Buffalo Canyon Mining Company in On30

[deemery]

 See all those little holes?  Guess what goes in them.

Your patience??? 

dave

[Rick]

Wheels look great and hope most of the NBW's end up in those holes and not flying into the ether.

[Jerry]

Mike nice job on the wheels.
Good luck with those NBW's.  They have wings on them at times!! 

Jerry

[Pennman]

I've been following this thread in the wings, Mike. Great work .

Rich

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

Curt, Dave, Rick, Jerry, and Rich, thank you for following.

Thankfully, I only had four NBWs sprout wings and litter the floor, but I have many more to plant before I'm done. I drilled holes in the wheels deeper and larger to facilitate easy insertion.  It worked, but it is still tedious.  Today I ran out of painted NBWs, so that gave me a break from wearing 2.50+ diopter reading glasses.

The drill press with a foot pedal made the process less difficult.


This insertion process works well for me.


The first wheel is finished, with four more to go. Here's the front and back.
 

A little weathering and this wheel will be ready to mount.

Have fun,
mike

[deemery]

(The late) Craig Bisgeier and I visited Bernie Kempinski's layout.  Bernie put us to work, I was tasked with doing NBWs in a water wheel.  I think my loss rate (O scale NBWs) was still about 20%.  I blamed Bernie's tweezers. 

dave

[friscomike]

(The late) Craig Bisgeier and I visited Bernie Kempinski's layout.  Bernie put us to work, I was tasked with doing NBWs in a water wheel.  I think my loss rate (O scale NBWs) was still about 20%.  I blamed Bernie's tweezers. 

dave

Howdy Dave, tweezers make all the difference, so you are blameless. Have fun, mike

[PRR Modeler]

Wow Mike. That is truly outstanding.

[Pennman]

Mike,

I looked several pages back, and I couldn't find what you used
to paint/stain the wooden wheels with, they look great.

Rich

[friscomike]

Mike,

I looked several pages back, and I couldn't find what you used
to paint/stain the wooden wheels with, they look great.

Rich

Howdy Rich. I use 99% alcohol, black and brown India ink and black pigment from Dr. Bens.  I have no idea of the ratios. I added drops of color until I got the shade I liked.  I use the same stuff on all of my exterior wood models.  Have fun, mike

[friscomike]

Wow Mike. That is truly outstanding.

Howdy Curt, you are too kind.  Thank you.  ~mike

[GaryMc]

Great looking work on the wheels and the NBW's. I found using a toothpick with a dab of wax from a (new) toilet wax ring works really well for installing the NBW's in their little holes.

[Dave Buchholz]

I looked at the wheels...
Internally. I was saying "HOLY CRAP!"

JUST AMAZING!

Dave #5

[Philip]

Drilling for oil yet , Jed? 

looking great!

[Larry C]

Mike that is some fine craftsmanship going on there, keep 'er going. I think all the "launched" NBW's, as well as other items, all end up in the same place as that extra sock you can't find.