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

[Les Tindall]

Lovely finish, you can just feel the grime and rust, and I like the ash remnants.
Les 

[Design-HSB]

Hello Volker,

this is once again a proof of you that you can achieve extraordinary results with simple model making techniques by hand, combined with 3D technology.

[Bill Gill]

Volker, you didn't need "a rod of suitable diameter" to get the right shape.
The finish is and details are excellent!

[Ray Dunakin]

Excellent work! Very authentic in form, color, and texture.

[Hydrostat]

Here Frithjof showed his solution to make corrugated sheet metal. I faced a similar task for imitating corrugated fiber cement board from 0.3mm aluminum sheet, which in scale comes close to the protypical 6mm material. I made a jig from wooden 4mm rods and spacers sawn to the right dimensions (rod diameter + twice sheet thickness in width and half rod diameter + once sheet diameter in height).











To get clean results it's better to not press the whole sheet at once but rather starting with two corrugations and then subsequently feeding the sheet.


Cheers,
Volker

[Ray Dunakin]

Very nice!

[1-32]

Hi Volker
Your jig works really well great profile.
cheers, Kim.

[Hydrostat]

Added a sink, faucets and some pipework.








Cheers,
Volker

[finescalerr]

Nice paint drip. -- Russ

[Hydrostat]

Embarrassing. Meanwhile I removed it, flagellating myself with a soft cotton ball.

[fspg2]

That has to go again!
Volker, you have a second try ;-)

[Hydrostat]

I'll do my very best, Mrs. Sophie!

[finescalerr]

Seriously, I thought you deliberately created the imperfect paint job. It looks exactly like an employee was careless when painting the corner, the kind of detail Chuck might add. -- Russ

[Bill Gill]

I also thought the drip was on purpose!
Can you redo it?

[WP Rayner]

I agree as well... thought the drip was added on purpose, a nice subtle touch.