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Quote from: DaKra on March 11, 2011, 09:04:25 AM
That is some first class model work there!   I like your philosophy of treating every piece as a scale model unto itself, supported by research.    I also like how everything shows precise alignment, no tool is balancing on three feet, no parts are leaning off at drunken angles.   End result, everything looks purposeful, as a big machine shop does.    Perfect!

Dave

I like the term Drunken angle  but you know sometimes everything go wrong, when Murphy is here  even I try to do my best !
First class I don't know, sure it can be perfectible but for me it's OK I 'm happy with (maybe one day in other life)
I saw so much beautiful models, dioramas here from everyone like for exemple Anders garage, Ken, Gordon, Chuck, Edward, Doris, etc... so I try to climb slowly at the same level
A few days ago we discovered Alan Wolfson "urban scultures" http://www.alanwolfson.net/sculptures.htm
"Ohh la vache" I said in front of my screen, I was blown away, give me inspiration to change flat fronts on our layout in O scale,
but it's difficult to have the same level on a twelve meters long layout so...
Anyway I will post the steam hammers,  I think it could be interesting for people who wants to make a forge or a foundry     

So here's first pictures of steam hammers

Absolutely beautiful work Chris - just blown away by your machinery and the module. It was difficult to tell it's a model, especially in the last vertical shot you posted. Reminds me of the photographs of by Bernd and Hilla Becher...

Paul

This just keeps getting better and better.
Each of these machines is a piece of art.
Thanks for sharing, Chris.

I concur with the above comments. Moreover I am very pleased you are posting on this forum. -- Russ

Thanks everybody
It was a long time, I'm observing and contemplating the works of what I consider the bests modelers here
give me a lot of inspiration...

I'm speechless Chris.

You probably already know this, but Jet Lowe took great photos of machine tools as part of his documentation for the Historic American Building Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER).  The photos are in the Library of Congress and many of them are available online in high resolution. 

I own a little Index Model 40 vertical mill.  You've got me thinking how big it would be in 1:20.3 scale...

Quote from: Chris on March 11, 2011, 08:18:11 AM
it's O scale machines

Chris,
At first I was in doubt as the scale and 180 pound weight of the model. After checking the link and observing your research photos, bench photo with you grinding metal, this is in epic proportions. Those are truly amazing huge industrial 1:48th machines. Also a very nice link to the shop photos!

Really motivating...now take me to the recycle center.

Philip   

Philip for coking plant and gaz compressor it's 1/32
The rest is 48 

   Chris, 

   stunning work. There is one thing bothering me though. Looking at the weathering the airbrush use is nice but gives away the models. I think with a bit more subtle weathering around  details, like hinges, handgrips etc the difference with reality will be lost completely.

  Jacq

I'm not an expert 
well I'm agree with you in fact I used also chalk and wash with dilued paints !

Beautiful work, Christophe - the steam hammers (especially the first picture) look great.  I like the first one as I think it evokes the look of an older model - which is not only what I'm looking for  , but also makes a nice contrast to the newer looking versions.  Sorry for not responding sooner - but things have been busy.  I'm about half way through the major components of a 1:35th scale milling machine, and will post in a day or so - as I'm struggling to get that circa 1920s and 30s style and look I'm going for.  The few Soviet examples I have to go from pre-WWII show them to be powered at the unit (electric motors on the tools)- and not from common overhead belt drives.  I'm assuming that this is due to the relatively late re-tooling (1920s and on) of Soviet Industry?

Oh - and I'd like to order 2 Kilos of your finest bushings and gears, please 
PWR

Working on some 6" Gate Valves for my pump house. Playing at this size is mostly ok .. until something goes *TWANG* .. and the #000-120 valve stem you were working on has sailed into .. non-existence. :/





Pretty much finished. Let the cement set overnight. I will slightly radius the tops of the braces where they attach to the screw support (whatever that thing is .. screw collar?) and lightly sand (600 grit) any 'dangles' of styrene.

I will cut off the valve stem on two of the gate valves as these represent a 'rising-stem' gate valve and with the valve opened the stem should protrude about 1/8" (6" valve). When closed the stem will barely protrude past the hand wheel. That means I need handwheels first (HO brakewheel *migh* work) .. then 'snick' off any excess stem. Prob will feather where the belly round up into the main body w/some putty.

Gotta admit .. pretty happy with how they came out - finally approaching this forum's standards! Looking forward to painting them

Edit: Last night I came awake. Looked at the clock .. was 11:51 .. had one of those ideas/thoughts that finally crawled out of my head. Handwheels ... HANDWHEELS!!! Dave's "Steam Age Industrial Gears and Handwheels.  Jumped out of bed and grabbed the package I had got from VectorCut the other day. YES!!

So .. I have handwheels. Now if I only had a cure for my memory lapse

Not half bad. -- Russ

Here they are. I used handwheels from VectorCut. Mounted on toothpicks until I get my Plastruct piping in .. one gate valve is open (stem extended) and two are closed. Usual "extreme closeup magnifies mistakes and errors" ..