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[eTraxx]

<snip> I either need to find some finer printing or else switch to 1:1 scale.

http://www.finelineprototyping.com/datasheets/mfgreen.pdf

Of course .. using this requires you winning the lottery probably

[Chuck Doan]

Thanks very much guys! Ed, I still would like to try that green stuff one day. We are overdue for the next level of high resolution printing.

Here is the faucet installed (in a non-printed scene):

               

[finescalerr]

Chuck, that's totally disgusting. Nobody should be that talented! -- Russ

[1-32]

it hurts

[billmart]

There's just no way for me to tell if that's a photo of a full-size building with plumbing, or if it's a photo of a model.  Absolutely outstanding work, Chuck.

Bill Martinsen

[Chuck Doan]

Thanks very much!

And now for more miniature mundanity:

Common hose rack made from Evergreen half-round styrene rod glued to .01 styrene sheet. Then  rubber banded around a socket wrench and dipped in boiling water to heat form the curve. Mounting bracket is .015 x .06 brass strip. Tichy model RR rivets and Grandt Line hex bolts complete the basic assembly.

Primed with Testors Flat Black spray followed by a coat of hairspray and then Dullcote spray to seal. Then thinned acrylic green was brushed on and when dry, a stiff brush was used to chip away the paint.  Then rust colored gouache and pigment powders were applied to the exposed black followed by a spritz-from-a-distance coat of Dullcote spray to mottle.





More foam sagebrush tree and photo filter playin'

[TRAINS1941]

Once again you brighten a Monday.

Another small detail that everyone else would forget.

Beautiful work!

Jerry

[finescalerr]

The hose rack is fine. Why is no water dripping from the spigot? -- Russ

[lab-dad]

 



Mj

[JohnTolcher]

Just lovely!

Chuck the "spritz-from-a-distance" dullcote, is that when the spray is kind of broken up, because it was just a quick burst leaving a spotty coat of the dullcote?

Sorry if you've explained it elsewhere and I've missed it, thanks in advance. Cheers

[Chuck Doan]

Exactly John. I usually hold the item below the can maybe 10-12" away and do my best to give it a quick burst or two. I find it can be redone with a new application of powders if unsatisfactory.

[BKLN]

I think you might have to put in the old quarter or penny in the next photo.

[JohnTolcher]

Exactly John. I usually hold the item below the can maybe 10-12" away and do my best to give it a quick burst or two. I find it can be redone with a new application of powders if unsatisfactory.

Thanks Chuck!

[Mr Potato Head]

in the words of Nancy Kerrigan :  WHY :'(WHY WHY 
MPH

[nk]

So very nice Chuck. Thanks for the update.