Job's Modelling

A good (modelling) 2017. Looking forward to your progress

Thanks for the complement. I was also surprised by my street name sign. Just a good photographic paper, some soft sanding along the edges and some pastels can give this result.

The painting of cars are a different subject and I found a good guidance for painting them. But that is for a next entry.

I like the way Fantasy fans create maps, villages, stories behind plays, characters and so on. Just a view railway lay-outs have a similar approach. Farthing is one of them.

Although it gives another dimension and a good perspectiv, I personally liked your goods depot as a separate diorama. I als liked the idea of building a larger station in separate smaller diorama’s (eating the elephant).

A back ground gives a lot of depth, but personally I had chosen the back of a row of Victorian cottages or maybe even better http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/lms/lnwrf127a.htm showing a boundary wall of a factory. The yard also could provide coal merchants to serve the Farthing with coal.

Looking forward to your choices and progress.

Wish you all the best for 2017 and a lot of success.

Modeling is the escape route from your daily troubles when you do it mindfully.

It works for me this way.

Thanks for your reply and the very true Charlie Brown strip picture. At night problems look mostly very different then by day light.

When you model a railway traject or a railway station every thing is clear. Trains are coming in and are departing. Freight traffic is more complex. But creating a believable story for road deliveries is even more complex. Individual freight parcels have to be delivered in a logical order through a city. That's why I create a city map. The Kelly Directories are helpfull with this. I think you can use them also for your Farthings project.

For my eyeproblems there is a good solution for reading and modeling: a Desktop Video Magnifier. I'm already testing a software program to help my to use the computer. But I have to see what is possible.

Do we get to see Mr Lee in 4mm scale?

Maybe, I will have a look for a suitable figure.

Very atmospheric. I like the idea.

This is a very nice picture.

I still have to make time to learn to work with my photo program to make better pictures of my Northall diorama's.  

I have seen a lot of exhibition layouts in the past. For my a small layout with a lot of movement will do. Maybe a small country station with a goods yard placed in the same period as Foster Street. I think you can find a lot of inspiration on the RMweb and in the railway literature.

Have to agree with the others. The colours give it a very atmospheric look.

  Great modelling.

Thanks for your comment.

In this entry you can find some more information about how I created my colour palette:  http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/blog/1325/entry-17962-colour-palette-design/

Mikkel, this is a fantastic warehouse.

Lot of details and af course I like the merchants name.

After seeing your signs I have to create some time in the future to learn to use my photo program

Very nice Job, the colour coordination is really effective. I hope the story doesn't involve a supermarket chain buying and clearing the lot!

Hello Mikkel.

Glad you like the colour coordination.

Don.t worry, there is no supermarket planned in Queen Street

Just a little surprised that your Iron mongers is depicted as closed-down, in what you infer is a 1950's diorama. They hung-on for quite a while after the '50s I think, Places like B&Q didn't really get going until a bit later. There was a well stocked family-owned Ironmongers in Burton upon Trent until about 2001 when the owners retired. 

Nice , well presented modelling however. 

But there is a story behind it. I will it reveal when the diorama is finished.

Ah, I look forward to seeing what you come uo with for Tuesdays then. Nothing ever happens on a Tuesday :-)

But first I have to finish Monday. I have an idea how to represent the delivery of the parcels.  

Excellent work. I think to give them some personality they need some weathering. Martin Welch has discribed very good in his book "the Art of Weathering".

Looks great.

Caroline Street was on Sunday. So I'm working along the days of the week. Keeps me busy the next couple of ........

I believe in the late 1950's most people had leisure time in the weekends. TV, radio and reading were popular in the evening. Maybe the they got to a dancing school.

Tha last picture is just great. This could be a nice attraction park. Love to see kids using their imagination.

In this row of three shops, there is still one open.

The other two are closed now, because the building is waiting for demolation. In teh end of the 1950's project development corporation getting more influence.

So for one of my next dioram's I can create one of them or maybe both on their new location. 

My mind is already working with this lovely idea.

Nice to see some building activities.

This is nicely modelled and I'm looking forward to further progress.

For the prototype you mentioned, Scalescenes something like that. in the past as a free download. I think you can find some pictures om the Internet. 

I think it will fit your layout very well.

Ian, thanks for the complement.

I will see what I can do with you suggestions when I have finished the complete building.

Kind regards,

Job

Mikkel, I hope you have enjoyed your holiday.

You have probably missed the previous entry where I have said I sold my trains and bought a "large" amount of road vehicles. My wife thought I toke the right decision. 

Before I bought them I did a lot of research to find the right models.

The mechanical horse will be used in most of my diorama's or vignette's for photographic purposes. I think this road van has also another advantage. But more about that in a later entry.

The car will be the subject I want to use for my scene,

In a vignette the mean subject can be some persons, a car or even a poster. A vignette for my is a independent scene, in which I want to try to model something special. 

My next entry I hope will make this clear.

I have another grimey street in mind.

To create this I have do some designing first.

The pic above is indeed very inspirational and I will save it. Maybe I can use it in a later diorama.

I agree completely with Mikkel.

Just remember the process is as important as the result.

Enjoy your photographic and modeling journey.

Just an other quality piece for your layout. I love to see what you do with your modeling skills. 

Looking great already, Looking forward to the final result.