What's this? Some actual model-making on the model-making blog? Good grief. Well actually I've been up to my neck in making stuff (alongside the hideously busy Day Job), it's just nothing can be shared yet as the projects haven't been published.
I've been doing a lot with vintage clockwork trains lately for a project for Hornby, and at the start of December thought I'd take time out from the commissioned stuff for a couple of evenings to do something a bit fun and seasonal with it all. Excuse the chaos of the workshop.
Lighting was a mix of Lemax streetlamps, Christmas tree lights, and mini LED torches. The majority of the stock and models were from Bing, and some Hornby bits like the footbridge.
The snow were some old bits from a ripped pillow case, some felt, some sprinkled flour, and a bit of stuffing from a teddybear.
By the time I was getting to this stage, and sticking cotton-wool on the arms of the lamp-posts, I figured I was going a bit over the top and decided to stop the detailing work and just crack-on with the pictures.
Shooting the pics- I managed to find a box with a humidifier in it, to create some swirling steam effects, and then started sprinkling flour in front of the lens for falling snow.
Trying some arty greyscale shots.
The figures were the ones from the S&D range I used for the Steampunk station way back.
These weren't really intended for anything, though I did end up sending them off on-spec to the Train Collectors Society. It was more that I felt like I needed to do something that wasn't a commission, just for a change of pace.
A fun little project anyway, and a taster for the upcoming layout I'll be making for the Hornby Collectors Club. As close to a Christmas project as I'll get time for this year at any rate.
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