TO36 [Edwardian] School Building
Posted
Full Member
Having this "how I done it" as a future reference on this forum is invaluable and will stand many of us in good stead when the time comes.
By way of example: When the time came to have a stab at painting my backscene, my memory reminded me that MikeC (from Queensland) had done an excellent tutorial showing his professional work, a quick browse through the index and there it was, ready for me to re-read and then attempt… and attempt again… and again… until I was happy with the result.
All power to your fine tip applicator Doug…
Marty
Posted
Full Member
My preferred method for downpipes is crease and make the fold for the inside texture, stick and allow to dry…
then glue stick the black bit and fold it over without creasing to deliberately leave a rounded fold to represent the pipe.
On the subject of scoring for folds, if you score a dark colour from the front, it can leave a whitish line on the fold, so score from the BACK. How? I hear you ask..
Well, prick through twice from the front on the fold line, then..
turn over and score down the line between the two little holes.
Covering the little bits of guttering [they are all separate pieces] can be a PITA but here's tip to do it relatively painlessly…
cut each one out, score where shown [see above], tuck the extra bit under a steel rule held fast by blue tack, apply glue to the underside and edge of the card…
press up neatly with a little block of MDF and after running a little glue where needed, fold down the tiny strip with something suitable, thus and roll flat or press flat.
Thats all for tonight, it's been a good evening with the telescope, too with a rising pink moon, Venus, Uranus and Mars all stuck together in the west, and a perfect obs of 4 Jovian moons, Mega-poop-poop!
Doug
Last edit: by Chubber
'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
Posted
Full Member
At the start of the thread you mentioned kit bashing the kit……I seem to remember a cottage hospital or similarquest:
Is the progress so far as per the kitquest:
Sorry for the question marks my laptop has adopted french mode……instead of a question mark I get é :roll:
Last edit: by John Dew
Posted
Inactive Member
Best I can do . . .
Max
Port Elderley
Port Elderley
Posted
Full Member
That's right John, It's been a try-out for a kit bash, so far all I have done is miss off the flat roof extension at the back, no doubt added in the 60s to house the lavatories.
I now understand the relationship between the major components and as a kit of parts this model has a huge potential, though I'm not currently planning anything in particular.
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
Posted
Full Member
This really is a master class and some of the tips are so simples us mere mortals would never think of them (well me anyway)a big THANK YOU!! (just to make sure you can hear me in France Lol
Regards
Stephen
Acording to a recent visit to a supermarket at check out time, I an not loosing my memory it has been downgraded which means i am not stupid afterall - Sorted! - What a relief
Posted
Full Member
All received 'ere in Fraunce,
Murky Buckets,
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
Posted
Full Member
Posted
Full Member
I cut each panel 2mm outside the outline. I greatly admire John Wiffen's draughtsmanship, but sadly he does not have a Chubbsey Fudge Filter built into his downloads and I like to have a little trimming to do. Should I need a bit extra 'printed'area I can always busk it with a pencil and watercolours, but I can't glue another bit on after cutting to [under] size.
Reasonably pleased with this elevation, gable tiling and main roof aligning quite well, and a parallel gutter line margin. You might have guessed that by now I have done one or two card models, but believe me, where I have two distinct ends, two gutter cut-aways, a chimney stack and an outside wall overhang, I draw a rough diagram with a pencil, showing all the contingent edges and mark a proposed cut line on my drawing.
Then I carefully consider whether cutting a little off a right-hand side will slope the whole thing too far to the right or if a little part of the roof is too tight between a gable and a wall end shall I cut a bit off the left or right of the 'tight' part.
Waffle woffle wiffle…basically, before I cut a bit off of one side of something I try to work out where the results will show up.
'Nuff for now, home made crumpets, Normandy butter and home-grown strawberry jam, now ready to EAT!!
Plump Chubbs
'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
Posted
Legacy Member
Well done, that,s chubbly chubbly.:thumbs
reg
Posted
Full Member
Cheers,John.B.:thumbs
Posted
Full Member
Fear not, I'll be back with my questions later …………..:cheers
'Petermac
Posted
Full Member
I've just caught up with this one Doug but I'll read it all througfh very carefully when I have a little more time - there looks to be a lot to digest - and lots of tips to learn. thumbs
Fear not, I'll be back with my questions later …………..:cheers
AAaagghhhhhh….
Remember the Ying-Tong song? FX of feet disappearing in the distance..
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
Posted
Full Member
I struggled on last night fitting the roof panels, the bit I dread most. One of the roof parts ends in a small triangular point which seems to have nowhere to go when assembled, throwing that corner of the valley out of shape. I solved it by cutting of a small slice of the inner wall at 45 degrees as below.
I've had an email asking how I achieve smooth edges on things, here is a suggestion. The first picture is of a gable end just after it was applied last night, the next the self-same part having been burnished this afternoon, that is, the [hopefully] flat edges/sides have been rubbed over firmly with the bowl and handle of a coffee spoon now the glue is completely and utterly dry. I think you'll agree it looks neater and smoother.
This something that can be done retrospectively all over the model, most wrinkles seem to pop up the instant you point a camera at them!
I have chosen to make up my own capping stones for the gables, using JWs TX33 Concrete Paths paper rather than those supplied. Nothing wrong with those supplied, just a personal thing.
I'll carry on for now, to complete the gable capping, cutting the sloped and horizontal portions separately rather than bending them. I'm in a quandary over the chimbley pots, I'd like something other than straight round pots so as to fit with the Edwardian theme, but don't wish to squander any SLW tokens buying any….
Last edit: by Chubber
'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
Posted
Full Member
Cheers
Andy
Andy
Posted
Full Member
Other things you could do, again using plastic tube or rod (square or round) as a base cut a thin piece off the next size up of the tube and stick near the top or cut a piece of thin plastic strip and wrap round; if using square plastic cover it in brick paper.
To get some ideas for shapes, Google "chimney pot images" - every thing you could ever want, very plain to extremely ornate, quite a few could well be impossible to model, except maybe with 3D printing
Cheers MIKE
I'm like my avatar - a local ruin!
I'm like my avatar - a local ruin!
Posted
Full Member
…the jury is still out. I need some to complete my old Bear's End Station of the same era, might just have to buy some….sob
'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
Posted
Full Member
Posted
Full Member
Cheers
Andy
Andy
Posted
Inactive Member
1 guest and 0 members have just viewed this.