J.D.'s Machine Shop

[Larry C]

Thought I would share a diorama I did last year called "J.D.'s Machine Shop:



This is the back with the a scratch built water tank, an old boiler, a disused vertical steam engine, and a few other pieces of misc. junk.





Here's the left end and the right end looking into the Shop. You'll notice the water tank is piped into the ground with it going underground then up and into the boiler.



The boiler is up on cement piers with coal storage nearby along with a few details on the deck.



Here's a better view of the interior. The Shop itself is about 40 x 18 scale feet. The framing is made up from 6x6's grained and colored with chalks along with A&I. The wall boards are 1x10's finished off the same way as the framing. The floor is 2x10's glued to a piece of thin card. The windows are Grant Line while the machines, pulleys, and steam engine are from Crow River. Also the figures are from Rusty Rail which I painted. The majority of the other details are from Rusty Rail as well.

This project took several months to complete and was a fun build; hope you've enjoyed my efforts.

[deemery]

Looks great, love that you have the belts all installed!

Some weathering thoughts:  Near the boiler, coal dust and ash dust.  Near the engine, some oil stains.  And in the corners, general cruft and maybe some metal shavings...   And a coal bin outside (with coal dust) and coal dirt from the bin to the boiler...

dave

[ACL1504]

Larry,

Wow, that is fantastic. Such great details that really make it a busy machine shop, as it should.

Tom

[friscomike]

Howdy Larry, I've said it before, that's a fantastic build with superb attention to detail.  About that snow in the first photo...  Have fun, mike

[Larry C]

Dave, Tom, and Mike thank you so much for your comments. Since I've taken a break from modeling for
a bit I thought it would be nice to share a couple of my dioramas.

[Philip]

Nice re-cap Larry! 

[Rick]

Larry, nice to see this project again.

[Larry C]

Philip and Rick, thank you.

[robert goslin]

Good to see this structure again Larry.  You did such a wonderful job with it.
And good to see all the belts fitted.