7APT7 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Furness Wagon Great scene, liking your rock face, how did you make those look so real, was it with plaster, then paint etc... or an other method Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcD Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Jamie, The basic structure is polystyrene sheet cut out so each layer is slightly different. That was then covered in a plaster, paint and PVA mix. The PVA stops the plaster cracking. Then a hint of short static grass etc and then a day of putting all the long grass on by hand. The layout has probably taken about 50 hours in total to build with the same again for the stock. The idea for the layout started as 0-14 but the track was taking to long to build and there was a deadline for the layout approaching. The gallery shows it before and after I added the long grass. it went to its first exhibition in 2014 without the extra grass, which was added yesterday. Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7APT7 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Hi Marc So is the Plaster done first till hard, then apply Paint mixed with PVA or are all 3 Plaster, Paint and PVA all mixed together while wet and apply to the polystyrene, Its interesting about the 'Stop it cracking part', its very useful to know the How To's... Thanks for sharing to. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcD Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 hi Jamie, I added the paint and PVA into the plaster and added the water in last. Then it was applied to the foam. Marc Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7APT7 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Thanks Marc for that, worth knowing. I have seen it Plastered till hard, then painted, only PVA'd when it came to flocking! Interesting how ones do things differently for the same out come! Thanks you for sharing that Useful Information with us Marc Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberbrothock Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Found this photo of a Type 2 on an up goods at Arbroath in the '60s....... (The way it was in the old days). 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post mudmagnet Posted October 14, 2017 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 14, 2017 Found in a drawer, a slide from Orchard Road circa 1978 ... 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ian@stenochs Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 This is from my S7 scratch building thread. Good picture but it’s even better when seen in the flesh. The quality of the workmanship and the weathering is just superb. Ian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium airnimal Posted October 16, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 16, 2017 Ian, thank you for your very kind comments. It was good to see you on Saturday at the S7 meeting and with your fine collection of loco's. I may be able to make wagon's but I will never be good enough to reach you standard with loco's. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post DLT Posted October 16, 2017 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2017 This one is from my narrow-gauge workbench thread, two Hunslets outside the engine shed at Charmouth. 24 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Hilton Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 (edited) Creech Grange: 006.5 (thread in the Narrow Gauge section of the forum) http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/124999-creech-grange-an-estate-railway-in-4mm-scale/ Busch feldbahn 6.5mm gauge track and mechanisms, scratchbuilt locomotives and stock, representing minimum gauge estate railways inspired by both Heywood and the Sand Hutton. Edited October 19, 2017 by James Hilton 15 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted October 19, 2017 Share Posted October 19, 2017 Moody sky over Bristol, summer 1907. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7APT7 Posted October 20, 2017 Share Posted October 20, 2017 Found in a drawer, a slide from Orchard Road circa 1978 ... Orchard Road 024b.jpg Hi Mudmagnet Great scene, Good Weathering to on the Tracks. Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TomE Posted October 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2017 One day I might catch an engine at Ropley..... Tom. 14 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Waverley West Posted October 21, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 21, 2017 No trains here either... 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
westerner Posted October 21, 2017 Share Posted October 21, 2017 Wonderful!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SRman Posted October 22, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 22, 2017 (edited) One from my archives - taken long ago when cameras didn't have so many megapixels!Sorry, no trains in this one either: a Volvo B58 with Duple Dominant II bodywork cruises down a narrow country lane, somewhere in leafy Surrey. Green Line, under the control of London Country Bus Services (an NBC subsidiary) tried out two of these Volvo chassis against similarly bodied Leyland Leopards after British Leyland killed off the previously favoured AEC Reliance model; the Leylands won the main order. Edited October 22, 2017 by SRman 23 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7APT7 Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Hi SRman Still a great photo, I like the shadows on the house, that comes across a real, that's something unless you painted the shadows, that would be impressive lo SRman Your Trees look great to and the way the field as your back scene looks well blended in with a load of trees in front. thanks for sharing, Jamie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Hi Jamie.The scene is actually a small diorama, which I was able to take out into the garden in full sunshine, hence the nice shadows - convincing because they are real! I wish I could do the same for my layout pictures, but that is way too large to move outdoors. Some of the background 'trees' are actually real shrubs in my garden, some are models; the big oak tree in the left foreground is an old Brittains plastic model with Woodland Scenics foliage. The ferns under the road sign are a Scale Link etched brass product. The farm house is an ancient Airfix detached house I renovated just for the diorama.Thanks for the compliments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
7APT7 Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 SRman Well its a great scene I must say, so you have an options on the layout side, with you wishing to do the same on your layout! Just take the roof off your house, natural shadows would apply a bit extreme I guess. I wish I was as good at diorama's as you are...! Jamie 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Popular Post great northern Posted October 25, 2017 RMweb Premium Popular Post Share Posted October 25, 2017 The unique Gresley W1 runs through Peterborough North in 1958, at the head of its regular Up working. and on the Down side the Flying Scotsman emerges from beneath the overall roof. 28 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Porcy Mane Posted October 25, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 25, 2017 (edited) Blackgill Shed. Only managed three snaps at last weekend's Hartlepool show. The other two are in the Blackgill thread. P Edited October 25, 2017 by Porcy Mane 20 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazjones1711 Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 18 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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