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Appreciate that Steve, on to the next casting...Tipping Cradle...
Nice hearing from you Jerry...Dr. Grunge's garage is now open for business!
at detailing casting.
Welding joints. Hmmm...I was thinking more along the lines of a nozzle on the end of the hose.
Here is a suite of resin castings. The large open cabinet lives outside the Main Building under the addition. The two workbenches get strip wood legs and supports and are destine for the Welding Shop interior as is the smaller open cabinet. Not quite done as I take pictures to see what I want to work on further. Hacksaw blade looks too bright so will work on that and several other small issues but essentially these are ready to go.
I really enjoy your pictures (for me, more is better) and descriptions of the techniques you use to finish these details. Keep them coming please.
Mitch
Had a ball going through the various colors of the SWSM/Reaper paint set I acquired here. Getting a feel for my favorites already!
The resin casting of the light shade in it's own right is a great detail casting. Positioned high on a light pole I decided to impart some high detail as the underside could possibly be viewed if you crane your neck just right! The casting is flush across the bottom and has been primed in brown see (figure 1) that's a tooth pick for scale!.
I carefully carved out the underside of the casting with a #11 blade and some fine sandpaper creating a "dished" out underside to the lampshade. I then painted the top green and the underside of the shade white. When the paint was dry to the touch, I picked and scraped the paint with a damp toothpick and then finished with some rust chalk (figure 2).
I made a light bulb by taking a small diameter piece of styrene rod and placed a blob of Epoxy on the end. I did this several times allowing the Epoxy to set between applications. This allowed me to shape the blob a bit more elongate to simulate a light bulb. I then very sparingly added some dark chalk dust to dirty the build slightly. I then grasped the styrene rod just above the bulb and trimmed off the rod with a blade. I then glued the exposed end of the styrene rod in the lampshade (figure 3)
The pole was made from brass wire supplied with O'Neills. Bent to taste around a paint brush handle, blackened, primed with brown, then painted grey, scraped and weathered the paint and rusted with chalks.
(figure 1) Note the toothpick for scale and to hold the lamp shade for the picture.
(figure 2)
(figure 3)
What can I say Wes, I'm over the edge aren't I.
First I painted and weathered the two cradle pieces. I wanted a rather grimy and rusted appearance...go figure! I then selected the oil tank I was going to use and decided to make a petcock drain fitting. I selected a piece of round styrene rod and then a piece of smaller solder wire. I drilled a hole in the barrel just a bit bigger than the styrene rod. I then drilled a hole in the end of the styrene rod the size of the solder wire. I trimmed down the rod to the right length and glued in the bent piece of solder creating the curved spout. I glued the petcock assembly into the hole in the barrel. I then made a very small handle and used a very small rivet head on top of the handle. I Glued the Oil Drum onto the cradle and then gunked up the area around the petcock and done...Next will be the Oil Drum Rack that stores up to 6 oil drums.
Serves to illustrate how small this guy is in 1:87
Bill
Somehow I completely missed this. So will accept this update due to the sheer brilliance of it. What a wonderful piece. Its a kit in itself that little guy.