Well, since the last update, I've finished the chimney stacks for the main building and stuck down a basic cereal box card initial roof covering - it's not the neatest of jobs, but after a bit of fettling and covering with tiles, it doesn't really need to be. For the purposes of a slightly more photogenic update I decided to give it a quick coat of grey, not that it needs it, but it starts to look more like a foor rather than a load of card slapped together. Also rather late last night when I really should have been in bed, I started to give the trackside face of the building a brownish stone dry brush as a first coat. Tempting as it is to try and create a clean stone finish as the buildings tend to look these days, I'm going to grime it up to match the Waiting room building made earlier, as I think it gives the model so much more character, plus you can actually see the mortar courses, and after all those hours ofscribing I sure as hell want to see some mortar courses!!
I waited until the light of day to take it outside this morning before setting off for work and getting some decent daylight shots.
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| Ignore the wonky chimney at the back, it's just balanced there at the moment. |
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| Also ignore the wonky windows, I've so far only made a few of the many needed and was just test fitting with blu-tac. The Station is now for the purposes of photography, seated behind the soon to be scrapped platform to give a sense of location |
Cracking stonework and chimney stacks. I miss Bailey though. As a matter of interest, how long is the model? It looks as though it's going to be a really eye-catching centrepiece.
ReplyDeleteI think I mentioned in an earlier post - it's now 550mm long including both wings! :) Bailey doesn't tend to get allowed out much as he disappears for hours on end, and then goes playing in the road. I promise I'll try to get him in the next update. If we're lucky, Bilbo might join him...
ReplyDeleteAgain, I echo Chas's comments. Excellent work, very impressive! It's looking more and more like a masterpiece.
ReplyDeleteSo, first Bailey and now Bilbo...I can't wait! No, I don't have a Tumblr full of cats, by the way :-)
Joking aside, this is really fab, I can't wait for the next installment!
A masterpiece indeed. The natural light makes it look even better.
ReplyDeleteI can see it must be slightly distressing (no pun intended) to weather all that beautiful stone!