Photo Gallery (2)
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
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
Butcher's Shop
The meat products are fashioned in Fimo, baked and painted. Wall tiles were drawn up on the computer and printed on glossy photo paper - great effect. The shop front signs and tiles were done at the same time. Floor tiles printed as well, but on plain paper, along with the bricks on the chimney stack. The chimney pots are plastic tube with fine ‘D’ section plastic strip. Soot applied with felt tipped pen in the Blitzer. Click on Chimneys for a close up.
The meat products are fashioned in Fimo, baked and painted. Wall tiles were drawn up on the computer and printed on glossy photo paper -
Detail of tiles on back wall
Copper Kettle & Rose Cottage
The local Tea Shop with tea garden has a fully fitted interior. Gingham tablecloths complete with place settings were printed on the PC, along with the matching curtains. The ‘Kettle’ sign is fretted from plasticard. All the flowers are punched from different coloured papers and individually attached to fine wire stems. The hanging basket is a ball of Plasticine with twisted wire hangers pushed in. The kerbside gully with cobblestones and drains, is again produced on the computer. Click on the hanging basket in pic.#2 for a close-up of a window box
Just a small taste of the railway side of things.
More to come as more is built
More to come as more is built
Quarry Railway
cutting
cutting
Click this picture for close-
Views of the High Street
Apart from the fencing, virtually everything you see here is 1.5mm card. To form the gutter in the road, the pavement is two layers of card and the road surface is one. The printed gutter (including drains, was made on the PC).
Teetering now has a population of four!!
The local bobby
The local bank manager
Bins from sheet lead
The War
Even more photos
Scrogg’s Yard.
The latest section to be modelled. This end of the baseboard is only 12 inches deep, so the structures are very low relief. In fact the left side of the “Millers Rest” pub tapers to nothing! This has been disguised somewhat by making a feature of the open cellar flaps.
All buildings are my usual 1mm card with, where appropriate, the woodgrain carved in with a scalpel. The stucco wall of the pub is a mix of plaster and acrylic paint. The lower wall is Slater’s embossed stone. The lampost is brass tube and bits of a ballpoint pen. (they light up by the way!)
The handcart is scratcbuilt mainly from wood veneer with a pair of wheels from an old 1/72 Airfix Napoleonic Artillery set. The barrels are wood, turned on mini lathe, with paper hoops added and staves scribed in.
I’m particularly pleased with the crates of beer. The crates are once again wood veneer, while the bottles are lengths of cocktail stick, points slightly blunted, with a dab of very thick paint for the caps. These three crates took about 20 minutes to make. They really are easy and everybody has
