Photo Gallery (Buildings)
The photos in these galleries will be added to and updated as the layout progresses. Some will be of partially constructed models to assist in seeing how they are made. It may seem a bit strange that the buildings have been made before all of the track has been laid. However 3 January 2002 found me with a broken hip
The photos in these galleries will be added to and updated as the layout progresses. Some will be of partially constructed models to assist in seeing how they are made. It may seem a bit strange that the buildings have been made before all of the track has been laid. However 3 January 2002 found me with a broken hip
Station Building (Ticket Office)
This one has an overlay of Slater’s embossed stone. All signs and posters are produced on the computer. All are painted in acrylics, drybrushed and then weathered with artist's water colours.
This one has an overlay of Slater’s embossed stone. All signs and posters are produced on the computer. All are painted in acrylics, drybrushed and then weathered with artist's water colours.
Station Building (Waiting Room)
This one shows some detail of the waiting room. Planking is embossed card. Gutters from thin card and drainpipes from plastic rod, heated and bent to shape. Click on this photo for a better view.
This one shows some detail of the waiting room. Planking is embossed card. Gutters from thin card and drainpipes from plastic rod, heated and bent to shape. Click on this photo for a better view.
Priory House (Back Yard)
Fencing from plastic strip with pasteboard palings. Paving is 1.5 mm card, embossed with a ball point pen and coloured with a Blitzer. In case you haven't come across one, a Blitzer is a sort of airbrush for kids. You insert an ordinary felt tip colouring pen and just gently puff the colours on. It's very cheap and extremely effective. Click on this photo for a close up of the paving.
Fencing from plastic strip with pasteboard palings. Paving is 1.5 mm card, embossed with a ball point pen and coloured with a Blitzer. In case you haven't come across one, a Blitzer is a sort of airbrush for kids. You insert an ordinary felt tip colouring pen and just gently puff the colours on. It's very cheap and extremely effective. Click on this photo for a close up of the paving.
Priory House (Detail)
Window surround detail from plastic rod. Slates are watercolour paper. This has a nice texture which is great for drybrushing. The napped flint walling is fine railway ballast.
Window surround detail from plastic rod. Slates are watercolour paper. This has a nice texture which is great for drybrushing. The napped flint walling is fine railway ballast.
Block Post interior
The desk is card with brass pin heads for drawer handles. Levers from 60 thou. square plastic strip. On the extreme right you can just see the stove. Due to the large window area and the siting near the front of the layout, it was worth the trouble to put in the detail.
The desk is card with brass pin heads for drawer handles. Levers from 60 thou. square plastic strip. On the extreme right you can just see the stove. Due to the large window area and the siting near the front of the layout, it was worth the trouble to put in the detail.
Block Post Interior
A view over the table and out the side window. The milk bottle was made from a bit of plastic tube, warmed over a candle and stretched out to form the neck. The top was filled and painted gold. Only Jersey milk for my lads!
Not the clearest of pictures, but the model is only about 3 inches square and I had to get the camera right inside. It was less than half an inch from the kettle! Click on photo for a close up.
A view over the table and out the side window. The milk bottle was made from a bit of plastic tube, warmed over a candle and stretched out to form the neck. The top was filled and painted gold. Only Jersey milk for my lads!
Not the clearest of pictures, but the model is only about 3 inches square and I had to get the camera right inside. It was less than half an inch from the kettle! Click on photo for a close up.
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General Construction
All buildings are from 1.5 mm card, in some places two or three layers (i.e.. door and window reveals, etc.) Window frames are cut from thin pasteboard (about postcard thickness). All signs and posters are produced on the computer. All are painted in acrylics and weathered with artist’s water colours. Where appropriate, some buildings have interior decor and fittings. Interior walls are drawn up on the computer, complete with paintings, wall clocks, skirting boards and picture rails etc. Floors are printed off with lino, tiles, floorboards or even Chinese carpets. I use an inexpensive drawing package (Serif Draw Plus).
I also use this to print out slates and bricks. For the slates I simply print out a cutting grid. For the bricks I produce a few separate ones with different graduated fills and varying shades. I then replicate a full sheet of them on to 160 gsm card. After printing I then randomly spray them with a Blitzer. (See Priory House below) They are then cut out and applied individually.
All buildings are from 1.5 mm card, in some places two or three layers (i.e.. door and window reveals, etc.) Window frames are cut from thin pasteboard (about postcard thickness). All signs and posters are produced on the computer. All are painted in acrylics and weathered with artist’s water colours. Where appropriate, some buildings have interior decor and fittings. Interior walls are drawn up on the computer, complete with paintings, wall clocks, skirting boards and picture rails etc. Floors are printed off with lino, tiles, floorboards or even Chinese carpets. I use an inexpensive drawing package (Serif Draw Plus).
I also use this to print out slates and bricks. For the slates I simply print out a cutting grid. For the bricks I produce a few separate ones with different graduated fills and varying shades. I then replicate a full sheet of them on to 160 gsm card. After printing I then randomly spray them with a Blitzer. (See Priory House below) They are then cut out and applied individually.
Block Post
Awaiting inmates. Exterior walls are scribed card and the roof is watercolour paper & 60 thou. plastic strip. Window frames are cut from an old Christmas card. (I always grab them!)
Awaiting inmates. Exterior walls are scribed card and the roof is watercolour paper & 60 thou. plastic strip. Window frames are cut from an old Christmas card. (I always grab them!)
