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  • brownbr
    Nice work
  • ALCOALCO
    Top notch! Very realistic.
  • kebmokebmo
    edited November 2022
    thanks guys. i envision it being surrounded by weeds and overgrowth alongside a dirt or gravel drive/parking lot
  • TomMich
    Very nice Kevin! I especially like the tank and how the rust shadow runs around the perimeter of the tank at the seam.
  • randyprandyp
    Alex glad you posted the air tank. I am just ready to do mine with the hand car shed. Yours looks great. I too like the hose. Looks just like it would be wrapped in the real world. Randy
  • randyprandyp
    Great work by both Kevin and Ken. Ken nice seeing the close ups of the drill press. I may just work on mine tonight. Randy
  • randyprandyp
    Kevin great job on the rusted gas tank. I am glad you explained how you got the finish. I have one of those in the tool shed and hope to do as good of a job as you did. Randy
  • KKarnsKKarns
    Thanks much Randy. That drill press detail is just fantastic and another home run for the SWSM 3D crew!
  • adminadmin
    edited November 2022
    even though the large tank is an older hand-poured resin casting, it still looks awesome!

    The barrel looks great as well. I refer to that barrel as "BUB" (beaten up barrel) and was drawn from a prototype pic, crooked bands and all. One of my favorite 3D Printed parts for sure. I am going to film a short video on painting and weathering barrels - super easy.
  • adminadmin
    I am working on a pretty good size batch of new 3D Printed details. Everything has to be tested and set up for production in both HO and O scale. I am in the midst of painting and weathering the examples for the store and am filming the process. I am hoping to have a video introducing the Dec 2022 new 3D Printed parts very soon.
  • kebmokebmo
    sounds cool.
  • TomMich
    edited December 2022
    Looking forward to the new 3D details. Can't have too many details!
  • MuddyCreekRRMuddyCreekRR
    Not to complicate matters.....with looking at those vintage photos, is it possible to tweek the files you already have to have some oil cans and such with dents and creases? I've got a few I've "scuffed" myself....but they just don't quite look as good as I want them to
  • adminadmin
    MuddyCreekRR said:

    Not to complicate matters.....with looking at those vintage photos, is it possible to tweek the files you already have to have some oil cans and such with dents and creases? I've got a few I've "scuffed" myself....but they just don't quite look as good as I want them to

    That is a great idea and one I have been working on for awhile. It's actually way more difficult than I thought and thus far am not happy with the results... but will eventually get it. Thanks for the suggestion!

  • MuddyCreekRRMuddyCreekRR
    I've filed a few dents in a few...they look ok....but without the slight dip down of the top of the container without loosing detail isn't worth it.....I know you if anyone will figure it out....
  • randyprandyp
    This is my first post on this thread. One of the great detail parts from the Handcar repair shed is the portable air tank. The air tank has three or four coats of different colors of gray paint over the black base. Dipped in alcohol and then dabbed with a sponge. I the scraped rust colored chalk over the wet alcohol. then lightly brushed from top to bottom. I did just notice that I am going to have to go back and remove a brush hair. Oh, well that is why close up pictures are such a help. IMG_1564resized
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    Here is the side with the paint brush hair.IMG_1566resized
    The last picture shows the coiled air hose. It was made with .020 inch thick solder. painted with black rubber colored paint.IMG_1567resized
    I know this detail part has been posted before but I was rather happy with the way it came out. Thanks, Randy
  • kebmokebmo
    it looks great randy. the hose is wrapped just right and the tank looks properly beat up.
  • Karl.AKarl.A
    Looks good Randy, the brass valve and gauge is nice with the white face.
    Indeed, close ups are our friend, until we post them, then they bite us, haha
    It's a wonderful detail and your results show it.
  • Robert.GRobert.G
    Well done Randy !!!
  • randyprandyp
    Thanks Karl and Robert. Here is that same side of the air tank again.IMG_1572resized
  • TomMich
    Nice work on the air tank.
  • MuddyCreekRRMuddyCreekRR
    I like the looks....used...but functional.....dig it
  • adminadmin
    Excellent job Randy!
  • randyprandyp
    Thanks Tom, Art, and Brett for the encouraging comments.
  • randyprandyp
    I finished the oil filling drum last night. I had the red and white base coat on the drum and then covered it with light blue. Sponged some off and was not happy with the results. So I went back and sponged off most of the blue. I liked this much better. I then weathered it with an old oil color I had on hand. The stand was painted tarnished steele and then covered with the old oil stain. IMG_1573resized
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    I also brushed on some light colored chalk to simulate dust that had settled in the spilled oil. All comments and suggestions are welcomed. Thanks, Randy
  • kebmokebmo


    The Disconnects will also be available soon in HO/HOn3 and On3/On30.

    Great job on those little gems Ken!


    are these new disconnects functional?

  • kebmokebmo
    i've got some new glasses coming in about another week and a half. i went to an opthalmologist this time, because my last four sets of glasses never really worked for me. this guy promises that i'll be able to see so much better. he's gonna get me to 25-20. i'll take that. then i'll be able to see the damn hair on randy's compressor......
  • randyprandyp
    Kevin, I understand where you are coming from about your eyes. i had a detached retina about twenty years ago and only see shapes out of my left eye. It is such a pain not having depth perception when adding detail parts.
  • kebmokebmo
    randyp said:

    Kevin, I understand where you are coming from about your eyes. i had a detached retina about twenty years ago and only see shapes out of my left eye. It is such a pain not having depth perception when adding detail parts.

    i have a life long friend that retired this year from fedex after 34 tears. he's a lost soul with nothing to do. i offered to give him the truck repair and the tools needed to build it (because i have about two of everything) he politely declined saying he had an eye stoke and can only see the bottom half of his field of vision. he jokes about it saying his wife could walk around topless and he wouldn't even know. so i guess my eyes aren't as bad as some people's, but they still make modeling tough. hopefully my new glasses are gonna be a game changer.

  • randyprandyp
    You know the old sayin g is true. No matter how bad things are there is always someone that has it worse. Best of luck with your new glasses. Randy
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