Wow, I thought I had all the Schleich range of cattle. Those ones must have passed me by. Thanks for the information Mike.
Lazy Grange Bay 3...a new start
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Started adding the broken car windscreen glass to the locks ect today..after placing the glass in a bucket and grinding the larger bits with a chisal till i had smaller fragments..i brushed them into place..still more to do..but its passed the smile test so far...
S'all right Mike...
You won't have to do the bottom ones... There is always a bit of leakage 'downhill' through a flight of locks!
You won't have to do the bottom ones... There is always a bit of leakage 'downhill' through a flight of locks!
Brilliant idea! Very train-quill looking.
I also like how you employ all different colored paint brushes ...
I also like how you employ all different colored paint brushes ...
Mike
your canal is not realistic (speaking as someone that has a narrow boat on a canal)
1. you need a ton of weeds at both sides to make it hard work for boats
2. you need angry fishermen that dont realise that canals were built for boats not fishing
3. where are the car and lorry tyres?
4. lack of used mattresses' floating along
5. at least 1 shopping trolly at a lock
6. the locks all leak so loads of water should be gushing from the closed lock gates
7. the lock paddle winding should have out of order signs on 1/3 of them
8. usual these days to have a body floating along, or at least a car part submerged
other things for good measure (as found rapped round my prop this year)
boxer shorts, string, rope, bin liners, plastic, barbed wire
Other than that looking good, bet it stinks of saddleworth moor fire today though! we can smell it over here in westhoughton.
Paul
your canal is not realistic (speaking as someone that has a narrow boat on a canal)
1. you need a ton of weeds at both sides to make it hard work for boats
2. you need angry fishermen that dont realise that canals were built for boats not fishing
3. where are the car and lorry tyres?
4. lack of used mattresses' floating along
5. at least 1 shopping trolly at a lock
6. the locks all leak so loads of water should be gushing from the closed lock gates
7. the lock paddle winding should have out of order signs on 1/3 of them
8. usual these days to have a body floating along, or at least a car part submerged
other things for good measure (as found rapped round my prop this year)
boxer shorts, string, rope, bin liners, plastic, barbed wire
Other than that looking good, bet it stinks of saddleworth moor fire today though! we can smell it over here in westhoughton.
Paul
Cheers paul. ..have stuff to throw in.. but they sink..weeds we keep smoking..and yes...leaks...thats why i carnt use water..im sure as it ages the locals will populate it with junk though..
Good idea with the broken windscreens Mike.
I am going to use a similar idea, but using the glass beads that you can buy as plant pot toppers from garden centres. These will be placed in a plastic pond that I have found.
Following a visit to an arts exhibition, I might also experiment with a mirror or foil surface, to reflect light from the bottom to give added depth to the 'water'....
I am going to use a similar idea, but using the glass beads that you can buy as plant pot toppers from garden centres. These will be placed in a plastic pond that I have found.
Following a visit to an arts exhibition, I might also experiment with a mirror or foil surface, to reflect light from the bottom to give added depth to the 'water'....
While resting leg..after a bit of a fall...decided to sort out a spot at the docks that needed a small simple building...
All you need would be a cat sitting under the window .
Something like this maybe .
Impressed with the simulated water, Mike. I'd never have thought of it. Mind you, it looks a lot cleaner than the water in the canals around here
Rik
Rik
Impressed with the simulated water, Mike. I'd never have thought of it. Mind you, it looks a lot cleaner than the water in the canals around here
Rik
For a more authentic colour, possibly should have used brown glass from lots of smashed-up beer bottles.....?
Jon.