Hi all,
I have pretty much finished scribing the stone and cobbles forward of the rail track and have added some ‘texture’ to the quay wall as the stonework looked a tad flat, 
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I have also started to add some basic colour to the area, not sure yet on the final colours, but I’m thinking that the cobbles will be a different colour to the stonework, .
It’s laborious work, part of me thinks it’s easier to buy some ready formed cobbles, 
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Cheers, 
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G
Hi all,
Took a break from scribing and started to add some rough tonal differences, including an initial rough tide mark, plus some ‘slime’ coming from the outlet pipe, .
Also playing with the idea of incorporating a timber ‘bumper rail’ to add something different, . It’s only tacked in position at the moment as I’m not sure about it at this stage, .
Cheers, ,
G
Very nice G. The colour tone you have got on the stone looks very real. High tide mark looks very believable as well and a good colour. I can see this being a cracking little scene 
Steam had longevity where labor was cheap or societies looked towards supplying a job for everyone. In Europe, recovery from the war lasted longer in some areas than one would imagine. The official end of steam in Britain was August 11, 1968. China built 2-8-2 JS class and 2-10-2 QJ for mainline operation until 1988, and 2-8-2 SY until 1999, and still working in industrial service (and occasional commuter trains)!
Dust and rust. I don’t think they used a “Tuscan Red”. I am only familiar with them painted black that weathered to a dark gray. Not 100% certain but can’t recall Germany painting steel rail cars any of the red-browns.
Wow that’s very interesting info about steam engines Fred. I wasn’t paying much attention in the 80s and didn’t start getting serious about model railroading til the 90s. Incredible. Wish I would have paid more attention when I was in Germany lol.
Really great work there G. Not only the sculpting of the stone but painting as well. May have to try to incorporate something like this in a diorama myself some day.
I think that bump rail may be a nice little extra if you decide to go with it G … adds a bit more to the scene and another focus point … either way its a winner
Thanks to Richard and John for their positive feedback, it’s much appreciated, 
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Cheers, ,
G
Hi all,
Managed to spend a couple of hours today playing, 
, I noticed on a number of pictures that seaweed can grow on quay walls and is revealed as the tide goes out (see image below).
I thought it might be a nice touch to try and add something similar, the first results of my playing around below, .
Still needs some work, and I need to see how the colour looks when dry, I’m hoping that it still keeps a wet-look due to the white glue I mixed in with the poster paints, .
Cheers, ,
G
Looks really good mate, I do like that … what will the water effect look like ? you going for clearish or murky ?
Think BIG!
I want to go bigger than the original idea.
I have decided to go to North Africa, Tunisia 1941.
Italian troops have a small defense force at a railroad station out in nowhere.
Here is some pictures from my very first mockup. The tent and gun will be used, the building is just as inspiration, I will build a house of my own that is more like a small train station.
At the station there will be three German soldiers waiting for the train. So far I just put one of them together, the umbrella guy.
The title will be something like: “5:15 to Tunis”.
Most of the figures are made by Germania-Figuren.
Ciao Erik
Looks great. Are going to be using the HO track for the dio or is that just for the visual?
Even the paper rock area behind the palm trees looks good !!!
Ryan, thanks, well the H0 Track as it is, is way off scale so it can’t be used. There must be a wider distance between the two tracks.
So actually I am planning to use the metal H0 track and take it off the plastic parts. Then make my own wood pieces, I hope you understand. /Erik
I do, thanks.
I would say this is a SSys, just 2 wheels instead of the 3 the SSyms had
Now that we have a Bf-109 in 1/35…
Thanks for the photo, a really nice one! (but bad for my wallet, hope I will be able to forget it soon 
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The box for the gondola is done.
In the future I would build the frame, build the box, then paint it. I thought I was making my life easier by pre-painting some of the parts but I think I’ll be redoing the interior anyway, and I don’t think the exterior will be that hard.
Assembling any box is hard for me. In this case there are a lot of parts that need to line up on the corners. And they don’t really lend themselves to being filled to fix alignment issues. My experience with (only 3) miniart kits I’ve worked on is that the parts are extremely precise and while they align precisely they aren’t very forgiving. So I’d like to do the gondola box over. I think 3 of the 4 corners look pretty good, so I feel a tarp coming for the 4th corner. Maybe it will all look better under paint…
Exceptional work!
Would you be willing to repost these quay images at Model Shipwrights?
Exciting concept! Can’t wait to see more progress.
