Steel cable transmission

[Peter_T1958]

A fist attempt to reactivate my thread, shot down by Photobucket.
Here a quick iPhone photo of my current trials to create an appealing water surface (the black frame is added on the PC, to give an idea of the final appearance). Additional a picture of the "as it should be" .

[Bill Gill]

Peter, Your "current" trial (is that a pun hidden in there?) to make appealing water looks successful to me.

Can you post a tutorial or description of how you achieved that effect?
Also, your photo from your 30 April post is gone, i hope that is recoverable because I want to try modeling some old galvanized metal.

[Chuck Doan]

Looking very promising!

[Peter_T1958]

Thanks Guys! 
Bill, only now I see the pun. In fact: It's far away for me as a german speaking guy to dare something like that!


As all pictures have disappeared from the forum, here a overview over my current (no pun ) project:

[Peter_T1958]

And here again some "how I did" with the pictures:



In this specific case I compared pictures of old, galvanized metal. After that I put them away and tryed to catch that cloudy, blotchy white hue over the dark metallic ground color.
As basecolor I used Citadel game Color, Boltgun Metal (or whatever else is close at hand; any dark metal color would do it). Then I applied very thin cloudy coats of creamy white and traces of dark and light rust. The forementioned technique allowes you to control the colors carefully. That's all!




For those prominent ripples, caused by currents... water moving below the surface, and up to the surface, I did not have any idea to generate that effect. Then I discovered by chance such unusual fabric in the textile shop when I accompanied my wife on her Saturday shopping (obviously you should do this from time to time...!)
And here what I did: Soaking a piece oft fabric, that has been given the right shape, with Future (Pledge) applied by brush. Waiting for about half an hour, then carefully taken away. What remains is a slight trace of ... ripples.
Hope you understand what I wanted to describe  

All the best,
Peter

[Chuck Doan]

Your mechanism and stonework is a joy to behold, Peter! It is also an amazing prototype. The water is a perfect addition.

[finescalerr]

I agree with Chuck and would add that I can't find a flaw in your work. -- Russ

[Bill Gill]

Peter, Thank you for posting those photos. And thank you for the photo and description of how you made the water surface you want. It worked very well. I will experiment with that idea too!

As far as making puns in another language, that is always tricky. I'm sure this is more mangled than I remember: A German Professor once tried to tell the class a Christmas joke in mixed "German" and "English":

Small boy: Was Bringt Sankt?
Mutter: Er bringt was er kann.
Small boy: Ich will kein "wasser kann"! Ich möchte ein Flugzeug!!

[Lawton Maner]

The only fault in this project, and I feel I am speaking for many on this forum, is that we lack your skills and patience.

[Peter_T1958]

Bill, Chuck, Russ and Lawton

Thank you for your kind words and your support here in this forum. I am learning a lot from you guys. I do not want to hide the fact, however, that there are still some material-related flaws in this methode. If you look closely enough in the following picture, you will see, that some ribbles have a flat top when dry (sketch B).



In reality they look more like in sketch A. Apart of that, if you remove the fabric too early, "bubbles" are created which have to be opened with a sharp knife point or so. That's why the best time to remove the fabric is, when the liquid "strings up". Finally I will spray some thin layers of Pledge (blue) to homogenize the surface further (sketch C).



Cheers,
Peter

[Barney]

Lovely colours and techniques
Barney

[Ray Dunakin]

Very clever and interesting method for creating ripples!

Your gears are so well done, for a moment I wasn't sure whether I was looking at model photos or prototype, in the close ups.

[Bill Gill]

Peter, Hope this isn't hijacking your terrific thread, but here is an animated 3D video of building a stone bridge that just seems to compliment your work.https://www.expats.cz/prague/article/czech-tourism/video-amazing-recreation-of-14th-century-construction-of-charles-bridge/

[finescalerr]

Peter's work is more realistic. -- Russ

[Peter_T1958]

I don't feel my thread hijacked at all. On the contrary, the video is very educational, even more the technology has not changed much over the years as you may see here in this photo from 1917



@ Russ: