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Wait…I’m NOT the first to notice??? Sheesh… 
Bruce, Cliff is most definitely crazy … crazy good at this modeling stuff 
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Geez I got way behind on this. To me pond #1 looks the best. Wind ripples as opposed to actual waves. But Rooster does have a point. And option 4 Bob’s mine run off is truly my favorite. It just yells “superfund site”. lol
I think I might Cliff !
Thanks for all your huge help Rooster. You de boid!!
Folks, this bird has big brains. More later, as results come in.
C
And your, you’re, you are typing with one arm!
Don’t think it’s runoff even though I like the pic. I thought the pond was above the mine or at least as his model depicts it is? Cliff could perhaps answer the thought better as I ain’t searching for it and I’m tired of helping him with his homework !
OK, about the pond… the tunnel was constructed to drain the mines in Virginia City some 4-5 miles to the west. The water coming out was somewhat hot, but decent. Some ran into this man-made pond, but most ran down into the town below, serving as the main water source. Thanks for asking Rooster!
I’ve been slowly incorporating trestles into the terrain. The “track” will lie directly on these.
Cheers,
Cliff
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After this trestle & roadbed stuff is done (hopefully tomorrow), next up is all the other structures. I started with the easiest one, the tunnel portal.
These are right out of the printing process, and need cleanup of that bottom flange that always happens right against the build plate.
One to use, 3 spares.
The lettering is .06" high, and is exaggerated for paintability and viewability. The smaller lettering is about .03, and has the tunnel’s commencement date. I can’t see it without a mag glass, and no one else will with the model cover installed. But wth.
Cheers,
Cliff
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Portals look great, Cliff. So, did you print those flat against the build plate?
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Looks great. Will you be making tiny “dignitaries” as well?
Bruce can make the dignitaries for you Cliff as he is a master! He produced quite a few with the monument at “Dead Rooster Gulch” on BD’s RR.
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Whoa! I’m not a master of ANYTHING!
This is such a cool project. It’s unique to what we typically see you do. And you are doing a bang up job as usual. The museum will have a wonderful show piece.
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Dan, thanks. Yeah, I try to do that when possible. It does add the “foot” against the plate, but that’s not hard to sand off; and it gives you a super flat side.
Bruce, I do plan on trying… but at .22" high, I’ll have to make them only mere suggestions. I learned that the hard way on a model for work, haha!
Thanks very much Devon, that means a lot. And it’s nice to work on something totally different.
A few days ago, some wonderful work was done on the real tunnel. It’s mouth had caved in, but the portal remained. Here’s how they used a steel vault behind the portal, gradually pushing it inward as the timber lining is being installed. I’m not sure how far they’ll go on current funding, but this is an amazing start.
Meanwhile, back at “Sutro Tunnel East,” I was about to install the portal when I realized how lame it would be to not have an actual tunnel represented. So I cut out a rectangular hole, printed a short liner and hit it with brown sprays.
Then slid the liner in…
positioned the portal…
and puttied in the overburden and sanded.
Had to see what the LED would look like inside the tunnel, instead of on top of it.
Lots of cleanup and painting ahead, but this wraps up the terrain modeling phase.
Cheers,
Cliff
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That’s SO much easier than creating super detailed folks…