The derrick looks great, David. Keep plugging along, you’ll make it for sure. I hope you get to feeling better.
John, I don’t have Monday off, but my customers do. I guess I will either be helping out other techs, or I will be sleeping in the van.
I need to bust out the floor, the old car and as much of the tin as I can today. So, after I go get some coffee, a lot of coffee, I need to get to woik.
The Schmitt brothers laid the floor today.
and yes, those are dead Sierra Soundtraxx batteries holding down the floor while the glue dries.
After the floor went in, it was time to make the mounting blocks for the wrecked pick up truck. So the Schmitts took some left over timbers from another build and made the mounting blocks.
The front axle mounting block had to be notched to fit the suspension of the truck. Then the blocks were affixed to the floor, and the truck test fitted.
When I was walking around the old oil well site, I noticed that nearly everything was coated in black oil sludge. So, I painted the woodwork inside of the pump house Krylon flat black.
After the paint had dried, I took a napkin, no, I didn’t draw on it. I took a napkin, and wet it with some acetone, and rubbed the black somewhat off in the traffic areas of the pump house.
Then I took that dirty napkin and used it ti dirty up the old truck.
And now comes the tin.
Dave,Looking good! I Like the Derick.
On the roof edge, I put a piece of tin flashing to finish off that edge.
Then I started cladding the whole building in tin. I ran it long, and after the glue set I scored the tin with a hobby knife, and then bent it back and forth until it broke.
Since this is supposed to be a new building, I didn’t weather the tin any.
And once enough of the walls were clad, I started laying tin on the roof. I ran it long too, and it will get finished up later.
And soon the little wrecked truck will have its custom built home all finished to protect it.
Whew! I finished the tin tonight, and fortunately not only did I have enough, I have some left over. I am too tired to process the picture, so I will do that tomorrow.
Wow, looking sharp David. I like where this is going. Jessie has to be smiling now.
I like the flooring! (And the car, and pretty much everything else too.)
Thanks Guys. If only I had one more week to work on the thing…
As promised, this is the picture I took last night, at the end of the build session.
Oh my freaking word Maynard…did you actually recycle the blue tape Dave’s tin came with?! Now THAT is what I call frugal!
(I have to admit, I re-used the cardboard it came with on my siding, but not the tape…)
John, no I didn’t recycle the tape. Blue painter’s tape is my friend, and I have a few rolls squirreled away for when I need it.
I have three sizes. I used a lot with every project!
Yup. But Doug, I have to hide things from my mom. She uses the blue tape like its cheap masking tape. She uses my Goop, my glue sticks, my super glue, my mixing cups, and my paint. She uses the tools, they are for both of us, but she doesn’t put them back in the drawer she got them from, she just tosses them in the top of the toolbox. And somewhere around here I have a toothless razor saw. It seams that she liked the pretty pebble look of some galvanized steel, and she wanted to cut some for a project she had in mind.
I know the project is almost over, my finger tips are coated in paint, black paint, and super glue.
Well, the project is as done as its going to get. Tomorrow I need to play with the pictures and get them uploaded.
I got the walking beam, eccentric crank (a wooden one), drilling deck and well head done. And I also got the obligatory pully on the top of the darn thing.
But, now its bed time. I have to go play copier repairman again tomorrow.
Jessie had her lawyer reviewing some of her legal papers, and he discovered that the permit for Jessie’s oil well was null and void if the well wasn’t in operation before midnight of the 15th. Jessie was unaware of this detail, and as soon as she found out, she got herself bundled up to ride the train from Shannon to Gastonville. Jessie was afraid that her plans would all lead to nougat. When she arrived at the well site, there was a flurry of activity, the Schmitt brothers were talking fast and loud and working hard. They had to get Jessie’s well done before they went home that night, because they had a job out of town that they had promised to start tomorrow.
After the pump house was clad in aluminum, I built a small platform inside of the derrick, so the workers would not have to walk on oil soaked ground. Then I glued the derrick to the base.
I weighted it down with the nearest, convenient, object that would hold it in place.
Then I started building the eccentric.
After carving the eccentric to shape, I built the walking beam out of some plastic tubing, 1/16th inch brass rod and florist wire.
For the seam at the roof peak, I just folded over the aluminum. I have seen that done on buildings before, but I decided that I didn’t like that look.
So I trimmed the overlapping aluminum off, and made a proper ridge flashing.
After spray painting the walking beam flat black, I assembled the eccentric, and the walking beam. I lined the rod hanging down from the end of the walking beam (more florist wire) up with the well head I cobbled together. Its just a large metal spacer and barbed brass fitting. Since I was now in crunch mode, I didn’t get any good pictures of the thing.
Then, just before bed, I took an LGB spoked plastic wheel and chucked it into my drill press. I cut the flange off the wheel, smoothed the tread a bit with sandpaper, and carved a groove into it with a mouse-tail file. Then I cut off the spacer extension that is molded onto the inside of the wheel. After finding the wheel on the floor of my messy shop, I cut the axle rod to length with my Dremel tool, and spray painted the whole assembly black. Then I mounted it to the top of the derrick.
I would have liked to stain the derrick and deck the same way I did the pump house floor. I also would have liked to make a better mount for the derrick pulley, and added some more details like piping, oil barrels, and such.
This structure will live outside, as do all of my structures, so I try not to put fragile details on that will only get broken off anyway. My outdoor buildings will never be of the level of detail as many of the fine craftsman here on LSC, because Pittsburgh weather will just trash those kinds of details in short order. But as a side industry on my railroad, I think this will make a good addition. Now I just have to finish my tank car bash, and connect the abandon track back into the railroad with a switch.
Too cool. I love the corrugated building and the derrick certainly looks strong enough to withstand the weather. I have the same philosophy - all of my models have to be strong enough to stand up to being hosed down.
Well done; it should look great on the layout.
Oh, I almost forgot. Total cost;
ceder lumber (scrap fence boards) $0.00
Coroplast (election sign) $0.00
Broken truck, from my stockpile $0.00
Glue from my stockpile $0.00
Brass rod, from my stockpile $0.00
The last paint in the spray can (now empty) $0.00
Acetone, from my stockpile $0.00
Florist wire, from my stockpile $0.00
Plastic tubing, from my stockpile $0.00
Misc parts for well head, from my stockpile $0.00
Left over LGB plastic wheel $0.00
Total total $0.00
Edit, for LGB wheel.