That's the plan Paul. It may be hard to see the wasps though, only because the pigeons at them all ! Cheers, Gary.
I can't believe that it has been well over a month since I posted anything about the plank... Anyway, I finally got into a little kit bashing this weekend, combining Scalescenes TO24a Industrial A Warehouse and TO27 Low Relief Factory together, with a few other bits n pieces from teh Scalescenes/Model Railway Scenery spares drawer. The reason for the build is to disguise the fiddle yard and to provide a destination for the siding that skirts across the front left of the plank. The area marked Industry is the area to be built upon. So, off I go, printing out some selected pages from the my files and cutting up some 3mm foam core. I enjoy building with this as it forms a simple but sturdy sub structure. Apologies for the awkward pic of the materials... Anyway, after many hours of cutting, gluing, more printing, more cutting and more gluing, this is the result... Combining the two kits gives a good representation of the original factory and the extended multi story factory, which is melded between the sandstone and brick, as seen below. This is how it looks on the plank and how it fills the front of the plank, hiding the fiddle yard nicely ! I wanted to dedicate some time to finishing the road bridge this weekend, but during the build of the factory, SWMBO decided to purchase some inferior inks for the printer, not the 'proper' Canon inks... Everything I attempted to print came out with a pinky-purple hue. Not good if you want to print off some bitumen (tarmac) for the bridge road surface...This slowed me right up as I was making headwaves on the plank over the last couple of days. Anyway, tomorrow is Monday and I'll purchase some original Canon inks and make a move on ! Cheers, Gary.
Really nice Gary, the scalescenes lend them selves to scratch/bodgery building, and the end result is excellent! well done mate. Pete.
Nice result Gary ... you'll be finished in no time ... I've still got visitors for the next couple of days but then it's bottoms up with mi blue lagoon and try to play catch up ... Ian
Hi Gary Nice builds. Before consigning the ink cartridges to the bin, have you changed paper type or the paper type settings, or the print quality settings. All will change the colour cast of the print. On my HP printer, just changing the paper type greatly changes the colours printed, just as printing on normal or best can give vastly different results. As shown from the above picture, all printed on Sumvision Matte Coated inkjet paper 128 gsm Top printed as Matte Photo paper - normal print quality Middle - plain paper normal quality Bottom - Matte photo paper - best quality Paul
I only have used Reflex Ultra White 80 GSM paper, set the printer (Canon MG5560) on plain paper, automatic setting for quality. Haven't strayed from the brand of paper for the last 3 years or so. What was happening is the yellow catridge was not engaging properly with the printer. I cleaned the heads three times, checked the printer settings and still nothing. It wasn't until SWMBO noticed the yellow was quite there... This is a comparison pic of the prints. The one on the left is how it should print, the one on the right is what the printer was producing ! Purple roads are great if you're in command of the Yellow Submarine and your name is Lucy... All is good now, so I can get back to the bridge build tonight. Cheers, Gary.
It's incredible the difference that it can make. Good to hear you've sorted it out Gary. Looking forward to seeing the results. Toto
Made a little ground on the plank through the week and today (Saturday). The bridge is 98% complete, just a few little extras to add. The staining on the brick wall and brick bridge piers is actually black, not brown as shown here. The girders are actually grey with some weathering powders applied over the top. Maybe a photo tomorrow taken outside using pure sunlight might be better... As can be seen in the pics above, the sleepers and rails have also been painted. This being the first coat of grey acrylic (cheap poster paints). The rails have had a coat of a mix of brown and black. The pic below shows the sleepers with the second coat, a wash of lighter grey/tan to highlight some of the sleepers and another coat of rail colour. The paint on the rails do look quite shiney but this will dull down once dry. After the paint was dry I started ballasting. I first applied PVA between the tracks and sprinkled on some road base (Matt's Ballast). Allowing this to go off (about an hour) I applied ballast to the tracks the usual way, sprinkle on, spread with paintbrush then dribble in PVA/water solution. The pic above shows the ballast wet. The track in the foreground has thumb tacks in it still as I needed to align this track in accordance to the bridge pier. It has been glued down (now) with PVA and the tacks are there to hold the track in position until tomorrow (Sunday). I'll hopefully get to the hardware store for some 'sky blue' paint, so that I can fix the back scene boards. I have little bits n' pieces of back scene scenery lying around that I think I can use to create a town scene. Cheers, Gary.
Well I can clearly say that I'm out of the running in this competition. I have had very little time for any modelling, hence not being as present on here as I would like. Here are two photos of the latest addition to the plank. Ok, the name of the plank is Waspen St. This is my interpretation of getting around the 'wasp nest'. As for the fox, well that's the name of the pub on the corner overlooking the railway line... So, one populated wasp nest, or you could say one pub named 'The Fox On Waspen St...' As you can see from the previous set of pics, not a lot has happpened on the plank. I'm probably only 50% complete from where I look at it. Anyway, I will complete the plank in good time and I have other plans for it, which includes Industry Lane... Cheers, Gary.
Hi Gary, That's a shame it is looking good and I'm sure it will be another runaway success for you on completion. Thanks for letting me know.
Hi Gary its very inconvenient of life to get in the way of our modelling isn't it, I had the same problem what should have been quick and easy side project got its time gobbled up by lots of other things. Your plank is looking good I really like the scene at the end of the road bridge and clever use of the fox and wasp. Like you I still have plans to get my plank finished when time permits.
I forgot to add that I do have a goat. It is still wrapped in plastic. Poor little fella... My goat was to be sited on the platform (tied up ofcourse), after all, I have seen those classic British Pathe videos on the 1960s BR parcel and goods traffic. The BR handled everything ! Cheers, Gary.
Gary wrote: Hi Gary, I was considering the retaining wall and the street behind it. Did you construct that out of card via a scalescenes kit for the retaining wall and what have you used as supports for the road behind it (holding up the block of flats). I am looking at it as a potential solution for my layout. Cameron
The retaining walls can be knocked up in card, but for the one above, I used 3mm foam core. and covered in Scalescenes TX44 Dark Randon Ashlar. Here is a diagram of how I have put other retaining walls together... Cheers, Gary.
Hi Reidy Not a lot of help for yourself, but in the UK Hobbycraft and the Range, stock foam board, I would imagine most artist suppliers will do as well but will probably be dearer. Paul