The Scrap yard in 1/16th scale

[Les Tindall]

Perhaps I'm becoming a "wierdo"!  As I look around on my day to day travels I seem to look more closely at rust, grot, stains. Too often I go to model exhibitions and see glossy engines, pristine stock - that's not life. Things deteriorate (especially us humans) and that is what I like to reproduce in models. Long live rust!!!! (though it usually doesn't)

Les   

[shropshire lad]

The nice thing about scrap lines is you can build whatever you want, and all that lovely rust (sorry I'm dribbling!!)
Here's one just a few miles from me here on the Isle of Wight". 

Les

  Les, that's not scrap , it's good stuff waiting for a new use !  Do you know what the crane is ? Looks a bit like a Ruston Bucyrus RB17/19 . Am I anywhere close ?

  Nick

[Les Tindall]

Its a Preistman
Les

[Barney]

The scrap yard collection is growing - a petrol pump with all its inner bits -a single cylinder stationary engine with water pump and a few galvanised tanks with fittings
Barney

[Bill Gill]

Maybe you could have a yard sale instead of a scrap yard and recoup some of your investment

[finescalerr]

What a beautiful collection of future junk. -- Russ

[Les Tindall]

As always Barney, superb, lovely clean lines great detail.

Les

[Design-HSB]

Barny, such a junkyard can have more flair like make glossy plant. I'm excited to see what happens next.

[Ray Dunakin]

Nice collection of "junk", and much more interesting than the usual pile of castings.

[Barney]

More junk for the yard (or usable bits for another day) The hand winch - all parts trial fit only so-far needs a few more spacers on shafts and fit a brake - the cogs are nylon and were a bit thin for 1/16th scale so they now consist of two glued together back to back
Barney

[Barney]

the real thing

[Barney]

Bit more work on the old boiler (well past its sell by date) more pipes and fittings and a sheet of metal or old enamel sign  with a brick on top !
at the moment in a under coat
Barney

[Barney]

the prototype

[finescalerr]

Your models look better than their prototypes. -- Russ

[Ray Dunakin]

What kind of paint will you use to paint the nylon gears?