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  1. Job's Modelling
    A pictorial journey:
    To test the choice of the textures I started to build the toilet group.
     

     
    Next step is building the main building of the school.
     

     
    Then the base had to be made and the school must be glued on the base.
     

     
    Base made with the help of a frame maker.
     
    The scene would be a photographer taking a picture of Victorian school class for a special occasion.
     
        
     
    I hope you have enjoyed this little journey.
     
    Comments and suggestions are as usual welcome
     
    Keep save and healthy.
     
    Job
  2. Job's Modelling
    Next stage was to search the textures and colours I want to use.

     
    Textures are aged brown brick TX07 from Scale Scenes and Mixed Grey Roof Slates from Model Railway Scenery. Brick Textures are printed on a photo canvas paper. Slates are printed on 100 gms. Rice paper from Hahnemühle.
    Remember: different settings and choices on your printer can give different results.
     
    Colours are from AK-paints – wood grain, from Citadel Paints: Zandre Dust base colour, Sturmvermin Fur layer colour and Dawnstone dry and Ivory from Vallejo Paints. I also used paints from Petite Properties: Red squirrel and Top of the milk.
     
    I also needed some additional textures for some details.
     

     
    The textures are Old Floorboards from Smart Models; White Stucco from Scale Scenes and the Floor Page from the Scale Scenes church TO14.
     
    Next step was to paint the window and door parts of the model, before adding the textures. Although I had selected a colour for the windows, I used another colour that gave a better result: Dust – from AK Paint. For the doors I used Woodgrain from AK Paints.
    I also painted the small stone parts in this stage.
     

     
    To see if my choices worked out, I started with the “toilet” building. The brick paper was glued on the walls. I painted the doors using the Woodgrain paint from AK. After I have glued the walls together, the additional details were glued on the building. Then the roof was fitted and finished.
     

     
    Next step is building the main building of the school.
     
    As always information, comments and suggestions are welcome.
     
    Greetings, 
    Job
  3. Job's Modelling

    Murder solved in Glenshire

    By Job's Modelling,


    Northall
    I have finished my little coastal village diorama (22x14,5 cm)
    The cobbled surface is a texture is from Smart Models. I liked the colour of this one for this diorama. With an embossing pen I scribed the individual cobble stones row by row and one by one. I did this free handed, looking carefully to the texture. Every day about 10 ten rows. The visible holes are for the figures. Next job is to paint them.
     

     
    After I had finished the cobbled quay I glued the cottages in place and made some doorsteps. Now I had to paint the figures. Painting is done with paints from the Citadel and Vallejo range.
     
         
     
    The scene is roughly inspired by a short story The Blood Stained Pavement a short story in The Thirteen Problems of Agathe Christie.
     

     
    And some storytelling to the diorama.
    Miss Oliver, the editor of the gets a telephone call from Dermot Craddock of the Middleshire Police. He tell her about a solved crime in a coastal village in Glenshire. Some disappearances of young woman, that were some major news in the past last years, were finally solved. With his information she took place behind her typewriter and wrote an article for the Gazette.”
    1959 august 28 - Scotland Yard - The Gazette.pdf
     
  4. Job's Modelling
    This I had to do in the beginnig. Painting the APA box. I found this weekend finaly some time to finish the painting I started a couple of weeks ago.
     
    Now I had to take all of my models out of the box ant store them on the shelf.
     

    The black shadow is a roll of painting tape.
     
    This kind of paint jobs I don’t like because of my MCSD. I always get somekind of reaction. But on the website of Allergy UK I found some usefull tips. Now I put a cut union in the room when I have finished painting to help to absorp the smell of the paint.
     
    The other “ advantige ” this time was: I had already a new Apa box on the shelf for Station Road.
     
    The pictures will speak for them self.
     

    Grounding the APA-box
     

    Starting with the first layer of black acrylic paint.
     

    The final result. I still have to do some work on the fabric background on the right side. But remember with just an opening view in front not every thing will be visible. I test that frequently when I building my diorama.
     
    And yes the APA-box for Station Road is also painted and waiting for further developments.
     
    Although every building has it’s own charme I have some doubts of the total appareance. I will leave it this way for now and I will have look at it every time I enter my workspace to find what is bugging me.
    In the meanwhile I can go on with the road. That is also waiting to be finished.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  5. Job's Modelling
    In one of my entries the next question was asked:
     
    “Job, a serious question - do you plan these dioramas over time or just see a scene in your mind's eye in an instant?”
     
