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[David G.]

and gave it some washes / drybrushing again

and the staff jumped up out of their chairs to test it out ..

one grabbed a piece of aluminium sheetmetal and in no time got a nice curve >>

OK... Now you're just showing off!

Seriously though, you continue to amaze me with the level of realism you create and the speed at which you do it.

David G.

Edited March 19, 2013 by David G.

[crazyrichard]

lol thnx guys , and what is next .. i really dont know never had a plan from the start , just sit and build and make up as i go ...

i do need to make some handrails along the stairs .. i think i will be doing that

in the end more small details need to be added like all the wrenches and tools from the fujimi kit..

and maybe i will try to make some special tools myself

i also still have the floorstands for under the axle and a garage jack from the fujimikit .. saving that for last because scratching stuff is more fun

btw davis i have to say on the english wheel i'm not a 100% statisfied with the result so maybe i will make a new one later on

Edited March 19, 2013 by crazyrichard

[crazyrichard]

well i'm not real pleased with the english wheel , so i decided to try out pin striping and did so with a hand pensil / brush

i'm thinking of making a nicer english wheel so used this to test pinstriping on

to much lines yes

also in real life it looks betetr then on a picture ..

[DailyGrindCustoms]

I wish I had the skills to finish one with half this amount of detail. This is some great work!

[Hollywood Jim]

Very cool.

Great work !!

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[crazyrichard]

thnx guys and brock for me seeing other great dio builders helped me and pushed me to start and want to make it as good as i can ... just start and you will see its really not that hard to create some nice looking garage stuff ...

[DailyGrindCustoms]

Thank you for the tip, I need to try to get started on a dio. I really can see your skills come in to play in this though. This is an outstanding build, Great looking garage Id love to display something like this.

[crazyrichard]

just go for it its way fun



well desided to try and make the english wheel more matching with the rest and used some paint juices fgollowed with a layer of clear coat .
then redid the chrome on the rollers and added some matte rust
added a iron workers decal and a die-hard decal.
then found out a vw bus badge fitted in one of the drilled holes , i thought that looked like fun ,, like one of the mechanics put that in there



also have some bolts for the floor plate





some pics with de "t" and the towrod

[charlie8575]

Some very impressive work with the added details and the scratch-built tools.

This is fantastic work.

Charlie Larkin

Edited March 20, 2013 by charlie8575

[crazyrichard]

thnx charly

just heard a rumour that the garage would be inspected soon .. so got the staff to quickly start a handrail on the stairs

rought first set up maybe i will do one along the wall also

[John Teresi]

Richard ......this Dio. is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

[Dr. Cranky]

Very cool photo op diorama. Love it.

[crazyrichard]

thnx guys

[crazyrichard]

finished the hand rail



so they can finally go upstairs in a safe way



not real logical since there is no storage upstairs but i liked the shot

Edited March 21, 2013 by crazyrichard

[James2]

Lots of cool stuff to see!

[Tony T]

Every update is a pleasure to see! Great job on this! Love it!

[Tom Geiger]

Great work on the upper level! Turn the desk around so the boss is looking down on the shop floor. Then he can sit up there and yell at the workers

[crazyrichard]

thnx guys !!

and did that with the desk but then it didnt look as nice as how its sitting now ..

also with the stuff on the desk like the phone , camera and magazine its nicer to look at this way

also thats all gued in place now sooo

today i dint feel 100% , not sick nut also not .. didnt feel like building (rare for me:P )

so in the morning i just cleaned the fujimi tools from sprue residue and painted the lot chrome ..

also painted a extention cord and floor jacks , those need more layers

[Eshaver]

Richard, stay at it . This garage is very nice !

[crazyrichard]

thnx and well another update then ??

started ading the tools on the benches , in the toolbox etc , also put a tape recorder / player in the hanging cabinet
and beside the mill i put a extension cord





some pics with light true the windows and just overall















the truck also fits , need to continue that one still

[vintagedragfan]

wow Richard! the shop looks fantastic, awesome work man!!!

[crazyrichard]

thnx bill !

started on some roof steel , got these free strips , dont know what they where for but i have a lot of those



made a start



then doubled up and made it thicker , a h profile from styrene would be nicer but that would not be cheap and this stuff was free.
now i also like to use old stuff and recycle stuff so this was perfect



keeping it removable



put a wooden plate on top to see how it would be closed up with a ceiling , just for a test..
its making the whole dio very dark and takes away a lot of sight on everything..
now one idea would be to make a closed ceiling but with hinges so it can open up as well and maybe make the steel supports against that so you can open up the whole roof and have a open dio





as a base coat i sprayed it with alu spray

[Joker]

The latest update "tops" it all...LOL

Thanks Rich.

[Tom Geiger]

The roof detail looks good, as long as you don't glue it down so it can be taken off to show off the details.

[dannyi]

..now this is very impressive to say the least! ..a fella could spend hours looking at this and still not catch everything, great work Richard, attention to detail is off the charts!!!