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Will install the stove pipe once the rafters and roof are done.
you have done it again great job........
Thanks much Robert.
Well thank you so much Brett. The inspiration to make this section a wheel shop was your beautifully finished 3D printed wagon wheels. Just had to utilize them as the center piece of the build. They provide so much character and visual interest in telling a story as you mentioned. Couple this with a blacksmith shop brings things full circle.
Great job on so many levels sir.
Hey Emery...lol...how about "sloth" modeling! Appreciate the note buddy.
Thanks much Travis. I try to model something different or new with each build to get outside my comfort zone. Doesn't always go as planned but thats how we get better...Thanks again for your nod here.
Outstanding modelling.
Jerry
Thanks so much Randy! Yeah that's a little sketchy but I did put a piece of corrugated between the stove and the wood partition...so at least it was thought about! lol.
Thanks much Karl! At first I'm like "who the hell is Tina??" then it finally hit me...duh...a little slow this morning!
Appreciate ya Jerry! Thanks for the nod here.
With this kit being a very open aired structure, I wanted to have a stove in both sections; the wheelwright shop and the blacksmith shop. The other motivating factor was that Brett has produced a couple outstanding 3D printed stoves. The horizontal barrel stove pictured here and an upright "pot belly" style stove. I played around with both locations for each one and originally decided to put the barrel stove where it is now, but changed my mind based on space and functionality. However, I had already drilled a hole in the back of the barrel stove for a toothpick for painting. I wanted a free standing stove in the middle of the blacksmith shop opposite the forge. Hole in the back would have had to been filled and messed with so I just left it where it was.
So why am I a slow modeler?...all that messing around deciding between two stoves, finalizing the location through trial and error, and painting and detailing not only the stove but the surrounding details...and that's just ONE detail item!...love it.
Side note: Just completed the lighting for this section. Blacksmith shop will have a removable roof so no lighting needed for that side.
Featured here is the small forge and hood. I added the back support and larger exhaust stack. The wire ring will have wire supports running back to the studded wall.
The back support was made from styrene card and the stack from aluminum tubing. Absolutely love Brett's 3D printed forge tongs!
The leather bellows is a killer little detail!
I added the bracket on the bottom to allow the bellows to be operated at the forge. The apparatus to be installed once the rafters are in place.
Scratch built rack for hammers that will be on the left side of the forge. Once again, just wonderful 3D printed details from SWSMs.
More later...Ken
You must have one hell of a good set of eyes buddy.
What up Travis! Thanks buddy!
I hear ya Emery! Modeling Ho is "get it while the getting's good!"...one of these days I'll be saying " what the hell am I doing" Thanks for the note my friend.