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 am waiting on a shipment of 10-0 paint brushes. This is Reapers #02983, Familiar Pack IX. This is from their Dark Heaven Legends series. This set includes some interesting characters. Counting the last set I took in that is twelve miniatures to paint. It will be fun.
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.
The information and instruction sheet for a desk and chair in 1/87 scale. This this a metal detail part and required some assembly.
Where is the chair? That is a good question. It was an easy build and I had wanted to use this in some scene. We will get there.
According to the benevolent AI this is how you can mix-up the gunmetal color:
"Mixing black and silver paint or ink generally results in a dark grey or charcoal metallic color. The black tones down the brightness of the silver, resulting in a deeper,Gunmetal-like metallic shade, or a darker version of the original metallic sheen depending on the ratio of black used.
For a lighter, brighter metallic finish, you would typically add white to the silver rather than black."
Although I have painted a few Reaper Miniatures in my day it has been a while I have purchased anything new fir a while. I like Reaper familar packs for the verity of charcters they provide. This is familar pack #2. It includes a demon with a speperate set of moulded wings, a cat, rat, owl, halk, and a baby dragon.
I usually have a time coming up with a decent painting scheme1 and some of these miniatures take some time to complete painting. That is one reason I like several I can work on at one time. It gives the paint a little time to dry before I get started on another section of the miniature.
1 A paint scheme is a curated combination of colors designed to create visual harmony and a cohesive, intended look, commonly applied in interior design, modeling, or branding to evoke specific moods or styles. Effective schemes often follow the 60-30-10 rule (dominant, secondary, accent colors) or use color wheel theory (complementary, analogous) to balance tones.
Insertion is from AI
It looks like I may have to purchase some new Sidekick from Bombshell Miniarures.
Although the crossing shanty is now out of print, as are the rest of Shelly's metal figures and detail parts, some can still be found online. I found several copies of this skulpt here. This is a white metal kit. I have built several white metal kits in the past and they are fun and satisfying to build.
As soon as I saw that this product was available I was attempted to make the purchase. The $20 price tag was a bit high even so I might have sent for one, but when I saw $10 for shipping, this was the deal breaker for me.
It looks like a great kit, but I have other crossing shanties and even have another two story shanty which I am currently working on. Another note, this kit origanly sold for $3.00 in the US. It is amazing how prices have gone up.
I found this model on the last page, page 7, of the Selly line of products. It was their #608 Go Devil Kit and sold for $15.20.It is funny how we come back to things when the time is right. At the time I made this post I don't remember being all that interested in this small flat car when I first saw it.
I am in the lookout for small flat cars with loads since I started my building of the four short fat cars. I realize that it had been offered in HO gauge, but thought it might have converted to HOn30. Well at least I would have the crane gear to transfer to a HOn30 flat car if the body turned out to be too difficult to convert. That got me thinking, if I could come up with enough crane parts I could just fashion my own.
I found this tray at a local discount stores. I purchased two of these and thought they might be a great thing for my current projects. All parts are visible and readily accessible.
From left to right: A brass box-cab locomotive under construction, four mini flats (see this post), and a miniature gondola kit, which was found amoung a collection of HO gauge detail parts.
Recently, I opened a reference book and found this insert within its pages, it was marking the page I was looking for, but I don't see myself using this instruction sheet as a book mark. I am thinking that I had stuck it in there to flatten it. At any rate, that got me thinking about the other "mine" equipment I had and happened to know where to find it.
The model depicts a Kanawha Mine car, the prototype of one built by the Kanawha Manufacturing Company of Charleston, West Virginia designed haul upto 2 tons of coal.
Having a small narrow gauge model railroad and since it is a narrow gauge the cars are small anyway.I only run small trains with up to six cars, mostly small ones. For normal sized card I usually run three or four cars.
The question arises, will they track well? I will have to build one and see.
You all know how much I like to read and how facinated with the mention of fictional titles within the story. I call these special books. This video is from Nerd Forge where the authors are using metal for the front and back covers and their bookbinding skills to create one heavy book. Now, I would say that is one special book.They have created other special books as well.
The transformation from a piece of rusty metal from a salvage yard to a beautiful knife is simple amazing. Although I don't see myself doing much in the way of metal work, the video is still inspirational.
This is my second Hot Wheels Street Wiener and my seventh Fast Foodie model. Although they all are related to food and all but one are part of the Hot Wheels Fast Foodie line. One of the Street Wieners is labeled Hot Wheels Lets Race. This die cast model is identical to the Fast Foodie variety. It includes a featured open grill on the rear and spatula like device that acts like a front end spoiler.
My first Street Wiener is lathered in mustard and ketchup, has green wheels, black grill, and silver spoiler, the my second has red wheels, silver grill, and a black spoiler. However it does include two distinct features. The miniature includes several jalapeno slices and a red emblem of a dog with the text spicy dog.
Specialty: Let's be frank, when it comes performance the Street Wiener will have you saying: hot diggety! A feast for the eyes and a beast on the track, this speedy weenie never fails to make it to the wiener circle."
From the back of the 2017 card. As found on the Street Wiener Fandom page.
I am sure Hot Wheels will be adding a few more to this mini series before the years out. Fast Foodie Mini Collection (2025)
"Mastering the Art of Crafting a Sharp Knife" is just the first of many how to vidoes on knife making and sharpening.
It is quite odd how when I first posted this there were several other knife making videos including on this page. Now there is just one. And I fear this one might one day be replaced. If that should happen try this one instead.
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.
Model citizens must have tools in order to stay productive. I believe this is most of them.
My car mechanic has a collection of large specimens of wrenchs hung on one of his walls in his garage. I have seen others that were larger then these. Who knows how these large wrenchs are used. The three wrenchs depicted here are on the rather large size, however I often thought about modeling a wrench larger then these for a scene.
I know where these parts are and now, with this illustration I know where they were sourced.
More HO scale hand tools
Link added at 12:14 PM on 5.22.24
From left to right: Edger, Ginder, Lathe, Drill press, and unidentified shop equipment. Manufacturer unknown. Metel castings. Some of the pieces need some additional paint. I have seen sets with additional components.
