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  1. Job's Modelling

    Vicarage - Styles St. Mary

    By Job's Modelling,


    Northall
    I started a vicarage building using a kit from Scalescenes but I was not content with my choice. After some further research on the internet I found a floor plan of a vicarage building, dated 1928. I decided to use this plan as the start for my vicarage. Scratch building is totally new for my, so I have to see if I can manage the building of the vicarage. I also decided to give the building an interior. 
     

     
    The ground floor I created in a more traditional Victorian way using planks and rugs. Kitchen, scullery and larder with red quarry tiles and the hall with encaustic tiles. The pantry rooms with a simple brown tiles.
    I started with internal wall. On one side of the wall is the entrance door to the study and the entrance door to the drawing room. Wall paper of the study is a texture from internet.
    Next step was the wall between the study and the drawing room.
    In a description for the study the following items were mentioned: (family) paintings. cast Iron grate, book case. Other items mentioned are a large hardwood desk with a leather top with matching chair. Also twin leather chairs at either side of the fireplace with a small table by the side on which to put drinks or in my case a newspaper.
     
    For the club chairs I used the 1:48 kit from Petite Properties that I scaled down. The chairs got several layers of red leather paint. I also made a side table. This is made from some scrap material Petite Properties. The side table is painted with a brown paint from the Citadel range. On the side table is a newspaper. This comes from a kit from Scalescenes. The vicar is a repainted Preiser figure.
    I made the writing table and the chair using a kit from Fine Scale Building. The furniture is build
    from thin drawing paper. Although I accept the result for now I have to practice this kind of small modelling. I have not made frequently furniture in 1/76 from card and paper. But putting furniture in all rooms gives me a good opportunity to practice. I think I have to search for the right kind of card.
     
     

     
    The third wall has an iron-cast fireplace with mantle-piece mirror and two bookcases at both sides of the chimney. Texture are from the internet. I designed the bookcase kit myself using the Scalescenes method.
     

     
    The study is finished for now.
     
    Next job is the drawing room.
     
    Suggestions and comments are welcome.
     
    Thanks for reading and keep safe.
     
    Greetings,
    Job
     
     
     
  2. Job's Modelling
    Due personal reasons and some other modelling interest there is been some silence from around my modelling projects.
    I still have to paint some cars, but that have to wait.
    In a box I had a lot of OO gauge cars waiting for a project were one of them could be used. Some months ago, I found two cheap showcases. The cars moved from the box to the showcases. Now I noticed I had just bought cars from which I thought they could be useful. But I like to use them in my favourite way as historical elements in a diorama. I bought a small book called “Cars we loved in the 1950’s” from Giles Chapman. This book is my guide to build up a collection of 1950’s cars. For every car I did some background research. Very useful, because I discovered for instance that an Oxford model of a Morris Minor 1000 was to date in the early 1960’s due his colour. I also made cards for my models with the name of the car and the date of production, with a black and white advert of the car. Some adverts are Dutch. For instance, the BOVAG advert .
     

     
    I also started with a new building project. This time a small diorama with the pub from Petite Properties. A friend of me, a picture frame maker, helped me with the design of the base. The base is to be finished, when the pub is finished.
     

     
    I will build the pub using textures from Scalescenes, Internet and self-made textures.
    Progress is going slow, so you will have to wait a while before you can see the finished diorama.
    But for me the process of my modelling activities is just as important as the result.
     

     
    I want to thank everyone who is reading my blog. I appreciate the comments and support I have received this year.
     
    I want to wish all of you a good Christmas Holliday and a healthy New Year.
     
    Greetings,
    Job
     
     
  3. Job's Modelling
    This is my first kit from Kingsway Models. Signs are kindly made for me when I ordered the showroom.
     
    If you follow the instructions the kit is easy to build. I missed one essential instruction and had to do the front a little bit different. I made new textures for the front of the showroom. I scanned the original Austin and CarMart sign from Kingsway and used them to put them into my front textures.
     

     
    I was not happy with the roof textures of the original kit. For the garage roof I used a texture from Scalescenes. Kingsway does not supply roof flashing wit the kit. I don’t like to see the folds in the roof.
     
    Kingsway also supplies a complete roof for the showroom. I made just a part of the roof using a texture from Clever Models. I did this because my diorama will be placed in an IKEA APA box with indirect lighting. And the main purpose to build this diorama to create a diorama showing a collection of my Austin cars.
     

