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Hi Chooch.42: I'm just a lowsy kit assmebler trying the model designed by jul (believe to be Jukes) from papercube. He is the one to be prized for the excelent desgin. It can be my poor assembly, but I'm detecting some subtle distortions in the model. Jul-Papercube already used subtle...

coloring the edges... I'm using olive green and light grey. I use the pastel chalks directly. The rub with the fingers to blend in. Finally I spray fixative in order to manipulate the parts without smearing the paint. I'm having fun with this project as I still haven't a a clear vision on how...

Some photos form the assembly...

The figure will hold a lantern that will operate with a led encased in transparent resin or a similar solution. The power lead will be done form the feet fo the figure to the led thru conductive paint that will be concealesd by the final paint job. The resistance and real wires leading to the...

The same author of Croocked Tower is readying two very interesting new models. Based on Escher optical ilusions he created two sets of stairs. Check on: PaperCube http://www.mythoz.org/Joomla/index.php/En Look in the menu, on the left for "in progress". He was kind to send me the models...

I'm not a fan of obvious ovals, but this one has something. I think it is the scenery and that strange mini-scene of a dereclit wagon. How it got there, what's the story? Details like this are excelent ingridients to stories and a modelrailway is a story being told. Then there are the photos...

Hi Bill Nelson: This clay I had used previously to carve retaining walls. I prefered spackling compound in powder as it is much cheaper and great to work with. But very fragile to handling. There's noting worst than attending an exhibition with odd pure white cracks in a layout. Well... there...

For the ground cover I use real clay soil and pastel chalks.

I started covering the foam. Usually I use spackling... (now I cannot recall the right term in english...), but this time I opted for Das Pronto a clay that hardens very tough, enduring handling much better. Used white for the rock formations and another tagged as clay, with a strange reddish...

Hi Tino: Impressive model in good hands. The photos say everything. Best regards Carlos

Hi Zathros and Steven: "To Caesar what's from Caesar". Sorry I was crediting another person, I meant no harm. Rgds Carlos

Hi Steve: To populate your birdhouses how about some java sparrows? http://blog.livedoor.jp/marubundo/archives/1067439.html Of course a kingfisher could pass by and have a snack kingfisher http://www.johanscherft.com/papercraft.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-XzzrOUla4 I have no idea if...

Thank you Zathros: I hope you go forward with that project, since you have already the most expensive part of it, the rolling stock. I enjoy layouts where one can maneuver, but to just seat back and watch a train passing by on a beautiful stretch of landscape is kind of soothing. And when you...

IMPROVING THE LOOK OF THE ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE FROM TOMYTEC The Convex comes with two cars, one boxcar/caboose and low sides (sorry now I cannot remember the american expression for this type of car). The locomotive is sold as a static model with plastic wheels. Tomix provides the right...

THE ARCHED WOODEN BRIDGE It was a fun mini-project. GreenMax's kits are made of styrene and unpainted. So one can play a little with it. The reference photos showed bridges painted red (even the pavement) or in bare wood. The kit box showed railings in red and wooden pavement in natural finish...

THE SCENERY BUILD UP Over the insulation foam I used polyurethane foam in spray. It is a difficult material to control as it expands. But that can be helpful. Gave me a notion of the final volumes of the tree canopy. I temporarily placed the catenaries so I could check clearances. Now I have...

THE STRUCTURES 2 I'm using a minka from Tomytec. The minka is a traditional farmhouse from Japan, this one has a tetched roof. Interesting about this typology is that when a house is too old to renovate, they just remove the timber they can still in condition and use it in a new house. It is as...

THE STRUCTURES I simplified the initial plan that included two farmhouses, a barn and smalll station shelter, to just a farmhouse and the station shelter. I started with a layout measuring 1200 X 450mm and shrunk it to 816 X 410mm. By removing the double track from the station I wasn't going to...

THE JAPANESE MODELS I have no idea how it is in the US, but here in Europe it is Kato everywhere (mainly European and American models). Tomytec and Tomix are hard to find. GreenMax difficult to get and Tsugawa (the Caramel motorization) if you want it you have to order from Japan direct. The...

JUST 1.10 X 0.45M? WHY?! It allows me to work seated. It is very light. As it is now, only the basic forms of the terrain and the track laid, it weighs 3.00kgs. I’m hoping to keep it between 5 and 6 kilos. It is a small project that I hope will take me no more than 3 months to finish. It is easy...