The subwalls were cut from a left-over piece of strathmore board and as you can see I haven't clad the subs with embossed card yet.
Actually, the build has gone further than the image indicates. I will make an updated post as soon as I can about my progress and the structures dimensions.
I believe these sprue belong to a Con-Core kit in HO, 1/87 scale. There are some usable parts here, like the ladder and turn wheels.
I recently dug these out from my door and window stock for a project I am working on. I don't remember the maker of these windows, but they do like industrial windows of some sort,
The horizontal strips measure aproximately 2 scale feet wide in 1/87 scale.
Since the spring house is ready for a roof I thought I might try shingles this time. Individual shingles at this scale would be too tedious for me today. so I cut them into strips from a left over Bristol board and delinated each shingle by cutting a notch between each shingle. I varied the width and the height of the shingles on the horizontal strips.
The build of the distlation tank and engine is coming a long. Although the engine has been completed the distlation tank still needs a few details:
Most of these components have been completed and are wating to be added in.
I own a few of these. I had purchased them for kit-bashing projects. I wish I had purchased a few more of these models, since they have become harder to locate. Although they may not have the same amount of detail as other kits they are well made and simply constructed, and you can always had your own details.
Keeping it simple and painting the core black. Wrap and glue thin copper wire in the grooves and adhere to the textured black base. A small control box to be added on the base.
It didn't happen that way and I am still tweaking its design. I have painted the cork screw copper and drilled two small holes on the bottom of the rod. I was planning on adding two small stands here, but after I gave it a try and it all seemed too flimsy. The center piece needs a bit of touch-up where I used aluminum paint. An equipment box needs to fabricated and "attached" to the base of the screw.
I've been wanting to build a structure like this for some time and now I have a possible prototype. It looks like a simple and fun build with polystyrene sheets.
I don't know how I could have missed this infomation leaflet with the assembly instructions for the assembly of a broken hand car. This is the Woodland Scenics Details Trackside Junk, D202 metal details kit.
This was a simple build and with a little paint and weathering it turned out a convincing model.
I don't rember the manufacturer of this kit.
As of today, this craftment kit or an old water tank sits unfinished.
This is a scratch build of a filtration unit. I formed bits of styrene components into what you see here.
Another greeble. I am waiting on the model putty to putty to fill in a couple of crevices. (the model putty came through the mail). The putty worked great and I like the end result.
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It wasn't untill I had glued the four wwalls together that I fully understood just how off my geometry was on the roof panels. I got it worked out, but haven't had time to implment these changes,
It is ashame that I never got around to purchasing other mini-scenes from Sierra West. These kits are simple to build and will great once you have added paint and a weathering treatment. These mini scenes are components from their craftmen kits. The package includes wood strips for the tank stand and several resin detail pieces, all finely detailed.
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.
I do realize that this project is taking me an exceptionally long time to complete. This door needs a speck of paint on the door knob.
Hear are the four triangles that will make-up the pyramid roof. The roof panels measure 13.5 foot wide by six foot tall. I am not all that happy with how the paint job ended up. I will try a couple little tricks in order to make the roof look a little better.
I have been slow in completing this structure. As you can see I have started creating doors and windows. I started the window by glueing a square piece of window materials to the inside of the structure. Then I added mullions to the glazing material to create the four pane window. The panel door was scratch built using various widths of card stock glued to a cardstock backing.
Once the baords have been added I primed each section with tan hobby paint.
Once the paint was dry I added the trim around the windows and doors.
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I used 3 by 5 file cards for the boards and cut them from 3 to 14 inches wide. I used a file card to add wood grain and a hobby knife to add a few knots. I need to go back clean up some of the window opening.
I have started to cut out the door and windows openings for these sections. Since I didn't cut the roof sections to the correct width I will need to re-layout the triangle sections again.
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I am using bristol board for the sub-walls. The building will measure a scale 12 foot square. Randum width boards will added to the subwalls. The walls will be nine foot tall.
There will be two doors and six windows: front and back sides get a door and a window; the sides will host two windows per side. Four triangles will be cut from the bottom sheet. These triangles will measure thirteen foot across the bottom and will be six foot tall.
Wall sections and material for roof sections.
