On Chubber's cutting mat
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"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
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You've mentioned using the corrugated leaves of cardboard in the past and I did try it once - with appalling results ! Do you soak it in water or do you add a few drops of "softener" and do you soak it until the leaves separate themselves or before ?
I think Miss Gerda Brijj's odd-job man needs to get busy with the bitumen paint whilst there's still some "wriggly tin" left to paint …………. :cheers
Any sign of the big choo-choo opening up after the new "unlock" dates were announced ?
'Petermac
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Same again this week as they want to run a complete [buffet carriage included] train Friday 14th lunchtime as a snagex prior to the 17th public opening and only three of seven covid dividing screens are in place as I type.
Anway, corrugated. Extreme care over a choice of card is needed, clearly the finer the better and preferably with one face covered with a shiny water resistant finish, my old favourite being the Lidl dishwasher tablet boxes, but keep an eye out, the box my new Nokia 'phone came in has even finer corrugations.
See http://yourmodelrailway.net/view_topic.php?id=15699&forum_id=11&highlight=corrugated+lidl
I'll check that has come out..
'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil…' Aesop's Fables
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
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Cheers
Matt
Wasnie me, a big boy did it and ran away
"Why did you volunteer ? I didn't Sir, the other three stepped backwards"
"Why did you volunteer ? I didn't Sir, the other three stepped backwards"
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Thank you
Doug
'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil…' Aesop's Fables
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
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If it says 'Watch Topic' then you ain't watchin it and wont get notified :cool wink
Cheers
Matt
Wasnie me, a big boy did it and ran away
"Why did you volunteer ? I didn't Sir, the other three stepped backwards"
"Why did you volunteer ? I didn't Sir, the other three stepped backwards"
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'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil…' Aesop's Fables
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
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I generally just do a few tiny dabs of Uhu on the surface to be covered and place the mini shets with tweezers. To get an inside and outside corrugated, simply do two layers back to back as in the wood store.
Scroll to the end of this link for a lamp hut using the Lidl card Post #0
'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil…' Aesop's Fables
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
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Fabulous as always and the link to the cottages was a lovely blast from the past. Where did the cottages end up?
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'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil…' Aesop's Fables
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
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'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil…' Aesop's Fables
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
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Anyway, herewith my scratchbuilt answer with John's lovely textures.
The carcass in 5mm foam board, roof from Paketo Cornoflako and the doors from my own 'plank' texture on watercolour paper. Hinges are black cartridge paper rubbed over with dry watercolour pencil to imitate rust, and the TX48 Squared Rubble dented here and there. The TX29 aged corrugated I cut with a wriggly lower edge and very slightly crumpled it before sticking it down around the edges and in one or two places in the middle. Sadly it hasn't stayed rumpled enough. I chose to make each half of each door separately so that they could be posed slightly awry. The roof ends are T35 Plain Clapboard. The 4mm x 1mm woodstrip lintels are set into the face of the walls after the texture has been applied, I think it gives a better impression than sticking on a texture.
Hope it gives someone a few ideas,
Doug
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'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil…' Aesop's Fables
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
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Cheers Pete.
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'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil…' Aesop's Fables
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
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Not too clever at a distance of 4", but from 18" not too bad.
Has anyone any other suggestions, please?
Doug
'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil…' Aesop's Fables
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
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Doug.Just a little thing, I had sought to add some bits and pieces to my barn, but I could not find any straw bales that I would consider using so after several attemps I have tried balsa wood strips sanded with very coarse [60 grit] paper across the grain and rubbed with a little pastel dust.
Not too clever at a distance of 4", but from 18" not too bad.
Has anyone any other suggestions, please?
Doug
Luke Towan has this on You Tube so might be of interest to you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky39Y1P02A4&ab_channel=LukeTowan
Tony.
"The only stupid question is the one you don't ask"
Regards.
Tony.
Regards.
Tony.
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'You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil…' Aesop's Fables
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy" - Benjamin Franklin
In the land of the slap-dash and implausible, mediocrity is king
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