Modelling structures & stock in card sig – 30th March, 2026.
Brian, Peter, Robin, and Paul T were present and we were pleased to welcome Paul J. to his first meeting.
Apologies were received from Hugh, John, Mike, Piers and Steve.
Paul J. "This building construction is made from two low relief Metcalfe kits for the main part, cartridge paper, coffee sticks, part of a Faller tile sheet, embossed Wills plasticard, Ratio quoins and bits of a Superquick kit that scales out a bit smaller.
The backstory: The building was originally occupied by a prosperous merchant who lived on the premises. The centre and right side have large rooms with high ceilings as befits his status. The left side has a rubble (reused stone) ground floor with no street door so may be a clerks office. Above is a balcony where the owner, friends and family can see and be seen, more common abroad so the merchant may be well travelled. The top two floors are cramped and were servant's quarters.
The delivery van and figures are there to give scale."
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Modelling structures & stock in card sig – 30th March, 2026 cont/d.
Robin. "While separating my biscuit packet for recycling I noticed that the biscuit insulation was not plastic but very thin corrugated cardboard.
I compared it with other similar materials I had and found it to be very close in scale. I thought what could I make with it? An outhouse came to mind. Having made that, I then set about making my engine shed engineer's office/ house. It's been a fun project but painting the roofs with water colours was a bit of a challenge as the material is so thin that the ridges had a tendency to collapse.
More biscuit to be purchased for future projects ..."
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The corrugated card used for the roofs from the wrapper can be seen to good effect in this view.
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An example of the paper used lies beneath the models.
Modelling structures & stock in card sig – 30th March, 2026 cont/d.
Paul T. has completed the model of the cattle pens and loading dock for the model of Clogher Station. Iy was completely made from cardboard with the exception of some brass wire used for the gate catches and to give a little more strength to the fence along the ramp.
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Additionally he'd begun the Alphagraphix card kit for the Letterkenny & Burtonport Extension Railway bogie fish van/brake no 7.
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The framing for side and ends had been mounted on a piece of 180g card before cutting out. The edges were painted with Humbrol enamel 64 before being glued to the side and end pieces.
The next meeting will be on Monday 18th May (t.b.c.) starting at 8.00pm.
s.p.t. 6-4-26