The Workshop and the inside out pump

[Barney]

Completed the compressor so that it can now have a visit to the paint shop and just finished off a single cylinder diesel engine and dismantled water pump which will end up out side the workshop in a poor state of repair in a rotting shed. Construction was the usual use of Lego blocks and some acrylic rod detailed up with Lion Roar and Grandt Line nuts and bolts and bits from the junk box bit more cleaning up to do and a few PE brackets to complete and its off to the paint shop with the compressor.
Barney

 

[Scratchman]

Very nice Barney, this is going to be a great model.

gordon Birrell

http://www.flickr.com/photos/77318580@N00/

[gfadvance]

Neat, very neat Barney.

While I admire the compressor and the pump I especially like the "water/fuel" tank for it lightness of construction and the effective rusted panels.

Impressive !!

[finescalerr]

Satisfactory indeed. Now paint them. -- Russ

[Gus]

I don't post much at all - not my kind of modeling...but every once in a while the 'WOW' factor just demands a comment.  Here it is.......'WOW'.

Cheers - Gus

[shropshire lad]

I don't post much at all - not my kind of modeling...but every once in a while the 'WOW' factor just demands a comment.  Here it is.......'WOW'.

Cheers - Gus

  So what is your kind of modelling , Gus ? Show us what you do ,

   Nick

[michael mott]

Barney, very clean work, great work modifying and adding to existing parts. I also like the rusting of the vertical tank.

Michael

[Gus]

I don't post much at all - not my kind of modeling...but every once in a while the 'WOW' factor just demands a comment.  Here it is.......'WOW'.

Cheers - Gus

  So what is your kind of modelling , Gus ? Show us what you do ,

   Nick

Nick - there's a couple in  'Cars, trucks and other' topic..under 'Old Wagons'

Cheers  -Gus

[Barney]

After a quick rebuild of the water cooling tank I have now started on the workshop building decided on a small wood construction with a weather worn creosote finish no decision made yet for the frontage few more trials on the paint flaking techniques thanks again to Chuck for some guidance on these techniques - A few thoughts on nails and the thought of fiddling around with drilling holes and fine wire give me a headache so I came up with the idea of using pins no drilling required just a good pair of pliers push the pin in - cut to length - touch of paint - and push in with a piece of plastic or hard wood its probably been done before but that's life -the pins I found will even go into the wood by using the blunt end and are available from Watkins & Doncaster- www.watdon.co.uk they offer an excellent mail order service -photo enclosed of pins and sizes but these are only part of there extensive range
Barney




Some thought of wood weathering

[Barney]

Forgot the pins

[gfadvance]

You always have to get Lego blocks in somewhere don't you!!

Like the new tank, although I thought the last one was pretty good anyway. The stain on your wood is that the stuff available in the UK.

The pins look pretty good, might use those for some gear sticks