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I decided to continue with the horizontal interior siding to give a nice backdrop for all the details to follow. Making good use of Brett's sink and water cooler 3D detail parts. There will be a cabinet under the water cooler and many more details.
Shot of the wonderful sink and water cooler details...life's simple pleasures!
Opposite wall to the previous one. This large opening goes to the blacksmithing section. Scratch built another work bench. Many more details to go here.
A somewhat different bench construction to add some interest.
I went with some additional leg supports I saw in a reference photo and added a "metal" bench covering. will add dents and such when detailing this nifty little mini-scene.
Final wall of the wheel shop. Not a lot of room for details but squeezed in a few!
The following pictures are the start of the creek/river in the back of the diorama:
The roughed in river bottom with the floor plan template for scale of the structure.
I used what's called "Concrete Sand" for most of the river bed aggregate. Concrete Sand is a great material for this type of modeling. Regular sand has clear sharp crystalline inclusion pieces which aren't natural looking and the aggregate is too uniform and fine. Concrete sand has a nice varied aggregate size and more round and worn appearing pieces (see below)
HO dude for scale...more later...Ken
Jerry
Appreciate that Al.
Thanks much Jerry.
Can't have enough free scenic materials Emery. Not sure I need a 5 gallon bucket full of the stuff!lol.
Great update. Well worth the wait. Look forward to seeing the walls detailed. Like what you've done so far. Thanks for sharing.
You can never have enough scenery material. I have a 5 gal. bucket of fine sand and a 5 gal. bucket of fine dirt. Nice to have on hand.
Its a masterpiece even now;)
Art, yes I’ll be using the same “water” products that I used on Shelby’s, and I’ll tint this pour in similar fashion.
We’ll really appreciate that JenS and nice hearing from you!
Jerry