Several years ago I started to build the sand house but never finished, I had assembled the sand bin and the drying house. I stored the kit in a tote in the closet. Shingled the roof after I dug the kit out of the closet.
Glued the roof the drying house and put together the sand tower ladder.
Started construction of the sand tower.
Added the bolt heads to the sand tower.
For the sand bin I carved a piece of balsa for the sand pile to fit inside, the kit has a bag of sand to glue onto it. Some small pieces of wire need to be rusted up for the tie rods and bolt heads for the ends of the tie rods.
Nice. Who's kit is that?
Looking good Jim. :) 8)
Stay cool and run steam........ 8) 8)
Thanks for stopping in. This is a Campbell HO-HOn3 sand house kit, I'm building the HO version.
Gave the balsa wood sand pile a coat of glue and covered with the sand material that came with the kit. Cut the tie rods to length and painted them rust color also painted the bolt heads rust color. Drilled holes thru the sand bin posts for the tie rods and bolt heads.
Started to work on the sand tower spout and tank. Cleaned up any flash on the parts, dilled holes for the guild rods and valve shaft linkage also bent a piece of wire for the linkage.
Drilled a hole in the top of the tank and glued the spout counterweight in place. Also glued the guide rods, valve rod, valve shaft and counterweight to the spout and painted everything.
Glued the tank and tank bands to the sand tower then I glued the spout to the tank. Next I drilled a hole in the spout and the counterweight linkage with a #79 drill, glued a piece of wire into these holes so I can slip a link of the chain over the wire and glue in place.
Looking good Jim , there's some fine detail in that kit.
Made a little more progress, glued the tower to the sand house. Started work on the sand delivery pipe, drilled the pipe elbow with a #71 drill and glued some .025 wire for the pipe.
Jan thanks for checking out the build. Some photos after installing the delivery pipe and platform supports.
The build looks great Jim. :) 8)
Stay cool and run steam......... 8) 8)
Bob thanks for the comment and checking out the build.
Well, you beat me on this one.....I started mine in the 80's and still don't have it done. ;D
Nice job Jim..... 8)
Nice looking sandhouse.
Jeff
Quote from: GPdemayo on February 23, 2017, 09:12:40 AM
Well, you beat me on this one.....I started mine in the 80's and still don't have it done. ;D
Nice job Jim..... 8)
Got you both beat by 25 years. The differences are mine's packed away due to our move and I now realize how much of the original kit is lost.
Thanks for the challenge and the benchmark when mine is unpacked. :)