It definetely looks real to

It definetely looks real to me Great work Doug!

That's cardboard & paper?

The mind... and eyes, boggle.

I'd nominate that one for "yes, it's a model."

Well Done

The lighting seals the deal.

WOW!

Brilliant!

Without a doubt the most convincing model interior I have ever seen.

More, please!

David

Most impressive

I like it. Lighting is key. Which scale is it?

Thank you all for your very

Thank you all for your very kind remarks, yes, it's just about all cardboard and paper, the paper printed with 'Scalescenes' textures [  www.scalescenes.com ] and applied over cereal packets, card from shop promotion boards etc. The scale is 1/76th or 4mm to the foot. The layout is called 'Bear's End', a polite play on an English expression for some thing that looks ragged and messy, i.e." like a bear's ar$e"........

I apologize for not having responded earlier, but as I am hopeless at using a computer, I couldn't find my way to this page again until now!

The first picture shows the e'shed front, with the ash pit in front, the second a side view of the shed and mill, [sadly my wall lights have gone wrong and I can't light the wall to get rid of the shadows] and the third is a 1930 taxi about to enter the short tunnel under the ridge. I've achieved the 'through tunnel scene' by printing a suitable back-scene onto tracing [draughting?] paper and sticking it across the back of the tunnel opening.The fourth picture shows the general construction, layers of cornflake packet, 1mm and 2mm card. The windows are clear acrylic with self adhesive paper label for glazing bars.

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I hope this has been of interest,

Best wishes,

Doug

Your hands don't shake!

Very well detailed and laid out.

Thank You

I'm calling BS  That is a

I'm calling BS 

That is a real building and Doug is one of the giants that Hollywood contracted for that new Jack and the Bean stock movie that's out.

Outstanding model!  I agree the lighting makes it, but also the water trickling from the hose on the wall!  The outrageous modeling skill that has been displayed over the last few weeks sure adds fodder to the humorous "Reverse Running" column from this months MRH.

And I think we should stop calling these guys skilled modelers and call it what truly is...works of art.

Jeff

Just amazing!

Doug this is some of the best and most detailed modeling I've seen. Its brilliant. What I'd like to see is some photos or even a video of your whole layout - or both. Are the buildings your own design? When you layer the card, as in the sides of the engine shed, do you compress the glued layers to stop them warping? What glue do you use? I have Model Builder software from Evan Designs, but I'll have to check out scalescenes.com too. Thanks for sharing your beautiful work.

Ken G.

Wow!!

Doug, That is raw talent!

Hans

Do you give Clinics? I will

Do you give Clinics? I will attend anyplace you say. Never been to England so I am up for a trip.

card and paper

I've been thinking of trying cardstock for structures.  I think it's an underrated material, and your beautiful work proves that out.  There are some British modelers in this area who attend shows and demonstrate their techniques in using card a paper, and there is some remarkable work on display there, too.

Wow doesn't do this justice.......

Hi Doug

Just to expand a bit on the terrific photos of a wonderful series of model views...............

The interior shot of the engine house - obviously morning sun [afternoon sun is not whitish]; and other detail interest - this indicates a south facing building. The south end of the e.h. with doors open - the smoke stains on the brickwork above the doors indicate a prevailing wind of SSE. Moving along, the water trickle from the hose on the wall is a fine detail, and even finer is the wetness in the ground surface below the rock - further runoff, no doubt, from the a/n water trickle.

MRH has featured some truly outstanding photo articles but this series has to be at or very near the top. This article was so interesting to me that I've re-read and re-studied it several times, and am saving it in its entirety for reference.

Heartiest kudos for sharing - hope to see more of your beautifully detailed work.

Robert

Hullo again, once more, thank

Hullo again, once more, thank you for your kind remarks.

KenG - The mill and adjacent buildings are freelance, but designed after many hours research of original photographs. It is not uncommon for English mill buildings to be  built on many times from their first inception in the 1600s, each time to adopt improvements in technology or to suit the most profitable merchandise. The model shows a mill that changed from a water driven grain mill, then needles, then snuff. IN the modern brick built wing there is a 6 pot bench snuff-mill!. The engine shed is copied as faithfully as possible from company drawings. 

I don't compress the card layers but I do use a wall paper roller to roll out the layers so the the PVA is evenly distributed and to roll out air bubbles. I have never had warping or twisting problems.

Carter - I live in France, not U.K., but don't do clinics although I have given lectures at model railway exhibitions.

Robert, you obviously give a lot of perceptive thought to your reading!

I enclose some pictures of a station building for a Great Western terminus, built in 'GW style'. Local builders were frequently employed by the railway, and some towns had an input on style/construction.

I do like to mess about with interiors, too. Luckily, card and stiff paper are very adaptable, you can cut out a perfectly square chair shape and bend the legs afterwards...

Sometimes, you don't get it right first time.....I had several tries before I managed an acceptable amalgam of sign styles!

There will be a lot of weathering and colouring of exposed white edges to do soon, and some cast iron columns to add to the front of the canopy.

Sadly, a house move means the layout won't see completion as a whole layout, maybe I'll get it all together at the next house.

Best wishes,

Doug

Very Nice Modeling, Possibly an Article?

Doug

You have some fantastic modeling skills.  We would love for you to share them with us. Have you ever thought about submitting an article.  I would love to know your tips, tricks , and techniques regarding how you have built and weathered your structures. I am sure our readers would love to know more.

WOW!

Please submit an article; I'd LOVE to see some useful cardstock ideas!

REALLY GREAT

So nice to see and not a laser cut stick in sight, hope to see some more when you are resettled. Thanks for posting. Kenn

Cereal box ... why didn't I think of that?

Doug,

Thanks for the idea on using a cereal box (my kids go through them fast enough, that's for sure). I've just (as in this past week) been buying patterns from scalescense.com as well. You saved me a trip to the hobby store for cardstock.

I second a motion for an article, you clearly have skill.

- Brandon

... just another "WOW" ...

Excuse me, ... cardboard and paper??? 

Best wishes, ...

Delbert

Getting bricks

For anybody who wants to try stuff like this try out paperbrick where you can generate your own printable sheets of bricks and it's even free!

Bricks

That's a fantastic sit, Michael, thanks for sharing.

Thank you all very much for

Thank you all very much for your very kind remarks, I shan't be posting for a few days [what's new? ] as I'm driving from SW France to Austria with my little Eriba 320 caravan to see this rack and pinion railway....

Oh, I understand that the Austrians make very good beer and sausages, what more could a man want?

Doug