Stabliofarmer Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 I've been pondering on weather to put this up, it would probably be better on a truck forum but still wouldn't fit in their, not detailed enough to fit in with the 1/24 stuff and not of a great enough quantity to fit with the 1/50 stuff, so here it is. This will be a yard to display and store my 1/32 trucks, both the modern stuff and the vintage items. I'm basing it on a number of Council yards I've stumbled upon across the country, mainly the yards at Ballater, Scotland and Crymych, Wales which are mainly worn out pebble dash sheds which give a great platform for building the most detailed diorama I've done. It puts my wood yard on the back burner/replaces the need for extending it. First off some reference photos to show what I'm trying to achieve. Ballater And Crymych, photos from rightmove as the yard was for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Crymych rings a bell James,where abouts in Wales mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 Next up are some archive photos of when Bert Rose (owner of the yard and of B.Rose&Co.) put up the first of the sheds on the land in 1975. He built this yard after gaining a contract with the local Perthshire council to take over all their winter maintenance. During this time he got to know J.A.Cuthbertson of Biggar working closley on the development of his snow removal kit, much of which is still in use today. There are two sets of photos, one set in colour the others sadly in black and white. They show the work force using the Foden DG timber wagon and JCB 3CIII moving the precast concrete panels into place after being delivered by the then brand spanking new Scania 92 of Silverline tractors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 South West Paul, Pembrokeshire. Never been personally just stumbled upon the place through a google search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stabliofarmer Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 Also in with the same lot of photos was this recreation from when the extention to the shed was added in 1978 Minus the Foden which by this point had got to too rough a state to be used and was laid up till 1996 when it underwent restoration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 South West Paul, Pembrokeshire. Never been personally just stumbled upon the place through a google search. ah i see,we used to go to a cottage in a village called Rosebush,im sure Crymych was close by,great topic James,something really different,very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted May 17, 2015 Author Share Posted May 17, 2015 Now how the shed was built up, its made with a core of 5mm foamboard. This was then layered in P40 and P80 sand paper to represent the pebble dash/concrete texture, the sand paper then had a wash of matt white Then it was all weathered. This was done by dry brushing some black on first to grey up the white and age it. Then I dry brushed some green on to represent the mouldyness of the shed in ballater. The front doors are made from mountboard, cut/scored to represent planks and then scratched with a wire brush to create a grain for the wood texture. This now needs painting. Some gloss green was allowed to run down the side to represent the slimey gunk that has formed through years of water running down the side of the building. The roof is a mountboard base with corrugated card applied on top, this has then been painted black on the main shed and silver on the extention however the colour wont be visible once finished as both will be covered in vegetation This is where I'm up to so far. As I build the yard I will also be constructing vehicles to go in it, the best way I have of giving you a taste of what these vehicles will be is to give you the link to my Flickr favorites which show a collection of the vehicles I eventually want to model https://www.flickr.com/photos/76989017@N04/favorites Thanks for Looking, hope what you've seen is something different to the usual on here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Nice layout thus is going to be James. The small shed looks fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Loving this, chap! Great idea for a base. The black and white photos are really clever for scene setting, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 Started the second set for the yard. Two bay/pit workshop with office. [url=http://s1247.photobucket.com/user/Stabliofarmer/media/IMG_20150611_203657_zpsr1bs4whe.jpg.html][/url Thanks for Looking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Your making a nice job of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 Looks very nice James, the wrecker with the MAN cab looks a bit of a beast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 Cheers guys The man cab does look rather good on the militant body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted July 3, 2015 Author Share Posted July 3, 2015 Some of the B.Rose & Co. fleet I'm working on at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted July 3, 2015 Share Posted July 3, 2015 Nice fleet there James, why the orange and black scheme? It's not one you see often Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted July 3, 2015 Author Share Posted July 3, 2015 Nice fleet there James, why the orange and black scheme? It's not one you see often For that exact reason Pat, you don't see it and I wanted something original. The basis started with Stevenson of Avonbridge's orange colour scheme, mix that with that with inspiration from a local haulier ADD Express' two colour Silver and Red colour scheme and the fact there was a big 5 litre tin of tipper body grey in the garage and the orange and grey was born which turned into Orange and Dark Metalic Grey when I strated painting them with a spray can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Is the 6 legger Scania livestock truck going to be a wagon n drag James?? could just see that with a load of your machinery on the back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 Its loosley based on this irish rig with Pezzaioli bodies so it will get a drag at some point. Whether I go with lift of bodies is less likely, I'm thinging of making a flat bed wagon and drag from my laser cut Scania streamline cab, something like W.M.Ellison's https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/66697356@N08/14515119865/in/favorites-76989017@N04/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Axe Man Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Sounds like a cunning plan James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted August 25, 2015 Author Share Posted August 25, 2015 Got the workshop clad and painted. Also thought I'd have a play with some lighting. Loading some machinery bound for Ireland late last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 The Scania Livestock Wagon as it stands now, this is the colour scheme I'm going for having everything in, grey cab, orange base and chassis with a grey grill and orange highlights, some stuff will be repainted and new builds done in this scheme such as the T-Cab which is next on the list to start and not finish haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Hi James,just wondering if you've seen any of these guy's around,tidy livery,https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=scot+heating+company+images&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0CCAQsARqFQoTCNbI7P-lnckCFUnaGgodYmINIQ&biw=1920&bih=969 Regards Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 Yes I had actually, they've got a couple of MAN timber trucks too, quite useful to see how they balance out the black and orange and how theyve gone about adding text without adding more colours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 They certainly have,I generally see two or three every day,they pass through the village where I deliver mail, Regards Joe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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