Jaz avalley
Station cat
Et tu Brute …us
00 gauge, British railway, Goathland Station aka Hogwarts Station a real preservation station in England
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Engine shed, modelled on one from Peterborough.
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St Margarets, a small English town - imaginary
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Nissan hut
bought and weathered
bought and weathered
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Gypsy caravan
scratch built
scratch built
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Okay retreating to coffee shop…..
PNKFLOYD
Mikey
Jaz- I really like your series of construction photos of your caravan build. The colors make it a very striking model!
I never thought of using railroad wheels on a non-train model. Thanks for the idea!
Jaz avalley
Station cat
We all want something we just cannot source, happens to me all the time, which means we need to utilise what we have, no matter what I think it is worth trying to make it look good. I wanted a Scottie,at the time I could not source it, so some fine copper wire, some putty and sone paint later
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Station cat
I think all aspects of the layout deserve a little effort, reference is always prime
camping coaches
i am tempted by the well weathered
real
model, these were a limited edition, the words camping coach are on some real and painted over in others
Model
Real
camping coaches
i am tempted by the well weathered
Model
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as bought
painted window panes to match
the real thing
and was happy until I realised there was a sign
So I added one
the sign sized for printing off
the reference sign before sizing
the picture that made me think, oh yeah I want that!
Jaz avalley
Station cat
These white metal models are. Morris Dancers, Googling them will bring up loads of bell ringing and musicians with dancers and stick bashing lol
I went two colour versions for the opponents, I wonder if the horses head was an early days mafia mob connection …grins
they often have handkerchiefs and I added some white paper squares
and whilst at it added sone flowers to the hats another popular feature
dancing at the funeral of a member of the team
I went two colour versions for the opponents, I wonder if the horses head was an early days mafia mob connection …grins
they often have handkerchiefs and I added some white paper squares
and whilst at it added sone flowers to the hats another popular feature
dancing at the funeral of a member of the team
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Station cat
Wagons
fyi the reason the coal looks so real…because it is real coal bashed into small pieces.
fyi the reason the coal looks so real…because it is real coal bashed into small pieces.
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Station cat
My aim is to always fool you, if only for a second, to this end I use the best models I can,and if I know certain models will help the scene but scream model I place them, to hide any elements scream out, hiding base stands, or placing far enough backwards or forwards against the focus point to blur them, so they can be mistaken, I turn faces to the side or away if really bad, these sheep benefit, as does the pilot
at this distance the base on top of the ballast is not too obvious
closer the painting detail is more focused showing all the paint details so screams model, the base at least is hidden in the ballast
reference
a back view, with a red arrow,shame the base is screaming
I do not like photoshopping but I bit the bullet and did it here to see if it improved the photo, the model is still to close though and my paint work clearly shows up the lack of fine detail
this one slightly further back, again photoshopped to remove the figure base, but now the detail is less obvious, the vehicles were placed to hide the fact the red arrow jet is on a base as well. I should fine tune the Red Cross on the ⛑ helmet, yes white on red not red on white
edit= I think the white note pad squares need lifting,ithink I have placed them on the knees not the thighs.When I have the paint to hand this will be an easy fix.
at this distance the base on top of the ballast is not too obvious
closer the painting detail is more focused showing all the paint details so screams model, the base at least is hidden in the ballast
reference
a back view, with a red arrow,shame the base is screaming
I do not like photoshopping but I bit the bullet and did it here to see if it improved the photo, the model is still to close though and my paint work clearly shows up the lack of fine detail
this one slightly further back, again photoshopped to remove the figure base, but now the detail is less obvious, the vehicles were placed to hide the fact the red arrow jet is on a base as well. I should fine tune the Red Cross on the ⛑ helmet, yes white on red not red on white
edit= I think the white note pad squares need lifting,ithink I have placed them on the knees not the thighs.When I have the paint to hand this will be an easy fix.
PNKFLOYD
Mikey
Jaz- you do such a great job of modeling and creating scenes that I am constantly amazed at your pictures.My aim is to always fool you, if only for a second, to this end I use the best models I can,and if I know certain models will help the scene but scream model I place them, to hide any elements scream out, hiding base stands, or placing far enough backwards or forwards against the focus point to blur them, so they can be mistaken, I turn faces to the side or away if really bad, these sheep benefit, as does the pilot
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at this distance the base on top of the ballast is not too obvious
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closer the painting detail is more focused showing all the paint details so screams model, the base at least is hidden in the ballast
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reference
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a back view, with a red arrow,shame the base is screaming
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I do not like photoshopping but I bit the bullet and did it here to see if it improved the photo, the model is still to close though and my paint work clearly shows up the lack of fine detail
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this one slightly further back, again photoshopped to remove the figure base, but now the detail is less obvious, the vehicles were placed to hide the fact the red arrow jet is on a base as well. I should fine tune the Red Cross on the ⛑ helmet, yes white on red not red on white
edit= I think the white note pad squares need lifting,ithink I have placed them on the knees not the thighs.When I have the paint to hand this will be an easy fix.
Keep up the good work!
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Station cat
Rust, in my experience brown and red / orangey brown is most convincing, the Deluxe product is good even though the texture is quite noticeable, looks is a winner by scale it’s large,personally I like it
Jaz avalley
Station cat
Rust, continued, rust all depends on the metal, and how it oxidises,
a Hornb statue, I felt it needed an upgrade
using this as reference
my upgrade
I colour most things not tied down
thud slightly off topic, not railway, but on topic rust
in general I like aging items and usually trial ideas on cheap items like vehicles so as to not mess up a costly item
once happy with how to colour I will then expand to other items
and then progressing to costlier items
I did not go whole hog here, but had tested the colours on the VE and the drums so was comfortable colouring the building.
a Hornb statue, I felt it needed an upgrade
using this as reference
my upgrade
I colour most things not tied down
thud slightly off topic, not railway, but on topic rust
in general I like aging items and usually trial ideas on cheap items like vehicles so as to not mess up a costly item
once happy with how to colour I will then expand to other items
and then progressing to costlier items
I did not go whole hog here, but had tested the colours on the VE and the drums so was comfortable colouring the building.
Jaz avalley
Station cat
Rust, referencing always helps with colouring
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Station cat
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Station cat
08, bought a cheap model and weathered it,colouring in ’missing’ features as I went
