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A few more pictures.

The main beams are done, just the Fairleads, hitches, cable guides, and the paint/weathering left.





The hitch to the back of the Cat is complete except for the drop pin. The cable guide lacks a few finishing touches and the Fairlead is off to a good start. It took quite a while to figure out how to go about building some of these parts.





Getting close to the end.

WOW!
That must have took forever!
so many good ideas.
You have way more inventory than I do.
Thanks for sharing
!!!
MJinTN

Marty, The hardware and veggies for your store are accumulating nicely. I can say that with some 'authority'   because I stocked the general store on my layout. It mostly carries groceries, also some dry goods. There is a little hardware, though the new hardware store by the lumberyard has cut back on that a bit.
Here's a couple looks at the general store interior:

The corn, carrots and potatoes in the upper right corner made from some kind of grass seed; green thread dipped in thick orange acrylic paint and tiny styrofoam beads painted brown.
Here's the view from out front


Here's a couple views of the inside of a real small"hardware store" that now is more of a general merchandise store, selling stuff from tools to ice cream sandwiches. They may suggest ideas for more things to pack into your store.

Hardware department.
Most tools are from Iron Creek.
Wrenches are laser cut.
Level (with spirit) and hand saw I made (obviously)

MJinTN

Thanks. I guessed that would be the case, but good to have confirmation.

Kevin,
If I remember correctly I pre-heated the Styrene and used an X-Acto knife handle to form the curves. Probably had to do them 2-3 times before I got a satisfactory splice join.

Do you pre-form the wrappers? Those are some fairly tight bends.

If you have been reading the frightening news about AI recently, we might be lucky that it still struggles with many issues! -- Russ

If you entered that model in a contest, I hope the judges realized the complexity of its construction. -- Russ

Back again.

I thought it might be a good idea to explain that I lay out each segment on card stock before transferring to styrene or Sintra sheet. That way I can make all the mistakes and changes on the card and not mess up the styrene/Sintra sheet.




Cutting out the .040 Styrene skins for the vertical arches, I have been using the E6000 glue to laminate to the Sintra.



Here is one of the vertical arches with some of the wrappers on and the holes drilled for the start of the wrapped cutouts.



A couple of shots of the vertical arches completed and attached to the angled arches and tracked wheel assemblies. The card stock beam pattern is in place to give some perspective and to make sure the measurements are correct. Notice that the brass has all been burnished with A-West's "Blacken It", things are moving along.


OK, only one shot, I'm over the limit.
Thanks for taking a look.

Rick