garage diorama fully detailed and fully scratch build ...

[crazyrichard]

made a plate on the pillar for a brand name , will put that on after paint and when its done

the logo loosely on the plate (with some moist lol)

[bobthehobbyguy]

Impressive. Great job

[bpletcher55]

VERY NICE WORK ,AS ALL WAYS ,

[crazyrichard]

thnx guys

[crazyrichard]

came home from work and did sme work on the garage lift

made rods from old sprue .. at one side i sanded a pint shape on them , drilled holes in the center of the movable sliders and glued the rod on the sliders

the point shape on the rods fall into the guiders in the colums .. so it still moves up and down but looks like its attaches and driven in the legs

then took 2 pieces of a sprue window with bends and cut them to the right width , used a bush in the middle , looks nice , gives stability ... so this is now the distribution for powerlines from one leg to the other (and for the 2 "electric" motors i will add later (not really electric) )

on one sprue bend i left a piece of rod sticking out .. glues a bush on it so later i can make a powerline from there to the wall .. that will be the main power / electric feed

with the charger on , the rods just just took the weight and it stayed up after a lot of patience , the fron pillar is just for balance .. now i know the pillars and all can handle the weigh , now i need to make some beefy legs on the movable parts in a y shape and make sure i can lock the movable parts in some way .. sure i will come up with something

Edited September 26, 2014 by crazyrichard

[crazyrichard]

went on >

found these things in the partsbox , i think they where ment as gas cilinders or ?? dont remember .. they where chrome , poor quality , so i dechromed them and glued the halfs together , cut a piece of the top

then notoced the lever on the colom was a bit thick scale wise , in fact it was a gear shifter , cut the stick of and cut a steel pin to lenght and glued that in

then fitted the electric motors (whell thats what they now are lol )

then tryed a lot of stuff to use as a cover on top , nothing worked , then i found 2 rim backs and i cut out the shape of the pillars and fitted them like this

[Dinky]

Awesome job Richard

[rmvw guy]

Okay, you have me excited once again!!! Over the top NICE! I love your work Richard! Looking forward to all the rest.

[crazyrichard]

thnx guys .. i'm going to a big modelstore today .... maybe ... maybe i will buy some styrene .. def will get some scale wood ..

[crazyrichard]

went to the modelstore and got awsome real thin clear lexaan for the windows , got a whole sheet , stuff is superclear and didnt cost much .. thats for later ...

just filled the holes in the top covers on the electric motors , those being rom backs there where holes in the center , instead of filling those i made pastic inserts , now leaving the seem it matches the top of the colums where there is also a edge between the dif. plastics .. i found it nice and betetr then smoothing it .. now it looks like steel panels and all assembled , more industrial

then gave everything a good coat of primer , expected a lot of imperfections but it was suprizingly smooth

[bpletcher55]

you do such cool work ,i love watching you build ,

[crazyrichard]

thnx blair

[crazyrichard]

started op the retractable legs today

a base to build on >

put strips of hard plastic on the square thing ..

filled the gap so the legs can sit on its side and go lower

because i want to keer the lift white and add red and metal and silver accents i sprayed a coat of clear over the primer , now its smooth , white with a tiny bit of gloss

then cut the legs that are on its side , they are hollow so there will be a nother leg inside that with the round rubbers on it where the car rests on

they really hinge in and out

beside the legs , cant click them in the clear isnt hardened

Edited September 28, 2014 by crazyrichard

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Wow, your ability to visualize get these sub-assemblies right really makes your final products look so real.

[crazyrichard]

thnx mark .. to be hounest i just do it on the fly .. just looked at some lifts before i started this one .. but i dont look at an example picture , i just have boxes with material and start to build ..

i think when you know how something works irl and seen it irm and understand the tech side (even if its only visual) that really helps with building

i painted the legs and pillar tops red , didnt do a lot on the brigde , i think it would quickly become to much if i would use to much red , in the logo that will sit on the leg will be the same red .. nice balance now i think

also painted the emergency stop with a matt yellow housing and red push button ..

now i need to paint some metal effects i have bought metal coat , the enamel you paint on and after drying you can polish up like metal ...

it holds a car on the higher position well !!

[vaughn]

Really nice work !

[crazyrichard]

thnx

i wasnt happy with the logo i got of the net so i designed my own version in fotoshop ...

fitted > also washed in the circles in the switch plate with orange and green

in the garage > not finished needs short legs with round rubber things , some metal paitn effects

now all the paint is hard .. its perfect it just sits so stirdy in the leg it holds all my cars no problem .. still movable and stirdy

overall vieuw , next is to cut the windows out of acrylic and make window frames for the office , that i think will tie in everything and with frames , glass and a door it will boost realism

[bobthehobbyguy]

Looks great. You need to add bolts to the bottom plate to create the illusion that its bolted down. Very nice job of scratchbuilding.

[crazyrichard]

thnx bob and yes i will thats why i have the holes there , will do that with steel pins with a round head , but when its glued to the garage floor so the pin gos into the wooden floor a tad , they are impossible to cut to such a lenght i can glue thme in now and not have them sticking out underneith the base plate

went in with the silver , also did the plate on the pillar with the green and orange lights (those will get real glass like a light)

also got the idea to make a bracket on the pillar with a cord and a handlight

[crazyrichard]

oooh dudesss i found two tiny tiny lenses .. much smaller then taillight lenses , lets say you can easely put 20 on one fingernail (mine at least) lol

put them on the switch panel , hard to see but in between there are tiny square switches .. only visible by looking 4 real

[Modelbuilder Mark]

Very nice, those small details like that can really enhance the realism.

[bpletcher55]

I like ! I like ! ,

[Tukkerdax]

nice Richard !

[crazyrichard]

thnx guys

in principal the lift is done .. i added smaller booms in the arms with round rubbers on it where the car sits on ...

the only thing i want to add is like a rolled up cord with a worklight hanging on a bracket on a pillar ...

[bobthehobbyguy]

That lift is a work of art. Its been neat to be able to watch this come together.