Currently building for practice

[Richi72]

Thank Joe,

progress is a bit slow but I am getting there.

the furniture is build up of 0,5 poly sheet and the roof is poured from plaster.

Cheers Richi

 

[eddiesolo]

This is starting to come together superbly Richard. Wonderful skills, great use of materials.

Si

 

[Polux]

Very interesting thread Richard.

This will be a great lovely build! :rolleyes:

Cheers

 

[Richi72]

Hi Guys,

here is a little update on my build.

After putting on the roof (I know not really the usual roof tiles) I started with a base coat of black and then I put on some different colors, so that’s drying for now so I can blend them all together later on.

Then I put on the first wash on the drainpipes and dry brushed it 1 time I think more will follow.

The inside walls received some carpets ( I mean Wallpapper thanks Si) and the doors and windows received some frames.

At the moment I am working on the Ivy because I want to cover the house with Ivy but I am not sure where I want to put it.

And I am still experimenting with some smd lights.

Boy they are small those thingies 2mm x 1,2mm x 0,8mm

So here are some pictures of the progress and any tips you can recommended or critics please say so it will only help me.

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Cheers Richi

 

[eddiesolo]

By carpets, do you mean wallpaper lol. This is looking superb mate, I am really envious of this build, the detailing is sublime. Just one thing to add to the roofs, on the main roof add some moss growth, can be achieved via painting, also also maybe some just on the guttering, inside and lip. The porch roof needs some flashing from roof line to brickwork.

I really love how this is turning out Richi, top build.

Si

 

[Richi72]

Thanks Si,

yep i will put those ideas in to reality.

but what do you mean by

"The porch roof needs some flashing from roof line to brickwork". do you mean a clear separation of those 2 there is a small paper piece between the wall and the porch roof (if you mean the roof on the right side) that represents lead that has to be painted yet. when you do, i think thats the separation we need don't you?

Thanks

Cheers Richi

 

[tommy1drop]

Excellent work Richi, I keep coming back to your pics, so much to see and look at.

Keep up the good work buddy.

Tom

 

[eddiesolo]

In the above two images where the tiled roof meets the red brickwork you would have had a layer of led flashing. This would be installed into the brickwork mortar and then over the top of the first row of roof tiles, this is to stop water egress. You can replicate this by smoothing off the line the bricks just above the roof and then painting in lead colour. Dose that make any sense?

Si

 

[Richi72]

In the above two images where the tiled roof meets the red brickwork you would have had a layer of led flashing. This would be installed into the brickwork mortar and then over the top of the first row of roof tiles, this is to stop water egress. You can replicate this by smoothing off the line the bricks just above the roof and then painting in lead colour. Dose that make any sense?

Si

Hi Si,

yes i know exactly what you mean, just edited my text from the question i asked you because it was not very clear lots of misspelled words, it should have been saying

"there is a small paper piece between the wall and the porch roof (if you mean the roof on the right side) that represents led (lead) that has to be painted yet. when you do, i think thats the separation we need don't you?"

But it is good to know that we are at the same page Si,

Thanks

Cheers Richi

 

[Richi72]

Thanks Tom,

much appreciated,

all the nice words of you guys keeps motivating me and it is nice to share with someone and getting someone Else's opinion.

Cheers Richi

 

[Richi72]

Hi you all,

here is a mini update

Just made some street names with Coral Draw (my favorite drawing program) and put some on the house. It needs some weathering but that can wait. Now I am working on a fence for the house a small one.

Here are the pictures.

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Cheers Richi

Ps. If someone is interested in the Street names file just say so and I send them or if Ian is reading this, I got a lot of self-made printies (NOT COPIES) for 1/35 scale that I would share with u all but I couldn’t find a download section in the forum. I could make the files in CDR format or in PDF.

 

[eddiesolo]

Hi Si,yes i know exactly what you mean, just edited my text from the question i asked you because it was not very clear lots of misspelled words, it should have been saying

"there is a small paper piece between the wall and the porch roof (if you mean the roof on the right side) that represents led (lead) that has to be painted yet. when you do, i think thats the separation we need don't you?"

But it is good to know that we are at the same page Si,

Thanks

Cheers Richi

That's the one Richi, couldn't see it but if it isn't painted yet then that would have been why. Nice work on those signs.

Si

 

[Richi72]

Hello Guy’s and Girls

Here’s a little update on the Dutch house.

First of all I removed my cobblestone beans road wasn’t that happy about it. Have to practice on that one.

I had a positive form of a road piece I made from depron a while ago so I went with that, much happier now.

Put the new bottom stones for the house in place, and gave it a gray base tone.

So here are the pictures

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[Richi72]

Then I went on with some ground work around the house.

First I put on some bright brown sand diluted with white glue and let it dry overnight.

Then I put a dark earth over it also with glue and that’s drying at the moment.

Put some of the same stuff on the roof which I will paint green later on so it would resemble moss

And I put some paper stripes on the roof there were the led (lead) would be, that’s also drying at the moment.

And here are the pictures

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Cheers Richi

 

[eddiesolo]

Looking superb Richi. I am sorry but this piece for practice is a load of tosh mate, it is turning into a master class in scratch building of a building. Superb skills and superb pictures, this has to be a real help to others wanting to try something like this.

Si

 

[Richi72]

Hi all,

Thanks Si, and yes I will use it for a little Diorama.

quick update while my groundwork is still wet, I started to put some of the ivy in place so it could dry together with the groundwork’s.

First I build up the back a little with the different sorts of moss, then I took an injection needle because its hollow, I put the needle true the ground work and put a ivy in it so I can pull the ivy true the bottom after that I did the same with the rest of the ivy. Now I have to wait until it is all dried up.

Here are some pictures

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Cheers Richi

 

[Richi72]

Hi everyone,

so I don’t know if its right to put my woman up for display in this thread:D,

but I am gone do it anyway since she would find a place in this diorama.

Well I started with a light sandy color then started to search for the right size of finger nail tattoos,

I used some warm water with some soap in it to break the water, and then I put on some of the micro set were I want to put the decal.

After applying all the decals I used the Micro sol to seal the decals.

Then I started to make some shadows and highlight and most of all trying to blend the decals in.

Well here is the result of the clothes flesh has to be painted yet.

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Cheers Richi

 

[monica]

wow Richard that is very impressive indeed all i can say is omg fantastic build ,

i would real like to know how you got the scale right for the plans and all the floor

and roof beans and so on ,you have put in so much useful info as well, thank you

very much ,its a great help for me.

would it be possible to ask for a printable copy of the planes and dimension ?

and how did you do the brick work im so impressed

how did you set the mortar in, the way i did it was to paint it in the lines and

let sit for about 3o secs or so then wipe it off ?

cheers

you should go have a pint you earn t it

 

[Richi72]

Thanks Moni,

ok so I will work on your wish list,

1. The plans lots of Research , no I didn’t, as I was younger I used to build real houses for a living before I became a soldier so i hat some inside knowledge.

I took some overall dimensions of some Miniart boxes like your street diorama for instance and used this for drawing the pieces of the house in Corel Draw and then printed them on normal A4 paper.

I will try to make a pdf file then you can print it on A4 paper and you can measure the sizes if you want.

ok i think it works with the pdf.

more to come, need some time to get some measurements the wooden beams.

I will make a how to, (my way) on the brick walls

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[Richi72]

Hi,

I started a how to on the Brickwall here http://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/making-a-brick-wall-from-depron.23605/

Cheers Richi