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Sometimes a generic tree does not cut
the mustard,
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Thank you, over the years I have shared ideas and thoughts with others, even non modellers have given great insights, and the military forums are a great source of realism,plus I endeavour to do it as cheap as possible so rather than buying in if I can make it I do, -
Sorry missed the question, wire and whatever comes to hand das, cork tile adhesive (it was there lol) copper wire as leftovers garden wire when I want something bigger, I’ll expand on page 9
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Colour is in the eye of the beholder.
But there are a few simple tricks - not rules- that can be employed when modelling.
in the beginning I made some rooky mistakes, we make assumptions but those assumptions often mislead us.
1. Water is blue, no it is not,water is a mirror and it is
1. A reflection of its surroundings, so if a vast expanse is under a blue sky it appears blue,
2. If that water is dirty or aired because of movement it impacts on its properties,main example is white in waves
3. And taking of white,light often gives a white look to shiny surfaces, hold your hand up to the light the sun or a bulb and you see white highlights.
4. And light or lack of will give you shadows, or usually a thinned black.
5. And one of the most important nothing is ever ever a single colour, and in nature you are best to work with the power of at least three,a good example of this is camouflage, 3 colours in a broken pattern tend to blend.
Well it is easy to say, but examples make it easier to see.
Water.
blue on
and white on white all effected by the angle you view from
and if you can get those reflections to work for you you can imitate life
playing with water,taking advantage of plastic and varnish to imitate water will give ‘life’ to the layout, even a small puddle.
tip;Water flows, or ebbs so paint the base colours to imitate
tip: find the angle your camera needs to catch the reflection,hold the camera in a vertical line and move up and down until you find the desired reflection.
tip:modelled water gets dusty,clean with a damp cloth prior to photographing,this removes dust and adds a temporary water sheen so the model is enhanced by real water,improving the mirrored effect.
tip.water also applies my rule of three,as shallow water is never the same as deep water,and flowing water also effects. but this is meant to be a quick intro and I’ll revisit water later.
Oh last water point,water is not flat unless there is no wind and no movement
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so colour, colour is all important, and again the ‘rule’ of three applies, even when you look at a flat painted single colour it is the original colour, and the light highlights and the shadow lowlights, so three colours, if your layout has access to natural sunlight then you can take advantage,otherwise you need to consider your lighting, artificial lighting is a complex subject I am not stopping to talk of it here but I will drop one tip
tip if you have no natural light on your layout and the lack of it dulls your photographs consider buying true light bulbs as used for fish or lizards or indoor plants hydroponics, I know some modellers swear by them,I once bought one for an aquarium and there was a definite difference, but beware the difference is in your pocket change too.
OK colour, on a layout colour is usually all about the green. If you get the green right most everything else falls into place.
tip : I personally will never ever again paint my layout green even if I put ‘grass’ on top. paint the ground soil colour,brown,beige,terracotta water ever your modelling, never green.
painted a soil colour then building up the green
Adding texture, although some of the texture in this picture is loose foam I had it piled up and opened a window….ooops,it took me a while to clean that up!
This area has continued to improve, I take baby steps looking not at what impresses me but what annoys me and needs improvement.
FYI this Is all my own work in the early days and as I strived to get Pictures to deceive people into thinking for a split second it was real, these last two emphasise how light impacts on the pale green I painted first, and going back and dulling it with dirty water improved, but tearing it out and restarting was inevitable.Comment
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now colour imitates life, and there is nothing better than life for intruding colour,
treetrunks,try branches
bushes try moss or lichen -re colour anything day Gli green it will never work well in my experience.
growth on a tree trunk growth on a branch
when I first started collecting kit from the garden people said oh you need to dip it in glycerin and do this that and the other,well I did not have glycerin I popped it on the layout to see how long before I had to take it off or replace and never did, stills works just as I found it, but you need it to be dry,or mold appears and avoid food items - as in mouse food items!
Moss is marvellous it grows on my roof gets dry falls off and I nab it
the texture in photos is to die for
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Branches, the tips of branches, often seed heads off bushes has small branchlets which are to scale for o ur models,I found a branch with lichen which looks like mushroom growth stupidly I picked only one bit and when I photographed it and saw how great it was and galloped back to get more but nature is nature and it was gone
even grass pampas’s grass in point is on my layout in various guises
the ‘leaves’ are birch seed, which can be bought from modelling shops coloured brow - natural, green or autumn colours and it is not diffuse to soak them and air dry them, they work on various scales too this VW bug is 1:43
where ever possible source good reference photos, earlier eras of course make this difficult, and deciding or knowing the actual colours of really early railway can be very difficult.
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Fantastic work. I love the pictures. Thanks for all the tips.WarrenComment
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That's a very nice recreation there Jaz. I love those windows!HO ScaleComment
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Welcome Jaz avalley
I love your modeling, particularly the railway station. I've been a Heartbeat fan for many years, even with the complete 18 CD series set (and as luck would have it, my current computer doesn't have a CD drive).
The railway station and Bernie's garage are my favourite buildings from the series. Favourite scene -Greengrass hijacks a locomotive....
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Fellow modellers do not forget most of the buildings are bought in resin, I may weather them or upgrade slightly but the main work is without doubt bought in, which makes my life a lot easier.I will cover upgrades later, small touches which improve the model, but they are inevitably only small.
I do have Linka moulds and do plan a ‘scratch built cathedral with imposing windows,but I will not be starting it any time soon.
As for heartbeat, you are gonna love this….
A deeper shade
Paint
Not the right vehicle but it will do for now no good without the figure
a fat figure a painted waistcoat and hankerchief
a female figure some white boots and red hot pants later
above the duffel jacket and beige trousers
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an earlier vehicle, and a reference for the figureReference picture
Facial he has a unfortunate look of Matt le Blanc from friends lol
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I have gone off the reservation as I liked a window detail that does not exist…I could not resist once I worked out how to make it….
and it is not pretty on the other sideNice and tight though
Guttering in due course
Above the Wills before I scratched it,murdered one window for the door light,and the gaol/jail is stone so a Wills sheet without butchering it
but you get a good insight
I am failing even on the likes of Google maps to get the side or back,the back of here does not seem to be in the show,although other police houses are, the reference photo shows they play a clever game because in front is a small field with a sloped path that does not get filmed, it was a real police house and thus I suppose why they traveled so far 70 miles if my memory is correct to use this in filming.Last edited by Jaz avalley; 11-17-2021, 07:13 AM.Comment
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