Like most of my collections I have had this mini-scene for sometime. I had placed this kit into a small box on a shelf next to my workbench to wait my attention.
I usually use super-glue for the kit parts. The metal parts required very little clean-up.
Every once in-a-while I find these lost assembly instructions. This instruction sheet is to a Woodland Scenics rurual saw mill. These kits are cast from a white metal and formally what I referred to as "small projects" and collection.
I wouldn't say that it is a simple build, however it is far from being complex. I plan on using CA glue. With all the small parts I would definitely use a pair of tweesers to attach the very small parts.
Over the years I have collected quite a few of these metal detail pieces. I have made posts on a few, but there are many I have not. Most of them still remain unassembled and or unpaited. "So much to do, but so little time to do it."
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| 201 | 20 Tombstones |
| 202 | Trackside junk |
| 203 | Crates, Barrels, and Sacks |
| 204 | 15 Assorted Skids |
| 205 | Assorted Junk Piles (10 castings) |
| 206 | Assorted Mailboxes (7 castings) |
| 207 | Disc & Tractor (John Deere 1938-1946) |
| 208 | Seeder & Tractor (John Deere 1938-1946) |
| 209 | Aermotor Windmill |
| 210 | Plow, Disc, Horse and Man |
| 211 | 2 John Deere Tracotor (1929 -1938) |
| 212 | 3 Fuel Stands |
| 213 | Smokehouse |
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| 214 | 3 Outhouses and Man |
| 215 | Chicken Coop |
| 216 | Tool Shed |
| 217 | Service Truck (1914 "Diamond T") |
| 218 | Grain Truck (1914 "Diamond T") |
| 219 | Ice House |
| 220 | Daniels Outfitters |
| 221 | Pharmacy |
| 222 | Ticket Office |
| 223 | Gas Station |
| 224 | Doctors Office & Shoe Repair |
| 225 | Industrial Junk |
| 226 | Cats and Dogs |
| 227 | Bare Hunter |
| 228 | Motorcycles and Sidecar |
| 229 | Steam Engine and Hammer Mil |
| 230 | 8 Vending Machines |
| 231 | Trackside junk |
| 232 | Trackside Scale |
| 233 | Diesel Fule Facility |
| 234 | Bulldozer |
| 235 | Motor Grader |
| 236 | Track-Type Loader |
| 237 | Gazebo |
| 238 | Back Hoe-Insley Model "K" |
| 239 | Rocky's Tavern |
| 240 | Flag Depot |
| 241 | Tucker Brothers-Machine Shop |
| 242 | Branch Line Water Tank |
| 243 | Tank Truck ("Diamond T") |
| 244 | Rural Sawmill |
| 245 | Flatbed & Tractor ("Diamond T") |
| 246 | Hyster Logging Cruiser & Tractor |
| 247 | Dump Truck (1.5 ton Federal) |
| 248 | Street and Traffic Lights |
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I prefer to call them storage tanks, but we will stick to conventions and referr to these metal castings as "fuel stands". I enjoy these small metal kits. The are easy to assemble, paint, weather, and they add a lot of character to a scene.
There is a hose that now I see can be draped about on the wood frame. In the illustration it looks like the wire was attached to the spout and at the time I could not think of an effective way to accomplish this.
This is a small Woodland Scenics structure constructed of white metal and looks like it will be a quick and fun little project. The smoke house comes with a pile of wood, a fire box, a rack for meats waiting to be brought into the house, three “stone” wall sections and a wooden door. It seems that there are pros and cons on the use of construction materials and how a smoke house should be constructed. This smokehouse seems to be constructed rather tightly, with the possible exception of its wood plank door.
This set includes 6 1/87 scale figures with bags, boxes, packages and a separate shopping cart. Had they just come from the market? The market scene would need to be extended a bit; perhaps with a Woodland Scenics Farmers Market or an Ernie's Fruit Stand kit.
Why would I be compelled to start another project when twenty plus projects languish on my workbench? I am in the mood for a construction project, one in which I can complete in short order. The 1/87 scale Woodland Scenics Steam Engine and Hammer Mill is molded in pewter. Hammer mills are used to grind, pulverize, and crush a wide range of materials. With the attached head on this particular hammer mill, its looks like there might be some wood splitting to be done.
The truck has a Model-T type cab and spoked wheels. I cannot put an exact year on this model, but Model T’s were produced by the Ford Motor Company from October 1, 1908, to May 26, 1927. If my memory serves me right this model is one from the early twenties? With sixteen parts this Woodland Scenics model has a very intricate for something of its size.
I have worked with many of Woodland Scenics Metal kits. Some like the outhouses have worked out very well, while others like the chicken coop did not go together without some difficulty.
1) Woodland Scenic’s Outhouse with Man
This is the more detailed structure of the three, which are supplied, in this Woodland Scenic’s #D212 kit. As they say, a model railroad layout is never really finished and I can always use another outbuilding placed behind some industrial building, a barn or some farm house. Clustering several building close together adds just as much, if not more, interest to ones layout than those large showcase structures.
