Job's Modelling

Looks great.

May I give a tip for hiding the small gaps between your Scalescenes buildings and the surface of the layout. Make a mixture of pva glue with some pigments (from a art shop) in the right color. Add it with a small brush. I like the layout.

Exelent modelling, Like the overall view of the shed and the lighting in the office.

Love that first picture were the road is disappearing into the background.

Started to build the Dock Basin,

Thanks. The embossing pens are in different grades. Will see what I can do with them by building this diorama.

After I tried out several water texture possibilities I was looking for the quay wall texture I want to use. I had bought the dock edge pdf’ s from Scalescenes in the past. This has two options a concrete one and a stone one. I found the concrete one to modern for my diorama. CGtextures.com has a lot of nice textures. They have also some useful dock textures in their collection. I tried several but tried out the concrete one: ConcreteBare0280 (Texture: #35243) I decided to try out the stone wall texture from Scalescenes and the concrete texture from CG textures. Both textures are printed on water color paper to get some more texture. Concrete wall, concrete pillar with water try out no.1: paint & varnish I found that the stone wall looked to flat after printing. So I gave it some more texture using embossing pens. These are used mostly by people that make scrap cards. The stone wall before embossing … and after embossing with water try out no.4: acrylic paste, paint & varnish and a wooden pillar. Don’t mind the gaps between the water and the quay. There are there because a glued the quay wall on the try outs. The dock edge is just a try out to see of it will work out. I will use the dock edge color as on the pictures. Both pictures are now without any weathering. On my diorama I will use the stone quay wall for the following reasons: I like the embossed texture & the colour is lighter. That is one of the rules I mostly use. Building up the diorama with (when possible) light colours in the front and darker colours to the end. Regards, Job

Lovely done. Practical information, not only for scratch building. Also for kit bashing and other scales.

Great modeling. Agree with Mikkel about the third picture.

Didn't have a good look yesterday to both pictures. Exelent result.

Looking forward to see the painted result.

Great model. Looks really great.

Mikkel, I don't know if it was a diorama on it's own. But for a special building it could be a nice idea. Using a large box with a nice back ground could give a great mini-micro diorama.

The GWR footbridge is from Peter Genttle in 3 mm to a foot. He also did also some modeling for Pendon. He had a collection of beautiful buildings at that meeting in Asperen in 2007. From him I learned a lot in one day. For instance my working place is the same as he used. You can see it on the Deep Water entry. He also learned my the use of an empty ballpoint for inscribing. Instead of the picture of a cottage I liked very much, I chose the GWR footbridge for this entry.

Thanks for the complement. I have learned a lot here and still do, reading post and blogs from excellent modelers. Hope you will enjoy the further development of modeling.

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

Thanks Mikkel. That's the problem to see it "alive" and as a picture. Please,judge again, after I have posted my entry with the choice of the canal wall. I liked to see all those different end results. Agree with you with no. 1.

The poem is my free interpretation from the first part of the poem “down in the deep water”. The original poem is to be found here: http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/down-in-the-deep-water/ This is the first time I made several try outs before I start modelling a part of my diorama. On my first water surface I just used black paint and several layers of varnish. For Northall Dock I wanted to see if other ways would give a better result. So for the dock water I tried out several methods I had read off. I started to make 5 rectangles (7,5 cm square) from Artist canvas on board from I artist supply shop. They all got a different approach. The colour I used is a mixture of Payne’s Grey and Chromium Oxide Green acryl paint. I gave them all two layers of the mixture. Two rectangles got a thin layer of Acryl modelling paste supplied with an oil paint pallet knife. Most parts got a two layer finish of glossy varnish for acryl paint. 1. Paint & varnish 2. Paint & PVA glue 3. Paint, PVA glue & varnish 4. Acrylic modeling paste, paint & varnish 5. Acrylic modeling paste, PVA glue, paint & varnish For the water on my diorama I will use the Artist canvas board as a base. I don’t have to prepare it for the Acryl based material I use. Hope the pictures show the different approaches. For the final choice I already have eliminated no. 2. Next job will be to decide what kind of quay wall texture I want to use. Will make some try outs first. Regards, Job

I had a quick look at the Rushby's Railways blog.Saw some interesting things. Thanks for sharing Good luck with the jigsaw approach. Job

Love those pictures of the Tralee and Dingle Light Railway and those beautiful handmade rolling stock.

I use my camera for two mean reasons: - to see if I don't make major mistakes ( for instance space between the ground and a building) - to share my modeling efforts to get response from other modelers. To learn and improve my modeling. Learned already a lot in both ways from the RMweb. I bought a photo tripod to make ( I hope) better pictures. Regards, Job

Excellent modeling, The 4 mm approach works excellent when you have the space, but you have to make adaptions when you have less space without loosing the character of the building. For plausible reasons I have to work with the second approach. Looking forward to see your progress. Regards, Job

The lid will on it during viewing. I will probably use the lid to attach the lighting. For the building on the right I have found a nice solution, but I will try it out first. By setting the whole scene a little bit lower, also some sky will be visible. I believe in this way it gives a better impression of a canal dock side.

Beautiful done. Like the atmosphere. Wonderful scene already. Can only be better when all those other little things are added to it. Would be nice to see also one of your favorite not GWR goods wagon for unloading on the bay. Greetings, Job