Making an N gauge scalescenes kit - part 6, weathering and finishing off.

[@stuartmiller8053]

Thank you for doing this series. It was most helpful as I am thinking of getting into the hobby and looking at cost effective ways to make it work. Stu

[@exehavenharbour]

Hi Richard, firstly congratulations on a thousand subscribers, always interesting and your Scalescenes kits are superb. I’ve really enjoyed this series, I love Scalescenes kits and slowly but surely I’m getting better at them. My latest was the goods shed which I was really pleased with. I’ve learned a bit more watching this series and I’m looking forward to getting cracking on another one although I working on a large scratch built project at the moment. For weathering I do have some weathering powders from WWS but I find just as good pastel chalks. I bought a large pack for a £1 from The Works shop and just scrape the pastel chalk with a knife to get the powder. Very cheap and you get a large range of colours to. Looking forward to your next video, cheers for now, John

[@Chris-BognorRegis]

Hi Richard - What you have shown us so far amazes me. The kit is so pristine, how do you do it? Guessing its practice and using the right paper unlike me, big mistake on my behalf oops. Then you go and show us the warehouse kit. All the edges so sharp, just looks great. Guess I am going to have to watch this series again. Your updates are very professional, thoroughly enjoyable. Wish you lived near me so you could show me first hand how you do it. Your buildings in N gauge are awesome. Will you be going to Warley by any chance? You are a great ambassador for Scalescenes. Regards Chris

[@NgaugeShelfLayouts]

Thanks for your comments...I must admit I am really pleased with the standard I am able to achieve these days with making these kits but trust me when I made my first one about 6 years ago it certainly wasn't easy and I made a real bodge of my first ones. I guess it comes down to having exactly the right tools, right card, right glue, patience and a lot of practice. I'm 45 so also just young enough not to yet be affected by natural dexterity and eyesight decline that starts to set in around this age onwards! That warehouse building in the video was probably the 6th time I've made that particular kit and it was certainly my best effort yet....its the first time I've been able to cut out those incredibly fiddly window frames without breaking at least one of them. I make kits these days in short 10 to 30 minute sessions over many evenings so that warehouse took around 4 weeks to make. I find if try to do too much in one go then fatigue and rushing sets in and the quality of the work deteriorates. Over this series building this low relief kit I tried to show some of my techniques and steps I always go through to reach this level of kit build but in the end its practice practice pracrice and finding what techniques work best for you.

[@Chris-BognorRegis]

Hello Richard - Thankyou for such a brilliant series on how to put a Scalescenes building together, extremely helpful. Being 66 and having to wear glasses I now make sure that when I do any cutting I wear my glasses and it is all done through a Magnifier lamp at the same time. It makes such a difference along with changing the blades on a regular basis. For cutting small sections as like you I am into N gauge I use the small Peco ruler, placed upside down as you have said it grips the paper and I get brilliant cuts. Your cutting techniques are great, I do all my cuts as you recommended and it makes it so much easier with great results. I have recently purchased two Crafters glue applicators, only £2.45 on Amazon. They are the same size as yours but have metal tips and are brilliant. I have a finer one but its hard to squeeze PVA glue through it so I dont bother anymore. I have started putting together the Small Goods Store and the piers are so fiddly but using your techniques its not so bad. Using the right papers this time makes a huge difference. I found putting glue on the piers was easier using a cocktail stick. I squeeze a small amount of PVA onto the base of a upturned jam jar, told it takes longer to harden, jury's still out on that one. I also noticed that the kits show different types of windowsill, some you put on before the window and as in this case afterwards which is why I got confused. So again Richard thank you very much for the updates, they really are a great help mate. Regards Chris

[@RudiVDS]

How did you made the bricks and the rooftiles?

[@Chris-BognorRegis]

Hi Richard - At 5:00 looking at the roof, how did you get that effect? Is it a Scalescenes roof, if so did you cut the tiles and strips and glue them down as they suggest. If so how on earth did you do it, cos mine keep moving as I put strips on and doing it one at a time and letting it dry first before adding another is ridiculous. It does not look like you have just cut a panel out and glued it in place if you get what I mean. Any help gratefully appreciated as the roof is driving me mad. Regards Chris

[@NgaugeShelfLayouts]

That particular roof comes as one piece, there are no individual tile straps to cut and glue. Only the ridge tiles need separately applying.

[@Chris-BognorRegis]

How strange that you cannot purchase them like that in grey, they only do it in a red tile.