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It is the subject of a how-to type article in a future Garden Railways magazine (don't know when yet). These are some low res photos that were not used in the article. Actually the article is not about a department store but making resin models of any structure with repeating architecture. If you try to fail, and you succeed, which did you do? http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102&whichpage=1 http://www.freewebs.com/santmod/ Country: USA | Posts: 1219 Tyson Rayles Moderator Premium Member Posted - 11/03/2010 :  2:12:43 PM   Very nice Bob! Mike Country: USA | Posts: 10255 sgtbob Fireman Premium Member Posted - 11/03/2010 :  3:20:49 PM     Tyson, Thanks for your comment, much appreciated. Bob If you try to fail, and you succeed, which did you do? http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102&whichpage=1 http://www.freewebs.com/santmod/ Country: USA | Posts: 1219 Ray Dunakin Crew Chief Posted - 11/07/2010 :  12:17:39 AM     quote: Originally posted by sgtbob Thanks Ray. I've been thinking, how's that bakery going, any progress?? Cheers, Bob No progress on the bakery lately. I got a new control system as an early Christmas present, and that got me sidetracked on a whole new series of projects. First I had to build a weatherproof storage cabinet. Then I had to install the receivers in the loco. I decided to start with a 1/29th scale Aristocraft RS-3 diesel my brother-in-law gave us a couple years ago. But before installing the electronics (I'm also adding sound), I wanted to kitbash it into a 1/24th scale narrow gauge loco. I've been working on that for about a month now. If you're interested, the build thread is in the "large scale" part of the forum here. Visit www.raydunakin.com to see pics of the rugged and rocky In-ko-pah Railroad! Country: USA | Posts: 842 sgtbob Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/02/2011 :  12:21:44 PM     Part one of the article on the above department store appears in the current (Jan/Feb 2011) issue of Garden Railways magazine. While working on a model aircraft (another hobby of mine) I was casting around for another Model Railroad project. Way back in the Sep/Oct 1989 issue of the Gazette there was a sketch of a crane mounted on a 1926 Mack Truck. It has been in the back of my brain ever since. The sketch was detailed enough to "freelance" a model, but not enough for a detailed one. I recently found a web site that sells reproductions of old manuals and I found one from the Universal Crane Co. with cranes mounted on Mack Trucks. That was enough to get me off and running. The crane will be scratchbuilt, mounted on the chassis of a slightly modified Monogram 1/24 scale 1926 Mack Truck. I have used several of these kit trucks on my layout and none are built straight from the box. Here are two photos from that manual and the starting kit. My project will be to represent a dirty, well used truck, but not a broken down rust bucket. Download Attachment: 002.JPG 47.93 KB If you try to fail, and you succeed, which did you do? http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102&whichpage=1 http://www.freewebs.com/santmod/ Country: USA | Posts: 1219 UKGuy Fireman Posted - 01/02/2011 :  1:42:35 PM       Looks like another interesting project to follow Bob, I'll look forward to it. Karl.A Country: USA | Posts: 5448 Ray Dunakin Crew Chief Posted - 01/03/2011 :  9:11:02 PM     That Mack crane looks like a fun, cool project! I just got the new GR today and read your article. Very helpful stuff! I've always wanted to know how to get a smooth, flat surface on the back of large castings. One question: How well do resin castings hold up outdoors? Visit www.raydunakin.com to see pics of the rugged and rocky In-ko-pah Railroad! Country: USA | Posts: 842 sgtbob Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/04/2011 :  07:26:15 AM     Karl and Ray, thanks for your comments. Karl, I guess we'll be following each other's strings. I always enjoy yours. Ray, I don't know, my model railroad is indoors, however, I have been told that they hold up just fine. (I would think that direct sun for an extended period would soften them a bit). I see that Jack Verducci uses resin in a lot of his outdoor structures and there are Garden Railroad structure kits all in resin ( like Muella Scale Models). In addition, the resin used in this project is only skin deep, there is a stronger structure under the surface as you will see in part 2. Bob If you try to fail, and you succeed, which did you do? http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102&whichpage=1 http://www.freewebs.com/santmod/ Country: USA | Posts: 1219 sgtbob Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/04/2011 :  09:09:44 AM     The first part of this build was easy, the chassis was built as per the kit. The only addition was the bed for the crane whch was a simple throw together of .040 sheet styrene. I wanted to get that in place before I painted the chassis. Download Attachment: 2Chassis2.JPG 68.49 KB If you try to fail, and you succeed, which did you do? http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102&whichpage=1 http://www.freewebs.com/santmod/ Country: USA | Posts: 1219 sgtbob Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/04/2011 :  12:31:57 PM     I took that good side view photo, enlarged it on my computer, and printed it out at exactly the size of the model chassis. That gave me an easy reference to measure parts of the crane. Here is the crane cab just in it's basic form, no detail added yet. That is all white sheet styrene, the lighting where I took the photos made it look tan. I used .060 for the base, .040 for the sides, and .020 for the curved roof. Now into the fun of detailing it. If you try to fail, and you succeed, which did you do? http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102&whichpage=1 http://www.freewebs.com/santmod/ Country: USA | Posts: 1219 sgtbob Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/05/2011 :  08:54:53 AM     Got the cab in place. The change from the kit was easy. Many of these trucks did not have a cab top and windshield and the kit has lines and instructions on where to cut the parts for that version. Now I have to "dirty" that up. If you try to fail, and you succeed, which did you do? http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102&whichpage=1 http://www.freewebs.com/santmod/ Country: USA | Posts: 1219 sgtbob Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/05/2011 :  09:07:45 AM     More work done on the crane cab. The gasoline engine on the real crane is mounted crossways in the read of the cab, serviced buy the small door on the lower left of the right side and the large door on the lower part of the back. It has a clunky old truck radiator on the left side. I was going to use an old motor left over from an old kit but it cannot be seen with the doors closed. If you try to fail, and you succeed, which did you do? http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102&whichpage=1 http://www.freewebs.com/santmod/ Country: USA | Posts: 1219 sgtbob Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/05/2011 :  12:27:01 PM     Got the cab suitably dirty. Painted up a driver but did not have him ready when I took this photo. If you try to fail, and you succeed, which did you do? http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102&whichpage=1 http://www.freewebs.com/santmod/ Country: USA | Posts: 1219 sgtbob Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/06/2011 :  12:08:24 PM     While waiting for paint to dry on the crane cab I made the clamshell bucket. It turned out to be a little model all in itself. All it needs now is a bit of cleaning up with fine sandpaper and painted. All sheet styrene with a few pieces of styrene rod and tubing. If you try to fail, and you succeed, which did you do? http://www.railroad-line.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=30102&whichpage=1 http://www.freewebs.com/santmod/ Country: USA | Posts: 1219 sgtbob Fireman Premium Member Posted - 01/07/2011 :  09:15:32 AM     Here's today's post. Got the crane's cab painted and installed. Next project will be the boom of the crane and it's machinery. Will have to do a bit of "freelancing" there as I have no really good photos or drawings of that area. The driver looks like he's taking a break, maybe I'll have to make him a lunchbox. Won't be posting for a couple of days. A bunch of my grand-kids and great grand-kids could not make it here for Christmas because of the snowstorm that went up the coast. They will be here tomorrow (snowed again today but not too much) and we will have a second Christmas family get-together. 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