Auvergne Mining Project

Oh alright I'll come clean, I'm teasing you, I know you're searching for the perfect louvres

The aluminium (not zinc) bonnet is actually a heat sink component stripped out of an old French car radio. I've a box full of useful aluminium heat sink sections, but the minute I laid eyes on these I knew what I was going to use them for!

On a serious note, I did see an article many years back (in Railway Modeller I think) on how to make louvres and I plan to have a go for my live diesel body. Basically the process invoved making a negative mould in wood for a single louvre, making the vertical slit with a dremel and laying the THIN brass sheet over the mould and punching the indent with a chisel shaped tool which matches the mould of course. I've not tried it myself but reckon having a thin sheet would be key!

Ah so the louvres were already punched then.......

But that itself is a very good idea...maybe I'll have a look at old computer or other small electrical equipment casings.....

The female die and male punch I've seen explained in slightly different forms using a chisel as well.
I've had some minor success with this but it is tedious and needs care.

GWhizz wrote:

Oh alright I'll come clean, I'm teasing you, I know you're searching for the perfect louvres

The aluminium (not zinc) bonnet is actually a heat sink component stripped out of an old French car radio. I've a box full of useful aluminium heat sink sections, but the minute I laid eyes on these I knew what I was going to use them for!

On a serious note, I did see an article many years back (in Railway Modeller I think) on how to make louvres and I plan to have a go for my live diesel body. Basically the process invoved making a negative mould in wood for a single louvre, making the vertical slit with a dremel and laying the THIN brass sheet over the mould and punching the indent with a chisel shaped tool which matches the mould of course. I've not tried it myself but reckon having a thin sheet would be key!

Having had to use a crowbar over the weekend in a tight corner on the K&NWLR, I realise that I might have another use for it. Which make of car was it where you found the radio? Although explaining that I used it for railway modelling if stopped by the gendarmes might only lead to (more) trouble.

A lick of paint and a few Preiser figures and the module is starting to come to life...







Unfortunately my rockwork looks a bit like an infants' school papermache class. I just hope the patrons of Ferrovi'art will see it as it is - a backdrop for a bit of animation!

félicitations

Apropos rockwork. One of the things that you can do - if you want to do all your plastering in one go (and you´re modelling smaller modules) - is to place the area you are "rocking" on a flat surface, with the cliff face lying on your workbench, so gravity doesn´t affect your work. And if you return a couple of hours later you can have the fun of inscribing the "rock" with the geological patterns that fit your subject.

This being said, the K&NWLR has just spent two hours demolishing a failed platform outside the new warehouse and building a new one with a piece of wood and some industrial-strength polyfilla. The now sagging cliffface, as yet unseen on this forum, will be covered in plants ....

Brilliant Brian, looking forward to seeing this in a few weeks time.

I've just put the Mine and Cognac modules next to each other and will spend the next few sessions getting them aligned and laying the surface tracks... pics to follow

Finally linked up the two modules and started positioning the surface rails...

félicitations Brian

Some changes in the hidden mine section...

Some changes in the hidden mine section...

This is looking very good! But the video needs kicking .... "pas disponible"

I think it's OK now? A bit slow uploading to Youtube!

GWhizz wrote:

I think it's OK now? A bit slow uploading to Youtube!

Excellent!

Brian, how about one of these



http://belfieldhall.co.uk/belfield/ngr/walkingman_01.html

Magic.