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3D Printed O Scale 55 Gallon Oil Drums. Each drum hand "destroyed" to create a unique piece. Perfectly round, no parting lines, scale wall thickness. Well, at least until I trash them up! Painted and weathered using my usual materials and processes. The 3D resin behaves just like the resin I have been making my castings from for over 25 years. On sale on my website very soon. HO Scale goodness coming too.
Will you announce these new detail additions for 3D Printed items in the Weekly News section under a new heading 3D Printed, or in another manner?
Thanks, Dave S. Tucson, AZ
Soon, as I am almost done laying track (220 ft) and finishing up all the feeder wiring.
Thanks for the amazingly quick turn around time between my order and receiving the resin castings. As always the SWSM craftsmanship is evident in the individual parts. The bottles, barrels and drums will make great additions to scenes.
Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ
Working on HO Scale items for next day shipping.
Printed “a few” HO Scale 55 Gallon Oil Drums this weekend. Three different styles, absolute perfection. 3D printed details like these means no parting lines, perfectly round, scaled just right, stand flat and true. Paint and weather up just like my resin.
Rick- junkers coming next!
then after the paint dried i gave a good shot of chalk alcohol.
i hit it with more chalk/alcohol, and then added some chalk to the surface of the barrel and sprayed it with alcohol to set the pigment, and here's the finished barrel.
they came in this cool sierra west bag
the barrel looks much better in person.
and in case anyone is wondering about the blue thing, it's a detail holder for painting, and the head rotates 360 degrees. i have two extra heads and some extra holding putty. the gizmo is available at redgrass games. i also have their wet pallete.
The barrel looks great. Phil
i like these alot.
[edit] i spent many hours standing around a burn barrel in my buddy's back yard smoking cigarettes (at 13) while we burned these heavy wire cables his dad would bring home from work, to get the copper. barrel looked just like this one.
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