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#8087 The Wood Cutters Shack
thanks Karl, I'd love to have a go at O scale someday but have a lot of HO stuff to enjoy building yet.
I am currently building the HO wood cutters shack, here are a couple of pics of the oil/fuel tank.
Do you guys think I have enough oil leakage, I'm not sure if I should add a bit more.
The rust looks a lot better in real life, appears a bit chunky in the photos.
Suggestions welcome
cheers
Dave
I haven't finished the base yet, the boards underneath are the floor for the shack.
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the floor basically complete
the shed wall prior to cleanup and weathering this wall shows the original stain coloring for all the walls which is golden oak.
the interior front wall, I'm thinking about lining the inside of the walls with hessian sacking or flatten kerosene tins , any advice would be appreciated.
exterior front wall basically complete
side wall which is a little darker than the front wall, my excuse is that it's been in the shade more
any comments/suggestions welcome
cheers
Dave
Visually interesting with all of the of color variation in the boards. Great looking board edges where they are cut off for the deck, great how they are not straight across with some set back just a bit, but not overly done.
You mentioned "golden oak" ,....... I recognise this as a MinWax stain colour... is that the case?
Your nail holes/heads are about the best I've seen in HO.
They look the right size and not over emphasized in any way, ....nice work.
Karl.A
Here are a few pictures of the progress. The base is not the final base just used for sitting on for photos.
I decided to have a go at putting sacking (burlap) lining on the inside, I think it turned out ok.
Spent the morning cutting small logs for the firewood bit. I am currently living on a 2400 acre farm and there is an endless supply of natural scenery material.
cheers
Dave
I decided to make it an evening smoko scene just for something different.
I also took a leaf out of another thread and created a swampy creek along one side. I think it turned out ok.
cheers
Dave
Looks really good. I appreciate you posting the pics for all to see. I especially like the last one. Your wood piles look great - nothing like the real thing! The dry creek bed looks great as well especially under the track. Small details like this really add greatly to your scene.
Some very nice modelling throughout indeed.
Karl.
Bill the smaller trees are from woodland scenics and the larger ones are from Heki.
The people are selected from my collection of unpainted preiser figures. I think the poses work quite nicely for a relaxed scene.
This kit is what I really consider my first "craftsman" structure.
You can see my progress on my website:
http://jim.wanlass.com/mr/jt/craftsmen/woodcutter/index.html
It won an award too! Seems like so long ago...