landman Posted November 1, 2018 Author Posted November 1, 2018 The three electrical "boxes" are pretty well done. They are near the console until I decide where they'll live. Two more are worked on for the test cell.
Anglia105E Posted November 1, 2018 Posted November 1, 2018 Patrick........ I like that shot of the view through the window into the test room, and those two chairs are really good now that you have the brown paint on them. David
landman Posted November 2, 2018 Author Posted November 2, 2018 Cooling tower is hooked up, suitable headers added. Unit more or less where it will live. The heavy duty one will be to the right. Not sure whether to send the exhaust out the back wall or up through the roof.
landman Posted November 3, 2018 Author Posted November 3, 2018 I think "up" is easier with the exhaust. Added the electrical "boxes" loosely copied from the 3Dimage. They will feed the heavy duty dyno.
landman Posted November 10, 2018 Author Posted November 10, 2018 17 minutes ago, disabled modeler said: Very nice Pat...! Im loving it. Glad you like it.
Anglia105E Posted November 10, 2018 Posted November 10, 2018 I really like your roller shutter door Pat, and I notice the damaged area down in the bottom left corner, which is so typical of the kind of damage you very often see with these real doors. Maybe someone tried to break into the garage.... or maybe a mechanic brought the door down on an obstruction of some kind.... You could so easily have made this door with no damage, but it's just like the weathering and ageing techniques that make a diorama much more interesting and authentic. You are going to tell me now that you damaged the door while making it, and it is accidental rather than intentional ? Certainly, the roller shutter door looks real from your photo of the end wall. Thr chain is correct to scale also. David
landman Posted November 10, 2018 Author Posted November 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Anglia105E said: I really like your roller shutter door Pat, and I notice the damaged area down in the bottom left corner, which is so typical of the kind of damage you very often see with these real doors. Maybe someone tried to break into the garage.... or maybe a mechanic brought the door down on an obstruction of some kind.... You could so easily have made this door with no damage, but it's just like the weathering and ageing techniques that make a diorama much more interesting and authentic. You are going to tell me now that you damaged the door while making it, and it is accidental rather than intentional ? Certainly, the roller shutter door looks real from your photo of the end wall. Thr chain is correct to scale also. David If you look at the photo of the corrugated cardboard I used in the October 24 posting, you will see it was already crushed. So it was both accidental and intentional.
Anglia105E Posted November 10, 2018 Posted November 10, 2018 Oh yes, I see now. The crushed corner shows up more clearly after you applied primer, and then very clearly once you applied silver or aluminium. At the moment I am building an early 1950's Bedford dropside lorry ( truck ) to carry various different loads around the diorama. Placed a built Tamiya Morgan 4/4 sports car on the load area of the lorry, which looks absolutely perfect, in terms of both size and colour. I need to scratch build a couple of ramps for the Morgan to be hauled up onto the truck, and also scratch build a tarpaulin cover and ropes.The roping and sheeting items can be stored in the box rack on top of the cab roof. David
landman Posted November 12, 2018 Author Posted November 12, 2018 Added a stripe to the wall, some diplomas, baseboards, playing around with location of stuff.
landman Posted November 12, 2018 Author Posted November 12, 2018 The microwave's digital display will make a table for the confuser and some manuals. Started making up three engine trolleys to hold the engines before testing.
Anglia105E Posted November 12, 2018 Posted November 12, 2018 " The microwave's digital display will make a table "........ of course, and why not. Nothing goes to waste, Pat. I like the way your eye is drawn to the window in the room, and then you notice what is in the next room. Creates a feeling of space and depth. David
disabled modeler Posted November 12, 2018 Posted November 12, 2018 On 11/10/2018 at 5:41 AM, landman said: Glad you like it. Like it..???...I love it..LOL.. I have to find the MRC gas stations kits and start over on the ones I had built that the 2011 tornado took form me sometime...great way to display the builds on.
landman Posted November 12, 2018 Author Posted November 12, 2018 Building a second engine hoist, slightly heavier to transfer engines from the transport dollies to the dyno cart.
landman Posted November 12, 2018 Author Posted November 12, 2018 2 hours ago, disabled modeler said: Like it..???...I love it..LOL.. I have to find the MRC gas stations kits and start over on the ones I had built that the 2011 tornado took form me sometime...great way to display the builds on. Looks like they have them here. http://rocketfin.com/diorama_models.cfm
DRIPTROIT 71 Posted November 12, 2018 Posted November 12, 2018 This is incredible Pat! I've always wanted to do something like this, maybe a semi truck shop, but never took the time or felt like I had the room. Many of your photos look like the real thing. Excellent work!!
landman Posted November 12, 2018 Author Posted November 12, 2018 33 minutes ago, DRIPTROIT 71 said: This is incredible Pat! I've always wanted to do something like this, maybe a semi truck shop, but never took the time or felt like I had the room. Many of your photos look like the real thing. Excellent work!! Thank you. Once you start, you can't stop. Very, very dangerous.
landman Posted November 12, 2018 Author Posted November 12, 2018 Big dilemma. At the outset, the plan was to have the test cell on the left with the overhead door on the right to jive with the overhead door on the left side of the engine shop. However, the guy who was operating the table saw made the long groove on the wrong side of the base, thus turning the front into the back. One alternative is to redo the left wall of the shop with the double doors to match those of the test cell, which leaves the control room side without access to the shop. Or, one could change the door to the dyno room to a double doors and the dyno room now would at the back of the engine shop instead of end to end. this is likely the simplest solution.
Anglia105E Posted November 12, 2018 Posted November 12, 2018 So am I right in thinking Pat, that you have two dioramas linked by a door and a roller shutter door? This has set me thinking how I might extend my diorama..... I just need that shelving system that you have there...... and a bigger house! David
landman Posted November 13, 2018 Author Posted November 13, 2018 1 hour ago, Anglia105E said: So am I right in thinking Pat, that you have two dioramas linked by a door and a roller shutter door? This has set me thinking how I might extend my diorama..... I just need that shelving system that you have there...... and a bigger house! David Yes they would be linked if they were together. Right now they're independent but I thought one should be able to visualize how to move from one to the other. Does that make sense?
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