Mick Bonwick

5 minutes ago, chuffinghell said:

….Not too closely I hope because I really haven’t got a clue what I’m doing 

Pretend it's a Land Rover. Seriously.

They looked spot on. Not Spot-On because they would be over scale.

Small quantities (only two 't's, Rob) and muted shades (not RayBans, Stu) will serve you well.

3 hours ago, MrWolf said:

 

Most emphatically,

 

NO.

Spoilsport!

14 minutes ago, chuffinghell said:

Just needs a little appropriate weathering

Watching closely . . . . . . . .

53 minutes ago, KNP said:

Ah.....it looks so happy there, has it settled in?

Perfectly at home!

Nice easy, relaxed Sunday, spent colouring concrete fence panels with pigments.

Found another piece of seafoam to turn into a shrub.

Now that all the Land Rovers are resting somewhere safe, I've used a tractor to add some interest.

1 hour ago, Mick Bonwick said:

Nice information plan. Please let everybody see.

 

B. R. East

Maybe this was a little too subtle for a Sunday morning after the Saturday night. I've added a little help for you.

13 minutes ago, NHY 581 said:

 

I think it's too much to sand so some 5mm will have to be filleted off the brick base. 

 

Would it be too much work to raise the trackwork by 5mm? That would give the opportunity for a little more relief to be introduced to the scenic area.

Just wonderin'.

Nice information plan. Please let everybody see.

B. R. East

I'm waiting for you to get to Worthy Down. I can contribute to the disussion then.

On 25/06/2021 at 10:07, Oldddudders said:

I think a key part of the south end of the DN&S is under the M3. Think green protestors and Swampy.

I know that you really meant A34. Others aren't aware of your dysliexa.

On 25/06/2021 at 13:05, MrWolf said:

 

It is the equivalent of walking into the Pegasus in Aldershot and announcing that you thought only fairies have wings...

Which is probably why all the front windows of that establishment fold back into the walls.

I learned it from one of my oldest friends who is an ex RGJ Sergeant. They tend to be a little reckless after certain events in the 1980s.

I was once stationed in Aldershot. One of my staff was married to a military chef attached to 2 Para. He was stationary at a set of traffic lights near the Pegasus, on his way home with his wife in the car, and a group of his fellow regimental personnel recognised him as a c**hat (Para derogatory term for soldiers without wings) and approached them 'vigorously'. He drove off through the set of red lights, that being the safer option - police or no police.

1 hour ago, Right Away said:

What a super thread! The level of the contributors‘ skills on what are essentially quite diminutive models is astounding.

Given the opportunities to render, even the most bashed about models, with a new ultra-realistic identity, it would not be surprising if there isn’t a serious uptake in used OD model vehicles for this very purpose.

Well done all.

 

I couldn't agree more. Being presented with them in the first place was astounding, but when I'd recovered and looked more closely I realised just what RMwebbers are capable of. In the nicest possible way.

I still haven't found the right adequate words to use to say, "Thank you".

Wherever it came from, and whatever it will become, will be certain to keep us entertained for a while.

I just love that casually placed IED.

9 minutes ago, MrWolf said:

The Ministry of Defence would like to point out that "Donkey Slappers" is a derogatory term for the tank regiment,

If you ever used that term within earshot of a cavalryman, you car would be a pancake very soon afterwards. Unless you were very fleet of foot, you would be, as well.

I had a telegram delivered today, which took me some time to decipher.

Lodmoor Airfield stop Douglas Dakota delivery stop Futuristic vehicles need collecting stop

I hitched a ride from a certain squadron leader, who happened to be refuelling for a photographic mission over Encombe Town, and found what turned out to be some military surplus cross-country capable utility vehicles. They had arrived from somewhere called RAF Charmy Bottom in a Douglas DC-3 Dakota of Transport Command, piloted by Flying Officer S. Lowcomo.

How very exciting.

I thought that railway and neat were mutually exclusive.

7 minutes ago, Tony Teague said:

 

Andy

Funnily enough I thought of apple green but I didn't want to offend the LNER afficionados!

The more I look at it the more I think it may need a complete re-spray.

Tony

Nah! Just weather it!

Real cobblestones, after many years use, tend not to be level, either. Just sayin'.

Marvellous, George. Absolutey marvellous.

All Land Rovers neatly and safely packed away for the time being, I carried on with some scenic work this afternoon.

The concrete fencing as supplied is completely brand new and spotless, understandably. It needed to be aged, so I found a photograph of aged concrete fencing (!) and proceded to try and replicate the effect.

Searching my collection assortment of pigments I chose these three to use as a practise. 

We have Burnt Umber, Army Green and Europe Earth. Working on the sprue as a guide, and working clockwise from top left, the burnt umber is applied first, to create a darker patch in the centre of the panel. Next is an army green application down each side and, finally, a europe earth across the top. Once all these are in place the same brush used to apply the pigments is gently moved across the panel to blend these colours into each other.

The end result was not too far from my intended look, so I proceeded with the diorama fence panels.

I only managed to complete two panels before dinner's readiness was notified, so I'll continue on the morrow.

Needs a Land Rover.

2 hours ago, Tony Teague said:

have been loaded into the belly of a Transport Command plane and will shortly depart for another time and place.

 

That'll be a DC3 then.

While we're on the subject of Land Rovers, I thought I'd mention this:

I wonder if I've got a model of this around anywhere . . . . . . . .