Arthur Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Good grief man, if I had scenic bits that small they would be well and truly lost on the workbench (door). Trust me Chris, if I could find all the bits which have entered orbit about my workbench over the years, I'd be able to build a complete loco, mind you, it'd be a bit like Johnny Cash's Cadillac...... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2013 Does she know you've fitted a vice to the dining table ? 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2013 ....and how long before the missus gets back and bawls you out? ATB Dave To be fair to the good lady wife, with the impending show deadline, she's banished me to the 'train room' this weekend for some serious modelling. I suspect she realises I'll be useless at anything not CB related until Doncaser show is done... Does she know you've fitted a vice to the dining table ? Not as bad as the door handle that's fitted to the other side! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium wagonbasher Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2013 To be fair to the good lady wife, with the impending show deadline, she's banished me to the 'train room' this weekend for some serious modelling. I suspect she realises I'll be useless at anything not CB related until Doncaser show is done... Not as bad as the door handle that's fitted to the other side! anything.... surely you have to empty the bins - its your marital duty A 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2013 You can have some sympathy for free: "Ah, Diddums....." You can also have some Symphony: try Beethoven No9 "Choral" All the best, Pete. Pete, Ah thanks, at least someone cares... ok perhaps not, but the thought was almost there. anything.... surely you have to empty the bins - its your marital duty A Did those this morning in the snow, sniff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2013 Today Tennents gained a car park. I was aiming for weathered concrete slab, what do folk think? This started out as sheets of sandpaper which where then painted a cream colour before toning back with greys and browns. Strangely it looks whiter in the flesh and not as grey. 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2013 Longer term the car park will be shortened and the space filled with an industrial brick and tin shed. The building was a stretch too far for the first show and therefore the tin shed's space has been filled with part car park and part green scrub. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2013 Well, they've been posted. Next job is the billboards.... Thankyou !!! to everyone who has contributed, liked or even read this thread and the WC thread ( and the short one for the brass fire escape ) - your encouragement, support, suggestions and toilet references have been invaluable. Last but not least, thanks to the BCB team for inviting me to join in; it's been a real pleasure and I'm really, really looking forward to meeting the team and seeing the layout at Doncaster. Stu Stu, from the heart i say that it has been a real joy having you and the other RMweb volunteers help out on this project. It's moved on from being our idea to something that has gained a life of it's own. Ok, so sometimes this has involved toilets, but hey who are we to judge ;-P I'm really pleased that you have taken part and that you've felt that you've pushed your modelling skills further. That's what the project was all about... getting away from ready to plonk buildings and making people think about the real railways and the finer detail of WHY. Looking forward to you seeing the layout in the flesh and your building in-situ. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2013 Stu, The building is in the post and the socket for it is almost ready. I've left the socket a little on the small side so that it can be cut to suit the ins and outs of the actual building plot. I was going to leave the road until the building arrived but then I thought I could do the road but leave the kerbs and footpath for the building fit. I imagined that Millward's was down a poorly maintained backstreet that was originally cobbled. After having a beer it seemed a great idea to do some potholes in the road with, in some areas, the original cobbles showing through. I started with what I think may be a sheet of Slaters cobbles. There was a lot of it in the materials box left over from a project abot 20 years ago. Therefore the entire road and footway area was based on cobbled sheet. On top of this I then cut the road shape out of 0.75mm plasticard. Holes were cut to represent the potholes, the the edges chamfered of. This 'tarmac' was then MEK'd onto the cobbles. The perimeter of the pothole had a thin bead of PVA applied and silver sand sprinkled over. Once dry the whole lot was painted and toned down with weathering powders, fixed with Andy York's favourite hairspray. Hopefully the pictures show the process and how, at times, the intermediate stages look a bit rough. I do tend to target the following key measures in order though 1. structure. 2. texture, 3. base colour and finally 4. tone / shading. 16 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2013 A bit of work today preparing the surrounding ground for the building. In the end I've gone for a mixture of ground, cobbles and concrete. Still a fair amount to do but enough for now until the building is fitted. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2013 The pot holes would appear where there is more wear than normal, so where vehicles turned in to or out of the yard gates or car park. They also tend to be in the tyre track area, rather than between the wheels. Also, and I know it's still in progress, roads are not the same colour all the way across; rubber deposits, oil drips, dust & debris tend to give a subtle strip effect. But, looking really go so far, and being so close to the front there's no 3ft rule to hide behind ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2013 The biggest holes are by the Millward gates Stu! They also appear before corners (due to breaking) and around poorly reinstated utility trenches.... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2013 Chip van in the corner? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2013 Chip van in the corner? That would be great. If only we had one.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2013 Has Mark eaten them all? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2013 Has Mark eaten them all? No comment... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2013 He also has a drilling jig to position the customers where they are in the photos, I spent a lot of time getting them in the right plaices... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinWalsh Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 This started out as sheets of sandpaper Is Damian aware of this product and it's use??? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2013 Is Damian aware of this product and it's use??? I had to use it for something, we had loads left over! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2013 He also has a drilling jig to position the customers where they are in the photos, I spent a lot of time getting them in the right plaices... Now that is attention to detail! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Worsdell forever Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 19, 2013 Now that is attention to detail! And puns... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2013 And puns... I thought your post was fishy... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2013 And in a few areas the concrete slabs in the yard a breaking up quite nicely... This will be mucked up once the base 'concrete' paint has dried, but not tonight! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trisonic Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 That damn Cortina wrecks everything... Best, Pete. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 2ManySpams Posted January 19, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 19, 2013 That damn Cortina wrecks everything... Best, Pete. I must admit CK's Cor-tina is getting around a bit. Must be due a service shortly! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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