2) Campbell #431 Assay Office/Clothing Store
I thoroughly enjoy working with structures from this manufacture. The kit parts are stamped out and cut from sugar pine and just the smell of the pine parts gives me so much delight. This kit may take a good month to complete; not that this kit is all that complicated, I just know how I can get side-tracked.
3) A 1/72 Santa miniature from the Ykreol Nativity set. Yes a Santa was included in this set. Not quite sure about the connection, but this miniature sits on my workbench more than half way finished. Why not complete him?
Imagine that you are out bear hunting and you have to make a pit stop to relieve yourself and just at the right moment the hunted comes out to see what all fuss is all about. I suppose you can reach for your gun, which is just out of reach, pray, or just hope the bear doesn’t care for the current state of affairs and vacates the premises.
Woodland Scenics manufacturers many fine products in N, HO, and O gauges, including figures, detail pieces, structures, and terrain and scenery supplies. I own quite a few of Woodland Scenics metal detail parts and structures.
The Bear Hunter is one such detail piece that helps the model railroader to complete a scene. Just add the three pieces to an empty turfed area on your layout. In the back ground, add a tree or two and let your visitors admire your “bear hunter” (“snicker, snicker, snicker, ahum!”).
The Woodland Scenics Chicken Coop kit comes with a wealth of details, both inside and out. The kit consists of nine white metal parts, plus a spruce with twelve chickens. I have decided to leave the details for another time and will build the chicken coop.
The structure has many details that are cast in to the kit pieces. The kit consists of a front and back, two sides and the roof. The structure seems to be thrown together piece meal and with a verity of materials, there are some bricks, board, corrugated material, and a piece of plywood.
Having stood the pieces of the structure up together after I had cleaned up any flash and parting lines, I noticed that depending on where I sat this structure I wouldn’t have to be too concerned about the interior details of the structure
I spray painted the five pieces and front and back with a cheap flat white spray paint. Since there is such a verity of building materials represented in the casting I have decided to paint the walls as they lay flat on my workbench before gluing them together.
I used one of my favorite techniques for representing corrugated material; I painted the interior with Pactra, Dark Gull Grey and gave everything a good black wash. This seems to represent old corrugated metal rather well. The chicken nesting boxes received a coat of tan and I then picked out the few chickens that were represented here with a little dabs of white paint.
Like I mentioned earlier, the structure seemed to be thrown together, or perhaps it was patched together with whatever materials there were at hand. On the outside of the structure there are some bricks, corrugated sheet, a piece of plywood, clapboard siding and some board and batten. All of this will make for a very interesting presentation. There are also a few details that will also have to picked-out with an appropriate color.
The structure is sitting on my workbench, only needing some touch-up paint, dry-brushing and weathering and I will upload an image of the model as soon as it is complete.
I enjoy building metal kits. Metal kits have a certain heft and they are constructed ruggedly. Woodland Scenic’s Outhouses kit comes with three individual outhouses. I built the two identical outhouses. The third is more detailed, and I thought I would save this structure for another time.
There were three castings for each of these structures, front, back sides and the roof. I used a file to true-up the edges and to remove casting residue I soaked the parts in denatured alcohol and let dry. Using the cheapest brand I can find I primed the castings (front, back, and roofs) with flat white spray paint.
I let the primer dry thoroughly and then dry fitted the pieces together. After I was satisfied with the placement of these parts t I used a Cyanoacrylate to glue the front and back sections together. I then gave one outhouse and roof edges and front and back a basecoat of Americana Barn Wood, and the other rebasecoat of Folk Art tan. I have been using these very economical water based acrylics for just all my painting needs. Just make sure that you apply these paints over a good base coat.
I was trying for a weathered old paint look on the one structure, so the Barn wood colored outhouse got a dry brushing of light grey. I used two separate applications of the grey paint. After this had dried I painted the door hinges a dark grey and gave the structure a couple washes of a black wash (alcohol and India ink-Two tablespoons of ink to a quart of alcohol).
The roof tops for both models were painted back. To give the tar paper some texture and while the paint was still wet I sprinkled black and dark gray chalk. I was trying to create a perceived randomness so I varied the placement of the black and grey chalk over the area of the roof.
The other outhouse, the one I painted tan received a couple washes of Folk Art oak stain. The wash consistencies were varied. I used one stronger wash and diluted this wash down with some more water and gave the structure another wash of oak. After this had dried I painted the hinges a rust color and gave the structure a couple good black washes. Not really being satisfied with the outcome I dry-brushed this structure with some barnwood.
I added foundations to both of the outhouses. I like the texture of wooden match sticks, which when painted and dry brushed can be perceived as a concrete foundation. I started by cutting the front and back pieces and then fitting the side pieces in. I painted the foundation a dark grey and after this was dry I dried brushed the foundation with a medium gray followed by a dry brushing of light gray.
I added a field stone foundation to other outhouse. I created this from piece of field stone sheet cut to height of a styrene strip. I gave this a grey base coat and dried brushed it with burnt sienna.
Another sample outhouse can be found here.
