Just to say not much going on at the moment. Arthritis and morphine don't make for great modelling motivation so I'm just pottering when and where I can. I've made a start on a Jordan plastic hi lift truck kit and an old Wheel Works white metal pickup kit as I can't cause too much damage with those!
Tuesday, 17 November 2015
Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Correcting a mistake
A while back I built a model of a roadside diner using an old Eggerbahn 009 coach body as the eating area. It was a cute model but on the layout, whenever I looked at it I wanted to rip it out and start again. It was just too much of a pastiche even for me! So today I did rip it out of the leyout and rebuilt it to more realistic proportions.
The shack was reunited with its diner front and the signs refitted.
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| The original model |
I took off all details and then separated the rear kitchen shack from the coach body. I cut out the central window and fitted a Grandt Line door. Primed and then painted with acrylic. I matched the fence with more pieces and painted these white and weathered heavily. I didn't want the vestibule roof overhang so sawed a chunk out with a razor saw. Then I made the deck from Evergreen V groove siding and fitted the fencing.
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| The components |
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| Underside of deck |
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| Completed deck |
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| Underside of roof with first layer of tissue |
The roof was joined and filled roughly with plastic and covered with layers of tissue glued on lengthwise. 3 foot wide strips were then glued on perpendicular to the first to represent tarpaper.
The shack was reunited with its diner front and the signs refitted.
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| Complete |
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| Trying for size |
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
A different view
I thought I'd place the camera at or near ground level while I had the space for a different perspective.
Sunday, 1 November 2015
More on the corner
Lots more landscaping work done.
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| The value of photographs! Can't see that white plaster seam from the normal viewing angle! |
Laying a summer dirt road
I trowelled in the basic road, in this case a country lane using plaster. That was then coloured to hide the "snow". Then I trowelled and brushed on a thickish layer of finely ground clay mixed with water to a stiff paste. Once shaped this was left to dry. The result is a beautifully cracked dirt road. A coating of water/whiteglue mix was dropped onto the surface and allowed to dry. This doesn't affect the cracks but seals the clay down.
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| Clay over plaster road line. |
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| Road dried and verges added |
The result
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| Scale Ho cracks. |
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