Mauston Sand and Gravel

[ak-milw]

I have the wall end caps on and the roof angles cut. Also the door and window openings are in.



now to start bracing.

[ak-milw]

All the bracing is on, painted the inside black and the outside Apple Barrel acrylic Coffee Bean. Then assembled the whole thing.



next up is the foundation. just plain concrete.

[ak-milw]

Cement foundation and step are added and the windows and doors using Apple Barrel Palm Leaf green for the color.

[ak-milw]

I finished up the office building, pictures front and back.





I am waiting on some trucks from American Prototype so I can get some scenery done, in the mean time I am building some more fences.

[Janbouli]

I don't care what you do Andy , just keep doing it 

[barrymk]

That is one solid model in every sense of the word.  I like those Apple Barrel acrylics but sadly they seem to have disappeared from the UK after a brief presence.

[ak-milw]

I don't care what you do Andy , just keep doing it 

Thanks for the kind words and for looking.

[ak-milw]

That is one solid model in every sense of the word.  I like those Apple Barrel acrylics but sadly they seem to have disappeared from the UK after a brief presence.

Thanks Barry,
I have used the Apple Barrel paints for years, I like them better than all the other craft paints out there and they are cheap.

[ak-milw]

I need about 70 feet of fence to separate the gravel co. from the residential houses. I was going to scratchbuild them board by board but looking through my box of tricks I found enough fencing to do it. I found one section from Rusty Stumps and the rest from RS Laser kits. Might as well use them up. I am gluing on a little heavier post on each.



I guess you can see in the picture the two trucks I was waiting for, a 1953 Studebaker and a 37 chevy 2ton dump. will be starting on them shortly.

[ak-milw]

fencing all in.



Things left to do, build two trucks. paint 5 little people, build a scale platform and scale house, bunches of junk and scenery. Now on to the 53 Studebaker pick up.

[ak-milw]

Getting a little more scenery done and the 53 Studebaker.

[ak-milw]

Getting everything placed in the scene and I found an empty corner that has to be filled. Figured I would put in a diesel fuel barrel for the loader. Went to the scrap box and came up with this.



The cylinder is from an adding machine paper roll, two supports and a vent from a Tichy tank kit, a piece of .020 styrene and something that has two I beams on it. See if I can make a fuel barrel out of this.

[sdrees]

Andy,

Mauston Sand and Gravel is looking good.  Keep it up!!!!!!!

[ak-milw]

Thanks for stopping by Steve.

[ak-milw]

I traced the diameter of the cylinder onto the .020 styrene sheet and rough cut it out. Then glued it to the cylinder.



After it dried I trimmed it close with a sprue cutter then filed and sanded.