More Painting

Continued to add detail to the back of  the building that had been a blot on the landscape.

Original blot.

Less blotty

Some detail

More windows

Whichever way you look at it, the situation is much less blotty.

*********************************************************************************
Currently listening to:

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Currently reading:

Out with the paintbrush again.

Continued to work on that visually annoying slab of ceramic slabbieness.

Slab1.

Some relief.

Added relief.

*********************************************************************************
Much listened to this week:

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Currently reading:

Still enjoying

Still enjoying.

More diorama fiddling.

The dark blank expanse of wall running along the side of the station platforms has always upset the visual balance of the diorama.

So I decided to remove it........

And paint the back of it white ...........

Aleady a big improvement but next I'll draw in some windows and other features.


*********************************************************************************
Currently listening to:

My favourite record of the moment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPSLtrI2rW4

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Currently reading:

H0 scale Renault Fregate in situ.

My new Renault Fregate arrived from Germany.

No time for any other stuff today.

Metallic green roof.

The lego roof of one of the most prominent buildings on the layout has been bothering me for ages - wrong colour and clashed with everything around it.

Tried grey paint then red ......

....... and now metallic green.

I think this harmonises more with the adjacent buildings; partly, I think, because the green roof is now the same tone and colour as the piping around the church's stained glass windows.

*********************************************************************************
Currently listening to:


My own recordings on Soundcloud:

https://soundcloud.com/tony-morris-308328247/tune2


RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Currently reading:

Bob Harris's excellent autobiography.

I have to say, Bob Harris has led a completely different life from the one that I thought he had!

A passage a day.

Re-painted a roof and splashed out on a Renault Fregate (H0 scale)

Still very dissatisfied with the overall vista: the different visual elements do not tie together.

I think the matt grey colour of the lego brick roof is sucking the visual energy out of the scene.

So, slapped on some red paint.

I think I'm on the right lines.

_______________________________________________________________________________

There is a provider of high-quality H0 scale model cars in Germany called Martin Fredrich Modelle:

http://www.mfredrichmodelle.de/

They sell metal kits, but for several euros more, you can buy ready made versions.

I love these 1950s 1960s Renaults like the Dauphin and the Floride, but this week discovered another type, the Fregate.

And so I ordered one:

Renault Fregate 1/87 scale

*********************************************************************************
Currently listening to:

August edition of Optimo podcast on Rinse FM

*********************************************************************************
Currently reading:

Who died today.

Surprisingly, this is pretty good.

A passage every day....excellent

Who died in 1804.