Job's Modelling

I like the atmosphere of this coal merchants yard.

Well done. It's almost as if you are standing in the B+W making those pictures.

With a curtain in front of the layout you won't see the boxes.

Nice step to step pictures. Looking forward to see the finished model.

Mikkel, I have to disappoint you about a extention of Northall Dock. Have already two other possible diorama's in mind. Like to show in some diorama's the railway route through Northall. I like to advice members of the Rmweb John Twaw fan club to follow the development of Northall Dock !

Good luck with your switch to P4.

Just found an episode on You Tube. That it is dated isn't a problem for catching the atmosphere. I liked John Thaw as inspector Morse. Still one of my favorite English detectives. Cheers, Job

Thanks Mark, I had to look on the Internet what you meant with The Sweeney. I think a TV detective series from the 1970's. Although I look a lot of British detectives on TV, I have not seen this one,

Nice model again. Will wait for your next update to see the painted wagon.

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

Lovely station building with a lot of atmosphere.

Always nice to have some time and place for modeling when nobody is at home.

For the chemical plant I was thinking of a glue bone and gelatin factory: GELBONE LTD. The front track and building a coal siding to the boilerhouse The second track the entrance track for factory goods: bone, lime, chemicals The third track: goods leaving the factory. (warehouse with loading bay) The building in the center: concrete office or a large water tower based building. Some factory chimney in the corner. Could give a lot of different wagons. The engine shed could be the factories shed with a fire-less steam-loco or a small industrial diesel loco. There is a lot of information to find about this kind of factory. Regards, Job

Thanks guys. Started with the road along the warehouses. I will try to keep up the same level on that one.

I have saved your layout and will give it a thought.

How about a chemical plant with a variety of wagons.

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

Yes, the warehouse is a Scalescenes building

Looking forward to see the progress of this Thomas Train garden layout.

Nice work. I love the signal box and the the total appearance of the track work.

As shown in the comments of your last entry of Farthing we need pictures as a guide for our modeling. I use them mostly as a reference, not to copy them exactly into a model.

That's just the other way around. I buy their pigments in a art shop and never visited the mill.

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

In this case I envy you. Seeing the possibilities which wagon building could give to me. But I have learned to accept the limited possibilities I can use for modeling. So with a good mood (temperature is down) I can go on with Northall Dock, and I enjoy waiting your next entry. Beautiful model and scene.