brylonscamel Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 A Cottage industry Here are some photos after priming the various 'but and ben' cottages. There are still some 'quirks' be dressed by hand but as a first batch of samples, they are generally tidy and will pop into life with the addition of paint. As with all materials and processes used to produce models there is a lot to learn and expertise is usually won over years of practice. I consider myself very lucky that I found so much help and encouragement to start this venture. A local friend has recently pitched in with his own experience to offer tips and answers to numerous noddy questions. He has worked on things as various as the original Spitting Image and Tim Burton's 'Corpse Bride' so he has lots of ideas gained within a commercial setting. I'm aiming to up the ante with the next set of buildings but as a starter for ten I feel this is 'Nae Bad'! 11 4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 Nae bad indeed Brian. The middle photo with all the models together makes me think it is only a matter of time before you produce rows of terraced houses a la Coronation Street! Well done Cheers David Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted May 5, 2021 Author Share Posted May 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, David Bell said: .. it is only a matter of time before you produce rows of terraced houses a la Coronation Street! Thanks David - you are the second person today to mention Coronation Street in response to the grouping of cottages! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted May 7, 2021 Author Share Posted May 7, 2021 (edited) The North British Hotel On the commissions front, David and I have agreed on a piece of Glasgow's railway and hotel heritage with which to proceed. It's a beautiful, iconic building that makes a perfect companion to the office that I built. The original is massive so we are restricted to the western end but it will have enough of the façade to be instantly recognisable to anyone familiar with Glasgow Queen Street station. Edited May 7, 2021 by brylonscamel 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Bell Posted May 7, 2021 Share Posted May 7, 2021 3 hours ago, brylonscamel said: The North British Hotel On the commissions front, David and I have agreed on a piece of Glasgow's railway and hotel heritage with which to proceed. It's a beautiful, iconic building that makes a perfect companion to the office that I built. The original is massive so we are restricted to the western end but it will have enough of the façade to be instantly recognisable to anyone familiar with Glasgow Queen Street station. Looking forward to seeing this develop! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brylonscamel Posted May 14, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 14, 2021 Cottages 'in the wild' I've been a bit quiet whilst working through all these little cottage castings, fettling and painting the 24 pieces that I have assembled. here are some photos in natural light of the wee 'but & ben' cottages. I'm really chuffed with how they look, placed on dioramas that I made specifically to give them a setting. 12 9 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brylonscamel Posted May 14, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 14, 2021 Holiday by the sea? These photos feature the resin buildings on my harbourside diorama. Frankly, I quite fancy renting this one as a coastal hideaway! 17 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brylonscamel Posted May 15, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 15, 2021 Rusty tin Today, I have been painting the cottages that sport a corrugated iron roof. Here are a few close ups. 17 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enfys_Rainbow Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 How much are these lovely little cottages going to cost? Oh, lovely rusting too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted May 16, 2021 Author Share Posted May 16, 2021 4 hours ago, Enfys_Rainbow said: How much are these lovely little cottages going to cost? I'm just working out the cost of this first batch. l will post the info here when it's sorted but I've also dropped you a personal message. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brylonscamel Posted May 16, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2021 Whilst waiting for a train on the highland lines 18 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mikkel Posted May 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 17, 2021 As the birds sang and the wind blew gently through the grass, John knelt quietly in the back of his trusty old Landrover and prayed that he would annihilate his enemies in tonight's Counterstrike session. 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted May 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 17, 2021 Sometimes, something comes along which makes you wish you modelled a different area to that which you do! Mike. 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share Posted May 17, 2021 4 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Sometimes, something comes along which makes you wish you modelled a different area to that which you do! That's a brilliant response! My plan to convert everyone to modelling the highlands and the old Great North of Scotland area is working!! 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share Posted May 17, 2021 7 hours ago, Mikkel said: As the birds sang and the wind blew gently through the grass, John knelt quietly in the back of his trusty old Landrover and prayed that he would annihilate his enemies in tonight's Counterstrike session. I love that this has sparked an accompanying story - will there be future episodes? