SierraWest O'Neills Fabrication

[fsmcollector67]

Steve,
what size tubing did you end up using for the lights? I have the .018 tubing left, but the LED wire size is .28mm, which is .011, hence two wire should not be able to fit into the ngineering tubing, unless you use the .025 tube???
Loren...

[SteveCuster]

For the hanging lights I used the .028 I believe. Anything smaller and you need to use the magnet wire.

-Steve

[SteveCuster]

I made some more progress today. I have a good feel for how all the roadways and paths are going to go now I think. I'm moving pretty slowly with this diorama, almost treating it as a whole bunch of small scenes. This is my first kit I approached this way. I usually try to scenic everything at once, under Brett's advice I am taking a different approach


I added the other side of the fence. This fence sits pretty close to the covered drive for the O'Neills welding shop.


I started detailing the pit area. I'm working my way out from the corner as you can see. The tractor is a Jordan I did a terrible job building when I was a kid. I sprayed it rust colored and applied some chalks. This is one of my favorite scenes in the diorama, I still have a whole bunch of junk to add.


I started detailing under the covered drive of the barn. I may put a vehicle under here but I'm not sure yet.

This is what it will look like with the covered drive in place. Still need to finish the roof.

Thanks for checking in.

-Steve

[cuse]

I love the pit full of scrap, particularly the imperfect concrete,  and the "dust" is amazing!! I'm torn between wanting to vacuum and being too grossed out to touch it 


(what a strange hobby)


Really excellent work!


John

[Janbouli]

When you add more junk and scrap to that pit be sure to not cover up too much of the concrete, it looks amazing .

[Zephyrus52246]

I agree with Jan, the concrete is amazing.  Great job all around.


Jeff

[SteveCuster]

Thanks everyone. The concrete wall is definitely a favorite part piece of the diorama. The detail in the castings are great. I colored them with a base of gray auto primer, I dusted them with some different brown colored chalks followed by A&I wash. The wash was pretty heavy to spread the chalks around.

[Slim Jerkins]

REALLY nice Steve! Modeling is superb.


Just a reminder for folks that want to "roll their own" and don't want to pay full price for the Ngineering stuff - go to my store www.microlumina.com to get a discount on the Ngineering stuff. I just overhauled the store and there is a lot more stuff listed. Still need to add some product photos though. 


-slim

[donatode]

Nice concrete Steve. Really looks real...!!

[jimmillho]

Nice concrete Steve. Really looks real...!!

You mean it's not real ??

Great looking job Steve

Jim

[SteveCuster]

Thanks Slim, Donato and Jim.

Slim, I'm going to need some more tubing for some outdoor lights soon. I'll check your site.

I made a bit more progress over the weekend. I got the main O'Neills buildings glued in place. Brett has really included some cool details with this kit. As usual with his kits, every detail is covered.


I added some more details to the pit area. The dirt is dry now so you can see a little better the color.


I installed the tower porch, the piping that runs under the porch, the tank and platform and the welding shop. I had to make sure I completed detailed behind the tank and under the platforms, I knew I couldn't add detail later very easily. The road in the front area is still drying in this shot.


I think the piping with the shut-off valve is one of the most interesting details. Really shows how much research Brett does when creating a kit.


I permanently installed the welding shop. The road is all still wet. This area is sparse and clean right now, I'll be fixing that shortly.

I'm working on the drum tipping cradle, then Ill be adding all the details to the concrete platform area.

Thanks for checking in.
-Steve

[S&S RR]

Steve


The build is looking great. Love the details!

[Janbouli]

WOW , this looks great , the pit is just fantastic , this must be such a fun kit to build.

[Powersteamguy1790]

The diorama looks fantastic Steve.

Stay cool and run steam........

[SteveCuster]

Thanks guys. I really appreciate the feedback.

I made a bit more progress on the detailing of the O'Neills portion of the diorama last week. I apologize in advance, this is a fairly picture loaded update.


I added the details to the area on the right side of the welding shop. I also glued the drive-thru framework in place.


Here is a little closer shot of this area. This area is for dumping waste oil barrels. The barrel dumping cradle is laser cut, it's a super cool detail.


I added quite a bit more details to the other side of the welding shop, I also glued the drive-under framework in place.


Here is that area zoomed out a bit. I use quite a bit of scrap wood for filling in detailed scenes. I think it adds a junked-up feel bit it costs nothing.


it took me a bit to figure out how I was going to deal with the transition between the scrapyard scene and the fabrication company area. I ended up just making a hill and covering it in weeds, bushes and garbage. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, I'll add some more junk in the hill but I'm trying to make sure I have enough details for the whole diorama.


I glued the roof to the left in place, the roof on the right is just placed there for now.


The foreground area is still in-process.




The scrapyard trash hill at a different angle.


This is the rear area, I haven't detailed anything past this point.


Here is an overall shot of the front of O'Neills. The area to the left is still being detailed and the ground is still wet.