The Spadgent Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 I was trundling around the internet and found some colours for you. Picture from the ramp. You know which one. 😉 Not sure who took the pic but if I must I’ll take it down. I’m sure they won’t mind though. 🥸  Jont. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 Ta Jont, might have been my pa in law driving that 'un. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Tis coming along nicely Bill. Yes I have been gone awhile but venturing back now. Saw this at the Moseley Exchange and thought of you. Note they ran to the Fighting Cocks "very frequently throughout the day". Obviously much demand for a service to said watering hole 😉   2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted November 22, 2021 Author Share Posted November 22, 2021 Systems are go here again.  Time to ring the bell, ting ting.  I have returned from Rotary Wing Place to Stephenson Place, the bus is en route again.  Upper seats are on as are the windows.  The side panels with their advertising hoardings are in production  And the stairs are still giving me the heebiejeebies  10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted November 26, 2021 Author Share Posted November 26, 2021 I don't think I can put the upper deck on until I populate the downstairs area so a search for people is on, mostly OK for static horses but any more I find will be a bonus. Â I will begin making the stairs soon too, measuring is on. Â Eight steps up!* Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â *I understand VW inspired EU CE regulations now require a ! on the word up! Â Â 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 What a tour de force of woodworking in plastic!  This is really stunning work, I'm in awe! Truly. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 A fruitful, if b***** expensive search (well it is nearly Christmas innit?) for passengers results in some pax and a couple of crewmen   Yes there are a few downstairs too.   Sorry Ian, I was in a rush to get images done... 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 Those seems to be some very nice figures, Bill - looking forward to seeing them painted  Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 As Giorgio states, they look to be very nice -- should really set this carriage off when they're all painted up 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Not so sure about the poor bugger at the back. No wonder the kid is trying to get away! Â Ian 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted December 31, 2021 Author Share Posted December 31, 2021 I'm a bit worried about the bloke at the back, he is about to lose his bowler. And the rest of his head, my conductor needs a suitable bowler, guess who would have had one?  Anyway after a slight hiatus for Festivities as we had a decent day today here in the Midlands I gave the bus an exploratory coat of very very dark blue as would be the spec' for a Brummy Bus.  The rest of the scheme will build from this and of course so will the staircase too, can't have the passengers scrambling with ropes and crampons to get to the top deck for a fag after all.   Vallejo 71.300 Glossy Sea Blue it says  Not quite as dark as we Brummies remember but as a dark blue to play with for now it'll do.   More to do next year, have a stonking Hogmanay   H N Y 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 great photos Bill - I love that second shot with the light refraction on the glass. It's about time this one saw some more action 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 That is looking rather nice Bill! I have no idea what colours brummie buzzes were, so can't comment there, but still looks good. Wouldn't want to be up top after a few beers though!  Happy New Year to you and yours! Ian  1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 21 hours ago, hendie said: great photos Bill - I love that second shot with the light refraction on the glass. It's about time this one saw some more action Agreed on all accounts!   Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 Looking grand Bill. The figures look superb. 😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted February 3, 2022 Author Share Posted February 3, 2022 I realise it has been a while but stuff is still happening, usually after a paint disaster on this.  Trying out a notional font for the bus, how does this look to you?    An attempt to get near here    I simply cannot find a better representation of the font yet but I might just go with this, because. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 Looks pretty good to me Bill, and I'm really loving the colours on the old Bus. Â Can't recall if you have a horse or horses sourced yet? Â Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted February 3, 2022 Share Posted February 3, 2022 1 hour ago, perdu said: I simply cannot find a better representation of the font yet but I might just go with this, because. I don't see an alternative either (not in my set of fonts, anyway), unless you hand-paint it.... Â Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted February 3, 2022 Author Share Posted February 3, 2022 I used to hand paint this kind of thing happily Giorgio but that was in a different world and my eyes were several centuries younger. Â There are strange things occurring at the centres of the letters as if the serif has slipped into centre stage, so hand painting them might be on the cards. Â Maybe even add some shadowing and countercolouring... Â I love font finding and working. Â Terry I think I have enough bits of horse to be going on with mate, a couple of Airfix Bengalis for example with nicely standing still poses and various other options. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 21 hours ago, perdu said: how does this look to you? To me? Well I’m guessing to all of us she looks pretty fantastic. Those colours are stunning! Nice work Bill. 🙌   Johnny 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendie Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 I'll side with Johnny here Bill. Can't comment on the font though, other than if it were my model I'd be happy with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet Mike Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Old signwritten fonts is a bit of a pet subject for me, and something that's really difficult to replicate in a computer font. I just knocked this up on my tea break, it's a little fancier. I used the photo on the Frith collection as reference.  https://www.francisfrith.com/birmingham/birmingham-horse-drawn-bus-new-street-1890_b100001v  BCTCOLTD by Mike, on Flickr  Think I still need to add the ampersand ... 🤔  If you think you can work with it let me know, it's sort of my bread and butter work. We can muck around with the layout and colours. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted February 4, 2022 Author Share Posted February 4, 2022 Mike have you tapped into my old brain? Â Because that exactly what I was hoping to find although it was a bit of a dead parrot/lost cause. Â Do you have an idea for the ampersand too? Â The colours look perfect too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiet Mike Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 31 minutes ago, perdu said: Mike have you tapped into my old brain? Â Because that exactly what I was hoping to find although it was a bit of a dead parrot/lost cause. Â Do you have an idea for the ampersand too? Â The colours look perfect too. Â I just googled 'victorian font' and found a basic one I could make a vector and play around with quickly. No Ampersand though! But that's not a problem at all. Having a look at the Carters Steam Fair website or instagram page will be usefull too. (Although steam preservation societies probably more suitable) It's usually quite a busy font from the examples I've clocked on my travels, we need to strip that back quite a lot I think as it will be lost scaled down? I'll ping you over a .pdf when I'm done. Â 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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