The Modelers Thread

[Rufus T. Firefly]

That roof turned out nice, Rufus. Looks a bit like some of my 1:1-scale tarpaper work from years ago.

Thanks! Should have this one done in a few days; after Strasburg, probably.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Near to or done....

[healey36]

Great little model, the kind of thing one could look at for twenty minutes and likely not see everything (nor truly appreciate).

Where'd you get the bald-headed guy? He looks good.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Great little model, the kind of thing one could look at for twenty minutes and likely not see everything (nor truly appreciate).

Thanks! Probably will add a few other bits here & there.

Where'd you get the bald-headed guy? He looks good.

Aspen Modelworks or something like that, I think. Had to find a good use for him,

[Wburg Pete]

Very nice!!

[gregj410]

Finally done with the saw mill for now. I need to place it on the layout before I add some other details. I discovered it’s not always easy to find figures doing what you want them to be doing. I ended up working with what was available from Arttista. So the scene here is the big boss and the old man show up to find out why production is lagging. Clear to see why I think a few pink slips are in order

[healey36]

Looks like you have a good solution for allowing a view of the interior. That’s another model that gives the observer a lot to look at...very nice.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Flawless. A beautiful accomplishment . A work of art, actually, IMHO .

[gregj410]

Thank you! That roof was so flimsy and then when I weathered it, it wanted to bend and bow. I was able to add some bracing underneath to straighten it out.

[RBH29]

That's a fantastic scene. I like the leather power belts and your lighting solution is perfect.

[Wburg Pete]

Very nice work!!

[gregj410]

Thank you(s)! I used wax paper weathered with buff weathering powder. I’ve never witnessed a mill like this in operation so I followed the directions the best I could. I also discovered this is a model from the Lazinka saw mill in Oregon. Google had some pics that helped me to understand a few things that were fuzzy on the instructions I got a few little details wrong but all things considered I’m happy with the results.

[healey36]

When I was a kid, there was a water-powered saw mill in one of the small towns nearby. Was only in there once before they tore it down, but it was pretty amazing. The place probably had a dozen or more machines running off belts/pulleys arrayed across the ceiling, all individually powered using levers that were used to engage/disengage each machine's belt for use. A big steel or iron undershot water-wheel on the side with a decent sized dam. The only mill I was ever in that was used for something other than grinding wheat and corn.

[Jim K]

Very, very nice model.

Jim K

[gregj410]

Very, very nice model.

Jim K

Thank you Jim!