Re: Sierra West Foundry Scratchbuild

[Zephyrus52246]

All the signs are great.  The sign for the foundry in your 6.jpg is the one I was referring to.  

Jeff

[friscomike]

Howdy Rich, 

The model shows your amazing talent for detail and construction.  Nice work.

Have fun,
mike

[Pennman]

Great pictures of the detail Rich.

But if you don't get here this morning and clean that toilet you going to be in a lot of trouble!!! 

Jerry

Thanks Jerry, more updates soon.

Rich

[Pennman]

Amen brother.

As is  true  of you  and  so many other  modelers here on this  forum I could mention, thank you for your explanations and photos  of your works, and efforts and  to  help all  our fellow modelers to improve their modeling skills .
I for one am appreciative of them.

(I'll await for that smooze check in the mail. Made sure you spell the name correctly so it doesn't bounce like last time)

Fifth Dave to the right

😅🤣

Thanks much Dave, it's appreciated. You are too kind.
PS: The check is in the mail....

Rich

[Pennman]

All the signs are great.  The sign for the foundry in your 6.jpg is the one I was referring to. 

Jeff

Thank you Jeff.  Well you can call me a thief now! I stole that sign from another modeler, online,
from his build of the Sierra West kit. I cropped it on the photo, then printed it out to paste
it to my building. I thought it would be fuzzier than how it came out, but I was wrong, obviously.
Thanks for following me with this group of structures. Hopefully I can get them on a base soon.

Rich

[Pennman]

Howdy Rich,

The model shows your amazing talent for detail and construction.  Nice work.

Have fun,
mike

Mike, Mike, you are way too kind in your thoughts regarding my modeling.
I don't understand what you think is amazing, it just comes naturally for me.
But, I'm glad you like it. Thanks again.

Rich

[friscomike]

Howdy Rich,

The model shows your amazing talent for detail and construction.  Nice work.

Have fun,
mike

Mike, Mike, you are way too kind in your thoughts regarding my modeling.
I don't understand what you think is amazing, it just comes naturally for me.
But, I'm glad you like it. Thanks again.

Rich

Howdy Rick,

Natural for you might be amazing for some of us.  Thanks for the inspiration.

Have fun,
mike

[Pennman]

Thank you Mike. I guess I shouldn't be so bashful and just accept it.
I will try to keep everyone interested.

Rich

[Bernd]

I was just going back through this thread viewing the nice work Rich is doing and the comments. The one that is of interest is Dave was talking about beam support. So I went to the Sierra West website to take a look at how Brett had done it. From what I can see from his photo's it looks like the beam is set back away from the front of the wall making it look like it's supported by the walls. White arrows.



The one thing that doesn't look plusible is the crane mounting. Red Arrows. I would think that the stone walls would not be able to hold any kind of weight hanging off the end of that crane. I had to blow up the picture from the orginal since that detail would have been hard to see.

That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it. 

Bernd

[Pennman]

Bernd,

Thank you for your explanation and expert analysis. I believe you are correct in your assumptions.
Although, what I think Dave was referring to was my lengthy beam extending out beyond the wall corner,
not being well-supported. Which in fact is true, due to my not finishing my corner yet. I do plan on
supporting it, but without having the sand pit established yet, there's no place to attach another
vertical support post to. I will get that done later.

Thanks to the both of you.
Rich

[Pennman]

Hello everyone... just a small update with a couple of pictures
to show you that this thread is still active...

The lighting in my room is poor and considering the numerous diorama's that are
accumulating within the walls of my dedicated space, it is difficult to get good pictures.

I want to show the other corner and side of the Blacksmith's Shop and Tempering Shed.
I constructed a wooden dock in front of the Blacksmith's Shop and another on the side with a
ramp instead of stairs. A tow motor will aide in moving heavy objects.

I had to shine a flashlight in order to film the brick oven between the two buildings, that was
setting back in the alcove in the dark. I used 1/32" thick Monster Model Works aged brick
sheeting for the outside of the brick oven. I like the way it accepts chalk & Alcohol.
Rarely do I use any acrylic paints on it.

Currently I am working on the roof details, adding more coloring to the stone building,
and buying some real estate. 

I will update this again a a couple of days. Thanks for looking.
Rich

[PRR Modeler]

Great modeling Rich. You have started me thinking about the crane and supports for my kit through the discussion here.

[friscomike]

Howdy, Rich, the shop and shed are looking good.  Thanks for the photos.  Have fun ,mike

[ACL1504]

Rich,

Quality Scratch build, look great.

Tom

[Rick]

Nice work Rich.
Keep at it.