844john Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Very impressive James, I hope we get to see it in the flesh at Penrith this year! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted September 28, 2018 Author Share Posted September 28, 2018 Cheers guys, yes very time consuming! Will certainly be able to see it at Penrith John I get what you mean Sean, but not quite the approach I want to take. The top of the roof line is quite messy after a failed attempt to make a sagged roof by cutting curves in the card. So I want to use the ridge tiles to hide all of that when both roof panels are off. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret90 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Great work James 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 Cracking work James, look forward to seeing it at Penrith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted October 5, 2018 Author Share Posted October 5, 2018 Well, thats not as easy as the YouTube tutorials make it look. First go at a wire tree. Limited myself slightly by using DAS clay to coat the trunk but at a foot high and near enough a foot across something like Miliput would have cost a fortune to use, but would adhere to the wire better. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted October 5, 2018 Share Posted October 5, 2018 good start mate, i asume your glueing sea foam onto the arms now to thicken it up?? and allow a good area for the leaves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted October 5, 2018 Author Share Posted October 5, 2018 I'm going to have a go at making some of these, I don't think i could get seafoam to blend into the branches how id like, where as this would drape over and allow for a dense canopy to be built up in layers 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted October 5, 2018 Author Share Posted October 5, 2018 Either that or use some coco fibre which I purchased to try and make bales from. Clump it on the branch ends then add scatter, like you would with seafoam, but cheaper/ with materials I have already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted October 5, 2018 Author Share Posted October 5, 2018 Quick test with some coco fibre chucked on and i think it could just work. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 i see what you mean, it does thicken it up a treat, what are you using for the leaves? and i forgot to ask,what wire did you use, i can get loads of thinnish insulated copper wire , but you seem to have gone with a thicker one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret90 Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Looks brilliant, I've never thought of using that for trees, look forward to seeing how it turns out I see another little dumper lurking down there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted October 6, 2018 Author Share Posted October 6, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, Tractorman810 said: i see what you mean, it does thicken it up a treat, what are you using for the leaves? and i forgot to ask,what wire did you use, i can get loads of thinnish insulated copper wire , but you seem to have gone with a thicker one For leaves I'm going to use a few blends of clump foliage, which I'm having a go at making at the moment based on this guide The wire is 0.6mm 14" florist wire. The trees built in a slightly different method to the normal wire ones, with such a wide trunk it wouldn't be possible to twist it. I'm following this guide with some alterations. Will have a full step by step when I've finished. The thinner the wire the more smaller branches you will have, but also the longer it will take to make. Edited October 6, 2018 by Stabliofarmer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted October 6, 2018 Author Share Posted October 6, 2018 35 minutes ago, T.H Conversions said: Looks brilliant, I've never thought of using that for trees, look forward to seeing how it turns out I see another little dumper lurking down there Cheers, yes felt like I'll have to add a dumper as I'm currently on placement at Mecalac, which was Terex, which was Benford, so I see site dumpers being built every day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 i hope thats a bit of scrap foam,and not the seat of the front room chair mate never thought about that,although when you look at it a lot of the model rail trees you can buy are the same,even if the trunks are different . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted October 12, 2018 Author Share Posted October 12, 2018 Some interesting bits of stone wall completed recently. The first is on first glance a simple straight wall the same as makes up the collecting yard. However in order to make things look more natural nothing is running straight and true, ie the barn is positioned at a different angle to the collecting yard as things are built around the land, not in a square patter . This means the walls run at a different angle to the baseboard so this wall, which runs off the baseboard, has too come to a fine point rather than stopping dead. This meant angling the foam board and cutting the coping stones into thinner and thinner slithers. The second required abit more head scratching as this one follows the contours of a hilly field. In the end i decided to cut the wall as a single piece thats base followed the land, and after that the process was identical to any other wall. In order to get the right shape I hacked away at a cardboard template then transfered it to the wall. And with that all the stone work for these two bases is complete and I can move on to adding plenty of greenery! 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Agri Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 Those walls look mint! David brown looks smart too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret90 Posted October 12, 2018 Share Posted October 12, 2018 That is stunning James the stone gives so much character, it must have been painstakingly hard to make! The stone path looks like real stone and there are so many little details. I've never mastered stone myself I see your trees are coming along nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Looks fantastic James, those walls are just spot on! Roll on a month tomorrow.....will it be ready? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted October 13, 2018 Author Share Posted October 13, 2018 Cheers guys, the stone works actually quite therapeutic in small doses, I was ready to never see another wall when finishing the barn! Now you're asking difficult questions John. Diorama should be finished, whether any models to put on it will be is another question altogether 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirely Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Great attention to detail and the insertion of the drinking trough is a touch of class. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Fantastic work James. Walls look great, very neat, you've even got the capes laid the right way in the slope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted October 13, 2018 Author Share Posted October 13, 2018 7 minutes ago, mb86 said: Fantastic work James. Walls look great, very neat, you've even got the capes laid the right way in the slope. Interesting, I thought I'd got them running the wrong way as without some alteration mid way they'd have been near enough horizontal. What dictates how you position them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Stabliofarmer said: Interesting, I thought I'd got them running the wrong way as without some alteration mid way they'd have been near enough horizontal. What dictates how you position them? They should lean downhill, ( unless of course they are long dressed lumps) it means they are more likely to stay where they are if one rolls off, they have the aid of gravity keeping them on, but most of all it's makes it easier to put them on. You also would start building the wall from the bottom of the hill for the same reasons. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
844john Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 Here's one I made earlier James Actually I'm on with it at the present, but this one is wet walling as opposed to dry. Although its not too apparent on the photo, this is on quite a slope and as Martin says, you start at the bottom of the hill and work up, the only difference is that it's cement and not gravity that keeps everything in place! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stabliofarmer Posted October 13, 2018 Author Share Posted October 13, 2018 Thanks for the info, luckly I also started from the bottom! Don't envy you there John, although my walls take time I'm tucked away in a warm room with plenty of creature conforts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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