Buffalo Canyon Mining Company in On30

[Larry C]

Mike thanks for moving your layout over here; I'll be following along.
The Depot looks very well done; great job and have fun.

[Philip]

The laser rafters are nice as the building !

  

[Mr. Critter]

I just love that warm, unpainted board interior, especially the underside of the roof.  Looks just like the oil-finished interior woodwork that I've favored for years.  I'd be happy to wait for a train in that gorgeous little pile of sticks.

The outdoor benches, finished bright, echoing what's inside, are a fine touch.

[ACL1504]

Mike,

Thanks for continuing your modeling here on the forum.

I love the look and natural feel of the interior and exterior on the depot. Fantastic Mike, carry on.

Tom 

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

Rick, Curt, Larry, Philip, Tom, and Mr. Critter thank you for your comments.  I do appreciate them.

The next build in the thread is the Quitaque Fire House, a 4" X 6.5" structure adapted from Rich White's critter enginhouse.

Rich White's Engine house


Rich White's castings come with no instructions or parts, just castings.  This approach allows for a lot of fun in the build.  Here are the bare castings:

   

I sprayed the castings with white primer, then used acrylics to color them. 

Here is a photo from the Internet that I used as a coloring guide.


Finished exterior


Finished interior


That's it for now.  More build details will follow.

Have fun,
mike

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

The Quitaque fire station build continues with close ups of the exterior walls and floor.

This wall has a chair, telephone, workbench and ladder attached to the casting.


The opposite wall has a ladder and a collection of chemical fire extinguishers common during the era.


The floor is basswood playwood.


That's it for now.

Have fun,
mike

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

I am thrilled with the results of my 3D resin printer (Mars 3). Here is a sample of details parts that might be hard to find and cost a fortune to ship: a bell for the tower on the Fire Station, an early 1900s chemical fire extinguisher, and a wall-mount crank telephone. For reference, the telephone is 18" tall in 1:1.

3D Prints


Have fun,
mike

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

Work on the fire station continues with assembly of the walls, roof, and floor.

The completed interior with fire truck


I ordered windows and doors from Grandtline, but misplaced them in a move from Texas to Georgia.  I decided to design and cut them with the laser. That was my first window and door adventure on the laser.  The doors are made of six laminated parts, plus the glazing. I am happy with the laser scoring function that left a nice deep mark on the diagonal boards in the door. The windows are made up of five layers plus glazing. I am happy the laser could cut those mullions. They are fine. I made the doors and windows in the manner of Dave Meek from .025 laser/resin board. He has a terrific video that makes the process look simple. Duh, if I could do it, most folks could after watching the video. I learned a lot about designing the doors in CAD and am glad to have that under my belt.

 

Roofing material was 400 grit sandpaper cut into to strips and colored with pigments.


That's it for now.  Next up will be the bell tower.

Have fun,
mike

[PRR Modeler]

Wow Mike you've been busy. Everything looks great. Did you just build this or is it an older build you did?

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

Today's activities mostly focused on the bell tower, specifically the bell support. The bell support will be enclosed in a slant roof structure with a rolled asphalt roof. It will be simple. I still need to add interior supports for the extra weight, pillow block caps, counterweight, bell pull rope and a little more weathering. The bell and spindle wheel were 3D printed.

   

That does it for the bell tower.  Next up, finish the windows and doors.

Have fun,
mike

[friscomike]

Wow Mike you've been busy. Everything looks great. Did you just build this or is it an older build you did?

Howdy Curt,  

All the postings in this thread to date are past builds from the old RRL On30 topic.  I plan to add all the structures, backgrounds and interesting stuff to this thread.  

I've completed Nowlin's Gas mostly with a little weathering of the dirt and a few weeds left to add.  I'll post those photos when I finish adding the rest of the old builds.

Have fun,
mike

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

This closes (for now) the chronicle of the Quitaque Fire Station. I still need to make a sign but I haven't decided what to say. I especially like the Rich White castings and his leaving the construction and other parts to the builder.

In summary, the challenges for me were the doors and windows. I purchased them before my move to Georgia, but I could not for the life of me find them. I decided to make my own on the laser and was pleased with the outcome. I learned how from Dave Meek's videos at Thunder Mesa Studio. It is relatively easy.

Making the interior and bell tower parts on the 3D printer was a lot of fun, too. It took a while to get the hang of scaling, but I succeeded in the end. The 3D details were the chemical fire extinguishers, table, chairs, telephone, potbelly stove, and bell plus its parts. The interior ladders were from Rslaserkits and are very nice. I'm sure I'll add more details outside the station when it is planted on the layout.

Here is a 360 view of the station.

       

That's a wrap, but what is next?

Have fun,
mike

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

This post depicts the build of the fire truck.  I was traveling when I started the build, but brought the firetruck with me to remove flash and part lines. The kit is the Wiseman O scale Model T fire truck. It is a nice kit with loads of detail. There wasn't much flash to remove so I mostly filed the parts. I had to spend about an hour filing the fire equipment frame to get it to fit the chassis, otherwise no problems. I recommend this kit.

The obligatory kit packaging.



Here is a photo of all the parts and the parts after filing.
 

Primed and ready for assembly
 

Painted and assembled


Waiting for a fire


That's it for the fire truck.  Next up is the Palitti Tannery build.

Have fun,
mike

[Larry C]

Mike obviously it's going to take you some time to get your thread caught
up to date. Take your time and we'll enjoy the review.

[elwoodblues]

Mike, very nice job on the fire truck.

I have built a couple of them from Wiseman Model Services, they are great kits and would recommend them also.