Tunnel portals
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Hi All. We have all traveled on trains? Or how did we get into Railways? Dirty smokey things, but essential.For my current project, I have purchased a pair of shiny plastic portals . Not very convincing,and require years of grime and smoke applied by me in a days. By an old fashioned paint brush and me. Can anybody please point me in the correct direction? Best wishes KevinLast edit: by Passed Driver
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LBSC Terriers Compared - 3 by Jeffrey Lynn, on Flickr
Tunnel Improvements - 1 by Jeffrey Lynn, on Flickr
I used the same techniques on the retaining walls alongside the programming track, only this time the base colour was a dark slate grey.
IMG_20180128_131441 by Jeffrey Lynn, on Flickr
Note that it doesn't hurt to have some darker, glossy streaks and patches to represent damp patches.
With the use of the weathering powders, if you don't like the effect, it can be washed and scraped off again. Alternatively, you could start with some scrap pieces of the materials and textures you wish to use (something similar to the tunnels you wish to use), then paint and weather them before settling on the final effect to be applied.
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Crinkled-up foil on a cardboard former made from a corn flake packet or similar held in shape with elastic bands or masking tape. Then apply a couple of coats of plaster cloth (old-school would use Papier-mâché) over the foil. When set remove tube, paint the crinkled foil rock color. It looks very realistic. Not all tunnels were lined with brick, many were left bare rock, especially if it was a dry bore.
With a bit of practice you can dispense with the cardboard former if you use heavy duty foil.
SE Finecast sell some to-scale OO flexible brick sheets that you can easily do the same with.
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For the glue, I play safe and use PVA.
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Hi Jeff. Thank you very much. My new portals are supplied by Gaugemaster from Noch and are made of hard foam, they are probably “ Old Hat “ and very familiar to most Modellers, but, to me they look excellent. It is a pity about the source of the product. Best wishes Kevin
what does that mean Kevin ?
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