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I've been making progress on the base. The foam is already attached to the wood base. I did this so my electronics hole won't get misaligned on the roundness of it all. I'll attach rail next and then the outer trim. I won't worry about masking it off, I'll just repaint the trim and wood base when I'm done with scenery.
I cut a hole in the bottom big enough for the electronics and a little notch for a switch. I split the base when taking out the plug and had to glue it back together. Then I realized that it is a deep hole and I should give my hands more room to work in there so I cut it bigger. Doesn't look pretty but it doesn't have to. I glued a small piece of plywood so I can screw in a 9V battery holder and the electronics board. I'm going with a "that light bulb is about to die" flicker. Then I added a small plastic tube conduit to get the wires from top to bottom.
The resin castings are all painted. Not ready to call them done quite yet as there will likely be some touchups. In these photos I see that I need to add a handle to tool box and touch up that unknown thing on the far left of the gray bench.
Unknown thing? are you talking about the coil of rope/wire hanging over the edge of the bench on the left?
(i know before anyone posts that a whale is a mammel not a fish
There are 170 decals for me to play with. Should be a lifetime supply.
I installed the track and the trim piece. The last pic shows why I needed to install the trim now...while the wood base is perfectly round, the foam is not. I'll fill these gaps with ground material. The last step on the build will be to repaint the trim and base.
What spikes are you using? I need to do three of my dios and I'm tired of making them, I'm looking to buy...
I got to play around with some of the printed details today. First up is a pair of oil jars. I painted with smoke then followed with a clear gloss coat then painted the spout. I made one so it was half full but tipped over just to see what it would look like. I think 1 more coat of clear coat will do it.
I like the humor of the long johns and the execution is great, maybe fold over the top so it is inline with 'the line'... more realistic, also a couple of splinters from all that wood you've been graining to simulate clothes pins are in order... this is O scale, I've seen your past work in N scale, I know you can do it easily.
Details and layout look great in the last pic, (I want a copy/image of that pinup girl).
The color of the 'oil' is perfect, so very well done on the finish of those awesome details.
Looking forward to the next update.
A few observations about the tipped over bottle.
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I really like the careful coloring showing a bottle with a fresh oil line stain up high in the bottle, then a darker stain line lower in the bottle indicating some older oil residing near the bottom of the bottle for quite some time and finally the tipped over bottle oil line. All great observations on your part as well as very effective execution telling a story to the careful observer.
Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