    To be honest there was no planning when I started with the building of Bridge Street. I just wanted to build a layout on which I could shuffle around with a shunting loco and some wagons. A single line from a “fiddle stage” to an industry using wagon cards and wagon bills. Because me lack of knowledge about the shunting practice of British Railways in the 1950’s I made a crucial design mistake. But Bridge Street was fun to build and for me my first steps in card modeling.
     

    Bridge Street junction Station Road with goods line in front
     
    As I described before after finishing it was covered with a plastic sheet and out of sight. After that I build Nice Street in an APA-box situating it in Northall, without any planning. Just to see if I could build a convincing diorama this way.
     

    Nice Street main scene
     
    Northall Dock is build, because some people, wanted to see something with water in my next diorama.
     
    But the above question was the impulse of some serious thinking about what do I want to build more. In this way the development of Northall will be more consistent.
     
    On internet I found I nice document from a Great London area with a description of local areas in a borough. I used those description as a starting point for the design of the Northall Diorama’s. This can be quite challenging when I have to translate this to a diorama in an APA-box.
     
    For my next diorama I made this description:
     
    Predominant Land Use: Commercial (shops under arches), shops and residential buildings
     
    Townscape:
    The site is bounded on by a through road and an arched railway embankment.
    Station Street is the main route through the area for both vehicles and pedestrians
     
    Scale and Setting:
    Commercial transport corridor from the east to the west. Garage.
     
    Building Types/Uniformity of age and styles:
    Most of the buildings are shops and residential buildings.
     
    So I made a schematic plan for my Northall Diorama’s:
     

     
    As you can see my next diorama will be Station Road. Situated between Bridge Street and Nice Street. This line is situated on the arches in Northall and mainly used for passenger traffic. The other line to Northall Dock is a single goods traffic line only.
    On Station Road there are some shops under the railway arches. I have found a nice urban social theme from the late 1950’s that I want to use. ( Sorry, I will not give that away yet.)
     
    Regards,
    Job
     
    PS. I have also to make some serious thoughts how to store so much diorama’s or thinking about an other solution.
  6. Job's Modelling
    Against the wall in the back of the warehouse are some empty piled up whisky.
     
    The base for this boxes were some pictures from Flickr. I find that a beautiful resource for all kind of pictures.
     

     
    With this pictures I made a pdf with the piled up boxes in 4 mm scale.
     

     
    Untill now just the useall way of how I approach things.
    But the backside of the boxes won’t be visible when you look through the door of the warehouse. So I didn't found in necessary to model them with full details.
    I used the following approach to model them.
    I did cut out a pile of boxes from my pdf.
    I cut out 2 mm thick card for every box. Carefully creating the right width and depth.
    Carefully glue-ing the boxes on each other until the pile is finished.
    Then coloring the sides and the top of the piles with a dark brown felt pen.

    Sorry about the pictures of the modeling, they are not of the quality I normally post.
     

     
    Then I glued them against the wall in the warehouse.
     

     
    I hope that this ” impressionistic” picture gives an idea of the inside of the warehouse. I found it very hard to get a right picture of the scene through the opening of the doors.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  7. Job's Modelling
    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
  8. Job's Modelling
    After Nice Street my wife asked my to design something with water again.
    I had done that before on my first attempt with the Scalescene factory and an Inglenook shunting puzzle.
     
    So I decided to build Northall Dock.
    Quit a challange in an APA box. I want to build something more than just a quay and a ware house.
    My starting point for the design were two pictures.
    One from John Atkinson from 1890 and one from Edward Hopper (not published here)
     

     
    The information on Northall Dock I found in the archives of the Northall Gazette.
     

     
    I also made the design for the diorama. First on an one to one scale to be sure it would fit.
    Afterwards I made the drawing. It is still possible I will make some adjustments when I'm building the scene.
     

     
    Next stage is to design the main scene.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  9. Job's Modelling
    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
  10. Job's Modelling
    Design
    As you could see on the drawing I designed three warehouses.
     
     
    The story
    The warehouse of Roope & Voss Ltd will be the main scene. The story behind the Roope & Voss Ltd – Wine and spirit merchants can be read in the article of the Northall Gazette.
     

     
     
    The Warehouse - from the Dutch architect Peter Potter (1854 -1918)
    The building is just quick build to see of:
    · the scene is convincing
    · the building has the right appearance
    · the colours are right
     

    Detailed picture of the scene.
     

