A snapshot in time. A glimpse of the Plettenberger Kleinbahn in 1/22.5 scale.

[Ray Dunakin]

The staircase turned out great!

[Hydrostat]

Bill, Sami, Russ, Frithjof, Narayan and Ray .- thank you for stopping by!

For the last few weeks I've only been able to think about hot ovens (in German there's pun intended).

You already know this one:



And this is no stranger either:






Compared to the previous version, I have separated the body into individual parts, which makes painting much easier. It will only be assembled afterwards.






There was also another, more solid model - also as an enamelled stove:




Here too, the parts to be attached (handles) are printed separately:




I wanted something different for the sedate living room and opted for a tiled stove:






I am curious to see how the ornaments will come out in print:




For the foot soldiers in the attic there was probably only the simple version as Cannon oven:






Then I had to find something to use against those who are no longer completely clean (again: pun intended in German. People who are a bit bonkers); otherwise they are well on their way to taking over the world:






Best regards
Volker

[1-32]

Good morning Volker.
Now that is a challenge, especially the taps I am sure you will do a great job.
Cheers

[Barney]

Great Detail in all areas
Barney

[finescalerr]

All that CAD work must have taken some time. I like the way you designed "kits" for yourself and, of course, how convincing the resulting models will be. -- Russ

[Ray Dunakin]

Nice work! So that last one is a shower with its own water heater?

[Bernhard]

Really pretty furnishing details with nostalgic charm.

Bernhard

[Hydrostat]

Hello everyone,

The first parts are printed - just some quick shots:



There's always a little rework, but here it was just the smooth, slightly curved surfaces. Then the paint came into play. The handles were printed, painted separately, and then glued in. The slider handle for the air supply was made from a piece of flattened copper wire.



The cannon stove is still missing handles, which I also made from flattened 0.3 mm copper wire.



Best regards,
Volker

[finescalerr]

Gorgeous, n'est-ce pas? -- Russ

[Hydrostat]

Russ,

Back then, stoves were simply pieces of furniture. Today, it's hard to imagine where functional elements are hidden or obscured as much as possible: so that we finally believe that electricity does come from the socket.

The stairs from the first floor to the attic is also finished.





Through the stairwell, the recess in the wall paneling for the stair stringer can be seen. The staircase, like all walls and floors, is designed to be removable for maintenance purposes.





And this is what the upstairs hallway looks like.




Cheers,
Volker

[finescalerr]

I remember seeing heaters like the one you modeled and your stairway looks perfect. -- Russ

[Ray Dunakin]

Those heaters look great!

[Hydrostat]

Ray,

thank you. I'll take the liberty of uploading better photos of the two heaters, first the 'Aurora' heater compared to the rendering...






... and then the now-finished cannon stove, which has received the missing handles. I might redo those, because the eyelets seem too large in relation to the material thickness.




Continuing with the attic.



There were still two doors missing from the hallway into a storage room on one side and through another storage room to the roof terrace on the annex. I assembled the functional doors from cardboard strips.




I'm always amazed at how cramped the building was. The stairwell and doorway barely had a more than 60 cm opening.




Based on the room layout, I suspect that the attic contained two small apartments for apprentices or, more likely, employees, which may not have been maintained in such good condition. There, I experimented again with individually glued wallpaper strips.




The detachability of the wall segments serves another purpose: it is almost impossible to attach or precisely position objects on built-in walls. Whether it's wall paint, wallpaper, or surface-mounted wiring, or even furnishings like pictures, this always works much better when the respective component is horizontal.




For the wallpaper, I again used the very thin typewriter paper from the 50s/60s that I mentioned earlier.




In one room, I wallpapered in several layers – including waste paper...




...to get this right. Some paint is still missing, but that won't come until the interior fittings and surface-mounted wiring are installed.






Finally, the baseboards are installed – depending on their location, on the removable wall or on the removable floor.




And another small impression of the attic. For this photo, I obviously didn't push the wall segment all the way in, so there's still a gap between the floor and the baseboards. The doors are off their hinges, after I felt like I had torn every single one off its hinges. They'll only go back in place at the very end.




Best regards,
Volker

[finescalerr]

Superb. -- Russ

[Bill Gill]

Volker,
All the layers of details are building a scene that will take time to examine.
The individual strips of wallpaper printed on thin paper and with visible seams between the pieces, some peeling away from the plaster, and more add to the sense of the living conditions for the residents.