RMweb Premium rab Posted April 21, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 21, 2015 (edited) A bit of a departure from the norm for you Allan,at least from the masterpieces I've seen since I've been following this thread. Strikes me there is a sort of likeness between those bridge sides and windmill sails! Edit to remove duplication. Edited April 21, 2015 by rab Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain C Robinson Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Astonishingly good work...such consistent finish and execution. cheers, Iain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold teaky Posted April 21, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 21, 2015 Bridges! Lovely! More! Always a dangerous thing to request with Allan! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Fantastic stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mythocentric Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Astonishingly good work...such consistent finish and execution. cheers, Iain Bridges! Lovely! More! Fantastic stuff. I've got to agree with you guys! Someone out there is a very lucky chap!*** I'm beginning to wonder if anything can get the better of Mister Downes, though I must admit I've never noticed him mentioning that Ikea flat-pack furniture stuff! Regards Bill *** Other genders are available! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandman Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 THe stonework on the bridges look remarkably like the stone on Gordon S' s Eastwood Town. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweven Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Looking superb Allan. Great lattice and stonework. Looking forward to the next installment. (Manchester?) Cheers John Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 I've got to agree with you guys! Someone out there is a very lucky chap!*** I'm beginning to wonder if anything can get the better of Mister Downes, though I must admit I've never noticed him mentioning that Ikea flat-pack furniture stuff! Regards Bill *** Other genders are available! Ikea Bill ? Dead easy. Trash the instructions. Assemble with 'Nonails'. Job done. Cheers Mate. Allan 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium The White Rabbit Posted April 22, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 22, 2015 Having just spent some time today proofreading and therefore being in a pedantic frame of mind, I read that as 'Ikea Bill' (rather than "Ikea, Bill?") - I thought we were now creating nicknames for ourselves. I'm assuming Allan would be 'Colron Allan' (of course) but what would your 'Wild West' style moniker be? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgman Posted April 22, 2015 Share Posted April 22, 2015 Very interesting once again Allan, just don't overdo it, 'cos it could be a bridge too far ! Looking forward to the rest Happy modelling ( and don't stay up too late eh?) Grahame 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted April 23, 2015 Author Share Posted April 23, 2015 North and South bridge faces. This bridge is set on a skew - that should be fun ! Cheers. Allan 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonB Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 North and South bridge faces. This bridge is set on a skew - that should be fun ! Cheers. Allan Have a look at http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/82563-the-buildings-of-studley-and-astwood-bank/page-17 For a similar skewed bridge . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 More bridge faces. Cheers. Allan 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
estarriol Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Good afternoon, Very glad to have found this thread, Mr Downes is responsible for many of my own forays into model buildings, and for that I wish to thank you. However may I ask, do you have any pics from an article you did for the Jan 1978 Railway Modeller, of a wooden barn? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Good afternoon, Very glad to have found this thread, Mr Downes is responsible for many of my own forays into model buildings, and for that I wish to thank you. However may I ask, do you have any pics from an article you did for the Jan 1978 Railway Modeller, of a wooden barn? I also rember another barn article with a farmyard complete with manure heap. Was this an early example of smellavision? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
estarriol Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I remember the farm building, he forgot to put a gateway into the wall, and then found a use for the heavy roller to make one.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 Good afternoon, Very glad to have found this thread, Mr Downes is responsible for many of my own forays into model buildings, and for that I wish to thank you. However may I ask, do you have any pics from an article you did for the Jan 1978 Railway Modeller, of a wooden barn? Hi Estarriol and welcome to the thread. I do know the article you mean, it was called "Downes on the farm " - what else ! - and somewhere on this thread someone put up a picture of said barn as I haven't got any pics of it myself - but it's around on here somewhere ! Cheers. Allan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 I remember the farm building, he forgot to put a gateway into the wall, and then found a use for the heavy roller to make one.... Good grief, did I really do that ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Vistisen Posted April 25, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 25, 2015 What with it being a quiet evening, i started ploughing through this thread from the start (again), But stopped after a few pages, the rest will have to wait until I retire. As a modeller who is now in his late 40's and started as a teenager withe superquick. I have recently done my first ever attempt at scratch building. It is no where near these standards. It's a bit depressing, could we see some pictures of peoples first efforts ever at building models Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Are you sure they are bridges? I can't see any buses Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
estarriol Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Sadly yes, always remembered that, but then there was always a touch of humour in your articles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 What with it being a quiet evening, i started ploughing through this thread from the start (again), But stopped after a few pages, the rest will have to wait until I retire. As a modeller who is now in his late 40's and started as a teenager withe superquick. I have recently done my first ever attempt at scratch building. It is no where near these standards. It's a bit depressing, could we see some pictures of peoples first efforts ever at building models Sure, why not ? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
estarriol Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Looked through the thread, the posted barn article isn't the one I am after sadly. The one I am after had two sets of front doors. I remember how you did the walls, but can't remember the roof. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
allan downes Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 Looked through the thread, the posted barn article isn't the one I am after sadly. The one I am after had two sets of front doors. I remember how you did the walls, but can't remember the roof. The roof would have been tiled with individual tiles cut from post cards then coloured with Colron Peruvian Mahogany wood dye. Cheers. Allan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullie Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Sure, why not ?post-18033-0-00283800-1373413519_thumb.jpg Aah- a windmill! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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