High Wycombe Broad Gauge Station 1854-64
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david bigcheeseplant
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Some more work this time on the Sun class locomotive Lance that was at Wycombe in July 1862 with bogie class Homer.
david bigcheeseplant
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Two years on from my last post decided to make a start on making the station as I have now brought myself a laser cutter. Trying to get the flint infill I have gone for printed flint on textured paper glued to 1mm wood then inlaid into the laser cut brickwork, as the flint is flush with the brickwork.
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david bigcheeseplant
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I have been experimenting with the best way to paint laser cut brick, I had used water colour pencils but I was still not 100 per cent happy, So brought some very cheep acrylic paint in tubes £10 for 30 tubes from the works and used these to build up the colour by dry brushing a mix of bright orange and burnt sienna, I thick the result look ok, photo of the real thing and my model which is 4mm scale.
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david bigcheeseplant
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I have now 3D printed the main office as one piece, and laser cut the flint infill, The brickwork has the correct queen closers around the corners.
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david bigcheeseplant
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The flint infill is a photo of the real flint on the building then printed on textured paper, this is then glued to 1mm ply and laser cut. None of it has been glued yet.
Searching for "textured paper" looks like it could send me down another large rabbit hole! Can you be specific with the exact product, so I have some idea where to start?
john lewsey
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Really interesting project.
david bigcheeseplant
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I think this is the paper I used. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Netuno-cardstock-11-7x16-5in-Decorative-Invitations/dp/B07Y2CMVBM?th=1