     
    Main scene through the viewing opening.
     
    Question
     
     
     

    · What kind of stone can be used for a canal side dock?
    · Is normal brick work an option?  
     

    Regards,
    Job
  11. Job's Modelling
    Before I can finish the building of Fanshawe Ltd. I must decide what wall based street furniture I want to use.
     
    I spend a lot of time behind my PC searching for street names for Northall Dock.
    For Greater London there are several options. See the picture below.
     

     
    On Flickr there is a London Street Name Pool with a lot of pictures. I could skip all those modern type street name signs.
     
    I also tried to find names that refer to the scene of Northall Dock.
     
    For Northall Dock I will use the blue enamel signs. Not all street name signs are from Greater London, but they are blue enamel. After finding the picture I had to do some photo shopping to cut out the street names and resize them. I Used the brick height as a guide that means that the signs are 2 or 4 mm high in 4 mm.
     
    I chose for Northall Dock the following names and signs:
     

     
    Anchor Street will be used for the road along the warehouses.
    Canal Street for the alley between the buildings of Farnshaw Ltd and Roope & Voss.
    Waterford Road for the street along the cottage.
    The hydrant sign on the building of Roope & Voss.
    The “Bill stickers” sign in the alley.
     
    Next time again some modeling progress.
     
    Regards,
    Job
     
    PS.
     
    Today I had some time to model.
    And because I'm working on the premises of Fanshawe Ltd. I decided to put the name sign and the Bill Posters side on the side wall.
    I also created with the help of Publisher the Bill Posters is innocent "graffito" on the wall.
    Maybe not all perfect on the picture it will do in the diorama as later pictures will show.
     

     
    Hope you like my Post Scrip-tum.
     
    Job
  12. Job's Modelling
    From main scene to diorama design.
    “Just build what you can see”
    After the design of the main scene and his most important details it was time to plan the whole diorama. I made the other buildings from scrap card. This gave me the opportunity to see of the basic plan was alright.
     
     
     
     
     
    The other buildings
    I planned two other warehouses and a stable. After my first trial I discovered some problems with the balance of the warehouses and the height of the stable. To solve this problem I made two changes:
     
     

    · The roof top line of the warehouses is now on the same height
    · I scrapped the stable and did put a higher, not yet defined, other building  
    All the white buildings in the picture must have their final design, keeping in mind the may not ask to much attention from the viewer.
     
    The quay
    With the planned height of the quay the roofs of the warehouses almost touched the lid of the APA box. This would give problems with the design of the lightning. After using two cars I realised that the quay was very narrow, so I made it a little wider.
    So I reduced the height of the quay to about 1,8 cm.
     
    Viewing point
    When the diorama is finished to a black box you can’t see to the back through the alley’s. I hope they give the diorama an extra dimension.
    The not defined building in the front makes that there is a view block to the right, so you can’t see the side of the APA box on eye level.
     
    Some pictures of the final design
     

     

     
    Suggestions are welcome. It is always possible to make changes in this stage of the design.
    Regards,
    Job
  13. Job's Modelling
    I have built the Dock Basin.
    I wanted to opt for try-out no.4 acrylic paste, paint & varnish and a wooden pillar. But unfortunately my acrylic past wasn't doing the job properly. So I made a small change here. Instead of acrylic paste I used Gesso. Gesso is a base that is used to prepare the painting surface for acrylic paintings etc.
    The edge is made of separate build card edgings stones. On internet I found a stone merchant who had edge quay stones for sale. He also mentioned the size of the edge stones. I recalculated them for 4 mm to a foot: 19 mm long, 13 mm wide and 5 mm high. I made them 4 mm high, because that would make the way I want to make the track in the way easier for me.
    After I had completed the quay, pillars and the edge I gave them I first weathering. Then I gave it a coat of varnish for water color paintings.
     

     
    Next step was to paint the water surface. I gave it one coat of gesso, two coats of my mixture of Payne’s grey and Chromium Oxide Green acrylic paint and finally three coats of glossy varnish.
    After drying I started to give it a final weathering. I liked to give the alga along the edge of the water surface some more texture.
    Painting the water surface I hit on several places the quay. To hide this I made a mixture of PVA glue with greenish umber pigments. With a small brush I did hide the green water surface paint. In the still wet PVA paint I sprinkled some greenish umber pigment.
    Next step was to use some of the PVA paint to add some Woodlands burnt grass.
    Direct after applying I removed the supply of the burnt grass by knocking it off.
     
