Part 36 – The new building……

Hiya,

Not much done today just the carving for the fourth building!

The original plan has changed slightly, i am now putting a large shed door in the front of the building as well as i want to put in a fully kitted out workshop and have the doors open so it can all be seen.

So i started out by drawing out the sections to be carved and glueing them to the board.

Then i added a surround of balsa wood 5mm thick

Then after casting with javis plaster I left it to semi dry for an hour then sat for three hours and carved all the stone work. Then when completly dry i broke the balsa away and carefully lifted the sections. I then glued these onto there black foamcard backings.

Nikki,

Part 35 – Getting there ……. slowley

Hiya,

Today finally finished the basic paintwork in the corners, popped in the windows and did some more landscaping. First i painted the little water tank and the glued this and the seat into place. I then laid scenics around them and tryed to make them look like they have been there for a long while.
First some pictures of the tank, it was made from plastic bits from my bits box, some lime wood and some carved plaster for the bases. It was painted first in dark green then blackwashed and finally drybrushed first in brown then in rust and then drybrushed with white and grey.

This was placed next to the seat and i built grasses and flowers around it using noch long grass and bits of multi coloured foam.

I then painted the little platform with flat white from vallejo.

This was then washed with a wash made from a spot of black enamel in a mix of plastic weld and thinners. These two chemicals eat into the paint and wood when dried quickly with a hairdryer.

When this wash was still tacky i started to brush over various browns and greys so that parts were covered with colour and parts were not this gives a faded and worn wood effect.

When this was dry i built the rest of the colours up with black washes and brown and grey drybrushes.
Finaly it was glued into place and the scenics built around and over it to embed it in place and make it part of the scenery.

I then decided to change the height of the fence section that sits on the end of the platform. I wasnt happy with this when i made it as i thought it was to high and looked out of place. So i made it about 1.5 cms shorter. I feel it now looks far better. It was first sprayed with grey primer then painted with Games workshop bleached bone before being blackwashed and drybrushed in grey and brown. i picked the detail parts out in bronze and drybrushed them in black.

It was then glued into position

The street lamp was completed using a small end of a glue lid with a plastic top with bits out the bit box glued on it.

I then finished the roof for the third building again using a blue wash over light grey, then a black wash then finally a drybrush of light grey. Barge boards were painted black and drybrushed in white and grey.

I then fitted the doors and windows and the lamp made for this building.

I then finished the little areas that still needed the scenic touch.

Nikki

Part 34 – Basic building work finishes!!

Hiya,

Today i have managed to finish the paintwork on the bulk of two buildings. They still need to have all the super detailing added ( door handles etc ). First i finished the roofs on both buildings, using firstly two black washes then drybrushing in Games workshop Fortress grey. The ridge tiles were painted in terracotta, washed in black and drybrushed in grey.

The corrugated roof is painted with a rust brown then drybrushed heavily in grey. I then washed it in black and let it dry. Then i drybrushed it with various silvers, bronzes, browns and greens. When it had all dryed i drybrushed it again with the base brown and gave it a soft black wash.

I then turned my attention to the walls of the buildings that needed finishing and whilst they were drying i painted and finished the doors and windows ready to be glued in. the large wooden topped building has green doors which i really dirtyed up with various washes. I used white windows to off set the darkness of the scene. I find that using a much darker wall colour adds a lot of uncared for feeling to the model but you have to make sure that the buildings do have small areas of light colour that stand out.

The front of the smaller half releif building has proved to be the most difficult to finish. I have spent a long time with black and brown washes and light brown and grey drybrushes to finish it. I am pretty happy with the finish. Again the doors are in red but darkened down and the windows in white to lighten the model.

I also have nearly finished the next three bits if rolling stock.

Here are some pictures of the layout so far for you all to see.

I have also taken a couple of black & white to see if they look even slightly realistic……

Hope you all like …………………………….

Nikki

Part 33 – Some more rolling stock…..

Hiya,

all i have done this evening is make up some kits from KB Scale and paint the blue coat wash onto the roof of the larger building!

http://www.kbscale.com/

Fuel bowser and tank wagon – WA052b – £14.00

Flat wagon – WA070 – £5.50

Three more wagons to add to my slowly growing wagon collection. The three kits were acctually two as two wagons come as a set, the fuel bowser and tank wagon. I havent painted them yet that will be done tommorrow. So i thought id post some pictures of them in an unpainted state. These really are delightful kits to assemble.

The flat wagon…….Unbraked

The fuel bowser and tank wagon… The tank is weighted with a large lump of metal. I thought id post a few extra pictures of what you get in this kit etc…

The kit is really well detailed and made from a really decent plastic that responds well to plastic cements especially revell contacta….. Also you get all the parts in the bags to finish it

The instruction sheet is clear and precise

I filled the oil drums with a large lump of metal and some plastic filler to stop it moving about

The unpainted model

I also painted the roof of the larger building with a blue wash. This is needed to create the deep purple slate effect. Still needs a multitude of washs and drybrushing.

Nikki

Part 32 – Trying to make new look old……

Hiya all,

Sorry for not posting much this week at all. Been busy with various things and at the railway getting things ready for easter. Anyway. I have been making a start on getting colour into the buildings…

All the stone work / plaster work / brickwork was first painted with Halfords primer spray ( sprayed into a plastic cup and painted on ) this gives a really good and sealed surface to start work on. The Stone work was then painted grey with Games Workshop Fortress Grey. I then used the same method as used on the walls to add different colours to the stones. The only thing i havent done is to wash and “mortar” the wall mainly because ive run out of paint and havent had the time to go and get some more!

The building with the overhang is the first i will concentrate on. The base stoneblock work was done in the usual manner as was all blockwork in the broken plaster sections. The plaster work was first painted white then overlayed with a very pale pink. This allows there to be white ” plaster” showing through where sections of wall have fallen away. This has still to be mortared, washed and drybrushed.

The top wooden part was first painted white with a thickish coat of Vallejo White. This coat was to be uneven to allow the top colours to cover unevenly. When it had dried it was washed with a mixture of thinners and show polish. When that had dried out i then painted a thin layer of Games workshop black before drybrushing in white brown and grey. There is still much to do before this will be finished.

The largest building in the corner had the same treatment for its wood except i painted it with thin layers of rust brown from the humbrol acrylics range. I did this by cleaning most of the paint off the brush and then lightly painting the wood in an up and down motion following the panels. This allowed a partial covering of the rust brown over the white and thinners / shoe polish mix and made the whole area look old peeling and distressed. The door and window frames were painted black as was the edging and facia boards. They were then drybrushed with the entire building in grey and white.

Some close ups of the wood grain and finish.

Back in situ……
Sorry about the darkness of the pictures our front room lighting isnt very good !!

This building is still waiting for its stone work, roof and detailing to be finished….

The smallest building has had the least done to it ….. As it was all plaster there wasnt much to do except paint it. Its stone work has been picked out ready and the top section painted white then a sky blue ( this will darken down then get much lighter after weathering and finishing is done).

So still much to do on the buildings and of course this becomes time consuming due to having to wait for washes to dry……….. and me buying more paints!

Nikki