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Kelvin's Fabrication formerly O'Neills
Greetings. It has been some time since I have posted here. Things happen you know. This is about Kelvin's Fabrication formerly O'Neills Fabrication. First of all I have 99% of what Brett produces for O scale and have finished 4.5 of them. I have been busy Working on the Railroad. So far this has been one of the most complicated and fantastic builds of all the models I have. My Opinion. I have many other manufacturers of "crafstmen" kits but no one still can compete with the quality and design of Brett's Sierra West.
Now, I changed the name to honor a good friend of mine who is no longer with us.... he moved to Texas this past year, sorry to say. And it does not follow the "set" pattern for the build. I use, or will use, all the Sierra West kits on my working railroad. And as such I need to make them fit in with the scheme of things or the space already allowed. Since I have an Oil pumping and loading area already on my layout the, Kelvin's Fabrication formerly O'Neills Fabrication, fit in perfectly. It has increased its revenue by recycling more oil than the welding and fabrication part of the business has.
There were several changes to the model to allow it to fit the space. The pictures show the buildings in places where they will be built onto the layout. They are set there for fitting.
First of all I like to pour-in-place real concrete for all and anything made of concrete. So a new loading dock was made. That set the place marker for the rest of the buildings. I have also included an oil pumping station to allow the oil to be pumped into my oil tankers. The depth of the space precluded the layout design of the kit as it was. I had to cut off an 1.5 of the main building loading dock cover. The Welding shop had to be moved to the adjacent space next to the oil tank. I have made some slight changes to that. The front is the new back and built another work area cover to the other side of the building. The adjacent space next to the welding building will be razed in preparation for more use of the wonderful set of add on castings.
You can see in the photos all I have been typing about. I have changed the welding shop shingle roof for the left over ribbed metal roof as the main building. I still use the circuit board etch for the metal ribbed roofing. (Love the smell of the stuff in the morning.) This build has shown, to me at least, a better method of old and peeled paint effect. I have been buying Bretts Kits since they came out and the methods and the materials for finishing have changed from kit to kit. I use some of the methods and carry the older techniques forward as that is what I learned to use and still use them.
You can see the oil tanker at the oil loader and I have made a special load up for Kelvin's Fabrication formerly O'Neills Fabrication, to ship new barrels of materials.
Now that some of you may have read this far, this kit in this stage has taken 5 months of work. The layout and scenery got in the way at some time during that. I now am painting, chalking, staining, etc.. the hundreds of casting and addons for this marvelous model. I will finish it someday very soon.
Thanks for reading. Wayne
Now, I changed the name to honor a good friend of mine who is no longer with us.... he moved to Texas this past year, sorry to say. And it does not follow the "set" pattern for the build. I use, or will use, all the Sierra West kits on my working railroad. And as such I need to make them fit in with the scheme of things or the space already allowed. Since I have an Oil pumping and loading area already on my layout the, Kelvin's Fabrication formerly O'Neills Fabrication, fit in perfectly. It has increased its revenue by recycling more oil than the welding and fabrication part of the business has.
There were several changes to the model to allow it to fit the space. The pictures show the buildings in places where they will be built onto the layout. They are set there for fitting.
First of all I like to pour-in-place real concrete for all and anything made of concrete. So a new loading dock was made. That set the place marker for the rest of the buildings. I have also included an oil pumping station to allow the oil to be pumped into my oil tankers. The depth of the space precluded the layout design of the kit as it was. I had to cut off an 1.5 of the main building loading dock cover. The Welding shop had to be moved to the adjacent space next to the oil tank. I have made some slight changes to that. The front is the new back and built another work area cover to the other side of the building. The adjacent space next to the welding building will be razed in preparation for more use of the wonderful set of add on castings.
You can see in the photos all I have been typing about. I have changed the welding shop shingle roof for the left over ribbed metal roof as the main building. I still use the circuit board etch for the metal ribbed roofing. (Love the smell of the stuff in the morning.) This build has shown, to me at least, a better method of old and peeled paint effect. I have been buying Bretts Kits since they came out and the methods and the materials for finishing have changed from kit to kit. I use some of the methods and carry the older techniques forward as that is what I learned to use and still use them.
You can see the oil tanker at the oil loader and I have made a special load up for Kelvin's Fabrication formerly O'Neills Fabrication, to ship new barrels of materials.
Now that some of you may have read this far, this kit in this stage has taken 5 months of work. The layout and scenery got in the way at some time during that. I now am painting, chalking, staining, etc.. the hundreds of casting and addons for this marvelous model. I will finish it someday very soon.
Thanks for reading. Wayne
Comments
Cant wait to see it all detailed up.
That also looks to be a very impressive layout.
Well done.
Jerry
George
http://www.craftsmankituniversity.com/vanforum/index.php?p=/discussion/317/concrete-for-our-buildings#latest
https://minietonrailroad.org/html/stock_pen.html
I make all scenery areas Vacuum cleaner proof, that is, I regularly clean the layout's scenery with the vacuum and if there are small, detailed scenes or loose items they get torn away.
The Fabrication business has been incorporated into the Juanita Oil Co-op, which has been finished up with a large oil leak due to a broken coupling at the filling station. A new chain link fence has been added. This is made from brass rod and the Tulle fabric. A special flatcar load for Kelvin's Fabrication has also been added. One can also see my recently acquired 1940's tank cars x3.
This is as one looks at the scene from the aisle of the layout.
A front picture with the welding area to the left under the canopy, which was originally on the welding office building
A close up of the loading dock with a new flatcar load made for this scene.
An overall view of the entire scene area with the Oil Co-op, Fabrication buildings merged into the Juanita area of the layout.
Photograph of the fenced in oil pump area.
Oil spill from a broken connection at the filling rack.
Thanks for viewing.
What a treat to see these. Thank you for sharing them. So much to take in...