Ratch Posted November 30, 2015 Author Share Posted November 30, 2015 Next for the railway, three thatched cottages.http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24688188/411938167.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted December 19, 2015 Author Share Posted December 19, 2015 This morning's work on a Thatched Cottage...http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24688188/412011332.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24688188/412011341.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24688188/412011344.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24688188/412011348.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24688188/412011351.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24688188/412011356.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted December 20, 2015 Author Share Posted December 20, 2015 http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24485975/412014568.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24485975/412014569.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24485975/412014571.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24485975/412014572.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24485975/412014573.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24485975/412014576.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24485975/412014577.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24485975/412014579.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24485975/412014580.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24485975/412014586.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vimal_indrasoma Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Nice cottages. Perhaps a little dilute oil-paint wash to bring out the texture?You could differentiate the three by varying the shade of the wash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 I've only built one of the cottages so far, and it was built strictly to the Airfix instructions (except for the thatch). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted December 27, 2015 Author Share Posted December 27, 2015 The plastic that Cooper's Cottage is moulded in repels painthttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24688188/412035799.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24688188/412035800.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24688188/412035803.jpgManor Cottage is more receptivehttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24688188/412035807.jpgAnd where I am nowhttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24688188/412035820.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 For Manor Cottage and Cooper's Cottage I constructed a simple interiorhttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24688188/412038784.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24688188/412038785.jpg All three together, virtually finishedhttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24688188/412038786.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24688188/412038787.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24688188/412038788.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24490942/412038808.jpgManor Cottage http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24490942/412038810.jpgCooper's Cottage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Really enjoying watching this develop Ratch, charming project and the best possible use of the ex-Dapol range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 Cheers Andy, its the ex-Airfix - current Dapol range of buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Oooops.....My Mistake! It's the thought that counts etc. etc. Seriously though this is shaping up to be one of your nicest works yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Hyett Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 i am agreeing with sergant here all the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 A while since I did anything to this, but I've just finished a couple of wagonshttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24723857/412607426.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24723857/412607427.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24723857/412607428.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24723857/412607429.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24723857/412607430.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24723857/412607431.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Symmons Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Wow! This really is a magnum opus. Well done Ratch. There really seems to be no limit to your modelling prowess.Remember we do this for fun John the Pom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted June 20, 2016 Author Share Posted June 20, 2016 Thanks John, many modelling skills are transferable. I find it annoying when folks say this is my first *insert genre here* as though they've never made a kit before. Equally those who say they'll never build a certain genre because it would be too hard - if we don't try we'll never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted December 5, 2016 Author Share Posted December 5, 2016 I've decided to build this Brake Van...http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24713806/412563250.jpgbut the sharp-eyed amongst you will have noticed that there are no wheels and one end of the compartment is missing. I had to get some replacement wheels from the railway section of the Model Shop and scratch-build the panel.http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24741124/412995169.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24741124/412995170.jpg Attempting to copy the end panel in 40 thou Plastikardhttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24741124/412995171.jpg The missing vacuum cylinder replaced with shaped runnerhttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24741124/412995172.jpgThe replacement Hornby wheels run sweetly I've decided to scratch a (very basic) interiorhttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24741124/412995173.jpg Vallejo Model Color 1 70951 Whitehttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24741124/412995174.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretty Mediocre Modeller Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Nice bit of scratch building there Ratch (referring to thread in general discussion!). I'd almost forgotten about your Long Taxal layout, how's it coming? Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted December 7, 2016 Author Share Posted December 7, 2016 Thanks Jason, it's an on/off project. Other things crop up and this gets pushed into the background, but I do return to it, as you can see. I will need to make some repairs when I get back on the baseboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 I've crudely scratchbuilt a stove and the brake handlehttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24741124/413007339.jpg I decided to use Humbrol Acrylic 160 German Camouflage Red Brown for the floorboards and had this happenhttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24749108/413007336.jpgDisregard the white and maroon, they'll do for what I want. I often hear folks cry that their paint won't adhere to the plastic, that the paint is expelled by the plastic. That's exactly what appears to be happening here. With quick drying acrylic paints it takes not long and just a few coats to cover - a second coat.http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24749108/413007337.jpgNot quite right yet, but an improvement, so a third coathttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24749108/413007338.jpgMuch better coverage, adequate for my job.http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24749108/413007340.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24749108/413007341.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 Triple post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 Triple post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 This is what happens when you don't rub the masking tape down properlyhttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24741124/413026139.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 Careless, but not a disasterhttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24741124/413026140.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 Tippy-toeing forwardhttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24741124/413034271.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24741124/413034272.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24741124/413034273.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 Completed in Engineering Dept liveryhttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24749108/413046206.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24749108/413046201.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24749108/413046203.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24749108/413046200.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24749108/413046199.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24749108/413046198.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24749108/413046196.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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