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted May 17, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 17, 2021 2 hours ago, brylonscamel said: That's a brilliant response! My plan to convert everyone to modelling the highlands and the old Great North of Scotland area is working!! Well, if you came up with engine sheds/goods sheds/tenements I might weaken. Mike. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share Posted May 17, 2021 4 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Well, if you came up with engine sheds/goods sheds/tenements I might weaken. .. well Mike ... watch this space Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brylonscamel Posted June 4, 2021 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 4, 2021 Update: The 'But & Ben' Collection This first batch of cottages is fully painted but I want to fit gutters, pipes and spouts to complete the buildings properly. I have been in a bit of a dither as to what will work. The parts available from Alan at Modelu are terrific but the gutters are in short lengths and so fine that mass assembly is too time consuming. I tried a couple of options and settled on a combination of HO gutters that work nicely with Modelu fittings. This means I can finish the batch and offer them for sale. 14 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 (edited) Oops! I've been very busy behind the scenes, almost forgetting to update this RMWeb thread in the process. A sort of 'sample sale' is up on the website and the small batch of fully prepared is available to buy. Despite my recent career in web design and web development, the nuts-and-bolts of e-commerce setup, email configuration and page design still takes a bit of doing! Anyway, you press buttons and things pop up in a reassuringly reliable fashion. If anything takes someone's fancy, purchasing is easy. The fully-finished nature (and price) of most pieces may disappoint some. This is due to the fact that I needed a batch to photograph and showcase. Also, this being my first venture into resin-casting, there were lots of quirks in the castings that needed fettling to assemble. To complete the buildings, some parts are scratch-built or were tweaked to fit. This makes the current castings too fussy to sell as self-assembly kits. My confidence with casting is growing and I feel certain that some nice kits will be rolling out of my shed and have lots of ideas for the future. I really hope this develops into a healthy little enterprise and adds to the growing industry of specialist model-producers in the UK. When I last looked, a slick young estate-agent was even spotted nosing around one of the properties .. he said he had been waiting for the owner to install the gutters and downpipes! Edited June 8, 2021 by brylonscamel 11 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thompclass37 Posted June 9, 2021 Share Posted June 9, 2021 The standard of these is truly breathtaking, if you can produce these as kits they will definitely be at the Rolls Royce end of the market. What is your website address please Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted June 9, 2021 Author Share Posted June 9, 2021 33 minutes ago, thompclass37 said: What is your website address please Thanks for that comparison - funnily enough I read a book last year ("Precisely") and it included the rolls-royce story. Mr Royce's dedication to accuracy remains something to aspire to! The website was produced in haste last week but seems to work fine: https://braesidemodels.co.uk/ I'll be adding buildings in kit form as soon as I can get the next round of development* done. * a fancy way of saying 'make some more buildings" Cheers, Brian 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thompclass37 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Thanks for that comparison - funnily enough I read a book last year ("Precisely") and it included the rolls-royce story. Mr Royce's dedication to accuracy remains something to aspire to! The website was produced in haste last week but seems to work fine: https://braesidemodels.co.uk/ Thanks Brian Charles 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 Just caught up with this thread, fantastic modelling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theakerr Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 In my ignorance, would these cottages have had some sort of flashing around the chimney? It may be there and I cannot see it in the pictures or it may be that cottages like this didn't have flashing. I am not trying to be petty, I dont know and am curious. As a matter of interest I live in Canada near Ottawa and there are a few cottages so similar to these you wouldn't believe it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 On 14/06/2021 at 21:03, Theakerr said: In my ignorance, would these cottages have had some sort of flashing around the chimney? It may be there and I cannot see it in the pictures or it may be that cottages like this didn't have flashing. I am not trying to be petty, I dont know and am curious. As a matter of interest I live in Canada near Ottawa and there are a few cottages so similar to these you wouldn't believe it. You are right, flashing is a feature of these buildings but not always obvious to the eye and some old cottages with 'wiggly tin' roofs seem completely without flashing. I believe the use of lime mortar fillets was the most common method but time and weathering reduced many to something hardly visible. Traditionally, lead was rare and expensive so hardly used. I've taken a bit of license with this first model and rendered them without a clearly defined mortar flash running over the top of slates or corrugated sheet. This compromise was partly to facilitate the model construction which uses chimney stacks set into a recess in the roof parts. Future models will feature something more clearly defined where appropriate. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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