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P4NewStreet - modelling Birmingham (UK) in the 1980's - 1:76 scale

Started by jim s-w, May 20, 2010, 08:45:13 AM

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jim s-w

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Hi martin

I thought I mentioned that I do sand the sheets but looking back now I guess that must have been on another forum.   I use 2 different brands of sheet depending on the age of the wall I am building.

Your comments are taken entirely as you intended - no worries there!

Hth

Jim
Jim Smith-Wright

DaKra

The molded brick sheets have advantage of being easy to cut and glue, and some people can make them look OK.   Sometimes the effort spent striving for perfection just kills the momentum.  I think Jim did a great job with the materials he had, the brick walls look really good to me.   

Dave

jim s-w

Thanks Dave

I do see what the chaps are saying about the roundness of the bricks and while I would love to go to the levels Chuck does (If I could that is) my project is just too big even taking into account my young (ish) age.

I am unashamedly here as an admirer of the work put forward and very much doubt I will be able to contribute much but as long as you guys are happy with me lurking and dont mind me posting a few pictures now and then I will stick around.  So...



30 second esposure using just 3 white LED's as a light source.  The grain was a pure accident but adds to the 1980's feel I think.  Lights and exhaust added in photoshop.



Again 30 seconds with a single white LED at the back.  No photoshoppery here except for normal finishing.  This was one of those things I only had one shot at.  The reason being I was weathering the platform tops with a wash of thin colour and thus they were wet.  The platforms wont be wet (intentionally anyway) again.

Regards

Jim

Jim Smith-Wright

jim s-w

Hi all

I have for a while been meaning to model the large brackets the bridges of Hill St and Naviagation street sit on.



As I need 8 of them I thought it best to design a little etch.



The above shows the 2 parts assembled. 



The completed bracket



And again, sat on a penny for scale.

Cheers

Jim
Jim Smith-Wright

jim s-w

Hi All

most of my platform lamps are different in one way or another.  Some have no extra bits, some have Phones, some HST stop signs and some loadspeakers or combinations of some/all. The one at the front of the layout has all 3 - makes a change for the complex one not the be hidden by something else!  A little etch for the folding base thing!



Cheers

Jim
Jim Smith-Wright

Junior

That´s some really neat work for such a small detail!

Anders ;D

TRAINS1941

Hi Jim

Welcome.  Just trying to catch up with some of the stuff I've missed.

Very nice indeed.  Seems like you have your work cut out for next 15 or 20 years.  Good luck with the project and keep posting those pictures.

Jerry
Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food?
George Carlin

Chuck Doan

"They're most important to me. Most important. All the little details." -Joseph Cotten, Shadow of a Doubt





http://public.fotki.com/ChuckDoan/model_projects/

Ray Dunakin

Visit my website to see pics of the rugged and rocky In-ko-pah Railroad!

Ray Dunakin's World

jim s-w

Jim Smith-Wright

jim s-w

Hi Bill

There are 2 - the larger 1 with the access for the vehicles will be on the next board. The pedestrian only 1 the board after that one.

Regards

Jim
Jim Smith-Wright

jim s-w

Hi all

Back in September I took the layout so far to scaleforum exhibition as a work in progress.  It's always nice to see your stuff through the lens/eyes of a third party and a small gallery can be seen here

http://www.scalefour.org/shows/S4um2011/new_st.html

Cheers

Jim
Jim Smith-Wright

Ray Dunakin

Nice pics, and some really great modeling! Some of those pics could pass for the real thing.
Visit my website to see pics of the rugged and rocky In-ko-pah Railroad!

Ray Dunakin's World

Hauk

Quote from: jim s-w on January 22, 2012, 02:57:29 AM
Hi all

Back in September I took the layout so far to scaleforum exhibition as a work in progress.  It's always nice to see your stuff through the lens/eyes of a third party and a small gallery can be seen here

http://www.scalefour.org/shows/S4um2011/new_st.html

Cheers

Jim

Happy to hear from you again! A very inspiring project, excellent modelling. A young mans Retford, if you catch my drift...
Regards, Hauk
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"Yet for better or for worse we do love things that bear the marks of grime, soot, and weather, and we love the colors and the sheen that call to mind the past that made them"  -Junichiro Tanizaki

Remembrance Of Trains Past

finescalerr

The layout represents a lot of effort. Nice job. -- Russ