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  1. alderson.eric.j
    Hi everybody,
     
    Here are some photographs from my club's stand in an exhibition in Seraing (Liège) this week-End.
     
    We'll start with some pictures of a club member's layout :

    First, a tunnel portal. This is a reproduction of a real tunnel portal located in Chaudfontaine, on the line from Liège to Cologne.

    This is a scene from the village, with the detailed and lighted pub (the name, G + Soif, gives the phonetic expression "J'ai plus soif", translated in "I'm not thirsty anymore"... )

    Ah... Here is one of my "weathering jobs" on my friend's layout, an abandoned and rotting old steam locomotive... As he really loves Alsace, he even went to put a Stork nest on it... )

    Another "Gag" on his layout is those skiers... Without snow ! Yep, the global warming did it again !!!

    Another of my "works". This signal box (original located in Quiévrechain, France) has been scratchbuilt with detailed interior and lightning.

    Ha... Jean-Claude and his puns... He went to put a submarine (check for the periscope) and even some spies (the divers) in the pond... But how dit they made it there, would you ask ? Well... simply by groundwater... )


    And we finish with those two "global" views of the layout (with functional superdetailed Sommerfeld catenary). He's about 10 meters long for 3 meters wide.
     
    Then, some of my work... First, one of my freight trains (with my old Jouef 030 TU steamer from the French "Etat" railway company.

     
    Finally, the result of my simple painting and weathering job on a Wills kit (a goods shed)... This depicts one that is in dire need of repair and repaint...


    And a details of some of the planks and one of the two doors... This "Chipping Medium" from Vallejo really gives a wonderfull result.

     
    Well, that's all for this time. More to come later.
    Ricky
  2. alderson.eric.j
    Hello there,
     
    A new model entered my workshop today. A French Fret SNCF Class 67500, n° 4-67504 (the 4 in front of the engine number indicate its "Pool", the 4 indicating it's in the "Freight" pool).
     
    The model, purchased by the ALAF, is a Piko one in HO Scale. Of course, I was asked to perform a bit of my "Magic" on it... And thus it went to Ricky's Weathering Shop...
     
    After a bit of work with both LifeColor and Vallejo Model Color acrylics plus several washes with the new Vallejo Model Wash paints, here's the result I finally got on the model as he left the workshop to head back to the Club's layout :
     




     
    Voila. I'll just wait your comments on this weathering.
     
    Cheers,
     
    Ricky.
  3. alderson.eric.j
    Here are a few photographs of my weathering work to introduce you to my blog. I'll present later other models from my workbench in the blog, as well as I'll show you the progress on my dioramas and my future layout construction along the next few years...
     
    Let's first start with some of the Märklin I Scale (1/32) models I weathered for a friend.
     

    This covered goods wagon was weathered for a friend of mine with Vallejo Model Color acrylics.

    This other one was weathered with Vallejo Model Color acrylics too, and fitted with a scratchbuilt load (made out of Evergreen and Raboesh Styrene sheets and strips)

    This Märklin I scale wooden covered wagon, weathered with Vallejo's Acrylics, was fitted with a real floor and interior details. I went indeed as far as to make the crates out of real oak wood purchased from a craft store, and even added a clipboard with scale-printed shipping documents and a scale-printed German newspaper - the "Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" - on one of the crates... Yes, I know... I'm quite crazy, but what can I do about it if I like that kind of challenge ? ? ?

    This photograph shows a HO Town House I scratchbuilt for one of my diorama projects (put on Hold as I'm actually working on my book...). It was scratchbuilt out of styrene (mainly Slaters sheets, Evergreen strips and sheets, as well as Raboesh plain styrene sheets). The structure has been made as a "low relief" to stand against a backdrop. It was fitted with a full detailed interior. The painting and weathering was done with Vallejo's acrylic paints and with Conte soft chalks (as weathering powders).

    This model of a Belgian Railways water tower (prototype still standing in Kinkempois) scratchbuilt by one of my friend. He made two of them, one for our club's layout, the other one which ended in the Kinkempois Railways Museum, right in front of its "Big Brother"... I painted and weathered the building with Vallejo's acrylics, Conte soft pastels, and used "Scenic Rust" set to create the rusty effects on the metallic elements. The base is made out of Depron foam board, and decorated with woodland scenic turfs and hand painted Preiser figures.
     
    Voila. More in the next Episode of this "Saga".
     
    Ricky
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