    The final result you can see in the pictures below.
     

    Basin overview &
     

    Basin detail.
     
    Below I summery of the materials I used:
    Dock wall and pillars: texture from Scalescenes
    Edge : seamless concrete quay wall texture from CGtextures
    Payne’s grey and Chromium Oxide Green acrylic paint
    PVA glue and PRITT glue
    greenish umber pigment from an art shop
    acrylic pencils: for instance green oxide, red chalk, sepia
    my scraped chalk mixture for general weathering: 6 parts white, 1 part brown, 2 parts black
    Woodlands burnt grass T44
    embossing pens
    and standard tools for card building.

    Next couple of weeks I'm going on holiday. Walking in the woods, cleaning up my head. So you have to wait for my next entry for a couple of weeks.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  14. Job's Modelling
    I decided to finish the cottage in the front of the diorama first.
    Added the street name sign on the building and a drain pipe.
     
    For the roof I had a look at several slate and red clay tile options. In the front of the diorama I try to use whenever possible light colours. The grey slate tiles I found didn’t look right to me so I choose the red clay tiles from Wordsworth Models (free download).
    I also first searched for some background information and read it.
     
    I wanted to give the roof an old look. To create a convincing appearance a looked for a picture on the website of CG textures. See picture below.
     

     
    Then I did pick out a row that I wanted to model.
    I carefully tried to make the row cutting and adding individual tiles.
     

     
    Then I cut it on rows of two tiles high.
     

     
    And then I come to the compromise. If I wanted to create a roof as on the reference picture I had to create it with individual tiles. But I wanted to use the tiles texture from Wordsworth. Then you have to glue them somewhat over each other.
     

     
    In this way I laid all the tiles on the roof.
    On the reference picture you can see there is a line of cement below the top edge.
    I tried to model this with a Scalescenes concrete backyard floor tearing the texture carefully in an almost straight line.
     

     
    After I glued this in place and I added the top tiles individually, the roof was ready.
     

     
    And finally a pictures of the cottage details and a picture of the finished cottage on the layout.
    After making and seeing this picture I decided to create a simple background model behind the cottage.
     

     
    Regards,
    Job
  15. Job's Modelling
    When planning Northall Dock I had the idea to build some stables along the now finished road. But when building a muck up I saw that the building did not hide the side of the main road as I wished. Then Scalescenes came with the canal cottage and I made the front and to put it along the road.
     

     
    The question:
    How to create the right derelict urban appearance for the cottage?
    So I left the front unfinished. When I have such a problem I mostly do the following with success.
     
    The Process:
    I put it somewhere in my head. Not really searching for an answer. Just waiting for a coincidence. Mostly when I don’t aspect it the answer follows in one way or the other. I have learned to keep my mind open for it.
     
    The Answer:
    For the diorama I was looking how I could model the alleys between the buildings. These pictures gave my mostly information about the road surface and the details in the alleys. Very useful, but one picture showed me the answer to my question.
     

     
    Then in the Card Modelling part of the RMweb there was an entry about a free download by Clever models. They make excellent American card models and textures in different scales but not in OO. After some support from Clever models I bought an O scale brick texture that I scaled down to 63% before printing.
     
    The garden wall is a Scalescene texture selected on colour. The garden wall will not be visible to well when the diorama is finished.
     
    The result:
    Here some pictures of my interpretation for Northall Dock.
     

     
    Road modelling is still going on. This is a slow progress that takes a lot of time.
     

     
    In between I will give some thought to the final design of the warehouses along the dock. I can’t finish the road before I have done that.
    Regards,
    Job
  16. Job's Modelling
    For the members of the RMweb John Thaw fan club.
     
    I have followed the TV series of inspector Morse and became a fan of John Thaw.
    For my diorama’s I searched for names so I started to read some of the Inspector Morse detectives by Colin Dexter.
    I discovered that the personality of inspector Morse was more complicated in the books than represented in the series. I also discovered a nice link between inspector Morse and our interest in railways and railway history. You can read my discovery in the article about Fanshawe Ltd in the Northall Gazette. In this case I have used the name of inspector Morse and made him a provision merchant in Northall a long time ago.
    Morse Teas is a real tea brand in Canada and still available.
     

     
    And of course some pictures of my modelling efforts of Fanshawe’s premises.
    The two windows are resized textures from internet and placed to try out.
     

