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Old Collingwood

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  1. Eveening all, some more progress - I built the Two Trusses and a support rail, then I cut out the roof linings using some card, and have started to tile it using single strips of paper that over lap each other, I then pencil the gap in between each til where I will cut down to simulate individual tiles, also the top and edges will have some paer flashing over the top of the tiles. OC.
  2. Warm welcome to the family, thats a Super start, I also had this kit - it was gifted to me from an old neighbour after I tried to save his life with chest compressions after his heart failed, anyway as a thank you his wife gifted me this kit. OC.
  3. So next off I will make a couple of roof trusses before I make some mock roof tile panels (probably wont be individual tiles) OC.
  4. Not sure what its for Chris - but checking my airshow pics I can see its just on the one side. OC.
  5. Evening all, work has started on the porch, I transferred the paper to my MDF then using my sharp knife I cut them out, then after making the Two sides and front and also the door - I glued them together using Super Glue for a faster stronger bond - this is where I am with it. OC.
  6. Thanks Ken, what I was thinking of doing is to layer the scenery with sheets of typing paper as I only need to go from nothing to about a Inch at the end/back, then lay my grass mat and hedge over the top of that. OC.
  7. A lot of models of the scene just show the cottage garden as Flat - but its not, as it starts to slope up with the general terrain as we know the land sloped up from LHS to the sunken road and beyond - the British. OC.
  8. Morning all, so after doing some reading up on the interweb, it looks like I will be doing some landscaping in the farmhouse garden, as it appears to gradually slope upwards from a retaining wall close to the house, I will need to research how I am going to construct my wall and build the gradient that my grass mat and sprinkles will go over to make a kind of kitchen garden - grass and beds kind of thing. Here is a view off the net from about Ten years ago and also a drawing from the 1900s. OC.
  9. Evening all, I have set about doing my scale drawing plans for my Porch building. OC.
  10. You could try some heat (haiirdryer) while gently twisting it in the right direction, I would try to do this before you start first planking as I am not sure if planking will pull it in to shape - and might lock the twist in. OC.
  11. After doing some research it looks like I need to do a bit of scratchbuilding, from some of the photos it looks like there should have been a porch building on the outside of the farm house around the door leading to the garden, I will try to male one using the photos like this one, with the bits of board I have to hand. Photo off the net. OC.
  12. Put it down to tired ness and a senior moment also not looking properly, your work is so good that to be honest its not that far different from the real thing, just thought I was being clever in a nice way my friend - don't you just hate it when a sense of humour bites you in the ..... OC.
  13. Thank you so much Craig, it will be several little adventures in one - around the different parts of my dio. OC.
  14. Thank you so much, Lessons about figure painting is a hard one, think it just comes down to practice - practice than more practice, and good light a steady hand and good magnification so you can see tiny details well. OC.
  15. Amazing work Craig - still don't believe that photo I replied to is your model - looks just like the real thing - Amazing. OC.
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