So a stained/fusing glass display case for Thomas the Tank Engine would be easy to make with standard glass sizes 1 sq. ft. Each of the eight inside walls could be fused glass scenes, the rest of the walls and top clear glass.
Wall sub-structure is turning out exactly as planned. The paper backing has three important functions: ensures perfect dimensions, allows me to hold onto the piece safely when I lay it on my belt sander, and holds the structure in place in case a glue joint comes loose. Indeed, a joint did break open after sanding but very easy to add a few dabs of glue to fix.
So now I have a wall made of West Jeddore driftwood timber and filled with Cape Blomidon sandstone. A little more trimming to do once the two new glue joints harden, then a coat of urethane on the outside and paint on the wallpaper inside.
Here it is after a coat of urethane. A wall full of character from a piece of Nova Scotia driftwood. The back will be painted and the second wall designed next.
Back of the wall has been painted. As you can see, I only need to make about half a tipple.
I collect broken auto glass whenever I come across wrecked automobiles. In this case I have installed a piece for a broken window. Second wall in progress.
Sandstone applied to two side walls for drying overnight.
Walls sanded and urethane coat applied. Love making structures like this.
Perfect angles can be made for cubes, dodecahedrons and icosahedrons using the Morton Glass Works assembly tray.
Back to the design grid for more tipple sub-assemblies. Added more water to the creek and first grassy field.
OldSchoolScratchbuilder Perfect angles can be made for cubes, dodecahedrons and icosahedrons using the Morton Glass Works assembly tray.
Besides you're not being true to your name using such a modern device. The ancients used the 3-4-5 method to establish a 90 degree right angle. Then, along came Pythagoras with his theorem. That's old school !
Alton Junction
Starting the support structure design.
Support structure needs lots of time to cure completely solid.
A very unique shale exists on the beaches of Walton, Nova Scotia. Extremely thin plates, so delicate that they may beak under their own weight as they are lifted. Last week I very carefully collected several sheets for my display cases.
This piece on the beach is thin, but the one in the micrometer is only 25 thou. Will be using this in my structures.
The radionuclide access manifold (RAM) has turned out very nicely. Will add the radial strength members next.
Very thin shale plates easily shaped on my belt sander. Started to install old roofing.
Old Walton shale roof is roughly patched with Cheverie clay.
So to recap the tipple base materials so far, West Jeddore driftwood, Cape Blomidon sandstone, Musquodoboit Valley autoglass, Walton shale and Cheverie clay.
RAM arms have been reinforced with steel (model railroad magazine staples) and the entire sub-assembly painted.
Utility terminals and liquid storage facilities for the University of Calgary-Canadian Government (UCCG) Deep Neutrino Laboratory is located trackside at the base of the butte. Besides an electric power substation and satellite communications antenna, cryogenic and other detection-specific fluids can readily be off-loaded from tank cars. Cheverie clay has been used to make a paved area for equipment.
Working on storage tanks using driftwood logs this evening.
First of several coats of paint applied. Storage tanks will contain water (blue), liquid nitrogen (white), fire-fighting foam (red), tetrachloroethylene (green), and alkyl benzene (brown). When finished, the tanks will appear metallic, not wooden.
The fire-fighting foam tank will be positioned between the two chemical tanks and will feed foam into the outer chambers of these two tanks as required. Tank fill valves will be on top and will connect to tanker cars. Fluid feeds to the deep mine shaft will run along the surface to the base of the butte.
Clay pavement cured and painted. Alberta ground cover coming along to my satisfaction. Tipple base structure fixed in place, more parts to be made to turn it into a National Historic Site.
Helical metal staircases are easy to make using a hot knife and zinc. Railings will also be added with metal.
That staircase is way out of scale for HO. If those storage tanks are somewhere between 3 and 5 inches tall, you would need somewhere between 26 and 44 treads assuming 10 inch risers - - - the acceptable industrial tolerance.
richhotrain That staircase is way out of scale for HO. If those storage tanks are somewhere between 3 and 5 inches tall, you would need somewhere between 26 and 44 treads assuming 10 inch risers - - - the acceptable industrial tolerance.
I couldn't care less.
richhotrainHow can you resist such a rare geological feature as a tuya once you place the hoodoo on the butte?
You're killin' me here!
Well since tuyas are somewhat common in BC, maybe that's what it is. Except it's unlikely there'd be a hoodoo on one.
Somehow I missed that post from Rich - did he delete it or edit that line out?
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Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
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rrinkerWell since tuyas are somewhat common in BC, maybe that's what it is. Except it's unlikely there'd be a hoodoo on one. Somehow I missed that post from Rich - did he delete it or edit that line out?
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