hi Mikkel, Yes, the new kit from Scalescenes is very good in my opinion. Some nice lettering as in the picture and there is also an other one. But there is also a very nice collection of large doors in different colors. I used them to create the small door in the factory and the yard gate. And I just used a brick sheet and two of the "concrete" lines. The factory in the final design will look totally different, with much more detail. The cottages will have also some more detail. I will try to give them a late Victorian look.

After I finished my first basic design, I wanted to answer the next two questions - what balanced color choice could be used ? - what is the right choice of textures ? I will start with the answer on the second question. I bought and tried out several textures from Model Railway Scenery, Clever Models and Scalescenes. I have laid several type of pavement and tried several brick options. Although all mentioned suppliers have excellent textures, I came to the conclusion that for my way of working the textures of Scalescenes are the most useful. So I had to look in his range to see what was the best choice for this diorama. I found a nice color scheme on the Internet that I used as a reference for the choice of the textured. I used Publisher to create a basic try out on the computer. The result you can see below. Not all textures were available to try out this way and maybe I will use other sets. The next step was to print out the textures. I used the lowest setting for my printer and also used some left overs. Then I started to apply the textures on some the buildings. The factory I designed again after the release of the low factory from Scalescenes. I will use it in a slight modified way for my factory. I also made with the use of the low relief High Street kit a building behind the cottages. Many thanks Mikkel for your comment on the open sky behind the cottages. And I followed Mike’s advice to keep the sky in same as on Station Road. In the pictures below you can see my colored try out. I didn't apply textures on all the elements and also didn’t correct some things I have to build different when I’m building the diorama. Also I accepted that not everything was perfect. If anyone has useful information, comments or suggestions please let me know. And of course I wish everyone a Happy Christmas and a good and healthy 2015. Kind regards, Job

I received this one from a blog entry I follow: http://www.kingswaymodels.com/Rovers%20Return%20download%202014.pdf Happy modeling during the Christmas season. Best wishes, Job Weessies

You have build a lovely looking house.

Thanks, Mike. After Mikkel's comment I have placed a building in the corner behind the row of houses. When I have finished my colored try-out I would appreciate your comment.

Lovely work. I like the way we can play with all aspects of "railway" modelling.

Thanks for the comment. I have found some background skies on internet and will try them out when I'm building my first colour version of Caroline Street. In a black and white version you can see the effect of the colours in a final setting, as I noticed when I was building the shop under the arches.

Thanks, Paul. Let's hope it will work out the way I want to.

I started with the design of Caroline Street when I finished Station Road. I had made my wish list for this one before I started with the first drawings: - a row of Victorian 2up 2down cottages - a factory - a just a few people ( I had the idea of just one) - a balanced colour choice - the right choice of textures The first attempts did go to the recycle bin. I tried to add some track into the diorama, but that didn’t work out. So you have to imagine that the goods line is in front of the diorama going along the factory. Finally I came op to this one: Build with black and white texture. After some try outs I decided to use Scalescenes textures again, because they suit my way of working. The main scene is a somewhat older porter working at the Northall Goods Yard, enjoying his Sunday rest, talking to a neighbour girl. The scene is placed in the late 1950’s again. In the picture below you can see the working points for the final design. To be sure the it will all work out I will build a test diorama with the colours I want to use for the final result. My black and white textures are printed on a laser printer and I noticed by building Station Road that there is a small difference in scale when I printed the colour sheets on my inkjet printer. The colour try out version is also to see how many and what pages I have to print. This because I will use some other paper this time for the parts that will be in sight. This paper is more expensive, so I will be sure that I don’t print pages that are not used. If anyone has useful information, comments or suggestions please let my know. Kind regards, Job

Just build your own museum company. Every thing is possible then.

That first picture is beautiful.

Lovely pictures of a nice layout. Especially the picture of the canal and the small factory is impressive.

I'm always been a great fan of goods wagons. Nice to see some goods trains on your layout.