"There's an old mill by the stream, Nelly Dean!"

[monica]

hi Ron, I do like the look of the way ,you do yours, maybe quicker and less mess,

and always nice to have a couple off difference methods

[Guest]

This is looking good Ron excellent work so far like the stone work.

Scott

[Guest]

Wow you are cranking right along on this one Ron and its looking superb! Really nice lay out with the stone work!

[Lee W]

Well this is turning out quite impressive, looking forward to the next installment

Lee

[spanner570]

Thanks for your comments folks.

Trey, don't forget bud, off and on, this is a couple of weeks work I'm condensing into a few pages, until I get up to date with the build......

Right, the Mill building. Radical rethinking and alteration - Don't worry about doing this, it's all part of the fun, and is almost expected somewhere down the line.....

For now, I've dispensed with the left hand side of the building. There was too much flat wall and it didn't look right.

Also, I've removed a large portion of the outer mill race wall...too much stone and it seemed to over power the mill wheel and building.

Here's the removal!

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This shows the mill 'Kit' ready for assembly, then painting / weathering.

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The building stuck together, the wheel added and placed dry to see what's what.....I've rested the cut off part of the building on the mill just to check I've done right by removing it......See the lowered outer wall? I think it gives a better balance...Too late to alter now!

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Happy with it, I've applied another coat of acrylic paint and added a cardboard roof ready for tiling.

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Here is the weathering on the mill up to now.....Always tilt the walls about 45 degrees, never flat, and do your brush work vertical, never across. Slosh the paint on and let it run down where it wants. This will show a natural water/ weather flow. Paint horizontal, and it will show through, no matter what you try, and it will look awful.....

See the darker grey splodge bit on the right of the cement work? It wasn't intentional, it just happened as the paint flowed down the polystyrene, but it looks great!

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Finally, a quick word on the cut down outer mill wall...

I had a pleasant surprise with this. Because I cut down the wall, I had to break the poly. block to suit, and by accident came up with a great stone rubble texture...So apart from painting, I'm leaving it well alone.

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That's it for this stage, next up bits and bobs and more brain storms, leading to more major alterations and additions!!!!!

Thanks for looking in.

Cheers all,

Ron

[Guest]

Thanks for your comments folks.Trey, don't forget bud, off and on, this is a couple of weeks work I'm condensing into a few pages, until I get up to date with the build......

Right, the Mill building. Radical rethinking and alteration - Don't worry about doing this, it's all part of the fun, and is almost expected somewhere down the line.....

For now, I've dispensed with the left hand side of the building. There was too much flat wall and it didn't look right.

Also, I've removed a large portion of the outer mill race wall...too much stone and it seemed to over power the mill wheel and building.

Here's the removal!

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This shows the mill 'Kit' ready for assembly, then painting / weathering.

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The building stuck together, the wheel added and placed dry to see what's what.....I've rested the cut off part of the building on the mill just to check I've done right by removing it......See the lowered outer wall? I think it gives a better balance...Too late to alter now!

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Happy with it, I've applied another coat of acrylic paint and added a cardboard roof ready for tiling.

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Here is the weathering on the mill up to now.....Always tilt the walls about 45 degrees, never flat, and do your brush work vertical, never across. Slosh the paint on and let it run down where it wants. This will show a natural water/ weather flow. Paint horizontal, and it will show through, no matter what you try, and it will look awful.....

See the darker grey splodge bit on the right of the cement work? It wasn't intentional, it just happened as the paint flowed down the polystyrene, but it looks great!

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Finally, a quick word on the cut down outer mill wall...

I had a pleasant surprise with this. Because I cut down the wall, I had to break the poly. block to suit, and by accident came up with a great stone rubble texture...So apart from painting, I'm leaving it well alone.

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That's it for this stage, next up bits and bobs and more brain storms, leading to more major alterations and additions!!!!!

Thanks for looking in.

Cheers all,

Ron

[Guest]

outstanding work sir as always love the mill building well thought out and built.

scott

[monica]

stunning work Ron, real do like the improvements,looks much better, to me

just that amount off washer have done so much, with the high lights of the stone work

[Guest]

I'm afraid to see you build Ron, you are a surprising modeller

Terrific

[Guest]

Looking great and as you say the rubble looks really good its nice when these things happen by accident.

[Guest]

Awesome progress here.

I'm following with a lot of interest.

Francesco

[Alan 45]

Ron looks like I'm going to be right this is breathtaking , you know what this reminds me of ?

The film the eagle has landed ! That part when the German officer rescues the little girl from the water wheel but gets caught in it himself

As I said in my first post I can see another classic coming along

[spanner570]

Excellent posts, thanks guys and gal.....Talking of gals, I had an area on this dio. that looked a bit empty...Then I saw Monica's excellent stone bridge on her diorama and thought, that's just what I need...Thanks Moni! So here is the stage build of my bridge. A different approach than hers, and one more for 'Scale Models Bridge Building Inc.' ....It's basically the same method as the one in my G.B. "Wait 'till he's on the bridge" diorama.....

First off, make a paper template and cut out the arch and one side only....

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Fold the paper in half and mark the other side of the bridge parapet....

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Open out...

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...and cut. This is a quick way of ensuring both sides of the bridge are more or less the same.

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Place the template on your material and mark the arch and horizontal lines with a pencil.....

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Add the vertical joints - staggering these, so none are directly above another......Then gently- no more than scratching the surface - scribe all the joints with a modelling knife.

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Then using something like a small screwdriver or coffee stirrer, gently push in, at random, your stonework. This will remove the bland surface of your material.....

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Finally cut the piece to fit.....Then make another!!!!!!!

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Very simple method, and it took me about an hour to get to this stage.

Next installment will be the making of the arch, the top road surface and weathering.

I hope this will be of some help to all you budding Thomas Telfords, who might look in!

Cheers all,

Ron

[Guest]

Simplicity itself Ron! But somehow I know my attempts won't look quite like yours - it's my childhood & Blue Peter all over again!

[eddiesolo]

The master at work! Top work as ever Ron, wonderful to see you making everyday rubbish come to life. This is superb.

Si