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Nope cant come up with anything. Keep up the good work.
Appreciate the thoughts Wes. Small update but wanted to illustrate the design here.
Glad to hear that Bryan. Definitely has that backwoods design feel to it.
I-beam construction with the slightly undersized center truss piece "sandwiched" between the outer two components...gosh it was such a blast detailing these guys!
I started by weathering the 5 wood support beams which included imparting wood grain along the timber length and knocking down the sharp corners. I then turned my attention to the all important end detail. Similar to the technique outlined in the manual, I used my #11 blade and "picked" at the end creating the weathered dimpling all over the timber end simulating end grain and weathering. I then added the splits in the ends by pushing the blade deeper into the end of the timbers. Next up was coloring the wood a bit darker than the Tower Deck (featured next) to give the look of years of soaked in oil and dirt. This was accomplished by first staining the wood with the original recipe in the manual (408.3, 408.5, 234.3). This was followed by a good application of AI to further darken the wood. I then set these aside and assembled the painted truss assemblies. Once dry, I weathered with various rust colored chalks and glued the trusses to the timbers. Added the side cross bracing and this guy is ready to proudly display that Oil Tank I have been patiently waiting to get my dirty hands on! It is now primed and curing...
-Steve
The all important Oil Tanks has received the first go at detailing. I will add darker coloration on the timbers where the tank is sitting and along the bottom edge of the tank after it is permanently glued down. Mulling over this initial finish....Ken
Thanks!
Love the support, but you seem to have left out welding seems on the i-beams to go with the insect damage on the cross beams.
Alan, the corrugated was done just like that outlined for the drive under canopy on the Main Building with a primer of brown rather than grey as I was going for a deep rusted weathered appearance, followed by the generous application of the various chalks. I started with a rust, followed by a darker (408.3,409.3) application then finished with a random splotchy application of a light dirt color...
The Oil Tank was done per the manual with the only difference was I reversed the coloring by using a base color of brown rather than black and darkened that with dark chalks which gives a similar overall effect. I don't like the flat black paint I get these days as it's too black for my taste compared to the old Floquil Grimy Black, which appeared to me to have a bit of a grey tone vs stark black. My O'Neills lettering was done with a sand colored spray paint (more tan colored than white or grey) as I love the look of that color once weathered and dirtied up with chalks. Has that old "back in the day" look if that makes any sense? and blends well with the color of the finished tank. As per the manual, I ran some alcohol down the sides after the first application of the darker chalks to set the stage for subtile streaking down the tank. Then more chalks to quiet the streaks down, I then applied a heavy targeted application of black along the top and top edge to simulate the accumulation of oil grunge. This will be carried at the tank base once the tank is glued in place. The Oil Tank has many wonderful details to add yet; sump fill pipe, ladder, tank valve casting, platform railing and walkway planks.
Thanks Bryan, the streaks you mention are a result of the alcohol application Brett outlines and sounds like it worked as intended! Subtile but noticeable. Hard to know when to stop once you get going with all the cool details, so this kind of feed-back is so important, thanks. Tell you what...I'm going to experiment with welding seams on the backside platform supports that don't show...Ken
Well done. This level of detail is exceptional. Looks real to me.
Mitch
FYI: Rustoleum has a dark gray auto primer that is closer to the grimy black color.
Alan, your most welcome and thanks much for the thanks! The weld was made with multiple applications of tiny amounts of thinned down white Elmers on the tip of a pin. One solid bead didn't look right at all. So I put a little bit on let it almost dry then another little bit below that and so on creating the ripple effect of a weld bead. The glue needs to be watered down a bit or it dries too quickly in such a tiny blob. The texture on the truss is multiple layers of the various chalks and high mag. close up 4X zoom lens.
Appreciate that Bryan and that weld was done just for you! I'm not doing any others...ie, won't and can't be seen, and too time consuming for this application but a blast to mess with that's for sure. You mentioned it as a joke I think and I thought...I'm going to give it a go and see what I can come up with. Good to know for future builds where it might show more. Thanks for the tip on the primer, I'll give that a go as well...
Hey Phil, nice hearing from you as always. Appreciate that and you can tell I'm having fun with this one. Glad to hear you're getting things sorted out. "lot of kits to build" hey join the club my good man! I'm actually thinking on what my next project might be when O'Neills is completed which I'm around page 75 of 110...gettin there...Ken
Stop setting the bar so high bud.