Nice link Tom, some lovely stonework there, thanks for sharing, 
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G 
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Iām afraid I didnāt explain myself very well in my previous post. Iām not sure what sort of foam board you will be using, I suspect it is the more common (in scale modelling) lightweight foam core board rather than the PVC stuff. Itās the latter Iām familiar with, courtesy of a generous gift of off-cuts from a sign making shop at a former employer. Iāll let Wikipedia explain the difference for me:
Regards,
M
Interesting. You are correct about what I was talking about.
Not sure where to get the closed-cell form. It is available on Amazon but at $8 / sq foot, it would be a premium productā¦
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Thatās not something I considered; I never had to pay for mine! It might be worth looking around for some of the big retailers who sell to the sign-making trade and ask them if they do a (free!) sample pack.
Regards,
M
P.S. Thereās a video of a chap evaluating the stuff for dioramas. I think the only trick he misses is using solvent adhesive for joining PVC pipes to glue it:
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Hi all,
Not had much chance to play recently, but managed to get a few hours today to complete the base colour of the ābrickā faƧade.
I now have to try and weather it, before starting on the āstoneā faƧade.
Cheers, ,
G
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Very nice G, you have done a cracking job with this. I still have to keep reminding myself its pretty much an A4 base area again ā¦ very impressive and that base colour is spot on for me.
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Excellent job on the brick wall
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Masterful.
A big thanks to John, Richard and Fred for their kind words, theyāre appreciated, especially coming on the back of some of the more tedious elements of scribing and painting individual ābricks and stonesā, thanks chaps, .
G
I was also thinking when you get to the water elements G, and a lot of these small coastal harbour towns / villages had very low water levels when the tides out in the actual harbour so you could get away with a low tide scene and keep the stonework and at least part of the wooden bumps on view still ? Places like Portreath, St Issac, Mousehole, Mevagissey have zero water in the harbours 
ā¦just a thought for you to ponder
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I had been toying with a similar idea John, as in a slightly silted up corner, but Iām not sure how it would look with the āwaterlineā boat hull sitting on it, 
. I might make a separate, rough, insert to drop over the current brown area and get the opinion of the good folk in here, .
G
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Hi all,
Today I had a couple of hours spare, so managed to block out the rough base colour of the stonework, similar to what I did on the brickwork so that I didnāt end up with a uniform colour. As before Iāve used thinned down oils for this base and, when dry, I will give it a blending coat using a suitable diluted acrylic wash,
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Cheers,
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G
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Thatās looking great G. I love that stonework.it looks amazing. The contrast between the buildings is really nice as well ā¦ Once they have been washed or filtered they will be outstanding ā¦ Really great work mate
I am liking it all. Keep up the good work.
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Thanks to John and Ryan for their continued support, .
G
Hi all,
Started to blend and soften the randomly painted stonework. I also decided that all the apertures were too same-same, so decided it needed something to add some variation, . Therefore Iāve started to cobble together a hoist housing to the top storey of the stone warehouseā¦found out that these structures are called a ālucamāā¦every day is a school day, .
Itās only loosely positioned at the moment, and is made out of old greetings cards and primed. Iām thinking I might make some ācrinklyā tin for the roof, again for textural and colour variation, .
Cheers, ,
G
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Thats a very clever addition and gives it a new look as well. Stonework and bricks look really very nice. That hard graft paid off
G: your buildings are stunning. What do you plan to do with all the trophies youāll win at model contests for this diorama?
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I found an industrial supply that sells something I think might be the material you are using and at a more affordable price:
If you look at the easy to form section, it says it is often used to make signs, packaging, and housings with a range of thicknesses from 1/32 to 1/4. I donāt know if it looks like what you are talking about?
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Iām pretty certain itās not the same thing; itās polystyrene not PVC. It would appear to be suitable for hot working and PVC absolutely isnāt. I donāt think Iāve actually come across it before but it does look interesting. It would seem itās related to the insulators in co-ax cable connectors.
Regards,
M