Buffalo Canyon Mining Company in On30

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friscomike

#375
May 24, 2025, 10:27:39 AM
Quote from: Jerry on May 24, 2025, 12:09:55 AMGreat work Mike the green looks nice now.
I'd leave the door open a tad also.

You could also put boards on the rafters to hide them if you can't get them apart.

Jerry
Howdy Jerry, thanks for your input and idea to correct my mistake.  I've been putting off going upstairs and trying to pry it off...  Have fun, mike
My current builds are on the Buffalo Canyon Mining Company's wooden Howe Truss Bridge, and miscellaneous rolling stock .

Philip

#376
May 25, 2025, 12:36:57 PM
Great work Mike! I'd take a scratch awl or heavy sandpaper and obscure the contour lines in those brick faces.

It's gonna be nice!

Can that be printed vertically?

Philip

friscomike

#377
May 27, 2025, 11:47:53 AM
Howdy folks,

Philip, thanks for the comment.  I don't know, having not tried it, but I don't see why not.  It would be faster because bulk printing is easier.  I can't see the print lines at 12" distance.

Have fun,
mike
My current builds are on the Buffalo Canyon Mining Company's wooden Howe Truss Bridge, and miscellaneous rolling stock .

friscomike

#378
May 27, 2025, 11:56:48 AM
Howdy folks,

My benchwork is on the water tower roof, specifically the shingles.  Here are photos of the first hex segment and three completed.  Just three more...

The segment is around 3/4" at the base.  The shingles were applied to .03" plastic.


Three segments today.  I'm still thinking about what to use at the hex segment peaks, singles or wood strips.


I'll tweak the shingles and dry brush them after they are attached to the tank body.

Have fun,
mike
My current builds are on the Buffalo Canyon Mining Company's wooden Howe Truss Bridge, and miscellaneous rolling stock .

PRR Modeler

#379
May 27, 2025, 12:25:09 PM
They look very good Mike. Who makes the shingels?
Curt Webb
The Late Great Pennsylvania Railroad
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friscomike

#380
May 27, 2025, 12:30:37 PM
Quote from: PRR Modeler on May 27, 2025, 12:25:09 PMThey look very good Mike. Who makes the shingels?
Howdy, those are from Rusty Stumps, straight cut, shake.  I am rapidly running out of my stock from RS.  ~mike
My current builds are on the Buffalo Canyon Mining Company's wooden Howe Truss Bridge, and miscellaneous rolling stock .

deemery

#381
May 27, 2025, 12:52:24 PM
The prototype might have just put a drop of tar at the top and along the seams.

dave
Modeling the Northeast in the 1890s - because the little voices told me to

friscomike

#382
May 27, 2025, 01:52:22 PM
Howdy folks,

Dave, thanks for the comment.

The segments are finished and ready to be assembled.  Here is a photo with the segments resting on a printed paper template.



Have fun,
mike
My current builds are on the Buffalo Canyon Mining Company's wooden Howe Truss Bridge, and miscellaneous rolling stock .

Philip

#383
May 27, 2025, 02:27:12 PM
Just wow! I want to share the way I did a roof similar. I place scale 1x2 or 1x3 so it didn't need capped at each seam. Lower roof is the same. I cut it out with a steel nail file I stole from Gena. Basically a dado cut. Added some old watch parts as the finial.

Philip

Larry C

#384
May 27, 2025, 02:39:37 PM
Mike nice roof and looks quite fidly to build.
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Rick

#385
May 27, 2025, 06:54:22 PM
Mike, outstanding job on staining those shingles.
I don't think you shared how you did it.

Jerry

#386
May 27, 2025, 11:06:28 PM
Mike excellent work on that roof.

Jerry
"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years." A. Lincoln

friscomike

#387
May 27, 2025, 11:56:40 PM
Quote from: Philip on May 27, 2025, 02:27:12 PMJust wow! I want to share the way I did a roof similar. I place scale 1x2 or 1x3 so it didn't need capped at each seam. Lower roof is the same. I cut it out with a steel nail file I stole from Gena. Basically a dado cut. Added some old watch parts as the finial.

Philip


Howdy Philip, thanks for the comment.  Your technique is what I used, and the roof looks similar.  Your tower looks fantastic.  It's a beautiful model.  Have fun, mike
My current builds are on the Buffalo Canyon Mining Company's wooden Howe Truss Bridge, and miscellaneous rolling stock .

friscomike

#388
May 27, 2025, 11:59:41 PM
Quote from: Larry C on May 27, 2025, 02:39:37 PMMike nice roof and looks quite fidly to build.
Howdy Larry, believe me, it was fiddly...real fiddly.  I used plastic as the underlayment so it would be easy to glue the wedges together.  I don't have good luck with superglue, maybe it's old. Thanks for the comment.  Have fun, mike
My current builds are on the Buffalo Canyon Mining Company's wooden Howe Truss Bridge, and miscellaneous rolling stock .

friscomike

#389
May 28, 2025, 12:04:37 AM Last Edit: May 28, 2025, 10:05:10 AM by friscomike
Quote from: Rick on May 27, 2025, 06:54:22 PMMike, outstanding job on staining those shingles.
I don't think you shared how you did it.
Howdy Rick, thank you for your kind words.  I brushed a coat of a dark weathered grey stain on raw cedar shingles.  I followed up with a light barnwood stain from Dr Ben's applied with a sponge.  Finally, I sprayed this with an A/I mixture from an old hairspray bottle.  Nothing fancy.  I try different techniques on every roof I build.  Have fun, mike

My current builds are on the Buffalo Canyon Mining Company's wooden Howe Truss Bridge, and miscellaneous rolling stock .
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