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

[JR]

don't buy new milliput, John, until you've tried warming it up by rolling a small piece in your hand. It's usually fine.
If it's got a crust on it, just trim that off, but do it before you cut the other part-make sure you keep the quantities of the two sticks equal or it won't cure properly.
Don't ask me how I know.....

Thanks Neil, I've found that one part has gone really hard, and the other perfectly soft. I'll try that and see how it goes. :thumb2:Appreciated.

[Caustik Filth]

Glad ya got cracking already John, standing room only by the looks....good on ya mate!
Cheers Rob.

[JR]

A constructive day, I'd already glued a section of cheaper foam board to the ply. Today was the start of the base itself.


Ok not everybody needs this, but as I love building and using foam board so much decided some time ago to invest. Such a clean cut and worth it.


Marking out for the Kappa line board to go on top , showing where the pavement is and the road.


Initial section of Kappa line board laid over the base.


At this point the Kappa line has been cut out and the cheaper board also cut and placed down first on the base, giving the pavement hight above the road.
The reason I always use Kappa Line for anything to been scribed is the way the paper can be removed.


Cheaper board glued onto base.


Now pavement ready to fix.


Pavement on and drying.


The pavement is 5 mm above the road surface.

Next will be the front of the buildings and then the roof line.


Thanks for looking in and the suggestions for kits.

John.

[JR]

Glad ya got cracking already John, standing room only by the looks....good on ya mate!
Cheers Rob.

Thanks Rob, find a seat at the front if you don't mind the odd squabble over biscuits.:smiling3:

[Jim R]

..... and he's off. Glued foam board and chopped off a leg!!! The munching of biscuits and the slurping of tea and coffee can be heard.
Jim

[Tim Marlow]

Nice to see progress John.

[scottie3158]

John,
Your off to a great start mate, I will be following on for sure.

[JR]

..... and he's off. Glued foam board and chopped off a leg!!! The munching of biscuits and the slurping of tea and coffee can be heard.
Jim

Your right there Jim, more board fun tomorrow.

Nice to see progress John.

Thanks Tim . Made a Morris column, well the cylinder part from an old fax tube. Going to try and shape the top at some point.

John,
Your off to a great start mate, I will be following on for sure.

Thanks Paul.

[Lee Drennen]

Glued foam board and chopped off a leg!!

At least he didn’t catch it on fire

[Lee Drennen]

Nice start John the master of foam.

[Mini Me]

Good idea Rick, found a suitable tube, need to cap it off and mould it like this, ----------------if I can :smiling3:

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This is one by Verlinden, but its priced at $34 with out any postage:loudly-crying:

JR......Google Vintage European advert. Kiosk images......I found several all different types of tops on them and some really simple in construction that you might try scratching.....g'luck with this.

[JR]

Nice start John the master of foam.

Thank you Lee.

JR......Google Vintage European advert. Kiosk images......I found several all different types of tops on them and some really simple in construction that you might try scratching.....g'luck with this.

There's some many types Rick , think I might be there soon .

Well apart from testing a method of aging some paper and finding I could produce some realistic tears on a sample I fell asleep most of the afternoon :upside: Take note you youngsters this will apply to you sooner than you imagine !

Tomorrow is going to be spent doing some scale drawings of shop fronts. I've done some downloads of French street scenes around the late 1940's /early 1950's to give me some ideas.
Hopefully I will post them tomorrow .

[JR]

Evening all.
They say that time researching is important, well I hope after spending what seems to be hrs last night and the afternoon today will pay off. Armed with photos of French streets, coffee shop and the like I made a start on the drawings.


Doesn't seem a lot from an afternoons effort, but trying to scale from a photo using a picture of a man to gauge heights takes time. Still pleased with the out come.
Would have preferred to have a much bigger base, and therefore had more building in space dictates all of us.


This gives me the outlines to cut out the board and the joins. Lots more to design including those pull out canvas awnings . That should be fun.


This gives a much better idea of what it should look like, again I would have liked the door way a lot wider.

Thanks for looking in.

John.

[scottie3158]

John,
Excellent prep work mate, making the template certainly does help with the scale and the look.

[Jim R]

Hi John
Your research was clearly time well spent. Your layout has some really nice angles.
Jim