Blacksmith Shop

[Philip]

Terrific looking structure going together here.  I love the fisherman, no tall tales, he's pn the level...

  He likes beer no doubt. Thanks!

[ACL1504]

Philip,

Just getting caught up on you fantastic build. Wonderful job on the main structure and the 3D detail parts. This is really looking great.

Tom

[Philip]

Philip,

Just getting caught up on you fantastic build. Wonderful job on the main structure and the 3D detail parts. This is really looking great.

Tom

Thanks Tom!

[Philip]

Not much accomplished this week. I did manage to prepare the dormers with pre-sanding because I didn't use any supports. If you notice the bottom area of the gray dormer sitting there it has an edge on the bottom that flares out. It is also called elephant foot in 3d terms and I had to sand the devil out of the contact base to remove it and square it up. When you print like this it thinks it is printing supports. This way saves print time but creates a little dust when sanding. This print took two and a half hours to finish and then the bath in alcohol. Maybe 3 hours total but 20 minutes actual time to post process.

I had considered using 3 dormers but Larry said it would be overkill. Wise man! Hence the extra dormer.

I then primed both dormers and followed with a brushed on coat of brown paint to keep the gray base from peeking through. The rest is just strip wood CA'ed in place except the tiny overhangs. The window openings were lastly cut out with a new #11 blade. The windows openings were fiddle and came unglued during the cutting and trimming.

I added the boards to the walls first and cut the roof boards in after the dormers were attached. 

I then added a narrow wood block to each dormer to serve as a mount. The dormers were then both glued in place to the main roof with white glue and CA as some insurance. I also painted the inside raw wood blocks with black brush paint to hide the mounts, etc.

Good enough I suppose. I'm hopeful to get the two dormer windows and tin roof on or prepped this week. A whole lot of roof on this monster!




Philip

   

[Larry C]

Philip the looks sooooo good; well done and has a nice area balance.

[PRR Modeler]

Excellent job Philip.

[Rick]

Philip, I think two was a good decision.
They look very good.

[Philip]

Thanks you Larry, Curt, and Rick!

Philip