Scratchbuild project - Modesto J.S. West Mill complex

Very nice work. Thank you for sharing.

 

Beautiful work Dave!

 

That's a very slick looking complex there- well done indeed. Threads like these are the ones that really give me inspiration for diving in to a project that I would have considered impossible. Thanks for posting! Jamie

 

Outstanding work!
Jeff

 

:tb-ooh::tb-oohave this looks sweet can't wait to see it finished.

 

Very impressive indeed:thumbs_up:

 

Nice work. You've given me several ideas for bins I will need for a future project.

 

I haven't been, but I went back and estimated what I have in so far - 105 hours, probably a conservative estimate as I went through the calendar and looked at the dates when I took the progress shots. I started in Nov, before Thanksgiving. I think I'll try to keep better track from here on out, you've got me curious now.

 

Wow nice work Dave!!!!
Have you and Jeff been back to the loop?

 

Outstanding work Dave.. Really makes me want to get building..

BTW, what did you use for the bottoms on those silos made from Pex tubing?

 

Hey Mike - long time no talk! Jeff and I have done a couple railfan trips, but nothing recently, I haven't been able to get out there as often lately. How have you been? Are you still modelling?

Art - I made cylindrical cones out of .015 sheet styrene. It was kind of a trial and error process, I probably made 3 or 4 cones for each good one that I kept. I used the same process for the rotary distributors on the elevator assemblies.

 

Thanks! I was thinking that's what you had done.

 

Dave, just scrolled through the whole thread: WOW! it's definitely an eye-catching structure and looks like it will frame trains beautifully.

 

Very impressive.

I also really like the liquid cement bottle holder. That's a great idea!

 

Somehow I completely missed the last several pages of this thread, so I'm REALLY glad someone dug it up...because OMG that is stunning, Dave! Just a real thing of beauty.

 

Thanks guys. I'm starting to get back at it after a bit of a break. I got motivated to make the sign, here it is just temporarily taped in place. I started out by trying to just copy & photoshop the sign from the slide, but the image wasn't clear enough, so I ended up just creating the whole thing in powerpoint.




Next up is the piping and catwalks on the cylindrical tanks in the background

 

Agreed. What I would like to know is where Dave got the realistic N Scale figure in the second pic

 

Dave,
I just went thru all 9 pgs.,& all I can say is WOW!!!!

 

tools

Could you list the tools you use to get such nice results cutting the styrene? I am starting some scratchbuilt projects and I am sure I need some more tools.

 

Here's what I use, pretty low tech stuff....

...basically a couple of needle files (round and square), metal ruler/straightedge, Proweld, a triangle to get 90 degree angles, a mill ba$tard for bigger filing, tweezers, scissors, and sandpaper. And a SHARP razor blade. As soon as it gets even the slightest bit dull I replace it.