Glenderg Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 Christ, that is superb! The entrance bay distressed doors look the business. Love the rust blooms on the cement terminal doors! Stick to the original building length if you can. You can always cut it back in a few years, but you won't be able to add to it. Is there depth to the Arched Wall? Looks great. Tell uz, made from photos or how? I've an idea how many hours went into this, and its a serious Richie. Quote
scahalane Posted January 9, 2013 Author Posted January 9, 2013 Is there depth to the Arched Wall? Looks great. Tell uz, made from photos or how? The building was drawn up in autocad based on a plan survey I have, the heights were guesstimated by counting the bricks. I exported the dwg from cad to photoshop as an eps where I painted over the section using on site photos and textures from cgarchitect. The images were brought back into autocad for accurate scaling at 1:76 and printed. Unfortunately I only have a cheap A4 printer so a lot of printing and lining up was required. The building facade is built up in 4 layers of printed card according to each recess in the wall. Only the workshop at the back is finished at the moment so that's why the long wall section is looking a bit flat at the moment, hope this answers your questions. Anymore don't hesitate to ask. By the way I used your technique of kitchen foil layered up with glue, it was a bit more messy as the glue kept seeping through the layers but was a great time saver, thanks. Quote
RedRich Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 Scahalane that is a fantastic example of Architectural modelling. Yourself and Richie have made me re assess my opinion on card and printed modelling. I love the support trusses under the cement terminal canopy. It probably can't be seen from most viewing distances but it is there. I love this sort of modelling as it demands more forward planning and lot's of work to get right before you even begin the build. Top marks for an amazing model, and thanks for sharing your skills with us. Rich, Quote
Warbonnet Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 Scahalane that is a fantastic example of Architectural modelling. Yourself and Richie have made me re assess my opinion on card and printed modelling. I love the support trusses under the cement terminal canopy. It probably can't be seen from most viewing distances but it is there. I love this sort of modelling as it demands more forward planning and lot's of work to get right before you even begin the build. Top marks for an amazing model, and thanks for sharing your skills with us. Rich, I absolutely agree Rich, this is superb stuff, as is Richies. Great inspiring stuff lads! Quote
Glenderg Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 No bother at all, the roof looks the business! I'll send you a template I made for AutoCAD so you can do your drawings at real scale, print as EPS at 1:76.2, do your work in photoshop and print directly without rescaling in AutoCAD. It'll take a fair whack of time out of the process. PM me your email addy, if you can. Richie. Quote
kevrail Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 Only one word for this project. "PERFECTION" Quote
Riversuir226 Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 Excellent, would you be able to make me a copy;) Quote
scahalane Posted January 9, 2013 Author Posted January 9, 2013 No bother at all, the roof looks the business! I'll send you a template I made for AutoCAD so you can do your drawings at real scale, print as EPS at 1:76.2, do your work in photoshop and print directly without rescaling in AutoCAD. It'll take a fair whack of time out of the process. PM me your email addy, if you can. Richie. PM sent Richie Quote
scahalane Posted January 9, 2013 Author Posted January 9, 2013 Excellent, would you be able to make me a copy;) Sorry, struggling to build one, could never face another. Quote
Dave Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 Jeez, truly stunning work, i love every bit of it. you are a very talented man. Well done Quote
Kirley Posted January 9, 2013 Posted January 9, 2013 Got lost in all the technical detail on how it was done but the end result is superb. Quote
scahalane Posted January 21, 2013 Author Posted January 21, 2013 A little more progress made on the roof of the main shed. The sheer size of it is becoming frighteningly real. I've a lot more detail to add yet but I couldn't resist laying out a few bits of track and a couple of locos. Hope you like. Quote
Shinkansen Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 Wow, that is class, just what every living room needs... a massive piece of industrail heritage in OO scale! The shear scale of it is a little gobsmaking to be honest. Very well done and also massively jealous too. Loving the 'A class' loco. Top stuff, keep us posted Quote
krose Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 Stunning stuff. That’s a great piece of workmanship Scahalane. I’m looking forward to the progress of this layout. Keep the pic updates coming Quote
Broithe Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 It's a wonder the Council haven't made him apply for retention..! Quote
BosKonay Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 Words fail!!! Wow! Irish modeling may be a small community but the superlative modeling is spoiling us!!! Quote
dave182 Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 Bloody Hell! That is amazing work! Are you trying to take on Miniatur Wunderland in Germany for title of biggest model railway?!? What length is the main shed by the way? The attention to detail is amazing, really sets the benchmark very high for us mere mortals! Quote
Garfield Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 I'm glad this emoticon is here... ...because words fail me. Superb stuff! Quote
Broithe Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 Words fail!!! Wow! Irish modeling may be a small community but the superlative modeling is spoiling us!!! Small community? We could all fit in that shed.. Quote
scahalane Posted January 21, 2013 Author Posted January 21, 2013 It's a wonder the Council haven't made him apply for retention..! The Council are in complete agreement as long as its cleared by tea time!! Its new home will shortly be in the attic where the final touches are been made to insulate the space and tidy up some pipes and the water tank. When done I hope to be able to start on my layout, which I hope to have a running space of 5.5m X 5m. The scale of this beast is a bit over the top for a workable layout and I did think seriously about scaling it down, but in the end railway architecture is what interests me more probably than running the trains themselves so I decided to go the full hog. I have a rough idea how its going to work as a layout but its not in stone yet. Quote
Glenderg Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 You know what Scahalane, but I chuckled in admiration when I saw those photos, and for no bad reason. The amount of hours, sheer persistence, research, drawing, photography, styrene modelling and dedication to achieving the end result comes as no mean feat. Nice to have another companion in this lifeboat! If I wore a hat, I would take it off to you. If I wore a second hat, I would take it off too, just for the upright stanchion detail at the front of the shed. Where is the "Bow in admiration" emoticon Heirflick? Bonus points from IRM for the sheer scale of the thing too, though minus brownie points for not having domestic planning permission, I imagine! Richie. Quote
Robert Davies Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 I think a new vocabulary of superlatives is called for. I think I ran out at exquisite, and both the shed and the works are are so far in front of that , that a new system of measurement would be required. Thanks (I think!) for sharing your work with us - I'll just be off to start stamp collecting.... -Rob Quote
Kirley Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 Superb in size, detail, workmanship, etc etc Quote
Sulzer201 Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 Amazing work it is built on a vast scale and is totally impressive Quote
Portoman Posted January 21, 2013 Posted January 21, 2013 A shed to beat all sheds !! Stunningly stunning -All the sheds in the pictures !! Too say I'm jealous would be putting it mildly ! Quote
jhb171achill Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 I just can't believe that's a MODEL!!!! Excellent Quote
Riversuir226 Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 A class, 141's and 071's boy that brings back memories of the early 90's. What you ve achieved is perfection. you ve hit a home run with this shed. Quote
islandbridgejct Posted January 22, 2013 Posted January 22, 2013 Holy god. Can't wait to see more. Alan Quote
scahalane Posted January 22, 2013 Author Posted January 22, 2013 Thanks for all the kind comments, its much appreciated. Quote
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