My big A$$ Machine shop (1/16th)

[marc_reusser]

If I am looking at the interior...why am I seeing wood sills sloped towards me....and whydo those wood sills extend into the brick on each side anyway?.....never seen that last bit.

[lab-dad]

'Cause thats the way I built it! 
I wanted big wide sills to pile crap on.
May be all those pictures i looked at on the HABS site.
I would have used brick or stone if it were an exterior.
They are just laying in, this is still a work in progress.
Marty

[lab-dad]

Got the mortar in.



It is amazing to me how "white" it looks. I darkened it quite a bit, it was almost the color of light chocolate milk
But it looks white between the bricks. 
The bricks i put between the castings didnt really set well, guess i will do better when i have done it more than one time! Guess where the pipes & cabinets are going!
I still want to weather it some more and this is just another in progress shot.
the sills and lintels are just sitting in place. The windows are not glazed and just balanced in the openings.
I am also still using my practice door.
I am hoping to get going on the windows soon.

Happy New year!
-Marty

[lab-dad]

Finally getting back to the building.
My windows from vectorcut are exquisite.
Hopefully I can do them justice.



Any comments or suggestions appreciated.
I'm thinking there should be something at the base of the window or top of sill?
Marty

[Scratchman]

They look good to me.

Here's a photo of some tinted windows.



Gordon Birrell

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

[SandiaPaul]

Looks pretty good...

paul

[SandiaPaul]

Marty,

Here are some more...

Paul

[finescalerr]

Interesting brick bond pattern. No doubt Nick will know what to call it.

As for the window mullions, I see more rust than on Marty's model. Of course, Marty could have rusted his had he felt it necessary. So Marty's work looks as though it could be 1:1, at least to my failing eyes.

Russ

[Gordon Ferguson]

Marty,

certainly proves that for this sort of thing its worth while getting the stuff laser cut.

I appreciate I am going against Russ but while I think your window frames are perfect in 2 dimensions I feel there is an element of of 3rd dimension, the depth of the frames, missing especially in 1/16 scale.

The industrial windows I have seen are either  T section , with the glass fitting into the top right angle of the T or formed out of strips with the verticals over lapping the horizontals  ..... in both cases there is a significant thickness between the front of the frame and the glass. Been looking for some example on the net but not found a perfect example although the attached hopefully shows what I mean with the sections & the depth of the frame.

Maybe you could get Dave to cut a second set of frames with all the bars slightly smaller than you origonal and use this as an overlay?

[lab-dad]

Gordon,
Good that we can agree to disagree.

Finding good pictures is a pain.
Lucky for us Paul has some good pictures!

I think you are correct on the depth to a degree......*
My windows are a scale 1/4 thick at the mullion overlap.
*The windows you posted look like wood (to me).

The iron windows are thinner due to (obviously) material strength.

I think when i show the updated door mullions (wood) you will see.

-Marty

[Gordon Ferguson]

OK, will await developments 

I know why you think so, but can assure you those are steel window frames

[lab-dad]

The windows are in!



Time to move on to the flooring..............

-Marty

[finescalerr]

Not many nits to pick. Nice job. -- Russ

[chester]

Interesting brick bond pattern. No doubt Nick will know what to call it.

Russ

I don't know what Nick will call it (they have a way of saying things funny over there anyway) but the brick work in the photos look like what I would call a Common Flemish Bond. (3/4 brick Bond course every 6 rows)

Everything looks great Marty!

[TRAINS1941]

Looks good MJ.

Can't wait to see the floor.

Jerry