The supermodified loop does well at leaving eyesite many times. Defintely appealing to the eye from top to bottom…
Hi Ray,
This one is all “Aces”
I like all the model but especially how you copied the
modified “patten flue” with the different type “china top”
Great work
Rick
I just finished making an outhouse to go with the miner’s cabin. Like the cabin, this outhouse is made of styrene which has been textured and painted to resemble aged wood. The “tin can” shingles and the metal patches are made from brass. I still haven’t placed it on the layout yet, but here’s how it looks by itself:
(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Miners_Cabin_files/Media/IMG_5736c/IMG_5736c.jpg)
(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Miners_Cabin_files/Media/IMG_5731c/IMG_5731c.jpg)
(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Miners_Cabin_files/Media/IMG_5754/IMG_5754.jpg)
The interior includes an old toilet seat, some toilet paper, and a strip of flypaper. You can see more photos starting here: http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Miners_Cabin.html#14 Enjoy!
Ray,
So glad you made the outhouse…as I somehow missed the post on the miners cabin.
Love the flypaper, but you’re missing the bucket of ashes and the Sears catalog 
Ralph
Apparently there’s a server problem that’s preventing my cabin page from updating. So if you went there and couldn’t see the rest of the outhouse photos, please try again later.
That is going to look right at home with the cabin. Who’s going to be sitting on the potty?
Ray
As always your modeling absolutely amazes me, your technique produces the most realistic models and I really appreciate your photos and descriptions.
You definately raise the bar to a level the most of us either can’t or choose to not to take the time for that level of modeling.
Dennis
Well, that certainly was a fine article in GR about your RR, Ray…well deserved!
(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Miners_Cabin_files/Media/IMG_5731c/IMG_5731c.jpg)
Ken Brunt said:
Well, that certainly was a fine article in GR about your RR, Ray…well deserved!
Yep…I’ll probably be in there tonight with the magazine!
really astonishing, how realistic you model. the lower end of the boards, with their “discolorisation” look just like the boards on my old barn looked.
Been a long time since I last updated this, but I finally have something new to show… First off, I built a small water tank to provide water for the cabin. It’s supported by a “wooden” platform made of styrene. The rear of the platform will rest on a stone ledge:
(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Miners_Cabin_files/Media/IMG_6181c/IMG_6181c.jpg)
The pipe is made of brass rod with slices of 1/16" styrene tube added to it. The faucet handle is a snap fitting from the fabric store. The hose is a length of solder attached to a short piece of brass rod, which fits into the styrene faucet. A slice of heat shrink tubing forms the “brass” connector on the hose:
(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Miners_Cabin_files/Media/IMG_6149c/IMG_6149c.jpg)
(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Miners_Cabin_files/Media/IMG_6193/IMG_6193.jpg)
I now have the cabin, outhouse and tank permanently installed on the layout. I still have to add plants and some clutter:
(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Miners_Cabin_files/Media/IMG_0882c/IMG_0882c.jpg)
(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Miners_Cabin_files/Media/IMG_0884c/IMG_0884c.jpg)
(http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/IRR_Miners_Cabin_files/Media/IMG_0873c/IMG_0873c.jpg)
Outstanding Ray. The solder makes a very convincing hose and as always, your use of color is amazing.
Fantastic work Ray. I like the way it all fits in
Ray
As always your work is so impressive, thank you for posting us your work, raising the bar for us mere mortals to have something to stretch our abilities to achieve.
I love how you are able to see a snap and say that will be a faucet handle, and several other little things like that.
what is your tank made out of?
Thanks Dennis
Thanks!
Dennis, I can’t take credit for the snap idea. Lots of folks have been using them for valve handles on large scale locos. As for the tank, it’s made from part of an old plastic flashlight. I cut the rear of the flashlight off, than wrapped it with thin sheet brass (embossed with rivets). The cone shaped top was also made from brass, and was the trickiest part of the model.
Hi Ray,
That project has finished up beautifully.
What did you use on the brass tank wrapper to get that old galvy finish?
Thanks for sharing your work
Rick
Rick, the tank was spray painted with Rustoleum’s “Cold Galvanizing Compound”, which comes pretty close to looking like real galvanized metal. (It’s 95% zinc.) It turned out a little dark though so I gave it some thin washes of light gray craft acrylic. The rust colors were also done with craft acrylics, starting with very thin washes and gradually adding more color to certain areas.
As always, the finished paint job was topped with a coat of Krylon UV resistant clear.
Terrific work, Ray! Thanks for sharing the little details that make the model magnificent!
That tanks is fantastic. I like the way you painted and weathered it.
Super job on a very realistic scene.
Ray, to turn something so simple as a shack & environs into a work of art requires real talent. Congratulations on a beautiful “work”!