02-14-2012, 05:18 PM
That is very impressive!
Building "Clearwater Industries"
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02-14-2012, 05:18 PM
That is very impressive!
02-15-2012, 04:07 AM
Hi
thank you for encouraging me! The biggest hunk of the layout was Trujillo. It has a relatively complex composition in the structure. Here is the loading dock in google street view: <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=A1+farmer%C2%B4s+choice,+miami&sll=51.151786,10.415039&sspn=18.032961,37.836914&ie=UTF8&t=h&layer=c&cbll=25.799006,-80.213892&panoid=oHun3vtVs9_kaf2A0-Jbzw&cbp=12,247.81,,2,3.94&hq=A1+farmer%C2%B4s+choice,&hnear=Miami,+Miami-Dade+County,+Florida,+Vereinigte+Staaten&ll=25.799009,-80.213797&spn=0.000898,0.001717&z=20">http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s ... 01717&z=20</a><!-- m --> I tried to catch up with it - here ist my interpretation of the building: regards Thomas basement: baseplate closed: building the walls: first mock up: with oil tanks: walls colored: roof finished with air conditions: loading dock: yard concreted: finish:
02-15-2012, 04:14 AM
That is a very interesting building with lots of unique shaped walls. Most are using styrene for structures like that. It is easy to cut and the solvent based glue sets very fast. What made you using a very different approach and what tools to you use? I guess at least a buzz saw for clean and easy cuts?
Reinhard
02-15-2012, 04:40 AM
faraway Wrote:That is a very interesting building with lots of unique shaped walls. Hallo Reinhard, I built it from 3mm cardboard, paperboard, some rests of small cables, balsa, brass tubes, using white woodglue, CA, a jigsaw and a sharp scalpel for cutting and sawing - like Sentry Industries. Only difference: I needed a pine tree rod for the basement ! regards Thomas
02-15-2012, 06:17 AM
Thomas,
Your buildings are incredible and you are obviously very talented. The back of your layout looks as good as the front or is it the front that looks as good as the back…well let’s just say that it looks great all the way around. The material that you are using for the walls of your structures looks a lot like a material that we have here in the US called Masonite. It is hardboard made out of wood fibers that are glued and compressed together with heat and lots of pressure. Does this sound like the same material that you are using? Mark
02-15-2012, 07:27 AM
Southern Tuxedo Wrote:Thomas, Hi Mark, you´re right, I asked "Leo": <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed§Hdr=on&spellToler=&search=masonite">http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=d ... h=masonite</a><!-- m --> masonite is translated as "Hartfaserplatte" which is the word for the material in Germany. Why did I write "cardboard"? Do´nt know, I thought this was the right vocabualry. I do apologize for any inconvenience and the lack in my English vocabulary pool . Thomas
02-15-2012, 01:37 PM
Thanks for sharing your structure contruction, Thomas
Very unusual that you use Masonite. Here in the UK it's usually called 'Hardboard'. I guess it gives a very rigid structure. I really like those buildings. regards, Mal
Layout videos - <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/Alcanman1">http://www.youtube.com/user/Alcanman1</a><!-- m -->
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02-15-2012, 01:38 PM
clearwater Wrote:Southern Tuxedo Wrote:Thomas, Thomas, You may simply have confused cardboard with hardboard, which is what we call it in the UK.
02-15-2012, 01:39 PM
Looks like Mal just beat me to it
02-15-2012, 06:39 PM
Wow! I particularly like the invisble side. You did awonderful job on this building. The proof one can find a way out with common materials.
Matt
Proudly modelling Quebec Railway Light & Power Company since 1997.
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02-15-2012, 08:12 PM
Here in the States, Masonite is a brand name for hardboard. Technically it's HDF or high density fiberboard. But all that said, most people call it Masonite, although this may be a regional thing.
I have to agree that it is a creative use for it and I would never have thought to use it for structures. The stuff is dirt cheep too, about $10.00 for a 1/8" thick by 4' x 8' sheet (3mm thick by 1220 x 2440mm). Mark
02-16-2012, 06:38 AM
Southern Tuxedo Wrote:Here in the States, Masonite is a brand name for hardboard. Technically it's HDF or high density fiberboard.... O.K. let´s make an agreement. I learned: "Masonite" is a brand name which is often used as a substitute for the material "hardboard". In future I will talk about "hardboard". I hope that fits it! Going on - Clearwater Industries is not finished yet (when in hell is a layout finished ??) but here I left the spurs of Lance Mindheim and went my own ways thru Miami. I needed a company and looked for a tire dealer and found "Martino Tire Corp" in Miami which matched my idea of a third location for rail operations. <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=tires,+miami,+fl&sll=25.798423,-80.22912&sspn=0.055561,0.077162&ie=UTF8&hq=tires,&hnear=Miami,+Miami-Dade+County,+Florida,+Vereinigte+Staaten&t=h&layer=c&cbll=25.794695,-80.141398&panoid=MAEWreo-n7DEvF35201fDg&cbp=12,235.39,,2,0.98&ll=25.794695,-80.141398&spn=0.231217,0.439453&z=12">http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s ... 39453&z=12</a><!-- m --> But I did want it to have my name: "Lindworm Tyres" - run by an English man as you can see by the "y" Another difference to the prototype: Lindwom Tyres has many truck customers - the tires are bigger and the building has to consider it in the size of the gateways. The assembly went the way you sholud be familiar with by now: I took some hardboard, paperboard, some rests of small cables, balsa, brass tubes, pine rod, using white woodglue, CA, a jigsaw and a sharp scalpel for cutting and sawing....... The gondola is part of the operating concept: The dealer receives new Tires in a boxcar (right backside of the building) and removes wornout tires, rims and junk by using gondolas (left backside of the building). For this I had to build piles of tires to fit my gondolas first! The piles of old tires and the backyard are made to fit each other. So I really store the load for the gondola at the building. An empty gondola arrives, I take on pile of tires form the backyard and load the gondola with it and the pile becomes smaller. I made a smaller "rest pile" of tires to lay in front of the load. So you can´t see a square load but a big pile of tires and rims. Operating the layout: In front you can see the tops of the carcards while in the background a loco gets another gondola with wornout tires from Lindworm: regards Thomas
02-16-2012, 07:16 AM
Thomas,
First time I have seen your layout. WOW very nice work. The detailing is first rate. The roof work is very similar to Lance Mindheims and shows a lot of creativity. Looking forward to seeing more photos. Larry
02-16-2012, 08:03 AM
Thomas - another great industry - I have to ask - what did you use to make the tyre (tire?) piles?
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