grahame Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 1 hour ago, brylonscamel said: I agree - it's not that difficult and you learn so much more along the way! This little distillery has me digging through books and looking at info online - I've learned about whisky making, the history of distilleries in Scotland and feel like I can start to read the architecture; the styles, different types of stone and architectural details. I had no idea that one architect in Elgin had such an influence on the development of the style of distilleries or that whisky making has been though so many ups-and-downs. You get to chat to fellow modellers in more depth and they are great for informing what you are doing - plus I also had a great chat with my Dad about it last night - so it has been really valuable. I find the research about specific buildings necessary to make them and concerning their history, development and style is an extra enjoyable dimension to the hobby. And you learn so much about the locality. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinW Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Have to say that the signal boxes and the distillery buildings look very impressive. Colin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted September 12, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 12, 2019 The ‘angel’s share’ is a term used to describe product unavoidably lost in the manufacturing, storage, or distribution processes. For whisky it is evaporation, for coal the dust blown off wagons in transit. Either way, it has vanished irretrievably into the air never to return, presumably to float heavenwards for the angels to use. With coal, where the loaded wagons are weighed accurately on a weighbridge so that the customer is fairly charged for the amount he receives, an ‘angel’s share’ mustbe taken into account as the customer always receives a little less than the amount stated on the weighbrige waybill. There is clearly an opportunity for pilferage here, in the same way as ‘damages’ in warehousing and handling. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted September 16, 2019 Author Share Posted September 16, 2019 (edited) This is one of those updates where you think "will anyone even notice the changes"? Work has picked up lately and I haven't had much time for the important stuff, like dog walks, cycling, chatting in cafes and MODEL MAKING! There's actually been a fair bit of work with clay and styrene to get to this point, despite almost imperceptible changes. Anyway, all the basic connected buildings in the distillery are now made. Edited September 16, 2019 by brylonscamel 14 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted September 19, 2019 Author Share Posted September 19, 2019 I kept a bit of clay-on-card aside to try out scribing & colouring combinations before I start on the actual distillery buildings. The distilleries I have been eyeing up are the Aberdeenshire ones which are largely in rough / dressed granite. I rather like the ones that contain granite in a pink hue amongst the greys. I have a couple of books on distilleries and found photos of buildings at Aberlour distillery which were the sort of thing I was looking to emulate .. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brylonscamel Posted September 19, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 19, 2019 .. so I started scratching away at my clay & card tester. For the test piece I decided on regular blocks (mainly for speed) and produces these effects .. 17 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianblenk Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 Loving the distillery. here's one I did a few years back based on Towiemoor; https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/68909-bridge-of-alford/&tab=comments#comment-966143 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted September 19, 2019 Author Share Posted September 19, 2019 (edited) 27 minutes ago, ianblenk said: Loving the distillery. here's one I did a few years back based on Towiemoor Cheers Ian - I had discovered your distillery model whilst searching threads here for other models. I loved your rendition; there are lots of nice details like the coal hatch doors, loading bays, decorative quoins, hoists etc. The whole thing has a nice atmosphere about it - definitely one I had in the 'inspirational' category. PS I had a look online and there really isn't much left of Towiemore distillery these days, just a few buildings put to use on the farm! Edited September 19, 2019 by brylonscamel 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianblenk Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 I believe Scott took bottles of Towiemoor on his ill fated expedition to the South Pole. Great to see a full relief model of a distillery. I did ask Elgin Library if they had copies of Charles Doigs drawing, which they do, however they wanted in excess of £200 to copy them. I politely declined! Looking forward to more posts, I also love Caledonian Basin Ian B 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signaller69 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 3 hours ago, ianblenk said: Loving the distillery. here's one I did a few years back based on Towiemoor; https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/68909-bridge-of-alford/&tab=comments#comment-966143 I had the pleasure of seeing this layout which was being shown by the current owner at Darlington show recently. It is very impressive and captures the Distillery atmosphere superbly. Martyn. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianblenk Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 It's still around? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 The test piece is looking very good, like the way the colours on the second piece have been weathered. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted September 20, 2019 Author Share Posted September 20, 2019 13 hours ago, hayfield said: The test piece is looking very good, like the way the colours on the second piece have been weathered. .. a bit of dry brushing with light grey just to get the texture visible. If you can see it in the photos that's a thumbs up! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Its very noticable and very impressive, a tallant I sadly lack as I am no artist. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 On 21/09/2019 at 08:47, hayfield said: Its very noticable and very impressive, a tallant I sadly lack as I am no artist. I am not an artist - just a good "hack" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brylonscamel Posted September 23, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 23, 2019 I've got nothing to show but progress on the scribing of clay at the moment. I tried to give the granite blocks a bit more texture so I went over the surface with a coarse file. Hopefully this will give me some nice effects when dry-brushing. 20 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocp Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Inspirational work mate. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold jamest Posted September 23, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 23, 2019 Hi, Great work there - can I ask what you use to scribe the clay? Apologies if you've already said. Regards, James Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted September 23, 2019 Author Share Posted September 23, 2019 4 hours ago, jamest said: Hi, Great work there - can I ask what you use to scribe the clay? Apologies if you've already said. Regards, James Hi James .. for this building I tried using a steel scribing tool to mark the horizontal courses (see photo) but the blunt end of a needle file to separate each stone. I'm still experimenting but this should be fine for this model. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted September 24, 2019 Author Share Posted September 24, 2019 .. another micro-update on the distillery - partly for my amusement as a record of progress. If anyone else is interested, here is the result of a couple of hours scratching and fettling 10 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 That looks like a dentists tool to me. I have also heard these deep hand-held scribing tools called a "skrawker" as well, a term I first encountered in RM and MRC magazines in the mid-70s. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted September 24, 2019 Author Share Posted September 24, 2019 54 minutes ago, Martin S-C said: That looks like a dentists tool to me. I have also heard these deep hand-held scribing tools called a "skrawker" as well, a term I first encountered in RM and MRC magazines in the mid-70s. As someone who has been visiting a dentist recently, my scribing tool does look like something in the denist's armoury! PS There are indeed some threads on here about 'skrawkers' - are they a kind of hooked gouging knife? I don't know good they would be for scribing something like dry clay .. they look likely to inadvertently rip the clay from its substrate. What do you think? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin S-C Posted September 24, 2019 Share Posted September 24, 2019 Back in the day when they first got mentioned skrawkers were the thing to scribe stonework. They were hand cut from other old tools so could be whatever shape/width/sharpness you needed. I suppose these days you can buy them off the shelf from the modelling tool suppliers. I think they get used for scribing wagon planking in plasticard too, maybe that is there more common use. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold lezz01 Posted September 24, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 24, 2019 When i saw the tool you were using I went alooking for my skrawker but I can't lay my hands on it atm (I wonder what the hell I've done with it). I used instead of a scriber because mortar courses aren't V shaped. I made mine from a broken hacksaw blade ground out in the shape of a lino knife and It has been made to fit in a heavy duty craft knife handle. It works very well on plastic but tbh I have never tried it on plaster/Das. Regards Lez. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brylonscamel Posted September 24, 2019 Author Share Posted September 24, 2019 3 minutes ago, lezz01 said: When i saw the tool you were using I went alooking for my skrawker but I can't lay my hands on it atm (I wonder what the hell I've done with it). I used instead of a scriber because mortar courses aren't V shaped. I made mine from a broken hacksaw blade ground out in the shape of a lino knife and It has been made to fit in a heavy duty craft knife handle. It works very well on plastic but tbh I have never tried it on plaster/Das. Regards Lez. I used the scriber to mark the courses but the blunt end of a small file to finish - as you say, I didn't want v-shaped mortar courses. We'll see how it translates once I start painting the stonework! PS Good luck with the skrawker hunt - in my experience, start with the least likely place first! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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