[Alan D]

Sounds like you're a man with a plan. If you're running a thread on it post me the link cause the above fotos look interesting.

 

[Alan D]

A little foto update:-

No doggy jokes please

Just the colours I'm using! Artist's Acrylics!

To the right showing the marble effect and on the left is where the magic happens by painting in the mortar between the grooves and rubbing excess off very quickly.

This is meant represent sooty red sandstone and not brickwork. That is why the blocks look so large because in reality they are. Older buildings in the Paisley, Glasgow area predominantly are made of sandstone.

 

[Alan D]

Cheers Reddo!

No it's mounting card I embossed myself in the same way I created the platforms. I'm finding it a much easier material to work with than plasticard. It's also cheaper and comes in very large sheets.

 

[Alan D]

I have a dental pointy tool - don't know what it's called but it's pointy at one end and got a right angled pointy other end with a grip in the middle. I got it in a pound shop in Saltcoats along with the dental mirror and another hooked tool. I have blunted the edge slightly as digging too deep can tear the mounting card. You can also I believe (not tried it yet) use a ball point pen for thicker grooves. I do however sometimes like thinner grooves. For this I use , believe it or not, a very fine crochet hook of my mothers.

 

[Alan D]

Hey there Mike

It's acrylics mate. I use little or no water to thin them, it's more of a dry brush technique. And the card is quite solid so no warping problems.

 

[Alan D]

I think I've finally achieved a finish I like

What do you think? Sooty and dirty enough?

 

[Alan D]

Thanks for the feedback guys, I'm really enjoying this part. It's very hard to get resources to fall back on as in the 70's and 80's they sandblasted and cleaned up a lot of the old buildings and there was never any steam trains or coal fires to dirty them quite as much again. There are a few examples about still but they are mostly yellow sandstone so I'm working a lot from memory.

QUOTE (traingeekboy @ 17 Nov 2011, 01:17) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Wish I was at your level of craftsmanship.

hmmm.. ball point eh? May have to give it a go on a tester piece of card.

Listen mate I'm just feeling my way through this and experimenting using ideas I've seen in the past and stuff I've seen on this forum. I've had many disasters but everything has led me to this. Perseverance and patience is what it takes. I've seen guys on this forum do things in days and it takes me months. So just keep going. To quote an old saying " If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again."

BTW the ballpoint leaves quite a wide groove and can look a bit overscale.

 

[Alan D]

Thanks for the comments guys, I'll be continuing with the other walls in the station then hopefully finally moving on to the overhead station and gangways to the platforms. My brain is a flurry with ideas on how to do this. I am definitely going to be making the building using the mounting card but it will all have to be pre-scribed before assembling and detailing. I think I've got the winter months occupied.

Keep us posted about the decals Reddo!

 

[Alan D]

Cheers Rab.

I thInk it's about 1.5mm it's just standard mounting card available from art stores. Hope this helps.

 

[Alan D]

Unfortunately guys the layout is in bits. I don't know if you noticed my other thread but I was attempting to move to the loft when work and life got in the way. I am just clearing up from a rewire of the whole house and had to re-lay the boarding and carpet on the floor. When it's ready I'll take some photos and post them on the other thread. As I am not going back to the shed for this hobby I guess that this thread is finished

Cheers to all who read and commented and keep an eye out for post in the other thread b