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Post by wing_nut on Jan 26, 2015 14:47:39 GMT -5
Plastic my Aunt Fanny's fanny. That's real wood. Freaking beautiful JT.
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Post by Wes on Mar 18, 2015 7:51:59 GMT -5
Hi John. Any updates here?
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Post by dupes on Mar 18, 2015 11:52:38 GMT -5
Here is a link to the Ford, I just noticed it's 1/25 not 1/24. Better start again from scratch I guess. Hahahaha...get on it! Excellent work, man. Missed this the first time through. Like the wood painting SBS as well!
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Post by coro69 on Mar 18, 2015 11:56:25 GMT -5
also missed this lovely thread. but now i am just behind you... ;-) admiring scratch building of the house...
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Post by johnt on Mar 19, 2015 10:21:14 GMT -5
Hi, sorry to keep you guys hangin! Here's some updates, more of the same techniques shown before. So the walls and framing are basically complete. I have started the roofing, so I hope to show something more soon. Thanks for following! Cheers JT
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Post by deafpanzer on Mar 19, 2015 11:43:28 GMT -5
Looking great!!! It does look like 1:1 for sure. Have fun with the roofing!
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Post by kaytermarram on Mar 19, 2015 14:05:15 GMT -5
Hell of a build! I guess, you will add some interior design??
Frank
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Post by wbill76 on Mar 19, 2015 17:00:58 GMT -5
Impressive work as usual JT!
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Post by Leon on Mar 19, 2015 18:37:08 GMT -5
John this is really fascinating to follow! Keep up the excellent work.
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Post by Ray Dunakin on Mar 21, 2015 13:52:56 GMT -5
Wow, stunning work!! Nice to see someone else using styrene to represent wood.
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Post by kiwibelg on Mar 21, 2015 15:16:55 GMT -5
G'day John, I was starting to think that you built a pub next door to this one and got stuck there sinking some XXXX or Bundy's! This really reminds me of the places I used to see when I was living in QLD. I'm interested in seeing how you go about weathering everything, I'm hooked on this build as it is mate! Have you been following the cricket by any chance?
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Post by k1w1 on Mar 23, 2015 1:10:27 GMT -5
Amazing work on the cottage. I have never seen external framing like that. Don't believe it was ever used here in New Zealand. Was there a reason for doing it that way ?. Your rusted car is one of the best results I have seen - Fantastic.
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Post by johnt on Mar 24, 2015 10:28:57 GMT -5
Hi everyone and thanks for the comments! Hi Frank, no interior planned. I will have used up my mojo just to finish the outside I think Hi Ray, I think I saw your work on a Styrene hut in the Modelers Annual? All good inspiration for this project, thank you! Gday kiwibelg, I must be the only aussie not into cricket. But I still want us to win. Hi k1w1, I don't know why they built them like that. A lot have had cladding added, fibre-cement board or roofing iron, or weather boards, but some not. Here is an update. The roofing is made from aluminium food trays. Underneath is a sheet of evergreen styrene with a ribbed profile. The rib spacings match close enough to the scaled corrugation spacings. The rounded end of a mini rotary tool is used to make corrugations. The first corrugations are a bit tricky. But you do one each side at a time: a trough this side, turn it over and do the adjacent trough from the other side, then turn over again. After the first few corrugations are done they are pressed into the ribbed sheet to locate the aluminium easily, and things move along quickly. Here the roofing is held temparily in place with blue tak. The springiness of the aluminium makes it hard to hold down flat at this stage, hence the way roofing and ridge capping seem to be all over the place. Thanks again for following! JT
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Post by BJ on Mar 24, 2015 11:16:28 GMT -5
Way cool.. definitely following this
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Post by kaytermarram on Mar 24, 2015 13:56:52 GMT -5
Now that I call recycling! Way cool the roof top, looks really extraordinaire. Somehow it cries out to be weathered, but I don´t know what is or was the original material used for the roof. You must have tons of ideas how to weather this gem here. Fantastic work!
Frank
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Post by deafpanzer on Mar 24, 2015 19:17:18 GMT -5
The roof looks fantastic... you nailed it!
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Post by k1w1 on Mar 25, 2015 5:02:40 GMT -5
Thank you John for explaining how you make the corrugated iron. I am sure I will find that really useful in the near future. You roof is looking great so far.
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Post by johnt on Mar 25, 2015 9:31:36 GMT -5
Thanks for the feedback! This will be old and abandoned, rusty roof, peeling paint and long grass. Heavy weathering, my favourite thing. Cheers JT
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Post by lunaiko on Mar 25, 2015 11:12:12 GMT -5
I like to see the process of your work, John. And I am looking forward to the results. I'm sure I will love it! Angi
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Post by Leon on Mar 25, 2015 15:42:24 GMT -5
Awesome work on the corrugated roofing John ! Going to look great with weathering.
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Post by johnt on May 25, 2015 10:04:51 GMT -5
Thanks Angi and Leon, sorry for my late reply. Work has continued on this using the old wood painting technique on the previous page: Plus I've been making tree branches from stretched sprue, and gun tree leaves from teabag paper. The leaves will be just scattered around. The leaves are easier to make than they look, just paint the paper first. Then 2 circular cuts with a sharp hobby knife and there you have it. Some were squeezed and tattered with pointy tweezers as well. Thanks for looking, cheers JT
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Post by Leon on May 25, 2015 10:37:55 GMT -5
John this is looking really amazing! Great idea on the stretched sprue and tea bags.
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Post by TomN on May 25, 2015 12:40:49 GMT -5
Very fine work John!
Stretched sprue trees huh, never woulda thought of that, awesome!!!
Tom
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Post by Marcel du Long on May 25, 2015 12:43:22 GMT -5
Woo, that sounds pretty time consuming. Are there no suitable small twigs around your garden/house?
Good job anyway both build as well as the paintjob.
Marcel.
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Post by wbill76 on May 25, 2015 14:34:45 GMT -5
Not only is the stretched sprue a cool scale effect but you've also made it look very realistic in the paint/finish department JT. Impressive!
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Post by johnt on May 26, 2015 9:33:27 GMT -5
Thanks guys, much appreciated! Hi Marcel, these are much finer than anything round here. It takes time for sure but that's model building I guess. Cheers JT
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Post by deafpanzer on May 26, 2015 9:36:52 GMT -5
Amazing work... always!!! I can't tell you how much I have learned from your work.
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Post by kaytermarram on May 26, 2015 14:08:22 GMT -5
TEA BAGS, I cannot believe it! Fantastic!
Frank
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Post by johnt on Jun 26, 2015 10:20:37 GMT -5
Andy, Frank, many thanks guys. A bit of progress: I started making a gum tree to fill in a space in front of the Ford. The leaves this time are 0.13mm styrene sheet, glued to stems made from stretched sprue. So then spend days repeating this.... The branches were made from melted sprue. Here I've started painting the tree, shown here with one of the walls ad the leaf litter as props for the photo. Thanks for following I hope you like it. Cheers JT
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Post by deafpanzer on Jun 26, 2015 10:30:30 GMT -5
Your work never cease to amaze me!!!
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