Miniature Landscape Modelling 3rd Edition by John H. Ahern Soft Cover

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Miniature Landscape Modelling

John H. Ahern

Soft Cover

133 Pages

Contents

INTRODUCTIONvi i

PREFACE FOR RAILWAY MODELLERSIX

BASEBOARDS AND SUBSTRUCTURE

Choice of materialsSecuring rigidity and lightnessPort-abilityObtaining suitable timber

IITHE LANDSCAPE FOUNDATIONI0

Advantages of open table-top methodFoundation for the ground Card and paper Fabrics Wire netting " Earth-mixes," Alabastine, etc. Embankments Track boards.

IIISCENIC TREATMENT OF THE GROUND22

Grass, earth, rock, gravelPaintsGreen sawdustGrass and foliage--Methods of working up on hillsides, etc.

IVROADS AND WATERWAYS4I

Various road surfacesTreatment of the vergesWhite lines Methods of representing waterCanal locksWaterfalls BeachesHarbour walls

V AFFORESTATION68

Tree materialsWays of making trees" Planting " trees HedgesUndergrowthHeather and gorse

VICREATING A LANDSCAPE78

Examples of scenic modellingColour and the effect of distance Foreshortening and trick perspectiveTreatment of cornersBuildings in relation to the landscape

VIITHE SKY BACKGROUND AND LIGHTINGI04.

Different forms of sky backgroundBlue distemperPulp-board and linoSemi-portable backgroundsarrangement of lighting

VIIIFLAT SCENIC BACKGROUNDSI I 0

The uses and limitations of coloured postersThe skylineSimple scenic motifsMaterials and coloursApplying colour washesTree, downland and mountain backdropsTheir use in combination

IXSCENIC MODELLING IN ULTRA MINIATURE SCALES130

Hills, grass and treesCork used to represent rockColour treatmentWaterways and roadsBuildings

THIS book is an attempt to describe concisely and in straightforward language the methods usually employed in scenic modelling. I have endeavoured to keep in mind throughout that the majority of readers will be disposed to approach the subject from the point of view of the craftsman rather than that of the artist. I have therefore treated the subject as essentially a branch of modelling, but where aesthetic considerations have arisen, as is to a certain extent unavoidable by the nature of the case, it has seemed better to be, if anything, over explicit, and to say too much rather than risk leaving the reader in doubt on any point.

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