     
    At the right side of the showroom I created a yard with some petrol pumps and three second-hand Austin’s. These cars are already painted. The yard textures are from Scalescenes with weathered with grey pastel mixture. Petrol pump are from Kingsway Models.
     
    I still have to paint the cars for the showroom. But at this moment I have to finish some other projects first. The bird’s eye picture gives you an impression of the total diorama.
     

     
    Next update from this project will be when I have finished the painting of my showroom models.
     
    As always comments and suggestion are welcome.
    Greetings,
    Job
  4. Job's Modelling
    For my birthday a got some modelling books. One of them was:
     

     
    I also will try to follow a book called “your Flow keep calm daily craft book.” In this book is a daily papercraft task you can do. I will translate this daily tasks in a way that suits my best. The task for one of these days was make a paper flower using a newspaper or a magazine.
    I translated this to try to make a road pavement try-out with weeds using paper textures.
    From page 88 on there is a chapter about paving. I have adopted a picture from this page for my try-out.
    I used the following textures:
    Kerbs – Smart Modelling GR14 Flagstone pavement
    Pavement – Smart Models GR15 Grey Tarmac
    Sewer – Model Railway Scenery Manholes, drains etc
    Cobblestones – Model Railway Scenery TX26
    Road Tarmac – Scalescenes TO34
     
    Most of them where just parts that where over from other projects. They where printed on high quality matt photopaper.
     
    I finished this very small try-out (4,8 x 4cm) adding some weeds. I used the following materials:
    Heki leaves 1561 – mid-green
    Mini-Natur moss pads late fall
     
    I also used some pigments from Vallejo to give it a used look.
     

     
    Hope you like the result of this little project.
     
  5. Job's Modelling
    In the past I have to do my built diorama’s away. Nothing bad about that, but my wife likes my diorama modelling. Yes, I’m a lucky guy with that.
    But now I had to find another way for creating diorama’s that could be placed in the living room.
    On a Facebook group I saw someone who exhibited his Petite Property models in a showcase. In the latest numbers of the BRM magazine there is an article about building a layout in a Billy shelf.
    My wife liked that idea. So, my next IKEA challenge will be to build a diorama on a Billy shelf. This diorama will be dedicated to her. The diorama will be a farm scene with Hereford cows and other animals. I love those Pendon farm side scenes, but I have to do something different here.

    Left scene

    Middle scene

    Right scene
     
    But my knowledge about this subject is limited. So, I need your advice.
    I will start with the left part: a farm situated on a country lane between two places.
    The cars on the picture I will not used. In front af the farm there will be a Rover P4 75, another white metal kit from the John Day range. The other cars are a Jowell Bradford van on the road and a Austin A70 pick up for a milk delivery scene.
    The vegetable garden will become a garden with an apple tree, flowers and some vegetables. 
    The farm will be card build using the farm from Scalescenes in aged brown brick.
     
    First of all, can anyone give me some advice about modelling an early 1950’s country lane?
     
    And of course, all information about this subject is welcome.
     
    Greetings,
    Job
  6. Job's Modelling
    I have finished the roof. I have used a roof texture from Scalescenes printed on 100 gsm Rice paper from Hahnemühle.
    You can still see on the picture some white lines. I have already coloured them in with a dark grey pastel. Weathering is done using a dark slate pigment from Vallejo.


    Northall has 'real living' persons. Here is the story behind the diorama:



    "Margaret Gates is looking through the window of the pet shop. She wanted to buy some Spratt biscuits for her dog, but th

    e lovely rabbits took her attention.

    Margaret lives in Caroline Street not far from the shops on Station Road."


     
     
     
    I have added a picture from her with her dog Ponto talking to her neighbour Mr. Page.
     

     
    Although the buildings are now finished I still must finish the diorama. I want to put a van in the street, that could be used by the owner of the pet shop. Most cars I buy are to glossy to use them straight from the box.
    Comments and suggestions are welcome.
    ​Kind regards,
    Job
  7. Job's Modelling

    Arch Records

    By Job's Modelling,

    The Record shop has a limited interior.
    But let’s start with an interview from the Northall Gazette from 24 July 1959.
     

     
    And if you like you can listen to the Quarrymen here. Just as a tribute to John Lennon who was born on 9 October 1940.
     

