Its a bit of a challenge (well for me) in 1/35th a dilapidated diesel pump working just ! measuring 50mm high (5ft 6in in 1/35th) It should end up on the small diorama with the Forestry inspection critter which is now out of the paint shop ready for assembly
photo of main frame all Evergreen styrene used
the bits ! The motor - pump/air separator - the output bit
Cool!
Are the motor parts from scratch or are they commercial shapes or molded parts you found? -- Russ
Drive motor body is acrylic rod - the pulley is a Grandt Line critter wheel with flange removed - the pump is a tank suspension bit (which looks like a pump) the pulley is a 1/72 tank wheel
other bits are Evergreen strip with the odd bolt and nut
I wanted all the components to be different colours as if they have been replaced through the years - if it was all the same I think it might look like a "blob" of bits in 1/35th
All the wiring will be rubber strands from a luggage strap - it forms nice loops and is very fine
GIZMOLAGEY RULES with a touch of madness ! !
Barney
version number 2 on the way (number 3 actually but we will not talk about that one except it made a funny noise when it hit the bin !) but of course run out of Evergreen angle so new lot ordered
Barney
The pump now 1/24th
Waited to long for Evergreen angle and Humbrol paint to arrive the Post situation has gone up side down ! - So new version now in 1/24th scale (all bits in stock) and looking at the project the pump looked a bit lonely So I thought a fuel depot would do the trick a small open shed with hot oil engine driving a 3 cylinder compressor for the air locos and the diesel pump
Dug out an unfinished engine and compressor out of the stock box (next to the bin) replacement "governors balls " some filling to do on the fly wheel and the normal amount of nuts/bolts should do the trick
Barney
engine and compressor
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Everything is to your usual credible and neat standards. The small components seem well suited to 1:24. -- Russ
Great work!
In the last photo, the engine looks like it has a happy face.
The pump is obviously a friend of Thomas. I expect to see a video posted later this week of it singing! ;D ;D
Quote from: Ray Dunakin on June 23, 2020, 11:36:30 PM
Great work!
In the last photo, the engine looks like it has a happy face.
That'll be the Lego brick that is used at the start of the build
Nice work, Barney. Interesting to see what you can do with leftovers.
Bernard
Hi Barney.
yes you have got it right are they going to be painted?
cheers
And to the rescue of a man trying desperately to make a petrol pump in 1/35th !! - The " Mini-Art " Italian Petrol Station kit - What a kit - super detailing on all the parts and there is a lot of them just on the pump alone - My only criticism being the Instructions a bit on the down side and the petrol pump glass cylinder is in 4 parts - the glass bit is acrylic in 2 parts the top and bottom bits are "uncontrollable and small - so a small modification will be required -Acrylic rod or tube will be used so no joins - if I use the tube (a paint brush hair protector ) a centre bolt will be used to hold the top a bottom plates - if I use the rod 2 bolts can be used ( there being a prototype for both - just to keep the Rivet counters at bay ) the edges top and bottom are extremely very thin so I have reinforced with 10 thou strip
The round top illuminated sign I have replaced so its open with some wires poking at the top no doors will be fitted
Barney
The pump so-far
That's going to look quite good. -- Russ
The military model makers have really fine stuff. And good improvements so far, Barney.
Bernhard
Nice kit!
Pump now in primer - and walls going up for the "Power House" in this case a reclaimed wall with a lean-to wooden shed -
interior nearly there but slight delay in modelling due to new Radiator taps in my workshop the only ones I did not change but of course the radiator lives under the desk - the desk holds the book case up and the book case holds the house up so another 1/2 day job that turns into a Job from hell - so its all onward and upward now until something else falls off !!
First a few shots of the interior
Barney
the generator control panel
the rear wall with the start of the fuel tank for the Cat power plant
The Cat engine under going major surgery a Mini-Art diesel engine being converted / back dated to Petrol / paraffin
I really like that diorama. Hurry up and fix your house so you can get back to work on the model! -- Russ
Looking good!
That's lovely stuff, you could almost tempt me back to 1/35th scale, there are always some brilliant kits/parts available for inspiration. Those little paint brush protectors can be really useful as being quite thin they look "in scale" (those thin plastic straws, while we still have them, are good too).
Les
I have collected plastic straws for years and sort them by size and color. The black ones I get at 2 restaurants can be used as pipe just as they come, others will take the vinyl paint the RC car users build wonderfully and have a number of uses. I feel that using them in my modeling is a better end use then the bin. My wife hates the fact that not only do I save things like straws, but I sort and store them so that I can find and use them.
There we are, modellers saving the planet.
Les
Cat Engine nearly done - back dated and now petrol / paraffin - a bit more cleaning up and ready for the paint shop
magneto /air filter/ fan and carb not fitted yet due to painting separate
Barney
exhaust side - pipe will go up through roof
rear end - drive shaft for pulley with belts for generator
That looks great already!
A rather substantial improvement. -- Russ
Really nice job!
Bernhard
Slight delay in all things modelling due to re-vamp of Garage /spray shop - but its back to normal and onwards we go - new Frame built for engine and larger radiator - lots of cleaning up of engine and added bits and brackets that I had forgot to put on in the first place - Generator completed and all ready for another attempt at the undercoat
Barney
the engine and generator come out a bigger than expected so an extension the building is now under way
Ain't nothin' wrong with that bit of fabrication. Satisfactory. -- Russ
Wow! That looks so cool!
As always Barney, some great modelling and lots of detail.
Les
Congratulations Barney, you show me again and again that you can make brilliant looking models from many small parts.