Author Topic: Andy's railway misadventures. (Read 32218 times)

FramFramson · « **Reply #15 on:** October 14, 2018, 06:32:22 PM »

Daaaammmn, now that's a scratchbuild.

Michi · « **Reply #16 on:** October 14, 2018, 07:52:42 PM »

It does really look the part! I am used to the standard gauge sliding panel vans and that one reminds me very much of those.

Ultravanillasmurf · « **Reply #17 on:** October 16, 2018, 07:19:32 PM »

Very nice work.

Hammers · « **Reply #18 on:** October 17, 2018, 12:15:22 PM »

Very impressive.

marianas_gamer · « **Reply #19 on:** October 19, 2018, 01:59:33 AM »

Inspiring modeling

LB

Andy in Germany · « **Reply #20 on:** October 19, 2018, 05:21:29 AM »

Many thanks for the kind comments. It's very encouraging.

Quote from: Michi on October 14, 2018, 07:52:42 PM

It does really look the part! I am used to the standard gauge sliding panel vans and that one reminds me very much of those.

Thanks Michi.The van is loosely based on a design used on the Metre gauge Rhaetian Bahn in Switzerland. They have a couple of designs of which this is the more complex: the plan is to make two 'simple' vans as well so I have a bit of variety.

At the current speed of working that may take some time...

Andy in Germany · « **Reply #21 on:** October 21, 2018, 07:42:03 PM »

I'm starting on the next wagon to accompany the Big Van.

Way back in the mists of time when I'd just restarted making models, I tried to build one of these in 1:43 scale. I also started a couple of other wagons and a railcar, and they all looked pretty awful. Partly this was a lack of experience and partly because no matter how much I tried the mahoosive models I was making just didn’t fit the tiny wheel sets available, so I changed to 1:55 scale.

It shows how easily I can be distracted that it took nearly a decade before I got around to making this in 1:55.

I remember carefully making the original from fairly thin plastic sheet so I wouldn’t make the frame too thick. This is probably why the old model is now the shape of a banana.

The new version is a bit more pragmatic, made of several 0.5mm thick sections glued together, partly for strength and partly because that way I could use up the offcuts of 0.5mm thick plastic I had kicking about. I’m hoping the over scale thickness will be made up for by the model lasting a bit longer.

Besides, I can hide everything with weathering, right?

Michi · « **Reply #22 on:** October 21, 2018, 08:57:09 PM »

Quote from: Andy in Germany on October 21, 2018, 07:42:03 PM

Besides, I can hide everything with weathering, right?

That's what modelers do...

FramFramson · « **Reply #23 on:** October 22, 2018, 08:37:10 AM »

Quote from: Michi on October 21, 2018, 08:57:09 PM

That's what modelers do...

Aye. Can confirm.

Andy in Germany · « **Reply #24 on:** October 22, 2018, 05:33:39 PM »

Quote from: Michi on October 21, 2018, 08:57:09 PM

That's what modelers do...

Quote from: FramFramson on October 22, 2018, 08:37:10 AM

Aye. Can confirm.

Thanks. It's good to know I'm not alone...

Michi · « **Reply #25 on:** October 22, 2018, 06:38:58 PM »

Quote from: Andy in Germany on October 22, 2018, 05:33:39 PM

Thanks. It's good to know I'm not alone...

There are more than you would believe...particularly with scratchbuilts:

FramFramson · « **Reply #26 on:** October 22, 2018, 07:09:33 PM »

Man, that makes me think of the truck from "Duel".

Andy in Germany · « **Reply #27 on:** October 23, 2018, 01:24:07 PM »

I like that truck.

How do you get that dirty windscreen/windscreen wiper effect?

Michi · « **Reply #28 on:** October 23, 2018, 02:28:22 PM »

Quote from: Andy in Germany on October 23, 2018, 01:24:07 PM

How do you get that dirty windscreen/windscreen wiper effect?

I put a dirty wash on the windscreen and wiped it away with the tip of a toothpick. The wood is softer than the plastic and does not harm the window, but takes away the paint. It´s rather easy. I did that a couple of times with other vehicles too:

Andy in Germany · « **Reply #29 on:** October 31, 2018, 08:15:03 AM »

Lovely stuff there Michi. How do you weather the models in the first place? And do you use a template or the shape of the 'clean' bit of windscreen?

I've been working on the wood wagon. Slowly. I added the 'decking' after making a frame I'm pretty sure won't go bendy:

Of course, I couldn’t go and choose a nice simple wagon with a flat deck, oh, no, I had to go for one with a complex arrangement involving a frame and lots of tiny, and rather battered aluminium cross pieces.

Will I ever learn?

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