Job's Modelling

In the past was a member of Fremo. On our meetings we always worked with time tables and wagon cards. I found this always very nice to do.

Wishing you a very prosperous 2018.

Great modelling Job. Your use of colours and textures is always very effective and very 1950s. I like that dog sign!

 

Imagine going into a pet shop today and saying you'd like some rabbits to grow for the christmas dinner. Someone would probably call the police! The 1950s is not very far away in time, but so much has changed it's hard to understand.   

Thanks for the compliment.

A Dutch entertainer Youp van 't Hek has a "beautiful" song about the habit of eating rabbit with Christmas. You can find the English text here: https://muzikum.eu/nl/127-206-170370/youp-van-t-hek/flappie-engelse-vertaling.html.

I have to admit that I read that sign as 'Emily Robbins for Pleasure' at first and got a completely incorrect impression of what the shop was! But that is probably just my warped mind!

In this time with a lot of discussion about #metoo the sign can be confusing. But it is a tobacconist shop.

Superb modelling as always, Job.  I do hope that the rabbits won't get too hot in the window, if the sun shines!  Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year to you also.

 

Mike

I hope the have found a caretaking new owner before that.

Really nice work Job, plenty of atmosphere and looking very close to reality..

I always use reference pictures to try to get the right atmosphere.

That is where the RMweb is also can be used for.

To share information. I like that. 

Thankyou Job, I do wonder sometimes if I should build in card like you - but my experiments withb that so far have not gone well! 

 

Your modelling with plastic card is excellent, so for me there is no use of changing your method. 

But if you want to experiment, try some brick papers first. I think you can make the wall with your Silhouette Portrait cutter from thin MDF. Then you have sharp edges and accurate window and door openings.

Great architectual modelling. 

A nice entry with the step by step explanation how you created your loco. Looks very good.

Looking forward to the finished model.

Lovely work as always, Job. Will this have "natural lighting" or articifical light? The glimpse of the interior does look good with light.

The shops will have natural daylight. So in the end the interiors will be just there. But I have found another method to show my finished diorama. I will try that out on this one. 

Great modelling and lovely weathered.

Beautiful modelling, as usual, Job.  You even manage to make the road vehicle look credible - so often these spoil a diorama by looking much too glossy.

 

Please forgive me for commenting on your use of English (which is infinitely superior to my knowledge of Dutch) but 'inspirited', in this context, should be 'inspired'.  Also, while 'fictive' is a perfectly good English word, I doubt whether anyone here still uses it! - 'fictitious' would be a better alternative.

 

I also like the B/W photo at the end, which aptly captures the spirit of the 1950's - the time of my own childhood.

For the van, I used some suggestions from an AK book called ‘Track and Wheels’. I used a semi-gloss varnish and paint from their track and wheel set.

I still can learn. So, I like your corrections on the use of my English. I hope I still can improve.

Thanks for the complement for my late 1950’s picture.  

Looking excellent Job:-) A lamp post might make a nice addition to the scene. Dave

A lamp post doesn’t fit in my design this time. The focus should be on the British Railways van and the Assurance sign.

That's one of the great parts for me of modelling. Time based research translated in some nice story telling. 

Looking forward to the finished model.

I fully agree with Dave, that works really well Job. I especially like the door.

Thanks, Mikkel. Actually the door was the easy part. I have a nice collection of pictures of doors of different era's. This one suited really in this building. I'm also pleased with the result of the stucco.

But I'm also pleased with the Regency wooden window shutters behind the top windows.

Hi Job, that stucco plaster work looks really convincing! Excellent textures and staining:-)

Thanks. For the stucco I used a natural sponge and then I used a soft paintbrush from the underside to the top.

I love the scenes with the figures. You have created a lovely station, worth waiting for a train to ....

Unfortunately, the Quarrymen are playing somewhere in Liverpool.

But maybe the Drifters from Newcastle are available. They did a good job in a music content in London. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=don%27t+be+a+fool+with+love.+the+drifters+uk&&view=detail&mid=BFC17EF34F3A0742F71EBFC17EF34F3A0742F71E&rvsmid=66470B3FACDCCE96B9AC66470B3FACDCCE96B9AC&FORM=VDQVAP

"Hello dear, I'm calling from the station. I'll be home late as there are delays in the service again".

 

Lovely work, Job. Modelu has some musicians for you! (although of course we wouldn't be able to see them!).

 

Thanks for the reference to Hanemühle paper. For those of us not used to card and paper modelling it is not easy to know what brands to use.

Service was great, but there was sometimes a lack of costumers. See also the note Elizabeth has left for the owner of the pub Billy Kelly:

" Unfortunately, I have received a cancel for Saturday evening on 29 August from our local band the Captains.

They will play at the Great Eastern pub in Bridge Street. That evening there is also a rock and roll demonstration there.

We must do it with the jukebox once again.

Elizabeth"

The next one will also be based on a Petite Properties model. I hope you will enjoy that one to.

What about a light in the doorway?

I like the idea and believe have a suitable light from Langley somewhere. But I will wait until I have finished the complete street scene of my diorama.

But first I have to add te roof to the building.

The door is fine, its the pub thats leaning ....... hic....... another pint of that please...... 

 

I like the heavy wooden frontage, I have seen many small pubs like that. The frosted glass windows are right, it was illegal in many places to have the inside of a pub visible from the street. Late 1970s in Glasgow for instance. 

Thanks for the additional information. I found some original pub windows somewhere on the net and modified them to fit my pub. The only thing I did was toning down the original colour and add te text to the window.

Think you have done a great job and created a lovely train for your layout.

That was quick! As you say, a convincing scene. Maybe you can put someone in the doorway to hide the slightly leaning door. 

 

I had a look at the Petite Properties website (both of them). Couldn't find your pub but som nice buildings there. 

The pub is made is from No 2 Station Road. As you can see you can give a building it's own "personal" character.