Quiet earth (was: Exercise module for Plettenberg railroad in 1/22.5 scale)

[finescalerr]

Most satisfactory. -- Russ

[Ray Dunakin]

That turned out great!

[Chuck Doan]

The chair, the phone...wonderful! I really like the "atmosphere" pictures you are starting to take.

[Hydrostat]

Thanks guys,

some time has passed and there's a new item on the desk.










Any suggestions how to fix the phone cable on the desk? The thread is somewhat stiff. I didn't want to use CA to avoid glue stains but got no clue what to use instead .

Again there are some white metal castings, a piece of wire or tubing and FUD printed bulbs. I'm not able to focus all parts at same picture, so there are some to show details:














The phone got a little sister in 1-32 scale.





And so the desk lamp did. The hole in the lampshade is a little mishap from drilling; it's not in the cast part. Helmut tries to make an illuminated version. I'm sure he'll even get the control button working  .





Some time ago I got a shipment with the swivel chairs from Hemut. Thank you very much, Helmut - I'm really enthusiastic about them! My part was then to try to give them a bit more of a wooden look and to add some stains of use. I'm sure there's room for improvement - I think Ray would have done it better!














The big room at the WIMAG housing got a heating system.





I don't like the result too much. I started with laserd cardboard pieces with different diameters, which I stringed on a metal rod. The pieces are too coarse and the cardboard is too flexible to reach exact measurments to apply the edge protection.





I glued all parts together with CA and then tried to round everything a bit in the drill.





And that's the result.





Next time I'd use brass parts to get cleaner results.

Cheers,
Volker

[Chuck Doan]

More beautiful details Volker. It is a pleasure to see your work. Maybe use solder for the cord? (if it comes small enough) You can roll a flat file over it for cloth texture.

[Ray Dunakin]

Great stuff! That radiator looks very good to me.

[finescalerr]

Everything looks absolutely terrible, Volker. Keep trying, though. One day you'll learn ....

In 1:22.5 even a telephone cable is big enough to glue down. Have you tried a rubber based adhesive? In the U.S., a big hobby distributor, Walthers, offers something called "Goo". It is (or was) made by 3M and they called it "Pliobond". Uhu or another manufacturer may offer something similar or even identical. Just a touch here and there should secure the phone cord.

The nice thing about rubber based adhesives is that you can roll off any excess with a toothpick. The result is a very clean bond that usually leaves no stain at all. If it does, the solvent is lacquer thinner.

Russ

[Hydrostat]

Thanks for your hints! I'll give Chuck's method a try. I thought of lead wire but didn't know how to texture it. The idea with the flat file is very clever!

I know that most of you are completely out of reach, but: The exercise module is on show next week from 04/9 to 04/13 at Intermodellbau in Dortmund (hall 4, stand 4H22).

I wood be outrageous, tremendously, elusively and extraordinary be pleased to meet some of you guys'n'girls at the fair.

Everything looks absolutely terrible, Volker. Keep trying, though. One day you'll learn ....
Russ

Are you sure? So there's hope.







Cheers,
Volker

[BKLN]

The reflection of the radiator on the waxed floors looks amazing! It's the perfect antithesis to your rusty rails.

[finescalerr]

Totally obnoxious. But most satisfactory. -- Russ

[jacq01]

  Volker,

  have a good time in Dortmund.

  Jacq

[Design-HSB]

Hi, I'm going to visit Volker tomorrow with a surprise in the luggage in Dortmund.
I'll let you have a little bit if you want.
I have tested the assembling of the desk lamp and it lights up even with me.
All this applies not only to the lamp in 1:22.5 scale, but also for the lamp 1:32 scale.



More pictures there then after the show if you like.

[finescalerr]

Wow! -- Russ

[Ray Dunakin]

Double wow! Yes, more pictures please! I'm curious how the LEDs are wired.

[Design-HSB]

Hi there,

in collaboration with Volker, I have worked out a solution for the lamp.

The lamp heads and feet had to be drilled.

For this, I created a jig for the lamp heads .


For the lamp tube , we chose injection needle.


The bending theory for the lamp tube in 1:32 and 1.22,5.


The bending theory for a better view open.


Unfortunately, only a hole could be drilled in the jig.
The 3 additional holes had to be drilled by hand.
Moreover, even a milled opening for cable entry in the lamp.
How could two black 0.15mm enamelled copper wires are pulled.


Then a SMD LED could be soldered to the wires.
The scale in the background has a mm pitch.
The lamp tube of a hypodermic needle is 0.6 mm in diameter.


Here the lamp at their destination, the porter's lodge.