Buffalo Canyon Mining Company in On30

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

Jerry, thank you for your compliment and for following the build.

Rich, thank you for your compliment.  I'm glad you like the stone colors.

Curt, I appreciate the continued support.

Rick, thank you for the praise.

Larry, glad you like the stone.  It never comes out the same.

Philip, actually, it's just beans in a bean sauce, lol.  Thanks!

Folks, I appreciate you keeping me on my toes.

Today was mostly spent hunched over the keyboard, working on 3D printing scaling.  We'll see how the details look after printing. I finished the interior of the sheriff's office, although I don't think you'll be able to see it.



I started making trumpet vines today...

Have fun,
mike

[Jerry]

Whether you can see it or not.  We can see it perfectly right now fantastic work Mike!

Jerry

[deemery]

Mike, no "Wanted" posters?   

Ah, I see them when I enlarge the photo.   Who's featured there?

dave

[PRR Modeler]

That looks right out of the westerns Mike. Well done.

[Rick]

Very nice interior.

[Philip]

The Pokey

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

Jerry, Dave, Curt, Rick, and Philip, thank you for your comments.  Dave, the wanted posters were randomly picked from the web.

The 3D projects are going well.  The vine is almost finished; it just needs leaves.  Here's what it looks like in winter (which I am not modeling).


Close-up of the Sheriff taking a nap. 


Have fun,
mike

[Jerry]

Mike they all look wonderful.  How did you make the vine???

Jerry

[deemery]

The sherrif looks GREAT!!!

dave

[Rick]

Mike, the sheriff turned out very good.
I'll be watching as you finish the tree.

[ACL1504]

Mike,

Fantastic job on the Sheriff's Office. Typical for him to be taking a nap, well done.

Tom

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

Jerry, thank you. I'll post photos of the process. 

Dave, thanks for the nice compliment.

Rick, thank you.

Tom, thanks for following and the compliment.

Here are the steps for the vines.  I am waiting for the hairspray to dry before adding flowers.

 

Step 1: Get twine or jute.
Step 2: Cut a length and dye with brown India ink and alcohol or water.
Step 3: Separate and unravel one end of the twine.  These will be your branches.
Step 4: Coat the vine from step 3 with either hairspray or spray adhesive like 777.  Sprinkle leaves material on the wet vine limbs and let them dry. Recoat if necessary.
Step 5:  Not shown - use orange or red paint and dab small amounts to represent flowers.

That's it, simple.  There are several YouTube videos on the subject, too.  

I used Noch leaves, but any ground turf will do.


Have fun,
mike

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

I decided to work on the post office next.  I designed the structure in Affinity Designer (now Canva Designer) and cut it on the Xtool M1 laser.  It is an older model laser but works great for the hobby.  


Here are the pieces cut and ready to assemble.


The structure is tab and slot, so the corners will get 1X4s to cover the tabs.  I may to design a cabinet with mail slots for the inerior, but I don't know if I will have time.  An olive drab mailbox, common in my era, will reside in the front. I plan to paint it white with a green roof.  Shingle material is still in question.  The door and windows are from Tichy.

That's it for now.

Have fun,
mike

[PRR Modeler]

The PO parts are very well done. I think I'm going to give the vines a try. I never realized there is brown India Ink.
 

[friscomike]

Howdy folks,

Curt, thanks for your comment.  The vines are easy to make and fun to experiment with.

Here are the fines on the sheriff's office.  I didn't make them too thick because my time period is early spring.


Have fun,
mike