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chas s model railway chas s model railway an oo gauge model railway friday april 25 2014 more dioramas as unfocused as ever i m presently playing with a couple of dioramas very slowly as it happens what with one thing and another the first is a scene based on hale station which has a wonderful canopy obviously that doesn t appear in the picture i m still figuring out how to do it if there are no more posts on this i didn t manage to figure it the second is of a row of seaside cottages with rough stone tile roofs that s an interesting challenge styrene sheet and scribed das and i m struggling to get the colour right at the moment i can never seem to anticipate darkening colour as the acrylic paint dries the scribing also needed to be finer as the gaps between tiles appear too large i may lose interest in this one posted by chas at 8 47 am 13 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday march 10 2014 westbay halt diorama the experimental diorama is finished or at least as finished as its going to be it would be possible to tinker for hours adding detail and perhaps i ought to but i m afraid i don t have the sticking power i have been doing a lot of reading lately about layouts in boxes and found the concept very appealing this is hardly a layout but i ve enjoyed experimenting nonetheless the diorama is in an adapted ikea apa storage box suggested to me by mikkel here are a few photos with thanks to mrs chas for artistic advice the thing i most wanted to do with this diorama was experiment with a few of the scenic techniques i d seen on other blogs rails to llangunllo is a prime example and improve on my past attempts there are some wonderful scenic materials available silflor grass mats mininatur ivy greenscene static grass noch leaves woodland scenics fine leaf foliage so little excuse not to improve some materials have been around for ages though but i ve just never thought to use them hanging basket liners for the wild grassland base layer and rubberised horse hair covered with leaves for hawthorn hedges i thought of making brambles from horse hair but decided life was too short it s satisfying to have made progress but with more patience i could do better anyway on to the next project posted by chas at 10 33 am 9 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday february 25 2014 seaside cottages and a new toy at the moment i m quite into the idea of constructing small dioramas so as to experiment with different modelling techniques in a small and contained area i came across a photo of seaside cottages at mousehole which i fancied having a go at modelling full of character and in an attractive setting too but should the walls be of embossed styrene sheet or das since the idea of the diorama is experimentation it had to be das after cutting out the structure from 30 thou styrene and lots i thought of bracing the walls were covered with pva followed by a couple of millimeters of das smoothed with a wallpaper seam roller none of this is new of course i copied all of the techniques from iain robinson s blog which is full of superb examples have a look here at the latest the drying process overnight showed up some inadequacies in the bracing with a few warped walls however they can be bent back into shape and braced after the event and any cracks filled with das then comes the scribing which leaves a sore forefinger but is actually quite relaxing when accompanied by radio 4 or radio 4 extra when the alternative is front row with mark lawson what about windows off the shelf bespoke home made on mikkel s blog i read a discussion on the silhouette cameo cutter i couldn t resist buying the smaller version the portrait and what a wonderful toy reasonably priced too considering the cost of bespoke windows with forgiving and easy to use design software included it was no trouble to produce a few sample window built up in layers window frame top sash and bottom sash for example i couldn t get it to cut through 15 thou styrene but the sheet was sufficiently deeply scored to make cutting through by hand with a scalpel a very simple task i just wonder how durable it will be and how often the blade will need replacing but so far so good it goes without saying that i am looking for more excuses to play with it posted by chas at 8 19 am 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday january 26 2014 bay hotel it s taken me ages to get round to the final few jobs that needed doing to the hotel what with christmas general laziness and starting other projects but the previously named westbay hotel is now finished at some point i may get round to changing the hanging sign my printer is just not fine enough to print anything at that scale which looks half decent the ornamental barge boards are from a langley models kit the chimney pots are from wizard models and the balcony balustrades from scale link for the next project i have two dioramas in mind the first is the westbay halt which at the moment i m thinking will be in quite a remote looking location and the second is a town scene featuring the hotel and probably reflecting a little of aberdovey i m planning a trip to the stafford model railway exhibition next weekend so by this time next week i shall have changed my mind posted by chas at 11 57 am 10 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday december 29 2013 seasons greetings from the westbay hotel as google had gone to the trouble of adding snow to this image of the incomplete westbay hotel i thought i would post it to illustrate the temperate climate of westbay no matter how much it snows it never settles still plenty to do on the hotel in the new year slating guttering balconies signage and so on which i look forward to doing in the meantime a very happy new year to all posted by chas at 9 39 am 10 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday december 23 2013 the next sleigh to arrive at platform 1 i know i know you d never see a sleigh in that configuration on the cambrian coast line but i don t care it s my train set happy christmas posted by chas at 6 01 pm 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday december 6 2013 westbay hotel the diorama westbay of which the halt forms part is based on penhelyg on the cambrian coast line the line there runs at the back of the rooftops of a row of houses but i m aiming for a more seaside feel and decided a harbour side hotel was needed so this is the westbay hotel unless it looks wrong in which case it will be cast aside as something else i have learned the hard way that styrene walls to which das has been applied with pva warp alarmingly without bracing and even then that it doesn t mater how much bracing i use the styrene will still find a way to warp in some unpredictable way i have also learned that das is forgiving and will happily bend back into shape without cracking provided the warping is not too bad wonderful stuff for the first time i have used mostly windows from truetexture which are quite expensive but very good worth it lots still to do which suits me just fine this is another model i don t want to finish blogging about it puts off that day posted by chas at 11 28 am 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom about me chas buckley flintshire united kingdom i started this layout 3 years ago the only rule is that all the buildings must be scratch built this blog records my learning experience i am deeply grateful to those master model makers from whom i learn and whose blogs i follow view my complete profile video clips model railway video chas s model railway part 1 blog index 2014 4 april 1 more dioramas march 1 february 1 january 1 2013 66 december 3 november 4 october 2 august 2 july 3 june 3 may 3 april 5 march 10 february 31 blogs i follow phil s workbench key model world haul 21 hours ago the model railways of chris nevard s blog new level crossing barriers 2 days ago paul s fantastic workbench getting my mamod meccano mec1 running 1 week ago the farthing layouts back and forth in the old yard ca 1912 2 months ago trainscape línea contorno de madrid 34 3 months ago a model railway life in miniature 47th farnham model railway exhibition 3 years ago llangunllo from mock up to model 9 years ago iain robinson modelmaking refurbishing an old 4mm scale friend and adding a tree or two 9 years ago lnr model making dover priory network rail depot 2 11 years ago modelmaking links geoff taylor modelmaking iain robinson modelmaker followers picture window theme powered by blogger