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Full speed and then more Robert, or a standstill, still looking for that middle ground.
Lettering scared me for a while Brett, (remember I wouldnt do the pilot model one, ha), but, followed your instructions and as always with everything, came out just as you guided.
"With a little help from my friends...Karl Allison and Kevin O'Neill have done some pretty heavy lifting here! They were hard at work for weeks on components for the pilot model pictured here. Karl was building the main structure in Mississippi while Kevin was digging into the tractor repair shed and painting castings in New York. We met in early February 2011 here in Dallas and put it all together. The combined talents makes for one incredible kit - lots of creative ideas flowing here folks..."
A cool story and great memories. Here you can see the pilot model Karl, myself, and Kevin constructed:
https://sierrawestscalemodels.com/304.html
That was really ten years ago? No way...
Time for a 10yr anniversary release.... hahaha
(all the details on the Woodcutters and Mill Engine dios I just finished were painted years ago, except for the gas pump and wheelbarrow.)
Luckily most of the smaller resin for this one is either done or started.
(Notice how I store the stripwood as I build, a few pill bottles taped together with the label for each bag, makes things handy and easy access.
Also powdered chalk in the lid of another with alcohol in the bottle for touch-up of wood ends etc.)
A few of the larger ones still to do.
And of course the vast selection of metal which is still in the box.
Except for the tractor which is sitting over on my O'Neills Wheels dio.
(gotta love that sun flare)
I guess its time to stop typin and start doin.
Karl.A
A quick picture of my work process with so many castings to do.
Small progress after an early finish on a Friday afternon.
Def gonna have to rebrush the edges of those deck boards, oh well.
While looking for a new blade to cut the foam I came across this old interlocking stone wall master I built years ago for a project Brett and I were toying with at the time. Hmmm...
Unfortunately this instantly gave me a brilliant idea, dang it!!
I couldn't bring myself to cut the old plaster master I found apart, even though it was a reject, so, I spent an hour or so searching for the 'new, improved' master I built and the mold of it Brett made for me way back when...
Both masters were made with individual stones, that themselves were individually made, but, the second 'better' one actually interlocks with itself, which makes various configurations possible and infinite lengths a reality. Thankfully I found them.
So, I dug out some plaster, made some wet water and cast the first section, along with two concrete pads for the gas pump scene. One as per the manual and one slightly longer as an option and to play with the variation.
So much for not thinking, relaxing and just following the manual, but, if it all works out, it really wont be a big diversion, only scenic wise.
Oh, I threw the other three details into the pic cos they were next to me and Im proud of how they came out.
That manual is starting to look like a medieval parchment, manuscript with those curled yellow edges..
First two castings of the wall section.
http://www.craftsmankituniversity.com/vanforum/uploads/FileUpload/19/539.jpg
These new ones are only about 3.5"x3.5", for this new wall I cast individual stones and then built the wall stone by stone. I designed and built the corners on these new walls so that they will interlock with themselves from side to side meaning they can be combined continuously in any combination and to any length, including inside corner and outside corner with a clean fit as shown in my previous post.
The interlocking is universal with itself, which was tricky to design and achieve.
This new wall was built and designed for an entirely different (discarded/forgotten) project than RRC.
Here are 4 of the new walls side by side, pulled apart to show and then pushed together.
New wall, new master, new design.
The laser cut headers and footers are awesome, as many of you that have used them already know. Cutting the remainder was simple and accurate with the templates.
So easy to make a straight, square, accurate and perfect frame with little effort,
exactly the way a framed wall should be and look.