The Workshop and the inside out pump

[shropshire lad]

Talking of rusty green corrugated buildings , here are a couple of shots of the old village hall(from behind) of the neighbouring hamlet to where I live . It is a split level building and access to the hall is from the other side .


  Nick

[shropshire lad]

And the other one

[Franck Tavernier]

Nice job Barney!

Franck

[Barney]

Nick
My buildings a village hall too - was this the thing to do build them out of tin ? has anybody got photos of anything simular to this type of building to add to my thoughts list for a small workshop
Barney

[Gordon Ferguson]

Here's a site with some you may like, there are a couple I have thought about as small one offs

http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/CorrugatedIronBuildings#Lenzie_Nissen_hut_barn

If you search corrugated iron, have a look at some of the Australian sites they have great examples but the weathering is obviously completely different

[Junior]

Really nice prototype pictures! Footprint sounds small for all that equipment but I´m sure you have it all figured out.

Anders 

[shropshire lad]

Barney ,

  Whilst I am by no means sure about what I am saying , I think many of these village halls date from after the First World War and were probably bought "mail order" and delivered by train in kit form . This was also the case for many small parish churches , known as "Tin Tabernacles" , most of which are no longer in use . Here is the website , www.tintabernacles.com that is the one to look at . There was one about ten miles from me that has been turned into a house . Well , I say turned into a house , what I mean is all the nice bits , like windows and barge boards have been incorporated into the new structure , but the rest has been removed . Fortunately I took some pictures of it before it was ruined . The challenge for me will be to find them !

  Nick

[michael mott]

Barney, beautiful work on the machinery, I admire your clean workmanship with the styrene. Could you give some information about the crank wheels and various handles and such?

regards Michael

[Barney]

Michael - Hand wheels are steering wheels(from the scrap box) and photo etch from kits in various scales (if it looks right use it) the PE ones I think are for HO&O scales from Wizard Models but make nice small hand wheels for larger scales I have found some nice wheels in Some of the 1/35th Artillery Gun kits and also gearboxes and gears in these kits that I have collected over the years - the lever controls I use brass hand rail knobs in various sizes & scales with a small bit of brass wire glued in place and cut to the length required .The ABER-PE German width poles I also use for levers and can also be used as gear levers they are nice and fine -I tend to under scale components to give them the finer look.Other components I have used are from Grandt Line brake wheels and Precision Scale hand wheels and valves

[Gordon Ferguson]

That "red" one looks suspiciously like an Airfix one!!!!!!!!!

[Mr scratchmod]

Was wondering the same, now I know and will start collecting hand wheels  I've bookmarked this thread for future ref when I do decide to do some machinery. Looking forward to more.
Rob

[Barney]

Airfix -how did that get in there  ?

[marc_reusser]

Love those green corrugated buildings. Thanks for posting them.


Thanks also for the PE hand-wheel resource. Just ordered a bunch from them.


M

[michael mott]

Barney, thanks for the detailed explanation.

Michael

[Barney]

Completed the compressor so that it can now have a visit to the paint shop and just finished off a single cylinder diesel engine and dismantled water pump which will end up out side the workshop in a poor state of repair in a rotting shed. Construction was the usual use of Lego blocks and some acrylic rod detailed up with Lion Roar and Grandt Line nuts and bolts and bits from the junk box bit more cleaning up to do and a few PE brackets to complete and its off to the paint shop with the compressor.
Barney