I think I/we need Karl to give me/us a tutorial on drilling a hole for a straw. I was trying to use my twist drill with a #77 drill bit but I couldn't get very deep into the bottle because I feared t

Thanks Al. The spring is shown better on page #7 of this thread, although not quite that detailed!

.4mm = #78

.4mm = #78

I drilled #76 size holed through the pump top for support rods. When I get the pump painted and the glass cylinder installed I will install the rods and NBW's

The last two things are the goose neck lights. I drilled two #71 holes, threaded the wires through, then pushed the tubes through, straightened up the tube, and then glued it with a little ACC. The

Step #7: Dust the overhang with grey chalk. Ken Karns, in his forum build, has a great way to do this. First, take a larger round brush and dab into dry grey chalk. Put the brush above the overhan

Looks Awesome Steve. Thanks for sharing the photos with us. My favorite shot is Pic #7 with the tank in the background and the broken rail on the fence.

be too small anyway, so i drilled it out with a #76 bit and it worked perfectly. i also installed the front and rear windows and tomorrow i'll detail the walls and hopefully glue them up.

Note: in the above 2 pictures, I've got the firebox resting on some pieces of scrap wood. That was to allow for the additional height that will result from the 4 metal feet (part #7) that get added l

depression was made by first drilling a #74 hole part way through the walnut and then gently using a countersink bit in my hand drill to make the angled depression. I used the same bit to make the o

Try not to get any glue/epoxy/paint on the tube end. But if you do a #78 drill fits inside to tube to clear it out.

The first one is the basic green and white bands with a white top. I used off white #70820 and deep green #70970 both brushed on full strength. The white gets two coats and the green only needs one. T

I used vermillion #70909 (two coats with just a couple of minutes between) and deep green #70970 (only one coat was needed over the blacken-it) brushed on vertically.

#70970 deep green

#700.5 Black

#5 Winter 1994 #6 Spring 1994 #7 Summer 1994 #8 1995

Just wondering how the Vallejo paints worked out as Floquil paints are hard to get and expensive in Australia and the Vallejo paint seem to in plentiful supply. I am also wondering if the colors match

them but was unsure about them. I drilled a #76 hole in the bottom of the pigeons and in the roof (where 2 shingles meet) and inserted a .020 wire. This way the pigeons are not glued to the roof ju

Up next is kit #7- Log Turner. Kit photo and final photos follow. Similar to the cut-off saw, the log turner will eventually hang from the roof rafters. I've also included some shots of the base; real