Sunday Scenic Showcase May 29, 2021

Pipe fitters prepare to replace the defective valve at the grain towers on the outskirts of North Platte.

Donald

Slowly coming along on the Sand House and Tower....

The edges of the sand bin didn't look right to me with the gray color showing. So I made some extra wood supports fron stirrers and painted them a wood color....

....next, the roof....

Since it's going on the modular layout in the yard, I needed to construct a base which I colored as weathered concrete....and, hope to finish the tower today....

Have a great Memorial Day weekend, folks.

Peter

Well this. Is. Tedious.

I didn’t want the wooden covers on these openings, so I 3D printed myself some windows that fit the openings.  That, of course means that I needed to open up the holes (carefully). The safest way I’ve found is I drill a bunch of holes, then use a small fine tooth saw to “connect the dots”. Precision isn’t really important yet, this is just mass material removal.

Once the big chunks are out, it’s a matter of sanding the opening until the window fits.
I used a couple sanding sticks to do the first one and it took forever.  So I got out the dremel and a sanding drum to do the other 2 and only did the fine fitting with the sticks.  That worked better.
Before and after:

It’s hard to be exact with the new openings, so I stuffed in some windows and filled the gaps around the frames with joint compound. The windows are expendable, I can print as many as I need.

That’s all I got for the moment.  I need to do this to the other panel too, I just didn’t have the patience to keep going and needed a break.

Morning everyone. Everyone’s structures in process look great. It’s always cool to see a wide variety of types and mediums.

Donald- really like that trackside piping and that neat scene you created.

Last weekend after a beer or two, I was inspired to save the 6 pack’s plastic collars. They seemed like something I could turn into a scrap pile.

This weekend, I combined that with some other leftovers to create a scrap pile. I originally built it as trackside junk pile, but adjusted the dimensions so it could fit inside a gondola as well. Along with the scrap, all I needed was some glue and acrylics. It ended up being a fun little project.

Happy Memorial Day to all, Great projects this holiday weekend.

Tom

@Alex W posted:

Morning everyone. Everyone’s structures in process look great. It’s always cool to see a wide variety of types and mediums.

Donald- really like that trackside piping and that neat scene you created.

Last weekend after a beer or two, I was inspired to save the 6 pack’s plastic collars. They seemed like something I could turn into a scrap pile.

This weekend, I combined that with some other leftovers to create a scrap pile. I originally built it as trackside junk pile, but adjusted the dimensions so it could fit inside a gondola as well. Along with the scrap, all I needed was some glue and acrylics. It ended up being a fun little project.

Neat idea and project.

If you need help generating more "scrap" I'm willing to lend a hand......