Late 1940's French Street Scene 1/35. Scratch built buildings, MB figures and Tamiya car .

[JR]

Continue to be amazed at your work John, however you wearing my slippers lol

Agh you've noticed Bob, well its my turn this week if you remember.

[JR]

That weekend away in Clacton is between you and me and no one else. :smiling5: :thumb2:

No not that weekend , the Rose plant you have in your garden :smiling3:

[JR]

The progress is very impressive, it's the little details that take the time, but also they're what gives them the detail.

Thank's Gerry, your right about it taking time, frustrating at times when you want to get on, the time spent waiting for paint and glue to dry .

John,

Just had a catch-up and I think the others have summed it up perfectly.

Keep up the great work.

Andrew

Thanks Andrew for looking in, bit slow with these small parts taking so long.

[JR]

Yes another post, one on the Mossie and now here. At long last I've got around to spraying the primer, done all the figures, the chairs tables and the car, well bits of it .


Pleased with the shop staging.



This morning before we started cleaning up in the garden I decided to take some small flower heads and stand them in some Glycerin. By only putting it in the up turned lid grove it makes a perfect dipping station.
I'll leave these for a couple of days at least before painting some up.

[Tim Marlow]

Excellent progress….shop staging will really add to the effect. It’s nice to see the air guitar competition is still going on as well…..

[JR]

Excellent progress….shop staging will really add to the effect. It’s nice to see the air guitar competition is still going on as well…..

Thanks Tim:smiling3: The thing that gets me is the moulding lines you thought you'd removed suddenly appear when the photos are on here. Going to have to look at each figure again. :crying:

[Tim Marlow]

Thanks Tim:smiling3: The thing that gets me is the moulding lines you thought you'd removed suddenly appear when the photos are on here. Going to have to look at each figure again. :crying:

Yep. I’d say I spend almost as much time taking off mould lines as I do painting the little blokes. Funnily enough, metals are much quicker to prepare than plastics.

[JR]

Yep. I’d say I spend almost as much time taking off mould lines as I do painting the little blokes. Funnily enough, metals are much quicker to prepare than plastics.

Its amazing how a thin coat suddenly shows them up. Will leave them over night , then check each one , remove the line and respray over that bit. Making sure they are clean as well as I've noticed a few lumps of crap on some .

[Mini Me]

"Lumpy Crap"..............JR, Matron is going to wash your mouth out with soap if Christine doesn't beat her to it!! :tongue-out2: :thumb2:

[minitnkr]

Loving the flowers.

[JR]

"Lumpy Crap"..............JR, Matron is going to wash your mouth out with soap if Christine doesn't beat her to it!! :tongue-out2: :thumb2:

Christine is well used to hearing the odd profanity these days Rick !:smiling3::smiling3::tongue-out3:

Loving the flowers.

Thanks Paul, ever since I redid those flowers for Christine in the garden cloche I've found them fun to do .

[rtfoe]

Hi John, I had to push the "beam me up Scottie" button to catch up on things. You're on warp speed in terms of quality and finish and I love them. Back dates my David & Goliath years and years.
I'm enjoying your progress and this is by far one of your best. You've got both of your knowledge on woodcraft and gardening down to scale and the interior is the buzniss.
When you start painting your figures, work on them individually one at a time for variation...the only small advice I can give.
Need your help here...what else do you put in your glycerine solution...found some greens I need to preserve.

Cheers,
Richard

[Mini Me]

Hi John, I had to push the "beam me up Scottie" button to catch up on things. You're on warp speed in terms of quality and finish and I love them. Back dates my David & Goliath years and years.
I'm enjoying your progress and this is by far one of your best. You've got both of your knowledge on woodcraft and gardening down to scale and the interior is the buzniss.
When you start painting your figures, work on them individually one at a time for variation...the only small advice I can give.
Need your help here...what else do you put in your glycerine solution...found some greens I need to preserve.

Cheers,
Richard

'ats funny Richard.............I just checked in with the Enterprise and asked them to "beam me up"........there's no intelligent life down here, but the progress is phenomenal!!

[JR]

Hi John, I had to push the "beam me up Scottie" button to catch up on things. You're on warp speed in terms of quality and finish and I love them. Back dates my David & Goliath years and years.
I'm enjoying your progress and this is by far one of your best. You've got both of your knowledge on woodcraft and gardening down to scale and the interior is the buzniss.
When you start painting your figures, work on them individually one at a time for variation...the only small advice I can give.
Need your help here...what else do you put in your glycerine solution...found some greens I need to preserve.

Cheers,
Richard

Thanks Richard, and thanks for the tip on painting the figures. I was going to do all the skin / faces first , but thinking about you suggestion yes it would give a more varied look .

Now to the glycerine question, I've tried green food colouring when I attempted some pine branches. Looked ok at first , then faded , just added what I thought was a decent amount, didn't use any special mix, perhaps where I went adrift !
The sea grass trees of course are painted well after they have been preserved. I recently did some mosses , they seem ok . The problem seems to be in getting the vegetation to take up and retain the green .
Going to send you a pm as the process is quite involved .

[adt70hk]

Coming on nicely John!

ATB.

Andrew