     
    Thanks for reading.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  17. Job's Modelling
    I’m fond of ghost signs. The an add just some more character to a building or a scene.
    For Nice Street I made my first self-made ghost sign. I wanted to try that again on one of the buildings on Northall Dock.
     
    During my research for the warehouses of Northall Dock I came along this one:
     

     
    This sign I want to made on the premises of Farnshawe Ltd.
     
    First I made the sign in Word and cut out the individual letters.
     

     
    Then I used the cut out letter to create the letter for the ghost sign.
     

     
    I used a white pencil to create the sign and then gave it a coat of varnish.
    I wasn't quite content with the white color of the sign. So I decided to give it some more color using a water based paint.
     

     
    To give the sign a more “London” look (picture reference) I colored the letters black and faded the color a little bit.
     

     
    I’m for 90% content with the end result. I made a little mistake with the lettering of the ‘ and the S behind it. But because the building is not directly in front of the diorama I can accept that. Also I don’t know yet how much will be visible after I have finished the cottage in front of it.
    Next steps will be to finish the cottage and this building to see how the end result in my diorama will be.
     
    Regards,
    Job
     
     
    PS.
     
    Followed Mikkel's advice.
    I toned down the letters some more and also faded them a little bit.
    Hope you like it.
     

  18. Job's Modelling
    In the archives of the Northall Gazette I found a nice description of the cottage and the warehouse behind it.
     

     
    And some pictures of this part of the layout.
     

    View from the dockside.
     
     

    Birdseye view Farnshawe Ltd.
     
    This picture is made before I did some more work on the roads. I also decided to create a ‘NO ENTRY’ sign for the alley. The background is also still the try-out.
     
    I had to find out first some more information about how to place this traffic sign.
    With the help from Jules ( see his Mayshill layout) and the internet I found the information I needed.
     

     
    When the road along the dock is finished I also will adjust the alley and the dock road.
     
    Hope this gives you an idea about the eastern part of Northall Dock.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  19. Job's Modelling
    In one of the replies on my entry Street Scene Design was written: “Also bear in mind that in the 'fifties' these areas would still have 'flagstone' paving rather than the later concrete types - and they would be rutted & disrupted by vehicles. Road surfaces would often be of cobblestone or granite setts.”
     
    For the road surfaces I already choose for granite setts. For the pavement I didn’t make an decision. So after the reply I liked to see if I could create a flagstone paving with granite kerbs.
     
    As usually I started with a search for background information and textures. With this information I created some texture sheets for my pavement modelling.
     

     
    To see if it could work out I decided to build the alley between Farnshawe Ltd. and the warehouse of Roope & Voss Wine and Spirit Merchants.
     
    The kerbs I placed individually:
     

     
    Then I glued the individual cut Yorkstone flags in place. Embossed the pavement to create some depth between the flags.
     
    I made the underground for the alley. Glued the pavement and setts in place. Embossed the granite setts on the road and glued the small granite siding in place.
     

     
    Then I did some additional weathering with pigments and ash.
     

     
    The only thing left was to put the alley along the side wall of Farnshawe Ltd.
     

     
    The final result.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. Job's Modelling
    I had some days off. So I decided to write the introduction to the Northall Gazette.
    In the Northall Gazette articles I will try to give some background information to the diorama's.
    I see my diorama's as three dimensional pictures. So every person, car & building on the diorama is "real" and has his purpose for that moment.
     
    I will publish the Gazette pages as a picture. If you also prefer an PDF that posible too.
     

     
     
    And also a picture of the Eastern Pub in full color out the Society's Archive. Sadly enough the pub is gone, so the local costumers have to get their pint somewhere else.
     

     
    Regards,
    Job
  24. Job's Modelling
    I have trouble with my hay fever eyes. Modelling is a real challenge with cloudy sight every 5 minutes. Fortunately for my I don’t suffer from other hay fever problems any more due my medication.
    After trying for some while I stopped. I have to wait till sight is not cloudy anymore.
    Did some paperwork modelling instead. Trying to get my Northall story fitting to the design of my modules. Searching for background information to create stories for Northall based firms, companies and shops.
    Sorting out my pictures and other information.
     
    But this morning I got this beautiful movie about railway travelling. Look at it ….
     

     
    Then imagine you are travelling this with one of your favourite railway museum companies and you get surprised with some wonderful music.
    The movie gave me my mood back…
    Hoping I can get on with my modelling work soon. And of course happy modelling for you.
     
    Regards,
    Job
  25. 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
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