Comments on: A dark underpass

By: John Wiffen

John Wiffen — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:39:22 +0000

I have a couple of free sky backdrops that you can download from here. I'm also planning some low relief terraced house backs for later in the year.

By: Harold Hopkinson

Harold Hopkinson — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:38:30 +0000

I was wondering if you have any plans to produce backscenes as you seem to have all the tools at your disposal.So it would be a welcome addition to your range.

By: JJB

JJB — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:40:29 +0000

Absolutely astonishing! I just found your site and scalescenes.com today and I could not believe the depth and realism of the structures. I was in London a few years ago and the bridge scene you posted brought me back to a cold, damp, inspiring place that I hope to return to someday soon. I model the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific in n scale and will be visiting scalescenes.com frequently. Keep up the great work!

JJB

By: John Wiffen

John Wiffen — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:28:45 +0000

Thanks for your comments Steve, I am planning to greatly expand the ‘Construction tips’ section of Scalescenes.com in the near future to include more advanced techniques in a step by step format. Maybe even an eBook?
Cheers
John

By: Steve Sandiford

Steve Sandiford — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:58:58 +0000

I, too, am busy planning a layout using scalescenes buildings and materials, and the work you are displaying here is inspirational. My question is: when are you going to write a guide/book to structural modelling using a PC? Don’t say that the basics are covered elsewhere (I hate it when modellers say things like “following Pendon techniques” or “in the usual manner” – please accept that your modelling is superb, and that lesser mortals want to know, blow by blow, weathering-powder-brush by weather-powder-brush, exactly how you achieve such excellent results! You already have material for a “new” reference book for the computer era – include a few tutorials on how to go about adapting your kits using suitable software and you’d have a best-seller! (Incidentally, looking at Bolton (Lancashire) station surroundings, I can see a modern warehouse structure (ex FOCUS), retaining walls, overbridges, a “low relief” modern office block behind the station and some “low relief” high rise flats together with a (derelict) church overlooking the station! Roll on your forthcoming kits!!)

By: warren

warren — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:39:41 +0000

fantastic layout, very inspiring.

By: John Wiffen

John Wiffen — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:06:29 +0000

Many thanks Roger

By: Rog Merry

Rog Merry — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:38:14 +0000

Have just looked at the ‘dark underpass’ – wonderfully grotty and inspirational! So many layouts which have obviously taken ages to make still look unrealistically neat and tidy – not an accusation you could make here! I’ve been building a large loft layout for many years, and have aimed for this sort of effect with Carr’s powders, dry brushing etc, with only partial success. I’ve just bought my first Scalescenes kit and wish they’d been around when I was starting up. Too late to start all over again….

By: John Wiffen

John Wiffen — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:51:08 +0000

Thanks Sean, the grey strip is cut from the TX14 Concrete wall texture sheet from my Scratchbuilder's yard.

By: Sean

Sean — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:27:43 +0000

The dark underpass looks really great. At the top of wall there’s a grey strip (just above the lights), how did you create this? Is it part of one of your brick sheets? Hope that made some kind of sense!