Job's Modelling

Please don't stop publishing in the blog section.

I like to follow your entrances and if you reach people that are interested in your work I think it is good to publish.

And don't mind the blue section above your entry. Scroll down and enjoy writing and reading. 

Ballasting can be a hard job, but when the result is good it is worth the effort.

Hurray! Very glad that the surgery went well Job.

 

And welcome back to RMweb. The pub looks good already. Will it have detailed interior? In any case, maybe we will see be one or two "regulars" on the way in or out :-)

Thanks Mikkel.

The pub is low relief so it will have no interior. I'm still thinking about the further detailing of the diorama. I have some ideas, but I have to work and try them out. Just have a look at the website of Petite Properties for the 1:76 scale models. Like to know what you think of them. 

Great modelling and glad you're eye surgery went well. Always good to see your work Cheers, Mark

Nice work, I like the brickwork colours in there. 

Thanks for the compliments.

Although I tried to do some modelling, I never was satisfied with the result.

Glad I can see good again.

Can see your like list using Edge.

Like the goods yard. looking forward to further progress.

Always good to have more shunting options.

This shop is so good, 10/10 from me. Way better than what I do!

Thanks for the complement. I  have  learned since I started with card modelling that for mu three things were essential to improve: looking at the  excellent work of others, reading about and the most important a loy of practice.

Lovely lighting, Job. I can't wait to see this from the outside! 

 

I see there's a Huntley & Palmers advertisement on the new wall. Here's a 1950s "flood" of biscuits at that factory! http://www.getreading.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/pick-past-huntley--palmers-5388727

Thanks, also for that nice picture.

Looks great.

I ;ove that atmospheric black and white picture.

Just read some of your blog entries.

Like your little branchline.

The creamery can give lot of extra operation. Ever thought of using waybills for the freight traffic?

Lovely article with a lot of background informatiom.

Although not my thing for modeling I love to read about the architectural background of buildings.

Looking forward to the stable you are going to model.

kind regards,

Job

Your pictures say more than a lot of words.

A great layout with lovely time based details.

I like your micro layout. Great atmosphere and nice CARD modeling.

As a former FREMO member I like "real" traffic on a model railway. Shunting in a station can be a great challenge.

Thanks for pointing my to this book. I'll keep it in mind. Could be a nice birthday present.

Thanks for the PDF Job. It's very advanced stuff, with different colours chemes for North and South facing facades!  The guide to fonts is particularly useful for my purposes, as I have sometimes wondered about this. 

 

Both photos give off a sense of calm and everyday life, I think. In the photo of J. Baker it is fact that the girl is skipping that tells us that there are no dangers around and all is well. In the photo of Dixons there are no people, and yet the open door and the sign outside signals that there is life here and people are going about their daily routines. 

 

I really like these little signals that your dioramas contain, always with restraint and not too much.

I'm glad the PDF is useful to you, Mikkel

Playing children in a street is really for the 1950’s and early 1960’s. Now a days in the Netherlands most children don’t play in the street. A lot of children are playing inside using digital plays.

And thanks for the compliment about the little signals.

Very evocative, as ever, Job. I also like the look of old shopfronts in black and white photos. I don't know why they appear more attractive than contemporary scenes, but they do.

Thanks, Barry.

I believe that the most important reason is, that shop owners have more freedom in choose the colour and font. In the 1950’s most shop sign were hand painted and made. Now we have modern materials and techniques.

And a black and white picture has a totally different atmosphere than a black and white picture. And don’t forget in the 1950’s pictures were developed in the photographers own dark room. For that reason I like black and white pictures, also from modern photographers. Now we use digital pictures which can be changed in any way om the computer.

First something about politics:

“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.”
― Aldous Huxley, Collected Essays 

So unfortunately people are reacting in the same way on risks as in the past.   

And about the modeling I can only say: I still enjoy reading your entries. Nice explenation and usefull pictures.

About the search for color. I would advice the detective force of Scotland Yard in Victorian times, for example Nathaniel Druscovich and Inspector John Meiklejohn. I believe James Bond is a great secret agent, but that his knowledge about paint less adequate.

The scene looks indeed less urban this way.

I like the changes.

Looking forward to your next entry.

I like the suggestion. Tracks and weeds.

This is one of mu favourite layouts.

Thanks, Mikkel. Both pictures have the same setting. But the Morris Oxford was planned for the final diorama. The mechanical horse will be used is in other diorama's too.

I agree with you that we can learn a lot from military modellers painting our models.

Very nice Job! Your scenes are very evocative and modelled to a very high and consistent standard. Hope you get your eyes sorted.

Thanks for the compliment. I will try to keep up my standard. I'm working to get my working environment more suitable for my eye problems.

For the sanding of photographic paper, I use a large fine glass nail file. For my purposes I have just to “remove” the top of the paper. I lay my file flat over the paper and very gently rub over the surface.

Another point of consideration is that not all photographic papers are build up the same and act the same.