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Inspiration
När man bygger
svenska byggnader har man till viss del formspråket i blodet.
För att få känsla för den brittiska "codexen" behöver
man lite hjälp på vägen.
When building foreign buildings you have to gain to the new design
language.
So
the first step was to
get inspiration for the
Scottish environments
from various sources .
Så första steget var att hämta inspiration till de Skotska
miljöerna från olika källor.
- British
model
rail
magazines
and all the environmets
pictured
there
- Ads
from
all small
firms
with various sceneryl
details
- Appropriate
regional
beverage to create
the right atmosphere .....
- Surfing
the net for even more
environmental and detailed
images
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To
get started,
I ordered some ready-cut
kits from Metcalfe and
a number of
ScaleScenes affordable
construction and structure
sheet which you
can print out on your own
printer, glue on
cardboard, cut out and
put
together. |
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Pre cut
cardboard kits from Metcalfe
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The kit PN133 "Signal Box Set" is both easy and fast to
build, and the result looks very British (at least for a non British
eye....) |
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But the PN130
"Mainline Station" looks miserable
dull,
rough-hewn
and
printed with a coarse
raster.
I
just had to start to alter the model (as usual)
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A
couple of tries with Scalescens "Random Ashlar" sheet made
it better
But....
Now the canopy looks very
primitive and clumsy
and will not fit
when
I later will extend the station
with a few houses from
Scale Scene-range
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Based
on the type of platforms roof that is used with Scalescens station
buildings I design a new roof that cover the full lenght of the
composite buildings
Adding a few more windows at the upper level makes the facade more
symmetric.
The window details are now drawn directly on tha base layer instead
of cutting out holes an glueing windows frames, window glass and
curtains separately. |
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Förlängningen
av stationslängan gjordes med Scalescenes stationsbyggnad R004.
The extension of
the station was made with Scalescenes sheet Station building R004
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Scale
Scenes - Shop Corner T023
This
building was the last built following the building instruction and
(almost) without modifications
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It
was built as a Pub |
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In
my opinion, their kits includes to many parts.
They are quite time consuming to build and with all the layers the
buildnings could in some parts look to coarse.
But anyaway, the buildning looks great to me.
But talking about details, the sheet includes a lot of possible
details
Rugs, bookshelfs and other furniture, even a dart board for the pub.
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Own
variations based on Scalescenes T022 "Small terraced
houses" |
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Now,
when I made some
advancements
in this technique and the British
design,
it was possible
to go ahead and try to simplify
the design to the
following buildings
- Reducing the
number of building elements and layers
- Using a mix of
Scalescenes structures with new designs of my own.
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I
used artists retouch varnish instead of a spray fixative, as
recommended by Scalescenes to protect the printed sheets. |
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After
a nights drying the printed sheets was glued on cardboards of
different thickness. Now with 3M Spray mount. |
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The
parts to a row of houses that will be built in a gradient
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The
white cutting edge on the corners was hidden by striking with
a
felt pen with a mild brick color.
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Another
simplified construction with a facade consisting of only three
layers.
And the window details printed directly on the secondary outmost
layer.
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If
you can get a little
"window glare"
when drawing
you don not need to glue
"window glass" in
the form of transparent polystyrene
/ transparencies.
(This will at least work well in the
N scale) |
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Some
pictures of the buildings in different stages |
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combination of buildings built in full size and low relief. |
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If
there
is to be cut-sheet
technique used,
so let i be. I have drawn and printed out
both figure groups
and assembled them close to the shop windows.
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Further
development
with
own buildings and other
surfaces
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With
same technique and ideas i constructed the compact City
Center.
The
facades are here further
simplified, the
windows are drawn on the
same surface as the bricks,
which means that I can save
on efforts to cut
out holes for approximately 150 windows.
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By
working with
transparent gradient shading
you can highlight
structures
of what you might call "optical
relief"
This can be used with
buildings and scenery that
are placed further
back, or where mass
effect can "fool
the eye" as
at this building
with it´s 150 windows |
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Street
surfaces |
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The street surfaces on the Lowland sections are also drawn and
printed on photo paper in the same way
and
added with details such as manholes,
cracks, repairs and
road markings
before printout.
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