Job's Modelling

Although the dodgy spelling Pheobe still a goddess as an industrial loco. Like them both.

Hi Mikkel, The advantage of the APA-box in this case is that I can use a bottom line and a top line to adjust the background. Believe this is the most important for creating a flat fabric background. If I use a little more fabric I have enough space to get it flat. Discussed with my wife the following option: take a white fabric and color it with some textile paint to create the color you want. She thought this must be possible. Maybe I will try this out in the future. Job

Thanks Paul. Hope that a fabric background can solve your background problems. Thanks, Mike Yes I'm a Dutch world citizen and on secondary school my foreign languages were far below level. So,no problem with the correction. Learned something today. Corrected the text. Agree with you that Led lights are very useful. I find lighting a APA-box really a challenge. Especially because I have a totally closed box when the diorama is finished, and I have to use lights I can install without soldering. Job

Lovely pictures. Like the figures. Where are they from ?

This kind of modeling is for me like the salt in the soup. Gives a layout just that every day look

I had to find a solution for my the lighting and background of my APA-box diorama. Due my multiple chemical sensitivity I’m not able to do any soldering. So I have to search for other possibilities. I find this one of the most difficult jobs for my diorama’s. I use a led strips from IKEA with the following description: light temperature 2700 K / 30 lumen. This is enough for a APA-box. I have used them also for Nice Street (Urban Scene). This time the led strip is adjusted at the front of the box. Using some aluminium foil and transparent paper I created a diffused lightning. If have made additional strip of wood in front of the strip I think I can improve the lighting by using aluminium foil at the underside of the lid. I like to create some light inside my warehouse. Luckily Christmas is coming and I saw some small led strips on battery I maybe can use. I will buy some and try this out when I’m building the final warehouse. May also try to use a led strip from my Ikea lightning. The result of my lighting efforts I will publish in a later entry. First of all the choice of a background is I believe is personal and will depend on your personal preference. I have seen a lot of beautiful backgrounds in the RMweb. For the background I used two options in the past: A photographic background from Scalescenes – Bridge Street Painting the inside of the APA-box – Nice Street (Urban Scene) When I put the painted background in Diorama forum on the RM-web one of the replies pointed at the visible corners. I saw the same with I glued background in another APA micro layout. Then I remembered that someone used a background made of fabric. Because I like an one colour background I decided to try this out on Northall Dock. I used a blue-grey fitted sheet we normally use for the spare bed to create the background (advice: first consult the lady of the house). The fabric background is cut in size and fitted with two strokes of double sided tape. The fabric is just the try out. I first have to paint the APA-box. I wanted to do that this week , but I decided to wait with that until my wife is more recovered from a seriously concussion. Luckily she is improving step by step. Before I can use it as a definite background, I have to iron the fabric first. In this way I hope to capture an overcast sky. The cottage is placed were the warehouse of Roope & Voss is designed, to show the effect of the fabric background. The corner of the APA-Box is photographed. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks for reading, greetings Job

Thanks for sharing. I have to try these textures or kits out to see if they are useful for my diorama modeling.

Thanks Mike. I made a PS. I hope this helps to get a picture of the Bridge Street. You can also have a look in this entry: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/47867-northall-station/ Job

Hi Julie, Try to run a free Hitman Pro to see if your computer is infected. Job

Although I have no experience with foam-board, I think your suggestion for ply siding/top can work well.

I like the concept. Looking forward to further progress.

This is really a nice atmospheric station entrance picture.

Lovely piece of scenery.

Posted it now because I see that Christmas advertising is already started. To make your own present (calender) can save you time-consuming shopping time. Now you will have enough time to create a calender and if you like order it.

Glad you like the idea. Waiting to see a nice calendar of the Farthing Layouts. I like to write my blog and try to find an attractive way to describe the way I'm modelling. Happy new year too! I hope you keep reading my blog in the meantime.

Gives a great impression. Like the building.

Do you also have a lot of modelling pictures on your computer? What do you do with them? If they only are an back up then you can maybe use them. Mostly I buy a calendar for my office at work. This time I wanted to make the calendar a little bit more personal. Before I used the APA-box I built Bridge Street. Bridge Street doesn’t exist anymore as a layout. The only remembering are the pictures I made to follow the progress and to publish them on the RMweb for feedback. So I decided to use those picture to create a more personal calendar. The first step is take some time to browse through your digital photo archive. Make an selection for your personal calendar. I chose a theme: a walk through Bridge Street. In this way you create a calendar with not just pictures. But of course you are free to do it your way. The calendar gives an impression from the left side of the layout to the right side. In the picture below you can see my selection of pictures. And a discription of Bridge Street from the Northall Gazette by the calender pictures. It may be necessary to adjust the pictures with your photo program. I had to do that with some of my pictures. The second step is browse on internet to search a program that will help you to create your picture calendar. I used this one: http://www.calendarlabs.com/photo-calendar.php But I think there will be more. The third step is to create your calendar pages. Fourth and last step make your calendar and give it a place in your modelling workspace, home or at your office. You can also use it as a personal gift for someone else, maybe as a nice Christmas present. I’m sure you will get positive response when people see your calendar. Regards, Job PS: Bridge Street was a shelf layout with a single railway goods line in front of it. I don't have a total picture of the layout. But with these two pictures you can have an idea how it comes together.

Just two lovely wagons on a beautiful picture. Exelent work

Looking forward to your final result on the layout.

Nice job. Like the balasting of the yard.

Thanks Mikkel, For my first model I bought some rail pipes from white metal and found them over scale. Then it is a challenge to find a solution to create a something more in scale. i'm glad that you find my efforts successful.

A lovely set of black and white pictures. The last set with the local freight train is my favorite.