Job's Modelling

Some atmospheric modelling. Like the background story to the building. 

13 hours ago, Mikkel said:

Hi Job, what an interesting idea. It's almost like a 3D painting that could be hung on the wall. Nicely crafted effect in such a small space.

 

I think there's a website or forum where people modify Ikea furniture, I bet they have never seen anything like this before!

 

Much Wenlock is a lovely station isn't it? It's still standing fortunately, as a private house.

Thank Mikkel.  Actually it can be hung on the wall. My daughter has already asked me if she may have it.  The box also has a protecting acryl front.

I was happy that I found the information about Much Wenlock station. It was a good starting point for my Northall Station.

15 hours ago, Marly51 said:

Lovely narrative and modelmaking!! I like this ‘box’ challenge if yours, because my favourite aspect of railway modelling is researching the history and modelling the buildings! Can’t wait to see your other IKEA boxes, Job!  

 

Marlyn

Thanks. I already have an idea for my next one, but I have to do some research first. Nice to see we share the same interest.

A happy and healthy new year to you. Love these pictures from your layout. Gives a good and atmospheric impression of what you have created.

Merry Christmas Job!

Also for you a Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas, Job.  Perhaps some blankets will find their way from Witney, via North Leigh, to Northall?  They already travel to the barracks at Farthing.

 

Mike

Nice suggestion and food for thought.

Very nice Job, fantastic realism and great modelling, keep em coming and of course, Merry Chistmas............

Thank you very much. I'm already busy to work this out and started a new project.

Merry Christmas Job. Great modelling and food for thought... Regards, Mark

Thanks very much. I have waited a long time before I made this decision.

Aha, some very re-writing of the Northall history there! This will be good I'm sure. Looks like Northall and Farthing are now quite close to each other, there will be connections via Westbury I think  :-)

 

It's good to see some of your earlier buildings again, that view of the Grocer's shop is just superb.

 

Merry christmas Job!

Looking forward to the connection with Farthing through Westbury.

This will inspire me to do some more Edwardian modelling.

Inspiration. Lovely storytelling, beautiful pictures. And of course a Victorian Christmas wish: "A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to You"

Mrs. Ann Cook from Northall was buying ingredients for Sugar Plums in High Street.

Here is a modern receipt to make them for Christmas:

INGREDIENTS:

Sugar (approx 1kg/2lb 2oz)

1 jar whole plums (preserved in syrup)

METHOD:

Pour the sugar into a bowl. Shake off any excess syrup from the plums. Roll each plum in the sugar until completely coated. Place each sugar-coated plum onto a baking tray and set aside for 30 minutes, then re-roll the plums in the sugar.

Transfer the sugar-coated plums to the oven, set to its lowest setting. Heat gently for several hours, until the juice has seeped out of the plums. Coat the plums in sugar again, then place the coated plums onto a clean baking tray and repeat the drying process again.

Repeat the re-coating and drying process a further 3-4 times, over a period of several days, until the plums have completely dried out and the sugar coating is crisp. (As the plums dry, the juices will seep out, so they will need to be re-coated in sugar and transferred to a clean baking tray every 1-2 hours.)

Thread with cotton to hang on the tree or place in a keepsake box.

Sugar plums were a labour intensive but delicious Victorian Christmas treat. Perhaps made most famous by the Sugar Plum Fairy in Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Nutcracker.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=sugar+plum+fairy&view=detail&mid=13657668685BEED0357B13657668685BEED0357B&FORM=VIRE

You have done a great job. Sometimes we have to compromise, but the final result is looking good.

Like your story telling of the installation of the platform lamps. For my it makes a layout more alive. Saw in the past a information board by a layout with this kind of information for the visitors.

Best wishes for Christmas and a happy new year.

Lovely. Best wishes for Christmas and a happy new year.

Lovely wartime story. Makes a layout more alive.

The area around the turntable looks very nice. The ground van is nicely weathered.

Wishing you and your family a good Christmas and a happy new year.

Dave you have created some nicely weathered PO coal wagons.

I also like the pictorial story telling of the shunting movements.

For me it is like looking at your working layout. Unfortunately I'm not able to visit model railway shows anymore. 

Some incredible modelling. Looking forward to your next entry.

Love this one. 

Looking forward to further progress on the turntable .

Are you also thinking of adding a water tower?

Some excellent models waiting to be loaded and some additional weathering.

Thanks Mikkel. As you know I like to do research. Time based items, in my opinion, are essential to create a believable time based diorama. 

This building gave me also the possibility to practice my painting skills.

Yes, window frames are awfully difficult to get right. To be honest I don't think they look too bad at all.

 

For the arches, why not fill in the gaps with filler, lightly sand and re-paint as stone arches? Problem solved and a stone arch would be perfectly reasonable on a house like that.

Thanks for your suggestion. I think I follow your idea for the arches. By the next house I can do it before I start painting.

Nice work. I'm not sure about 3mm being too thick? In 4mm scale that's 9 inches or one brick length, spot on for a solid Victorian house front.

Thanks for the information and the compliment. On the picture it is not visible, but I found the window rails to thick.

Thanks for the comment and the link. I will think about a possibility to give it a better look. This is one of the dis-advantages of the kit.

Suggestions for giving the arches a better look are very welcome.

An excellent guide, Job, thanks very much. The results are very convincing.

 

That photo of Emmanuel's work that you linked to is incredible.

Thanks Mikkel. The photo's of Emmanuel's work are very inspirational for me. Although I think I can reach his level its the goal I always set. I try to achieve the best result I can at this moment, keeping in mind the excellent modelling of others, including yours.

Hi Job, Nice work as usual. I seem to remember reading in some journal that Roy England, founder of Pendon, used paper / card construction for his buildings and would glue his 1mm x 3mm paper bricks on individually and paint them with furniture wood dye's. When you consider the scale size of a brick, it seems a liitle daunting. Alan Downes in his early days, also used the same methed but used computer chats ( a small brick size piece of paper punched out of computer reading cards ). Don't expect you to try this method, just mentioned it because of your reference to Pendon.

 

Pete

Thanks for the compliment and the information Pete. I mostly look at the kind of diorama I want to build to make a choice for the materials. Like the canvas paper for printing brick in 4mm scale. Have seen a method on a railway exhibition in the past were someone painted a piece of art paper with brick colours and then cut out the individual bricks.  Can not remember in what scale it was. In the end it is the final result that counts. 

Some nice work there Job, and thank you for doing the step by step method you've used.

 

I purchased the book by Emmanuel Nouaillier and its an excellent manual for his methods should anyone wish to aspire this type of modelling.

 

Grahame

Thanks for the compliment, Graham. In his last article in a Belgian Railway model Magazine he says: You must always look to "new" other methods; techniques; materials for painting your models. He showed some excellent small masterpieces in that Magazine. Have a look at this atmospheric one https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2L8gD-KfGCw/W4I-Rx8gmEI/AAAAAAAAEls/7BEvTygXP0Ex6g4hTVc1OAIru5Mpi63swCLcBGAs/s1600/03.jpg Can still learn a lot from him.