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Quote from: Ray Dunakin on March 23, 2025, 10:54:49 PMIt looks great! I love those tires and spoked wheels. The handmade oil drum is fantastic! I tried making a 1/24th scale oil drum that way, using brass. It didn't work very well. I'll have to give copper a try.

I second that. Especially the tires are looking very good.

Cheers,
Volker

Stuart,

Great details - super realistic construction. Please show more of it!

Stuart,

Fantastic work. Top Drawer on your gas station. I have some details that I am in the process of putting together a detail kit for a 20's to 30's gas station. If you would like to use some of these for your project, I am happy to share them with you for your project. PM me if you want the STL files to add some more clutter to you fantastic scene.

The coke icebox needs to be taller, but just found some better details on that.

Cheers!

Darryl

Nice job, Darryl. -- Russ

Instead of using the 16 gallon oil drum on the exterior of the garage (as I originally thought), I decided to place it as a trash receptacle on the interior of the garage.  I have painted, aged and streaked it considerably to make it appear well used.  It will sit next to the shelf unit and just behind the tire as seen in the photo.  On the outside of the garage I will be placing a second 16 gallon oil drum with a funnel to serve as an old oil collection container.  Rather than fabricate the second drum in copper I created a 3D version and printed it with my resin printer.




This was my first attempt at using the hair spray method of chipping paint.  I need to refine my process as the chipping is a little abrupt, not very subtle.

Everything is most satisfactory including the barrel you consider imperfect. Your printed parts are perfect. -- Russ

I think the chipping looks fine for a ratty, banged up old drum. Sure, it could be more subtle but I've seen oil drums that looked like that.

A few more recently completed items for my gas station interior.

Broom - 3D printed item from a file I purchased on-line.
Cash register - 3D printed, my own design after an actual National Cash Register.  The register number flags are photo etched from .005" brass.  The numbers on the flags are decals I printed myself.
Stool - 3D printed item I designed and printed myself.  I used the hair spray method of chipping the paint.  This time it worked better for me than the trash drum I posted previously.
Waste basket - The aluminum wire mesh was purchased from a hobby source on-line.  I created a form to shape the mesh around and then applied the brass wire rings top and bottom.  Some trash pieces to be added later.

The modeling meets your usual level of perfection. The bench might not have been the most difficult item but its finish is extremely convincing. -- Russ

Superb stuff - looks used but not to distressed - in fact you have just got it great
Barney

Hi Stuart.
A very clever broom.
cheers

Wow! Great stuff!

Great work! Where did you get the broom file? It looks amazing.
Carlo

Quote from: Carlo on June 02, 2025, 06:25:56 AMWhere did you get the broom file?

Carlo -

The broom file came from TurboSquid (www.turbosquid.com).  TurboSquid has thousands of very nice computer generated 3D files but most of them are not 3D printable.  They are used mostly for animation purposes such as for films, TV, computer games, illustrations etc.  Each item on the site will indicate the file formats that they are saved in.  If the item you are interested in is saved as an OBJ file then it can be converted to an STL file and made printable.  That was the case with the broom model I used.  Of course, there is a monetary charge for downloading whatever file you want to use.

Another website you may be interested in is Cults3D (cults3D.com).  Their 3D models are printable.   Files I have used for my gas station model can be found by going to the search bar and typing "scaleHQ", "Workshop tools pack", and  "Workshop diorama pack".  These are quite nice models but you will need to scale them to the size you are working in.  Models from the three sources I have listed here are 1/35th scale.

Best wishes

Quote from: Bernhard on March 23, 2025, 09:43:47 AMYou wouldn't believe how many individual parts (and time) it takes to equip a workshop like this.

Taking Berhard's remark to heart, I have been working to fill in some of the empty space in the garage.

Most of the pieces here are 3D printed but the brass items are photo etched, folded and soldered together. 

There is yet work to do on a few items.  The welding tanks need a cart and appropriate hoses.  The inner tube dunk tank will have a short wooden riser placed under it and resin "water" added to fill the tub.  The tool caddy will be loaded with mechanics tools.  And of course, all pieces need to be painted and aged accordingly.

Stuart