I wonder if glueing card similar thickness to the slates on the inside of the roof would combat warping?I hope people will learn from my mistake. It is best to glue the bare wood roof onto the building after it is painted and glazed. This way it will not bow and distort when adding slates.
It might work as a counterbalance. But it is safer to file paint off the surfaces to be glued and attach the two roof panels with PVA while they are perfectly flat.I wonder if glueing card similar thickness to the slates on the inside of the roof would combat warping?
That ECW Bristol looks the business. I've got an inexpensive Corgi Tilling green 'decker to mess around with, which will be good enough as part of the background 'scenery'...Lovely models Larry, I would like one of these in Crosville livery but don't have room.
O-scale (1:43) New resin-cast Buses
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Geoff
Lovely work, Larry.Tackling things in between showers, the LMS van was finally weathered and varnished today. Photographed in drab light, which suits this ready-for-the-knackers yard unfitted van...
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Hi Larry , the bus is great but please tell me you printed off Llanfair T N . If you hand painted it then i will have to take up tiddlywinks or someting . Oh no , i just noticed Llanfair road down the bottom .Getting there slowly. 1/50th or 7mm transfers would have been useful. From postwar AEC luxury coach to a prewar Leyland as running in the mid 1950's.....
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Trying to recreate a secondhand bus with a simple local repaint for stage carriage services. Plonked together for the photo...
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Aah yes, Larry. The Royal Blue Bristols (I think) we used to go to New Milton in to visit an aunt. They had staggered seats I remember, so that everyone had an easy view out of both sides.I wonder how many members remember traveling in the old coaches. Patterned moquette seats, avant-garde glass shades over the interior lights and carpeted ceilings. A lot of sound insulation went into these designs.