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  • brownbr
    Coming together very nice.
  • Joel
    Boilers are great. Coming together nicely.
  • kebmokebmo
    gas pump
    my version of the gas pump
    resin details

    resin details 1
  • brownbr
    Nice family portrait of the details. Looks like enough for 2 dios.
  • adminadmin
    Cool shot Kevin. That's not even close to all the castings! Those are just the boilers, drums, and crates...
  • ironmountainlumber
    The track work and the details are very cool. Great job. What you O scale guys can do is amazing! It makes us HO guys want to build O scale too!
    Jim
  • KKarnsKKarns
    Love all the individual castings allowing the modeler to customize the scenes. The empty crates are a wonderful detail tool as are the concrete blocks among others. Very nice variety of treatments Kevin. Well done!
  • kebmokebmo
    detailed the area in front of the oil tank. i still have to mix up another batch of the dark brown wash and when i do i plan on hitting most of the details with it
    oil tank area detailing
  • kebmokebmo
    and here's what ed's talking about. i posted these on another forum and i think ed must've seen it there and confused everybody over here. anyway, after looking at the the addition supports with the nbw's that i added to them, i think the nbw's are a bit too big.
    addition stair support 2

    nothing is glued so it will be fairly simple to remove the nbws cuz i don't think i ca'd ALL of them but they are all drilled and shafts inserted in the holes, so i may run into a few problem bolts.
  • kebmokebmo
    i'm probably going to have to use h.o. nbw's,cuz when i ordered these it was the only size available in o scale. i figure large(ish) h.o. nbw's will still be smaller than these.
  • Joel
    Nice work. I agree the HO NBW's would look more in scale.
  • KKarnsKKarns
    Great looking detail work Kevin. Love the timber ends on your tank platform.
  • kebmokebmo
    does anyone know how brett achieved the dried, cracking dirt effect?
  • adminadmin
    I do...

    Thin layer of finely sifted dirt from the diorama, almost dust, just enough glue/water mixture on top to wet it, then cross fingers. Might get lucky and get the cracking effect.
  • kebmokebmo
    i put the welding shop on a piece of foam and put that on a turntable. I did this to test the locations of the welding shop details. the ladder will be constructed tonight and i will start placing acetylene tanks around the shop as well.
    welding exterior details test 1
    welding exterior details test 2
    welding exterior details test 3
  • CarlLaskeyCarlLaskey
    Kevin you are doing a great job there young man. ......Carl
  • KKarnsKKarns
    Staging looks great. Love the tank rack among others...
  • kebmokebmo
    i darkened those damn nbw's

    darkened nbws
    this is the final layout of the details. i stayed real close to brett's manual, but there may have been a couple of castings that were already used elsewhere.
    left side:

    welding final details 1

    front:

    welding final details 2

    right side:


    welding final details 3

    rear:
    welding final details 4

    and a bird's eye view:
    welding final details overhead
    soon the weather will be warm and windless enough to get some natural light pics.

    on to the diorama.....
    til next time
  • brownbr
    Wow that is turning out nice! You did a fine job on each individual casting and that is what makes the composition look so interesting.

    2 small items I see to adjust. Black hose on sump pump wall is hanging at unnatural angle. And the tipped barrel could use some color on the bottom...probably rust due to contact with ground.
  • MikeMMikeM
    If you're talking about the barrel being tipped into the sump, on my monitor the bottom (which is now the "top") appears rusty in color. Are you recommending more color or perhaps some chalk for texture?
  • kebmokebmo
    the bottom of the barrel on the tipping cradle is pretty heavily rusted already
  • brownbr
    My bad...I see it now. Looked like resin not rust on my screen.
  • kebmokebmo
    nothing to report, other than i'm going to an eagles concert tonight! section one, row 11. great seats.
    they were a gift.
  • GeezerbillGeezerbill
    Kevin, you are doing a superb job on this build. Really enjoying it!

    Geezerbill
  • kebmokebmo
    i ran across an issue yesterday. i went to an O scale meet (boy those guys have some expensive tastes), and i picked up an On30 flatcar and gon. the clearance at tower/loading dock is so close that i'm gonna have to remove the disguising pallets. so....i have to figure out a different way to camouflage the gap between the fundation an the tower wall.
  • Joel
    Might want to try a couple of tall weeds or a vine.
  • adminadmin
    edited March 2018
    or you could move the track to gain the clearance. wet just the track area thoroughly with rubbing alcohol and let it sit for 5 minutes - then gently pry the track up. Scrape the area under the track clean then start again... The epoxy used to secure the buildings and dock castings will not be affected. Unless you epoxied the track down then this won't work...
  • kebmokebmo
    i think i'll be able to figure something out without moving the track. it's just down with white glue so it wouldn't be too hard, but.....

  • brownbr
    Interesting that you are thinking about adding a car. I was thinking about the same thing. Maybe a flat with some oil drums...maybe the SW pipe car...maybe a couple of SW disconnects with a boiler chained down.
  • GeezerbillGeezerbill
    Bryan, excellent ideas!

    Geezerbill
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