MrWolf Posted October 31, 2022 Share Posted October 31, 2022 Good plan, I try to avoid using pure black and where it's easier, such as wagon strapping, it gets a dose of weathering afterwards. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Posted October 31, 2022 Author Share Posted October 31, 2022 I will probably stop with these two at this point. Still need to get some couplings and nameplates and the driver are on order but the plan is to have them in a 'very well looked after' condition. I might go back and do a little more once I've added the driver, nameplates and handrails but any suggestions gratefully received... Also think I've found a base spray for the concrete - as on the hut roof in the foreground... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Posted November 1, 2022 Author Share Posted November 1, 2022 Incrimental gains today. Pipework painted copper & some of Chris Nevard's water lillies. I think a couple of bits of white flock as blooms would improve it even more... Not sure whether the brake van roof needs re-doing or just a bit more glue on the tissue?! That and the chimney. Base for the plank now up to ground level, but the glue is drying... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Posted November 2, 2022 Author Share Posted November 2, 2022 Well folks (especially @NHY 581), what do we think...? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Posted November 2, 2022 Author Share Posted November 2, 2022 ...and for your further delectation and critique a length of rusty track. Immediate thoughts are that I'm quite pleased. Its getting the sun-bleached look I'm after but needs some variation in the rust on the chairs and possibly on a few random sleepers...!? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 2, 2022 Share Posted November 2, 2022 Possibly a little silvery grey on the sleeper tops to break up the uniformity and suggest dried out timber? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Posted November 8, 2022 Author Share Posted November 8, 2022 Going to re-try the track as I agree, it needs to be more silver/grey. But hey, that's what these little prcatices are for. Speaking of which, the discussion with @NHY 581 @MrWolf and inspiration from @KNP has got me try try a little cameo with some bouillabaisse, or is it bougainvillea? At the moment its closer to the former in colour at least. The black dog has definitely been breathing down my neck these past few days but I did happen to pass a real model shop and went in looking for a suitable wall to train the bougainvillea up. I failed with that but did buy the Wills Pagoda as a cheap and cheerful alternative. I know I said I don't really do grot (oo er missus) but this might be an exception. I'm going to try some hairspray weathering over the fish soup brown and I'm really quite chuffed with the tarred wriggly tin roof (several layers of Mod Podge over the bare plastic) so far... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Posted November 8, 2022 Author Share Posted November 8, 2022 and there it is... Does the roof need more weathering? And what colour for the guttering?! Not sure I want to do too much more to the walls given that they'll be covered in climbing fish soup over the next few days, but I'm open to suggestions. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Posted November 9, 2022 Author Share Posted November 9, 2022 Rusty Rails 2... Some constructive comments/thoughts would be greatly appreciated here before I go any further. It may be my crappy iPhone but it looks a lot greyer in the flesh than it does in these pics and I don't want to go too far. Just a reminder, sunbleached mediterranean timber is the look we (or at least I) are after... In the meantime, the first of the bouillabaisse is slowly emerging from the swamp @NHY 581 and awaiting some green scatter for the first layer of leaves. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 I get the sense that's going to look like one of my lockup garages. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Posted November 9, 2022 Author Share Posted November 9, 2022 Its slowly getting that way 😀 I thought my shed was in back nick! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 Tidy sheds with shiny new locks get broken into. There's nothing in there of saleable value to the average smack rat, so I don't encourage them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Posted November 9, 2022 Author Share Posted November 9, 2022 'tis true. Mine doesn't even have a door. Bit like this one really! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 ...and lo, there was bouillabaisse... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted November 16, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2022 Mange Tout, Gyppers. Il est trés bonne !! Rob. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 Thank you - I think it needs a bit more of the flowers along the top. Wierdly I didn't really notice that until I looked at the pictures again - probably something to do with modeling the foliage without the roof on... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 Together with the magenta flock for the bougainvillea I got some slightly more restrained stuff for the lillies in the water tank. I'm still wrestling with the hose, but we're getting there... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 That's looking very good indeed. I think that I need more plants now! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 Added a bit more magenta flock to the top and I think it looks much better. Just to prove that I've not been completely idle I've also done base number two for the Lighthouse Underpass - I made a complete horlicks of base number one despite a good few hours work so decided to start again. Base coat of sandy earth for the hillside after which I will be playing with tarmac... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted November 21, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 21, 2022 I was hoping for a talking cow... But with the expertise shown about maybe it should be a concrete cow... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 I'm afriad the local fauna/menu participants will have to wait a bit longer... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 As promised, I played with tarmac - though fortunately not in the ‘glad I spent a considerable sum on decent leathers’ way of playing with tarmac - any thoughts/suggestions? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 I like that, what have you used? I opted for a lot of paint and talcum powder over watercolor paper. The colour looks good, so many models seem to be 'tarmac colour' and it's way too dark, ends up looking like a Scalextric track. I'm with you on the decent leathers too. When I first started talking the memsahib out, I got her a good quality jacket and told her: "This isn't me buying you a present, this is me buying my conscience." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 Its a bit of a bodge up from some YouTube trawls. The base is some 1mm foam from Hobbycraft. Its then sprayed with Halfords grey primer. I watched a Kathy Millat vid and she suggested scribing in cracks etc which I did with a toothpic. So far so good. There are then umpteen layers of different greys in a mixture of wet and dry brushes and a black wash to accentuate the cracks. The problem was that every time I black washed it, it became too dark, so it was back to more shades of grey. I decided to leave the cracks for a bit, sealed it with matt varnish and drew in the lines with a Posca pen before adding some sandy brown pigment at the edges (which makes the white lines look slightly yellow) and white in the middle. Then sealed it again. I think I may get some panel line wash and see if that's any better at staying where I want it without darkening the rest...! My old man gave up trying to reign me in fairly early on but one of the few things he did force me to do was to wear leathers whatever the weather and whatever the distance. Most of my spills came from other things but having picked up the pieces from a couple of idiots that came off in jeans/shorts/t-shirts etc I'm bloody glad he did. I'll do the same if my sprogs ever have the urge - there's not a cat in hell's chance of getting the boss on anything other than a peddle bike, and even then only under protest! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 I've always had similar problems with painting mortar courses, particularly where the advice is to apply thinned paint at the top of the building and let capillary action do the rest. Hm. No. Not going to happen. I tend to cringe when I see clowns riding around in shorts and tee shirts. They've obviously never come off. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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