kpnuts Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Hi all, this may or may not happen, it will be the biggest project I've ever taken on I've been playing with the layout, it will be huge (I may have to try and make it in 2 halves somehow to store and work on it) anyway I cut the footprint of all the the vehicles and have placed them roughly (obviously a piece of oblong paper doesn't really look anything like a car or bus but it gives me an idea of scale needed, as you can see I can't really make it any smaller but I will need a few more cars ( any suggestions on iconic British cars availiable in 1/24) This is something like I'm hoping to depict. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonhoff Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 1/24th Mini, either Tamiya or Revell. Jag Mk2 Tamiya...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted September 5, 2016 Author Share Posted September 5, 2016 Hi I have the bus a Bentley and my missus is getting me for ,you birthday the jag a mini a Roller and a London taxi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkennerley Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 This sounds great, look forward to the progress - especially looking forward to seeing the Rolls-Royce and Bentley Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonhoff Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Quite a few diecasts as well as MGs by Southern Finecast too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted September 6, 2016 Author Share Posted September 6, 2016 Hi all well here is the first tentative steps in this one, I've primed and top coated the Bentley, won't get much else done as on hols on Friday, really need this holiday work is soooooooooooo stressful at the moment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted September 7, 2016 Author Share Posted September 7, 2016 Hi all here is probably the last update till we get back off hols. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkennerley Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Great work, I really must get this Bentley for my collection - I built the 1/12 one and a 1/32 one Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted September 8, 2016 Author Share Posted September 8, 2016 Hi all, well Robin (on another forum) had a great idea to add a zebra crossing to give me a cut line so as i can join the two halves together, but I've checked and can find no ref pics at any time period with a zebra crossing at picadilly circus (and I can't add something to such an iconic British landmark that wasn't there) so,,, Ive got a cunning plan, I'm going to make all the buildings and scenery removable (not sure how yet) anyway made a start on the fountain, I was going to cheat and do it as it was in ww2 but of course the route master and mini and taxi for that matter were after ww2. I know, I know it looks like corrugated cardboard but with a bit of plaster of Paris I'm sure it will be fine (I hope) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkennerley Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 Make the buildings with extra depth in the base so that they fit into slots in the pavements Wayne 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted September 24, 2016 Author Share Posted September 24, 2016 Hi all can't really get into any serious modeling (no time) but decided to try another idea with the fountain made the paving slabs out of stiff paper and added pre shading, I think it's going to be OK, not sure how I'm going to handle the curb stones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichO Posted September 24, 2016 Share Posted September 24, 2016 Love the photo on the pad. Good idea for a Dio. Have fun with the fountain and buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 2, 2016 Author Share Posted October 2, 2016 Hi all done a little bit more on this. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzulscha Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Wow. That's ambitious. It's gonna be HUGE! Where ya gonna put it? Ah well, it looks great so far. Breaking out the popcorn now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWC1968 Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Fantastic idea, looking forward to your next update. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhouse Posted October 2, 2016 Share Posted October 2, 2016 Re the required joints... I'm pretty sure that Picadilly Circus had a tarmac road surface in the 60's. If that was the case then there would have been plenty of slightly raised, darker, lines between the slabs of tarmac rather like this: You could model those as a means of disguising the section join. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 2, 2016 Author Share Posted October 2, 2016 That's a great idea bhouse thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 10, 2016 Author Share Posted October 10, 2016 Hi all well I've started on the fountain (not sure how to do the corner ornamentation yet) but I pleased with how it's starting, this is a picture frame upside down and a bit of the ornamentation filed off its actually 2 mil to low in scale but that's only a couple of inches overall. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 15, 2016 Author Share Posted October 15, 2016 Hi all I've realised I've made a huge error with this, so huge in fact that I'm just going to have to call it a London like dio (I could never have modeled half of Eros anyway) I was so busy trying to get the hight right on the fountain, I forgot about the area of it, wasn't till I put a 1/24 figure up to it (as someone suggested) I realised, i have the width totally wrong should be at least twice as long as I have it. Although I could remake it, it would mean redoing the steps, again on could do that, the problem is I would have to scale the rest of the dio up and it's already a metre square, I have nowhere to keep a dio of over 2 metres square, so it will just have to be the way it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 15, 2016 Author Share Posted October 15, 2016 Hi all well since I can't work on herbie at the moment (still waiting for decals) I decided to do a bit to this. As you can see from this the fountain is utterly wrong, grrrr, Revell made a mistake Oops First coat on seats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 16, 2016 Author Share Posted October 16, 2016 OK so here's another update. And I thought since this is the London bus dio I'd better start the bus (it's a lot bigger than you think and I've run out of red paint now, not even enough to finish the body on this so now I have to get some more) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 Hi all did a bit more to the Bentley Not sure which engine for the bus Scania Or Leyland 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 20, 2016 Author Share Posted October 20, 2016 Still not sure which engine Scania or the Leyland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 Hi all another update.http://i.imgur.com/8aTJtDK.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/HMoDraM.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/I52Jk5r.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/n2KPttW.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/iQ1083T.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 (edited) Hi all another update, I lost one of the stub axles or whatever they are so I had to scratch build a new one, cocktail stick to the rescue again (I find them sooooo useful) Did some griming up of the bus chassis, needs a bit more but I'm quite pleased with it. Edited October 26, 2016 by kpnuts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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