HO Blacksmith Shop Build

Robert.G

Very nice build and super work on the castings.. HO ??? honestly....

Dave_S

Tom,
The shop walls and interior detail are great.
Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ

TomMich

Thanks guys. I'm on a delay right now. Had a family emergency and not doing any modeling at the moment. Will resume when able.

RayK

Tom, I know you mentioned earlier that you were not into lighting (the forge). Are you planning on lighting the interior - All of those amazing details deserve being seen. Wonderful job on everything.

TomMich

Ray, thanks for the nice comments. I'm not planning on lighting the structure. I will have a removable roof however.

TomMich

A progress update. I finished the roof. Needed to figure out how to place the forge hood. It was a bit of a challenge, but it turned out OK. Also I wanted to use the drum stove instead of the pot belly stove that came with the blacksmith kit. Couldn't really figure out how to place it in the building and have the chimney line up so decided to attach it with the chimney to the roof. It will only be visible when looking through the open doors.

I also was playing around with "scrap metal" buckets. They were fun to build. I took sprue material from plastic castings, cut them to length, then started a hole in one end with a no. 11 Exacto blade. Once started I used an appropriate sized drill to drill out the center to form an empty bucket. Attached a handle with bent wire and resulting in a bucket! The scrap metal is paper clips cut to various sizes then blackened. The larger drums are N scale 55 gallon drums in the picture grouping of buckets.

kebmo

excellent looking building! neat idea for the buckets. i might have to give that a try sometime. your roof structure looks great.


plus now we have your fingerprints on file.....

KKarns

Wonderful project Tom! Structure design and execution look awesome. Look forward to see those nifty details in place!

Karl.A

Nice work on the roof trusses and purlins Tom, the structure is coming along. I hope the roof is removeable.

TomMich

Thanks for the comments guys. Yes Karl, the roof is removable. Have to be able to show off the wonderful SW details!

EmeryJ

Those are some seriously tiny details Tom!! Great job on the roof.

TomMich

Thanks Emery. Everything in HO is tiny!

brownbr

Kudos on the buckets

randyp

Tom, great weathering on the buckets and a good ideal to keep in mind. Randy

TomMich

I've finished my Blacksmith Shop build. Here are some photos. Starting with going around the outside. I added an outdoor storage area for bar stock and a cutting table with a workbench.


















Moving inside. I Googled Blacksmith shops and found many images. Many of them had all kinds of parts, tools, and other sundry things hanging on the walls so I decided to add these to the inside of the walls for added interest.










Welding area with welding table.










The outdoor storage area with cutting table


Originally I showed it with a barrel stove, but decided to change it to the bot belly stove that comes with the Blacksmith Shop kit.



This was a fun project to build and detail!

EmeryJ

Turned out great Tom. That is a whole lot of detail parts!!!

randyp

Tom, great work on all the small detail parts. The roof with the purlins is done very nicely. Randy

KKarns

Well done Tom! Excellent use of the blacksmith detail set. Added details are amazing and love the shot of the wall with the four windows...well done.

Robert.G

Great diorama with zillion details... The metal roof is super , Nice work Tom and euh... I like the floating pot stove !!

MuddyCreekRR

More great ideas for my blacksmith area......Great work Tom...Love it all...

TomMich

Thanks for the comments guys. Appreciate the support. I love working with details, I think they help tell a story.

admin

Great job on your scratch build, the detailing is wonderful. So much to take in.

TomMich

Thanks Brett. enjoyed working with the blacksmith details.

randyp

A very detailed scene. So much to look at and all of done to high quality. Randy

TomMich

Thanks Randy.

glandesjr

You did a super job on this Tom. I've never built a kit from scratch, but you have it down. The removable roof is awesome, and I never would have thought of having the stove come away with the roof. The detailing is great and tell a neat story. Thanks for sharing.

TomMich

Thanks George. appreciate the comments. I wanted the roof to be removable to see all the details inside. I struggled with the stove/chimney and the forge hood/chimney and how to deal with them. Ultimately it would have been nice to have them not attached to the roof, but trying to align the chimney with the stove glued to the floor is not an easy task. Thus I decided to have them come off with the roof.

I did see Ken in his current build attached the forge hood to the forge with a (metal) plate. that is a great idea. In researching blacksmith shops I found many had a metal plate leaning against the wall, I assume to deflect heat from the wood wall, which is what I did. In any case it was a solution to a dilemma.

Karl.A

Looks great Tom, details everywhere and natural. nicely done.

TomMich

Thanks Karl.

Joel

Love all the little details and mini scenes. Great stuff.