I recently finished, earlier this year, a scratchbuilt version of the FSM kit Sewall's Foundry. It all started when a friend sent me a photo copy of the sign for the roof. I cut the letters out and used it as a template to paint the roof. That was my first piece of this puzzle. I built the stone walls from Sculpy, making a 1/4" thick "pizza" of the clay, texturing it with a rock, baking it and cutting strips on the band saw, then cut that into individual rocks. The mortar for the stones is finely sifted dirt.
I don't want to get into too much detail now, but will answer any questions you may have. I'll post some pictures and let them speak for themselves. Oh, I will mention one thing, there is a two drum stand and scaffolding detail that I just love. I saw the model on Facebook by Marcel Ackle. I believe it was O scale, but not sure, but mine is HO scale, of course. I'll post his picture as well as mine. Give credit where credit is due.
Round 2....
And a few more.
Sir, I have always given Marcel a 10. I will give you a 9 plus. Always pays to strive to equal one of the very best. Superb job.
Thank you for sharing and I hope for more.
ed
The idea behind this model is to tie into the Sokol's I also did. The piping on the Sokol's model (drainage pipes) was leaking and needed replacing. This foundry is the main supply for all the needed piping and unions for that job. The pipe elbows, tee's and other pieces all came from Shapeways.
Shown here are a few of the early construction shots.
Hope you'll enjoy seeing this. I gave an hour and a half presentation at my club recently on how I built this, one of my best presentations. A lot of people said they learned a lot. I was happy about that.
Quote from: engine909 on December 20, 2017, 04:47:42 PM
Sir, I have always given Marcel a 10. I will give you a 9 plus. Always pays to strive to equal one of the very best. Superb job.
Thank you for sharing and I hope for more.
ed
Thanks Ed. I'll take a 9 plus. I strive to do as well as Markel and many others. There are many modelers out there far better than I. They are my inspiration.
Hi Adm Nelson:
What can you say but WOW!!!!!
Karl
adm.nelson, I am very impressed by your creative work. Thanks for showing.
Beautiful modeling.
Stunning work. Your details and the rock work are superb.
Jeff
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Thank you Karl, Peter, Curt, Jeff and Donato. I much appreciate your comments.
Excellent build & detailing Tony..... 8)
Quote from: GPdemayo on December 21, 2017, 04:05:46 PM
Excellent build & detailing Tony..... 8)
Thank you Gregory. Appreciate that.
Very nice scratch build....
Loren...
Wonderful work! Thanks for sharing it with us.
Great work! I've used the Sculpy method to make stone blocks for retaining walls but will have to try your method for making structure walls!
Loren, John and Bob, thank you very much. The sculpy I used here on this model was about 1/4" thick, I used a rolling pin, and actually thought I had it thinner. No big deal, but after that, I found I could use the pasta roller for a thinner batch. I believe it was .09" thick.
I used it on my Sokol's model to make mattresses', of all things. Sokol's was a mattress maker, and from an old photo I found of some mattresses' on a wagon, well, I just had to do that. I scratchbuilt the wagon, complete with underbody rigging too, not my first time, I think it's my 4th, where I did one in Z scale once too. I really like testing my abilities to the limit, to see how far I can go. Remember, this model is also HO scale.
Wanted to show the mattresses' also.
The last photo shows the old picture I found that inspired me to do this.
Tony
Tony,
I built a couple of wagons myself. I could never figure an easy way to make wheels, tried soaking basswood to bend, etc.. nothing was easy. I ended up buying wheels from Grandt, and stealing some extras I got out of a Jordan wagon. So, how did you do it? It looks like plastic tube slices?
Loren...
Quote from: fsmcollector67 on December 22, 2017, 05:24:07 PM
Tony,
I built a couple of wagons myself. I could never figure an easy way to make wheels, tried soaking basswood to bend, etc.. nothing was easy. I ended up buying wheels from Grandt, and stealing some extras I got out of a Jordan wagon. So, how did you do it? It looks like plastic tube slices?
Loren...
Loren, thank you for asking. I used styrene tubing cut to the width of the tire, or wheel. If you need a thinner looking tube, or wheel, you can use brass. I thought of using that as an experiment sometime later. Anyways, from there, knowing the difference in size from the small hub diameter, and the inner diameter of the larger piece, I cut some styrene to length and glued them in place using a printed copy of some real wagon wheels. So, if the inner one is .06", and the I/d of the larger is .312, the difference is .252, so the lengths needed to cut will be .126", or .125 to round out. I used styrene rod that worked well, you could also use some styrene sheet or strips of that length and just cut off from that the number of staves you'll need. Then it's just a matter of placing each one in and using a fine paint brush to add some styrene cement to the assembly. There will be some fiddling involved, but I think one key to fitting them is to put a small taper on the inner stave if they get tight. You could go to more extreme and round the edges of the pieces, but that is a small detail that may or may not be seen, I didn't. Here is a picture of them finished with some mud attached from long wet drives on muddy roads. And a picture I made up as a template to make the wheels.
The horses I showed were from a Jordan kit, and I used a real horse to get the coloring right. They were unhitched to feed while the mattress's were being loaded, and a driver's helper was watching over them.
Tony,
Thanks for the great info. Next time I will have to give it a try...
Loren...
Quote from: fsmcollector67 on December 24, 2017, 11:54:12 AM
Tony,
Thanks for the great info. Next time I will have to give it a try...
Loren...
Your welcome Loren.