Finally, the wharf section can be built. Bought the Walthers/Noch sheet piling wall just for this section. Trouble is not nearly enough for the length needed. Which gives me three options.
1. Buy more hard to find expensive Walthers/Noch piling wall.
2. Resin cast Walthers piling wall for personal use. My resin skills are at best (big mess maker)
3. Find something else to use.
In desperate need of about four feet of piling wall.
What do you guys use for HO steel sheet piling wall ?
I'd like something that at least resembles the Walthers/Noch wall.
Please share pictures of your steel piling walls and any suggestions .
Thank you in advance .
Patrick
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Modeling an ficticious HO scale intergrated Scrap Yard & Steel Mill Melt Shop.
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Hi, Patrick
I had originally planned to use, I believe it was Chooch**, steel piling wall. It was molded in short sections, maybe just under 4" but didn't look "too" shabby. It was nearly an identical profile to the stuff I saw along the Cuyahoga River here in Cleveland.
My Hulett wharf took so long for me to complete (still unfinished) that in the meantime Artitec came out with the wharf seawall which is what I opted for:
Seawall1 by Edmund, on Flickr
IMG_0393 by Edmund, on Flickr
The "water" here is temporary. Trouble is Artitec stuff is pretty spotty as far as availability.
I'll try to find a photo of the Chooch stuff and post it as time permits. [edit] Come to think of it maybe it was made by "Mr. Plaster" which may have been bought by Greenway Products?
You can see the photos of the plaster stuff here. I have since molded some out of resin which looks better.
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/11/t/243825.aspx
There's also the Faller Quay Wall which makes about 20" of wall.
https://www.reynaulds.com/products/Faller/131012.aspx
Good Luck, Ed
I don't know what the material you're using looks like, but could you use thick foil to replicate it? Rub and emboss strips of foil into it the original pattern until you get the desired look.
Even heavy duty household or kitchen foil will be extremely fragile. I have found that K&S .005" thick foil holds it's shape pretty well, and is reasonably easy to work with. If you have a well stocked LHS, they may have it. I paid $7.29 for it at mine. It's available online in different places too. Just google it.
Or possibly using a disposable aluminum baking pan could work?
Dan
Thank you for the Artitec suggestion. Will try to hunt it down.
A fine mill you have built Ed. Huge fan of your work.
Thank you.
Great idea Dan !
My Wife just happens to have an disposable aluminum pan. That will seemingly disappear never to be seen again. Wonder who the culprit could be...
Gives me a project today. Thank you
dragonriversteel Thank you for the Artitec suggestion. Will try to hunt it down. A fine mill you have built Ed. Huge fan of your work. Thank you.
Thank you, Patrick.
I just sent you a PM about the other quay wall shown below.
IMG_2775fix by Edmund, on Flickr
Cheers! Ed
As you can see it is fully appropriate to use many kinds of sea wall. Each property owner for himself.
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I built a Walthers carfloat apron kit. To extend the scene, I simply made more seawall like the one in the first picture out of styrene and painted it with Rustoluem primer.
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Thank all you guys. I made a RTV rubber mold of the Walthers HO piling wall.
Saves both time & money.
Thanks for all your suggestions.