allan downes Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 Not the best of pics I'm affraid, but it's just to give some idea as to where that castle will be going where it can't be much more than a token in low relief but hey,you can only get so much on a Wicks door ! Cheers. Allan. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted November 12, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 12, 2013 Would I be right in thinking the white bay window on the building at the back is made from a Wills lean-to greenhouse kit ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 Would I be right in thinking the white bay window on the building at the back is made from a Wills lean-to greenhouse kit ? Hi Stubby. Nope, everything scratchbuilt bar windows and chimney pots. Cheers. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted November 12, 2013 Share Posted November 12, 2013 Beautiful work Allan! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Sasquatch Posted November 12, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 12, 2013 Should have given stubby a yellow card for tht Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted November 12, 2013 Author Share Posted November 12, 2013 A few overhead shots ( standing on a chair !) showing capping stones and laminated thickness of walls - three layers of two mil card, one layer of two mill stone sheeting and guaranteed to keep any marauding Scotsman at bay - and one in particular ! - Also seen are homemade gauging tools and template which were essential if speed but not necessaraly accuracy was the priority ! Cheers. Allan. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Gosh, possibly a bit more robust than my city walls/castle: Luckily I don't need to worry about marauding Scots! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain C Robinson Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Lovely job, C&WR! My family have given up marauding, although my Dad was something different...lol! Anyway, after seeing the magnificent work of the Colron Kid, I hoist the white flag...for the moment... cheers, Iain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Thanks, Iain. I wanted a scenic break and a wall like this seemed to hit the spot. It was a relatively simple task to adapt the Scalescenes wall kit to make the towers - the round one by using (rather than Chubber's packeto-cornflako) tuba-da-crispa! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain C Robinson Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Thanks, Iain. I wanted a scenic break and a wall like this seemed to hit the spot. It was a relatively simple task to adapt the Scalescenes wall kit to make the towers - the round one by using (rather than Chubber's packeto-cornflako) tuba-da-crispa! Ah, yes, but once you start that, you can't stop...those Pringles are strangely addictive Seriously though, great walls, very convincing. cheers, Iain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Yes, great use of Scalescenes Random Ashlar - nice job! Reminds me of the retaining wall I built then ripped out! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaz Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 I am just always so gobsmacked by what you can do with an extra thick piece of 'paper' And make it look substantial. We need some bedding in the structures as the work progresses.....that always makes it believable. Great work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightengine Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Gosh, possibly a bit more robust than my city walls/castle: Regarding robustness, is it just because you and Allan are using different finishing techniques that your robustness varies? I presume that Allans embossed walling needs more support. Is that correct? Or is it just a personal preference? Incidentally, Allan, how do you finish the top of your walls ie when viewing from above the tops of the castellations etc? Or do you work on the theory that the top of a castle will be too high to be seen? LE Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 What I meant, lightengine, was that Allan's walls look a lot thicker and more robust, indeed more like a castle than mine! His are 8mm thick if I read the description of his sandwich correctly whereas mine are plain vanilla Scalescenes so on a combination of 1.5mm & 2mm mountboard and in places bits of corrugated cardboard to secure them to the side of the layout box. In terms of day-to-day use on my railway mine work fine, though as they are fixed to the afore mentioned layout box. The layout folds up into the wall, hence having the box round it. Perhaps this picture will help: The wall is firmly glued down at the bottom with Evostick (and later held in place with PVA and ballast); you can then see a strip of corrugated card glued to the back of the wall & in turn to the woodwork at the top of the main part of the wall level with the top of the buttresses, again using Evostick; and then the very top edge of the parapet is similarly glued in place. It's all pretty tough and I eventually dispensed with the supports behind the wall su[pplied with the kit as I couldn't be bothered to cut out all the triangles! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 (edited) This is the retaining wall and scalescenes tunnel portal I built and then ripped out It's all gone now ---- arrrrgh! (I blame RMWeb for making me want to do better ) yes, even those Scalescenes platforms are being replaced... Edited November 13, 2013 by freebs 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 (I blame RMWeb for making me want to do better ) yes, even those Scalescenes platforms are being replaced... As someone who has stuck with the Scalescenes platform & retaining walls not sure how to take that, freebs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 As someone who has stuck with the Scalescenes platform & retaining walls not sure how to take that, freebs Oops sorry - not wanting to disparage your work good sir. I do like the Scalescenes stuff and they're brilliant to put together, but I was never happy with the colour that my printer put out for the stone, it didn't match what I wanted to achieve, plus I was starting to develop scratch building techniques and wanted to build something with a bit of relief.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 (edited) Only teasing, freebs! I also had some printer issues (see how the paving on top of my promenade is in different shades) but for what I want Scalescenes has worked very well. I have seen suggestions on here about enhancing these papers by indenting individual bricks and may give this a bash. I've also had a pop at scribing and painting my own brickwork & will be pursuing this. I finally found a supply of watercolour gouache at a sensible price to help in this. Here's my first attempt from a while back, coloured with a childhood paintbox: I also got into the scratchbuilding side of life (albeit using texture papers) and this is the first thing I built, inspired by the main protagonists on this thread and a John Ahern plan: I also had fun turning this: Into the wall in the background here: Everything forward of the back of the promenade here is scratchbuilt, less the Peco Lineside benches: My Railway Civil Engineer father helped me come up with these: Which dropped rather nicely into here: And here's the latest project: Curses, deliberate mistake honest. Edited November 13, 2013 by C&WR 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Popplewell Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Anything you can do Freebs and C&WR the new double act.Good Stuff.Look out Downes and Robinson!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebs Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Brilliant! Do I spy a couple of YMRV Coaches there? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
C&WR Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 (edited) Anything you can do Freebs and C&WR the new double act.Good Stuff.Look out Downes and Robinson!! You're very kind, but I'm nowhere near the level of these chaps. I am, however, soaking up every little bit of technique I can so I can improve my work and it is thanks to members here and elsewhere that I have managed what I have. I will take credit for having a bit of imagination about what I build (even if the results don't come out as spangly as I dream up) and am pleased I haven't constrained myself with a particular place! Brilliant! Do I spy a couple of YMRV Coaches there? Many thanks. Yes, they are the Hachette Jobs - see here where I ran through the detailing and here where I discuss the costs. Edited November 13, 2013 by C&WR 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 Main towers completed. Cheers Allan. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain C Robinson Posted November 13, 2013 Share Posted November 13, 2013 Great stuff, Allan! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 Great stuff, Allan! Thanks Iain, but still trying to get back on form... Cheers. Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted November 13, 2013 Author Share Posted November 13, 2013 A question guys. Does it need a stone mullioned bay window above the archway ? This was the original intention but now I'm not so sure. Cheers. Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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