     
    After a lot of thoughts I decided to create a tribute to one of the great rock and roll artist of that time. I used original movie posters and record covers from Elvis Presley to create my shop window.
    With Publisher I created the basic elements for the shop window display. I printed them an artist photo paper.
    This shop window is also a part of the story I try to tell in this scene.
     
    For the interior I used a counter from Clever Models. On top of it is a gramophone player from His master’s Voice.
     
    I also did some additional work to the front of the shop front. Adding an awning above the shop sign and some gliders along the edge of the brick and the shop. Above the awing a burglar alarm, resized from an picture from internet.
     
    I hope this has improved the total appearance.
     

     

     
     
     
    Next step is the small wall at the right of the scene.
     
    Advices and comments are much appreciated.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. Job's Modelling
    The last building
    The last shop is also closed. It’s an ironmongers shop, called A. Leach & Co. Ironmongers limited
     

     
    Different appearance
    The shop sign is created by myself using Publisher. One of the advantages for me is that I can save my Publisher creation as a jpeg file.
    The shop is made with different textures from different kits and texture sheets from Scalescenes.
    The give the diorama a lot look at I gave it a totally different appearance with a lot of details.
     
    Modelling the shop
    The colour scheme I use was the reference for the choice of my textures.
    Windows are made in the same way as for the second building. I used the glazing with grime texture sheet from Scalescenes to put behind the windows.
     
    Finishing
    I still have to do some finishing work. I want to place some sky at the side and in the back of the building. There are also some small parts that need attention.
     
    Scene
    The diorama is made to show a delivery scene. The delivery scene will be part of my story, by using the photographs I make from the scene. I have some thoughts how to do this but I must work this out first.
    I also want to use it as presentation diorama for one of my 1950’s cars. The British Railways mechanical horse will also be used in my other story-telling diorama’s
     

    The whole building &
     

     
    the shop fronts
    Any suggestion or comments are welcome.
     
    Regards,
     
    Job
  11. Job's Modelling
    How to find back my information.
    Since I started building Northall diorama’s I collected a lot of information. But one way or another I wasn’t always able to find it back as soon as I wished. I hadn’t built up a system for collecting my information. Searching again takes sometimes away time for modelling. Last week I came upon a website created by another Dutch man. He has an interesting website about a fictive land somewhere in an ocean.
    See his website here: http://www.spocania.com/archief/menu-e.htm
     
    What triggered my was his alphabetical index. Today I bought a new folder to collect my Northall information on paper and creating an index folder on my desktop. I will also use an alphabetical index.
    An example you can see below.
     
    Names
    The other thing I was not sure of were the surnames I used for my diorama’s. I now know that not all names were common in all parts of the UK. The same counts for Holland. My surname is a typical name you will find frequently in a part of the province Groningen and not in other parts of the Netherlands.
     
    Then I found the following for my usable website:
    http://www.1911census.co.uk/
     
    You can select a county or a place and fill in a surname. In this way I could see if the name that you had chosen was known in that place.
    This means that I have to go through my Northall Gazette’s and my story to change names that are, in my opinion, are not suitable.
     
    Progress
    Progress on the row of Victorian cottages goes slowly. Personal circumstances are responsible for this. So you have to be a little bit patient to see A wow of Victorian Cottages - part two.
     
    As you know I like to create a history for the firms in Northall. You can read the history of Robert Oxford and Sons Limited below.
     

  12. Job's Modelling
    The starting point.
     
    RESEARCH. I found some interesting information about cottages build around 1900. One of the things I have never released that from the same type of cottages several sub-types were build. To get something different then the standard card kit model size I used the Scalescenes small terraced cottages as my starting point.
     
    The information told me the following: there were 12 three-room; 548 four-room; 967 five-room and 116 six-room cottages build.
    A drawing of a three-room building was available for use with measurements. The Scalescenes cottage is 6 cm wide. The cottage in the drawing 14’6”, what is in 4 mm scale 5,8 cm. That is the size that is used for the Scalescenes small cottage kit.
     

     
    I could see what type of windows were used. I had to make a small changes to make it look like the drawing I have. Also the chimneys have a different appearance. I will try to create that too. The other difference will not be visible in the diorama.The cottage I’m creating is a almost square cottage with three small bedrooms on the first floor, and not one with an extension at the back side for the third bed room.
     
