discussion The Restoration Yard

[Niho]

So a new project can take off, enough components have arrived. A laser cut MDF/printed paper lo relief factory unit, the 3D printed forklift and pallets, some modern concrete fenceposts, i have a 3D printed 2020 Toyota Hilux coming. And some sets of modern figures. Plus a couple of canibalised AFV kits n bits.
Think Bruce Crompton, Weald Foundation or any military vehicle restoration scenario.





I built out the lo relief building with foamboard, at an angle onto a 275 x 225mm foamboard base bonded onto a pictureframe.
Basic dio placement starting. Something I've wanted to do for ages, and can be realised due to 3D offerings.

This will be fun, and hopefully a bit different
Niho

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Yep, certainly different and a good idea for Dio Nick
Bits look good and the building is especially impressive!
Will enjoy watching this develop mate, cracking stuff

 

[Jim R]

Interesting project Nick. That 3D Toyota looks quite something stuck on all its supports. Are there many places now doing 3D printing of models?
Jim

 

[Niho]

Interesting project Nick. That 3D Toyota looks quite something stuck on all its supports. Are there many places now doing 3D printing of models?
Jim

Jim
I found the Toyota on Etsy from a Polish vendor £20 but it will add to the modern context of the build, search on Ebay and ok they may have railway modelling applications but there are some good sets available
Nick

 

[Niho]

Yep, certainly different and a good idea for Dio Nick :smiling3:
Bits look good and the building is especially impressive!
Will enjoy watching this develop mate, cracking stuff :smiling3:

Andy
TBH the building is an impressive little thing for a tenner, and has a lot of possibilities.


Nick

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Did you add the cladding yourself or was it included in the kit?

 

[Niho]

Did you add the cladding yourself or was it included in the kit?

Andy you get a thinner mdf sheet and the cladding is wrapped over

Nick

 

[scottie3158]

Nick,
Looks like a nice idea. The building looks great and as you say is full of possibilities. I will pull up a chair and follow along.

 

[Niho]

So progress, will be picture heavy as I'm chuffed with it, in both LED & daylight....... the base, a piece of foamboard, textured with a suede brush, marked out. painted...... tamiya wooden deck tan in a patchy fashion, a filter of Tamiya flat green, Tamiya IJN light grey patches, an oil wash in cracks n slab edges, then a dry chalk pastel buf pigment..... then fixed, a second oil pinwash and staining.

I masked off bands for the yellow warning lines and spongepainted them in...





Then i built up verges with wallfilla and aggregates, brown paint..... when 80% cured i added PVA, sterilsed soil, when that cured off PVA again and a woodland floor flock with 5mm summer static grass added..... The 3D concrete fenceposts arrived, so i planted some this a.m. lol



This has been fun, and more to come
Nick

 

[Jim R]

..... as I'm chuffed with it,

and so you ought to be :smiling:

 

[Niho]

I've got the roof framing in....and basic internal walls, minimum detailing as i dont believe these will be seen.

Will do a little more this eve

 

[adt70hk]

Simply outstanding already..... And it's not even finished!!

 

[Tim Marlow]

Nice! You’ll have to do an SBS on those concrete slabs. Colouration is excellent.

 

[Niho]

A sea of Holes Jeremy?....

Perforating the Esci/Italeri 'range target' Sherman hull.
Nick

 

[Tim Marlow]

Blimey, Swiss cheese Sherman……that’s been in the middle of nowhere, man!

 

[Jim R]

I reckon woodworm has mutated into steelworm.
I really like what you're doing with the building.

 

[Niho]

I had a delve into my stash, looking for a kit, i dug out this Academy Studebaker cckw, knowing there is a Airfix/Heller GMC cckw in the box, then i paused, went into loft, box S5, and low and behold a Heller GMC cckw was found, prebuild 10+ years ago but good enough parts for the dio.


I may yet use unbuilt one for the restoration project, shelf queen parts as yard bumpf.... doner parts.
Nick

 

[Steve Brodie]

WOW this is amazing, chair pulled up and waiting for the next instalment ...................

 

[Niho]

Nice! You’ll have to do an SBS on those concrete slabs. Colouration is excellent.

Cheers Tim
I will do another section and do an SBS of it, concrete is IMHO a very hard subject to get 'right' colour and tones.
I impressed myself here lol
Nick

 

[Niho]

Thanks Steve
A dio I've pondered, seen done in 35th, albeit just the corner of a workshop.... this imma gonna make the unit I'd have if ever the lotto smiled on me.... more coming
Nick