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    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
     
  2. 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
  3. Job's Modelling
    On Facebook I use Miss Parker to write about her research of the historical buildings of Littleworth and her daily life in the 1950’s. I separate the story there from my modelling information.
    So, Miss Parker continues:
    When I come back in Green Lane, I see the Austin pick up from Mr. James Nash standing in in the lane. Mr. Nash has a pet shop on Station Road in Northall where I sometimes buy some Spratt’s cat food. The Piggott sisters order their animal food there. Mr. Nash is probably delivering some Thornley’s pig food and some chicken food to Apple Tree cottage. Mr. Nash is talking to Miss Mary Piggott. They are looking to Jo, one of the Gloucestershire Old Spot pigs.
    I have another look and go into Rose Cottage. I have to make telephone call for an appointment with the National Provincial Bank to see if I can get a mortgage for the improvement of my cottage.
     
    Modelling information.
    The Pet shop on Station Road is made for my granddaughter a while ago. But fits in to my story.

     
    Today I finally finished Apple Tree cottage. The flashing around the chimney’s is done. More about Apple Tree cottage in a next entry. I made some new pictures with the Austin A70 pick up. Now with some pig food and chicken food sacks for Jo & Co, the pigs, of the Piggott sisters.
     

     
    Information about how I made the Austin A70 you can find here:
     
    Comments and suggestions are welcome.
     
    Greetings,
    Job
     
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    Vicarage garden wall

    By Job's Modelling,


    Northall
    My next diorama is inspired by The Murder in the Vicarage. I started to make a diorama plan/map.
     

    I started to make the base, and after that I started with the garden wall.
    I will use the same garden wall texture from Scalescenes ( Brown brick - Garden Wall; TX 52) as I used for Rose Cottage. The texture is printed on a canvas photo paper.
    Then I searched for a garden door on the internet. The door that I found is downloaded and made to size.

    The door has a front and back side. The get a door I have fold it and glued the parts together. The braces were cut out separately and glued on the backside of the door to create some more depth.
    By the try-out I found the colour of the door too bright. I toned the door down with two layers of Citadel Agrax Earthshade.

     
    I used a garden wall base from Scalescenes and a picture from Internet to create the garden wall with door. The first part is now finished.
     

     
    Additional weathering will be done when the total wall is finished.
     
    Comments and suggestions are welcome.
     
    Thanks for reading
    Job
     
     
     
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    Apple Tree Cottage

    By Job's Modelling,


    Styles St. Mary
    Although it is been quite silent from my side, I’m still modeling.
     
    After I had finished Rose Cottage I build Apple Tree Cottage. Apple Tree Cottage is the premises of the Hinchliffe sisters.

     
    They do some small village farming: a small apple orchard and some pigs.

    In the picture some pig food will be delivered using a Austin A70 pick up. The car is a John Day Model.
     
    According to my research the sisters Hinchliffe had a small car. From my collection of cars I choice the Morris Minor MM. The sisters bought this car in 1949 by Henderson’s Garage in Milchester, Middleshire.
    Model cars are out of the box to shiny and clean. I gave the Morris a coat of Vallejo Satin Varnish and some weathering.
     
    The garage/shed for Apple Tree cottage is finished. I used a garage from 3DK models to create the garage for Apple Tree Cottage. Instead of a brick wall I used a wood texture from Model Railway Scenery. The garage door is from the 3DK garage kit. The asbestos roof is a texture from Model Railway Scenery.
    I added some white metal details from several suppliers whish I painted using paint from Vallejo, Citadel paints and AK. Green is from Busch, Woodland Scenic and MiniNatur.
    I finished the shed scene by adding Cutie, the Irish Setter, and miss Mary Hinchliffe to it.
     

    There is a little story behind the scene but that I have to save for a later moment. Another scene has to been built for it.
    This little diorama is not yet finished completely. I still have to do the right side.
     
    Thanks for reading and keep safe.
     
    I also wish every one a Happy Christmass and a healthy and good 2021.
     
    Greeting,
    Job
  6. Job's Modelling
    Everything got upside down
     
    One
    So, we made our plans. Then my wife had a serious fall in the bathroom and insured her back badly. Her recovery will take some time. The Billy cabinet has now to wait for a while. But that is now problem.
     
    Two
    I want to thank everyone who gave me useful information for the design of my Billy plank. I already started with making a new plan.
     
    Three
    One of the advices was to buy the excellent book Modelling Grassland and landscape detailing from Gordon Gravett. I also bought Creating the rural scene – A guide for Railway Modellers and Diorama Model Makers from David Wright.
     
    When I browsed the books, I noticed that there was still a lot to learn for me. So, I will go back for now to the building of small dioramas. In that way I can try out the several techniques I want to use for my Billy plank diorama and built some rural scenes.
     
    In this way I can support my wife with her recovery and do some technique developing modelling.
     
    Kind regards,
    Job
  7. Job's Modelling
    I still have to finish the Hansom cab…. But I think I will use something else on the diorama. Believe that the Hansom cab will be to large for this diorama. Thinking of using a handcart and a boy delivering a Christmas gift. In that time, it was already possible to buy things from a mail order company, for instance from the Empire Stores, which then were send to the costumer by rail as a parcel. Only the way we order, and deliver is changed ….
     
    But first there must be a cobbled road to put the cart on. I also made the base from Petite Properties. Painted the base black. For the cobbled road I use the sheets from In the Greenwood. Made the road to the right size using a craft knife. Then I cleaned them first with an MDF cleaning pad. I gave it a coat with Gesso. After this was dried the whole street had a coat of Vallejo Oiled Earth.
     

     
    Next step was painting the cobblestones individually. I used base colour from the Citadel range. In this case Mechanicus Standard Grey.
     

     
    After that I painted the space between the stones with a 50/50 mixture of Vallejo Light Sienna and Natural Umber mixed with Pigment binder. I let this dry for 24 hours.
     
    Next job was painting individual stones in groups of six with layer colours in grey tone. I used the following colours: from Citadel Administration grey and from AK paints Dry light mud. I mixed them in several shades.
    After painting the setts, I gave every individual stone a coat of Oiled Earth from Vallejo to tone down the surface.

     

    I used a Wargaming and Facebook modelling tutorial from Internet as a guide. Used the colours I had. But every time the result will be different even if you use the same colours again.
    I'm curious about your opinion about this one.
     
    Next job will be painting the pavement with its granite kerbs.
     
    Kind regards,
    Job
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