    On another drawing I saw some possibilities to create a more detailed brickwork front. Maybe I will give that also I try.
     
    Below the starting point of my design with the cottages from Scalescenes.
     

     
    In the picture below my design my Northall cottages. The upper windows got a other size. This is made with just normal prints of my brick texture on a laser printer. As you can see I changed the color from dark red to yellow. That is the result of the test printing of the brick textures on the Fine Art photo paper.
    Some explanation about printing colors on the building:
    The cream brick wall behind the cottage wall is printed on 190 gr. Fine Art textured paper on the best printing settings of my printer. This color will by used for the final building
    The cream color on the cottage is just plain 80 gr. printing paper / laser jet
    The light green door at the left is printed on 190 gr Fine Art smooth paper on the normal printing settings of my printer.
    The dark green door is printed on 190 gr Fine Art smooth paper on the best printing settings of my printer
    The other doors are printed on 80 gr printing paper / laser jet.
     
    I think there are a lot more possibilities using different papers and printing settings.
     

     
    Any additional information about Victorian cottages is welcome.
    Or if anyone has useful information, comments or suggestions please let me know.
     
    Kind regards,
    Job
     
     

  13. Job's Modelling
    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
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. Job's Modelling
    Progress on the arches is going slowly. But I make progress.
    There were some other things I had to do for Station Road.
    For instance the movie poster on the side wall of the yard.
    By accident I came along this ODEON board
     

     
    This one is more 1940’s than the end of the 1950’s.
    So I started for a search for correct time based movie posters.
    I selected the following:
     

     
    With Publisher I created my own 1959 ODEON announcement board.
     

     
    Then I saved it as a picture and re-sized the picture in Word using the height of the stones as a reference.
    Now I can use the board by cutting it out. Then glue it on thin card colouring the edges grey.
     
     
    I’m also working on my Northall story.
    I have changed a lot of street names. And did number them by street.
     

     
    The yellow dots are meant as a guideline for me to create my story.
    The dark blue dots are diorama’s already built or under construction.
    The light blue are diorama’s that I hope to build in the future.
     
    This is not the final version of the map. I have to change some points in the map writing the story.
     
    As always: information and comments are much appreciated.
     
    Next time I hope to publish the finished arches.
     
    Kind regards,
    Job
  17. 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
  18. Job's Modelling

    The final box

    By Job's Modelling,

    After building the 3D sketch the final diorama box had to be build. I use for that a MDF “baseboard.” A friend of us cut baseboards for the coming time. Don’t be afraid you will see only this kind of diorama’s in the future. My granddaughter (6 years old now) asked me to build a railway on which a loco could run. So somewhere in the future I have to build a diorama in an APA box in which a train can shuffle around.
     

    I bought her in the past a Toby from Hornby. This loco is the reflection of my interest for the Wisbech and Upwell Tramway.
     
    I made a view adjustments for the final box. The sides have a small angle towards the back. I hope this will create some more depth into the diorama. I also created some supports for the road already.
     
    For the sides I used a Scalescenes sky. This was published in his blog about his own model railway.
    For printing I used this time Digital Fine Art Paper for Photography and Art from Innova. Their FibaPrint White Matt is a good choice for me. It gave a great print.
     

     

     
    I made the black and white structures fitting in the final box. In this way it is possible to avoid mistakes during constructing the final pieces.
     

     
    Because I want to try a little different way for constructing the Scalescenes building my next entry can be a little later than you are used from me.
    I like to follow some advices I got.
     
    I hope it is worth waiting for.
     
     
    Regards,
    Job
  19. Job's Modelling

    L shape design

    By Job's Modelling,

    I have created the solution of the L-shape design I described in one of my earlier entries.
     
    The yellow ware house has disappeared. I build a new warehouse for the builders merchant. It’s a pity, because I still like the yellow building. For those who didn't read my motivation I described in an answer on a reply of Mikkel:
     
    “Let’s have a look at the colors:
    grey - roofs, road and sky
    dark brown - the building behind the cottage and the building with the Morse ghost sign
    "red/yellow" - the warehouse and the roof of the cottage ( I think they respond to each other)
    yellow - the builders merchants warehouse
    "white" - the cottage ( but that has a beautiful red/yellow roof ); and is Mikkel and mine’s favourite building.
     
    The only separate building in color is the yellow one.
     

