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I thought I'd share a few pictures of my latest building for my 4mm scale layout "Ribblehead" to prove that I actually do model occasionally and just don't play around with DCC!
This is the Blacksmiths building which was adjacent to the stables at Craven Lime company at Stainforth, A little North of Settle as it was whilst the Lime company was active in the late 1920's~early 30's. The building contained the smithy, some storage plus some dormitory accommodation for the kiln staff, as it was a 24 hour operation hand firing the Hoffmann Kiln.
Rather than clutter up the page here, the images are in the gallery - the link is: http://www.modelrailforum.com/forums/uploa...03_59_29266.jpg
The model is scratchbuilt in DAS modelling clay over a balsa and card former. All interior detail in the ground floor of the accommodation area and the smithy/storage area is modelled.
Floors in the accmmodation area are individual planks and the roof structure is as per prototype with all beams correct, down to the stringers for the tiles...which are individually cut to fit and placed against the stringers correctly.
The only material used other than DAS is thin wood veneer which is used for all roofing tiles, window frames, architraves, doors and interior fittings such as shelves and steps, plus a little brass for guttering and the chimney pots, which are brass with fine tape bands. and...of course, the lighting, which is my own DCCconcepts Prototype white LEDs which have a nice soft light when used with low voltage/high resistance. Still to ve added is the smithys forge fire, which will use a circuit that randomly flashes 8 LEDS that will be potted in epoxy and crushed glass to give a soft but very hot looking twinkle to the fire....
This building is a good example of how cheap modelling can be - total man material cost is about $3 AUD and the tools were a ruler, a razor blade, a scalpel and a few of the emory boards he ladies like to use to tidy up their nails plus a plain old file.
The base of the building is inset on the stand its on into some 4mm rubber sheet - I build all buildings to they sit "into" not "on" the landscape as one thing Ican't stand is to see nice buildings that look like they are not properly set "in" the landscape!
I have two others finished that I'll add to the gallery soon - the Stables, plus Ribblehead station building... You can also see the work so far on the main kiln (its nearly a metre long) in another MRF forum gallery called "richard Johnsons railway".
kind regards
Richard Johnson
I thought I'd share a few pictures of my latest building for my 4mm scale layout "Ribblehead" to prove that I actually do model occasionally and just don't play around with DCC!
This is the Blacksmiths building which was adjacent to the stables at Craven Lime company at Stainforth, A little North of Settle as it was whilst the Lime company was active in the late 1920's~early 30's. The building contained the smithy, some storage plus some dormitory accommodation for the kiln staff, as it was a 24 hour operation hand firing the Hoffmann Kiln.
Rather than clutter up the page here, the images are in the gallery - the link is: http://www.modelrailforum.com/forums/uploa...03_59_29266.jpg
The model is scratchbuilt in DAS modelling clay over a balsa and card former. All interior detail in the ground floor of the accommodation area and the smithy/storage area is modelled.
Floors in the accmmodation area are individual planks and the roof structure is as per prototype with all beams correct, down to the stringers for the tiles...which are individually cut to fit and placed against the stringers correctly.
The only material used other than DAS is thin wood veneer which is used for all roofing tiles, window frames, architraves, doors and interior fittings such as shelves and steps, plus a little brass for guttering and the chimney pots, which are brass with fine tape bands. and...of course, the lighting, which is my own DCCconcepts Prototype white LEDs which have a nice soft light when used with low voltage/high resistance. Still to ve added is the smithys forge fire, which will use a circuit that randomly flashes 8 LEDS that will be potted in epoxy and crushed glass to give a soft but very hot looking twinkle to the fire....
This building is a good example of how cheap modelling can be - total man material cost is about $3 AUD and the tools were a ruler, a razor blade, a scalpel and a few of the emory boards he ladies like to use to tidy up their nails plus a plain old file.
The base of the building is inset on the stand its on into some 4mm rubber sheet - I build all buildings to they sit "into" not "on" the landscape as one thing Ican't stand is to see nice buildings that look like they are not properly set "in" the landscape!
I have two others finished that I'll add to the gallery soon - the Stables, plus Ribblehead station building... You can also see the work so far on the main kiln (its nearly a metre long) in another MRF forum gallery called "richard Johnsons railway".
kind regards
Richard Johnson
) ... or take some sharper ones with my own camera so I can zoom into the interior a little beter.
