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No point having a sand drying facility with a leaky roof.....!!
Looks perfect.
Karl.A
A little progress on the climax - here is the engine and the light -epoxy with some vallejo deep yellow mixed in
great work, I am enjoying this build immensely. I'm going to be attempting the Eureka Springs engine house in the , hopefully, near future.
That's a great looking Climax. Is it a kit?
cheers
Dave
I've started the bents for the water tank - seems straight-forward enough. I wanted the wood to look really wrought hued and gave the boards lots of texture. In the drawing the bents are slightly indented on each side - to get this effect I took a small narrow scrap and taped it to a angle iron to get the indentation. the other difficult thing is getting the second side bracing without tearing the whole thing to bits - I used a couple of scraps to hold the back side up while I did the other side. Then Brett has already used his laser to cut the nut and bolts - just paint and glue. I decided to snap a shot and present this info to help with the assembly - on to the other two
a little more progress ( actually the whole afternoon) - the roof is on and the spout support is affixed -
The forum has been a bit quiet lately. I Hope you keep posting your updates though.
- here is the finished water tank - I ran into one snag - I was supposed to do the extension for the spout using 1/8 inch plastic tubing and I read 3/8 inch so I cut the sucker up before I know what I was doing - and since I was still all confused as to how to assemble the thing with the larger pipe I dipped into my supplies and used a piece of 1/4 inch to construct the thing - so now I have a piece of 1/8 inch I cannot use and a piece of 3/8 inch which is trash - I will again dip into the reserves whenever I get to the point where I use the tubing. I love modeling!
Really nice weathering on the spout also, just enough rust to be out in the weather but still shows that it is used regularly, very nice balance.
Maybe a little dusting to dull down the white water level indicator?
Looking forward to what comes next !
Karl.A
Do you think it is possible to weather a resin tank to make it look like water has leaked over time between the tank stays and if so how might you do that?
Can't wait to see more of your superb and inspiring work.
Jim
On to the oil tank and first off it the pump station - my version follows.
Karl.A
Jim
Here is the completed tank - the job is "by the book" - each move is clearly stated in the directions and my job was to bring them together in an arrangement specific to my abilities - enjoy
Jim
Karl. A
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Finished the climax for the loco shop