Wheeltapper 2009

Chairman's Cup

Steve Probets left receiving the Chairman's Cup from Paul Wright.



The bridge is made using Wills course stone sheet material. I used a compass cutter when cutting out the arches, there were three sheets per side of the bridge. Then glued together to accommodate the two facing bridge sides. The springer course is made from using strip styrene. The arch liners are made from using slaters 4mm Flemish bond brick, red. Strip styrene was used for the coping stones after gluing the bridge together.
The complete bridge was sprayed with Halfords primer grey, then sprayed dove grey, then painted light grey, then wiped with a tissue. After it had dryed ,I used a brush drying tecnic, using Humbrol paints, no’s 63 30 34 33 for shading in the brick work.
The tree was made from using copper wire twisted together then florist tape was wrapped around the wire. I then mixed black paint with white acrylic flexible sealant. Then using a brush to put it onto the wire frame. Then added the foliage.
For the water affect I used woodland scenic realistic water. The grass I used green scene underfelt.