     
    I decided to use the same texture from Scalescenes I used for the warehouse behind the cottage.
     
    First I made a new design using a picture I found somewhere on the internet.
     

     
    Then I searched for a door and windows keeping in mind that the building is meanly used in the diorama as a background model. I did some testing with several colours and found thes the most useful.
     

     
    I finished the building with a slated roof. I used again the same texture as for the warehouse behind the cottage. The texture of the slated roof is made by using a texture from CGtextures.
     

     
    The final questions are:
     


    - Is the L-shape I had in mind working for the diorama?
    - Did I manage to create a more balanced diorama?
    - Do less colors create a diorama where the focus is on the scene you want to create?  
    It is up to you to give answer to these questions. To help you I will give you the final picture of the buildings. Now I have to concentrate me on the road to finish the diorama.
     

     
    Regards,
    Job
  20. Job's Modelling

    Placing details

    By Job's Modelling,

    I’m still busy with creating the solution of the L-shape design I described in my last entry.
     
    An other point of concern I mentioned in an early blog post. This has to do with the rule of thirds I use for the design of my diorama’s.
     

     
    The white circles are all filled in, with the right amount of details:
     
    Top left: the inside of the warehouse
    Below left: the visible unloading scene
    Top right: The name sign and the view to the alley
    Below right: the wooden pile at the corner of the dock.
     
    This part has a red circle because for me it isn’t filled in enough. On this place I liked to put some further details.
     
    I made use of the viewing line from the pile to the alley.
     

     
    After some try outs I found a convincing solution I believe. It also creates a nice little scene within the diorama.
     
    I placed a black alley cat half hidden under the door, that’s standing in front of the cottage.
     

     
    A somewhat older guy is placed in the viewing line toward to Canal Alley behind the wooden pile. This is Jim Belburry, who is walking with his dog Honey along the canal on his way to The Anchor, the local pub for a nice pint of ale.
     

     
    I hope you like the mini scene I created to fill in the red circle.
     
    You also can see I have given the warehouse behind the cottage some more height. Compare it with the first picture in this entry. I’m working on a new builders merchants warehouse. More about that in my next entry.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. Job's Modelling
    I started with the road along the warehouses. Progress is going slowly. After every step I had to wait for 24 for hours before I could do the next step:
    1. glued track on the baseboard
    2. spray painted the track with a primer
    3. painted the track with Humbrol acrylic rust paint
    4. painted the track with Tamiya gun metal
     

    road modeling progress
     
    Then I looked how I could to make the card road. I noticed that it take more time than I thought. Progress will go slowly:
     
     

    - Fitting the card
    - Fitting possible details
    - Embossing the road setts
    - Weathering the road  
    I also did some research to see how the road along the warehouses could be modeled. Found some excellent pictures from Wharf warehouses in London.
    I like to create as much as possible essential details in the diorama, because the details make it worth looking around. Looking at the pictures I noticed I had to do some further research on street furniture ( objects and signs). I have added two pictures to give you an impression of what I mean:
     

    Bankside - 1960's
     

    Warehouses in Clink Street - 1978
     
    Regards,
    Job
  25. Job's Modelling
    For the roads along the dock basin I use a granite road texture I found some time ago here http://www.btcomm.com/trains/resource/brick_n_stone/hocking_valley_pavers_med.jpgI had to resize it a little bit using the sett texture from Scalescenes as a reference.
     
    I had to build the road op with two layers of 2 mm card to get it even with the dock edge.
     
    On the picture you can see the starting point of the road.
     

    road modeling in progress
     
    With the embossing pen I scratched in every stone individually. I also tried to give the road surface a more uneven appearance pusshing a thicker embossing pen on some stones. Then I used a black color pencil to give the road some more texture.
    Later on I stopped using the color pencil and used Carbon Black pigment, which I dry brushed on the textures surface and rubbed in with a soft paper handkerchief.
     
    After varnishing the surface with a light coat I started weathering the surface with a few other pigments to get the final result. After I glued the road in place I gave it a final weathering, with my favorite mixture getting the dock edge and road together.
     
    I like the way you can work with pigments on a card surface.
    Two pictures of the final result. I hope you like them.
     
     

    dock basin, dock edge and road
     

    finished road
     
    Now I can start laying the track and the road before the warehouses.
    Regards,
    Job
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