Scenery for H0 scale Model Railway

This issue of aesthetics over verimisilitude will not go away.

Referring to the last episode of this blog (10th May 2015) it can be seen that I was about to cover the road surface that lies in front of the station facade with a sheet of H0 scale cobblestone pattern.

But, would that look any better than the browish paint that's there at the moment?

I'm not sure.

 The current situation.

Should I cover the road with this sheet?

I think if I were to use the sheet of cobblestones it would be a betrayal of the aesthetic principles that I espoused at the beginning of this model railway project.

My resolve is stiffened by considering once again this painting by the French artist of the early 20th Century, Charles Camoin. It hangs in Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Galleries and is of Place de Clichy in Paris.

It has the same combination of brownish road and blackish pavements as I've used on the layout.

And, I love this painting.......  So,,,,,,,,,,,

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Currently listening to:

A Blast from the Past.

Released in 1959

Russ Conway

One of the first records I ever purchased (well by my parents, but at my behest). "Side Saddle" by Russ Conway.

Here's a youTube link to Russ playing it on BBC TV's Billy Cotton Band Show (in black and white).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ_tDn-LC40

A Hardy Perennial

Jerry Lee Lewis released on Elektra in 1979

The week's addiction

The May edition of Auntie Flo's podcast for Huntleys and Palmers on Rinse FM. 

Auntie Flo

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Currently reading:

Almost the same mixture as the last couple of weeks - I'm a very slow reader.

I love this quotation from Brother Lawrence:

"I do not advise you to use multiplicity of words in prayer. Many words and long discourses are often the occasions of wandering (of one's thoughts).

(So) hold yourself in prayer before God, like a dumb or paralytic beggar at a rich man's gate."

A dead end - I won't pursue this.

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Miscellany:

I bought a hard travelling case in which to transport my snare drum to France this year.

Noch H0 scale cobbled street tape

Noch 60430

At last the roll of cobblestone tape arrived from the German manufacturer, Noch.

 The cobblestone tape is not really suitable for covering a wide area of road.

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It would be arduous to lay down rows of tapes side by side. Furthermore, the margin of each roll has a gutter imprinted upon it.

So, I scanned the tape and using a photoshop type application made up an A4 sheet of the cobble effect.

I printed the sheets out in dark and light shades - the light is too light. The dark is a bit too dark but I don't have a setting in between the two.

The next step is to cut the sheet to the right shape and lay it over the road that's in front of the station facade.

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Still pondering the problem of making the church building appear more at ease on the layout.

Decided that the dome needed some kind of minaret on top of it.

Sat a bottle of typex fluid on the dome simply to gauge what size of minaret would be appropriate.

Covered it in masking tape and marked some black lines on it.

I'll ponder this too!

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Currently listening to:

A Blast from the Past

Adam Faith

What do you want? Released in 1959

Find the song here on youTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgeFRgQpT8Y

A Hardy Perennial

This Weeks' Addiction

Leisure Muffin

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Currently reading:

More or less the same selection as last week.

Bertrand Russell as a child

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Treat of the week:

Saw an earth-shaking performance by Golden Teacher at the Glasgow School of Art. I'm beginning to treat these midnight gigs as perfectly normal!

From my phone camera:

Happier on the backdrop front.

Re-instated the black and white Eiffel Tower and nearby apartment buildings.

But this time against a white background.

Reasonably satisfied.

Sometimes with and sometimes without a roof skylight on top of the flat roofed building.

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Currently listening to:

A Blast from the Past.

Released in 1967 and written by Randy Newman

To see a short video of same.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8zI5xjwKYw

A Hardy Perennial

Released in 1972

This week's addiction.

On Sofrito

And here's a link for this record:

http://www.sofrito.co.uk/mixes/haiti-direct-selection.html


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Currently reading:

This is a great book.

A passage a day.