New Victorian build - The Undertakers (Update 17/7 - p.8)

[Elk101]

This is great - if it is half as good as the rest of the stuff you had on Blam it will be amazing 

If it's half as good as the stuff on display at BLAM it will still be 20 times better than my stuff!

Thanks for the tip on foamed pvc.

[Thunderchicken]

Thanks for the kind words chaps. 

[Mason]

Thanks for the kind words chaps. 

Make the most of it, mate.
Someone will be a git sooner or later.
 

[Svennn]

Make the most of it, mate.
Someone will be a git sooner or later.
 

Vraiment? Qui? 

[Constable Bertrand]

I've been fascinated by your builds TC, and have wondered you you go about them. So, thank you for taking the time to share your technique with us.

Cheers
Matt.

[Mason]

Vraiment? Qui? 

I am sure there will be no shortage of takers.

Especially if he starts talking about teabags again....

[Malamute]

Especially if he starts talking about teabags again....

 

I had forgotten that conversation/text messages...

[Mason]

I had forgotten that conversation/text messages...

I certainly have not.

It is mentally scarred on me forever!
 

[gamer Mac]

Great start Neil

[Old Goat]

Now this will be great...AND a tutorial...

[Thunderchicken]

It is mentally scarred on me forever!

I've got pics too! 

[Thunderchicken]

Thanks chaps.

I've been offline for a few weeks as I managed to badly injure one of my eyes at work (for the information of BLAMers it's the other one and almost two years to the day, would you believe it!) I've had to rest it completely which meant no reading, no going near screens, no TV, nothing! Luckily vision started to return at the beginning of this week and having some time on my hands I couldn't resist getting back to the build so here's an update.

Here's the front:




Back. You'll notice I've gone for a mock window top right centre. The scribblings bottom right are for an outhouse:



One of the sides:




Here's a breakdown of how I've added the details since the last post.

For the windows I use these from Grandt line. Note they are S scale which I think is a good size for 25/28mm. I use these two patterns more than any other:



Here's the business side. To help secure the windows in place I stick off-cuts across the window frames. For the large window I cut the shape of the frame myself from styrene plastic (three attempts no less!) and embedded it in the wall. The small plastic squares are to help secure it in place:

 

For the lintels I cut the shapes I need from 1mm styrene plastic sheets:



You'll see from the side section there's a curved lintel above the door. For these I cut a 'ring' with the required width and diameter using a cutting compass. I then cut the lintel from that:






For the doors I use balsa wood. I cut the shape of the frames into the wood and then add the door handle and letterbox from cut plastic (the doors look messy but fear not, after a lick of paint they will look just fine).



That's it for now. I'm going to work on the shop window and sign this weekend and that's going to be a fiddly pain in the harris so I'll have the swear box out!  





  




    

[white knight]

Very interesting thread. I may have overlooked it, but what do you use to cut out the window and door holes from the plastic card? It all looks so neat, compared to when I try it. 

[Elk101]

That's bad news about your eye. I hope it gets better soon mate. Nice addition to the build tutorial too. Cheers, Steve

[gamer Mac]

Your getting that good at building these, you should be able to do it blind fold, what do you need your eyes for? Get on with it you slacker

Lovely work by the way
The neatness is amazing