Mile End Garage.

If the motorbike is going under the window, options 2 and 4 would perhaps crowd all the vehicles into tha left corner.
I would therefore favour option 1 or 3. I like 3. The door partly hiding the car provides a little hidden interest. In option 1 I think the open door will push the car to near the edge.

That's my twopenneth worth Al LOL.

1 and 3 look the same to me. So either one works better than 2 or 4.

Y. #3 The old weathered relic half hidden behind the door, off to the side.
Pardon my curiosity, but what's the raw resin looking piece? My initial reaction was that is might be a uninal,

Number 3 edges it for me.

There's not a lot between 3 and 1 though, a different camera angle could change perspective, views and votes in all honesty.

All of the layouts would look OK, at the end of the day it's your modeling prowess that will maketh the end result........ (and that's my brownie points earned for today. lol)

Geezerman wrote:
Pardon my curiosity, but what's the raw resin looking piece?  My initial reaction was that is might be a uninal,

    

It's the basis of the petrol pump Clay:



Well, it's a resounding thumbs up to number 3, so this is going to be the final cofiguration:

 

OK. I have two group builds starting on May 1st and I also want to get back to the 1/16th Model A Police car, so this is going on hold for probably about six weeks or so.

Paul, (beowulf) put me on to these little gems. Should fit right in very nicely:

Ya putin in a mini machine shop    Should be cool looking   

Your diorama is looking great, but I'm really happy you are going back to the Model A. I have been really looking forward to that.

Ditto what John said.

Hi Al,

This is coming along very, very nicely Sir, love the workshop machines, from the photos they look nice and big, I bet they are tiny though, great details on them for their size...

Andy...

Thanks guys,

Here you go Andy, with standardised measuring device.

Wow ! pretty nice detail for that size !

Yeah, but how do I replicate metal shavings in 1/35 scale!!!   

Hi Al,

I agree with Mr G's "WOW"...

Whilst it is a little on the tiny side, it looks great, as for the metal shavings, I am sure you will manage to come up with something, maybe Colin will have some ideas...

Andy...

Skid wrote:Yeah, but how do I replicate metal shavings in 1/35 scale!!!    

You might try a small dab of putty to simulate a pile. Paint that with a craft type texture spray paint - the stone texture is rough but quite fine. Firmly press on some BMF for the shiny and then add a blackish wash for the cutting oil mess.

Also, see if your craft store carries a metallic dust. They're sprinkled over wet ink or paint and used like embossing powder for scrapbooking and cardmaking.

There's metal shavings on the floor of workshop in the MASH dio, hard to see though.

Method...... Sharp scalpel and an old hb pencil, just scratch bits off the "lead" , let them drop onto a patch of thin grayish oil wash to simulate swarf, they shine a bit like the real thing when you catch them in the light


That's some nice detail in the resin casting.

I think I might get some Aluminum tubing and try to shave off some slivers with a #11 blade. Or maybe Pete could mail you some shavings. They really are tiny. I was amazed how small the shavings really are when he did his seminar.

Thanks for the suggestions guys.

Just remembered, I could use the shavings from a key cutter!!!

What about very fine steel wool? Tease it apart perhaps?

Cheers,
Chris

All ideas for shavings are good and interesting. Begging a bit from a key cutter at local hardware store is genius idea. I'd considered a coarse file on aluminum tubing edge or sheet aluminum. With those cast machine tools the shop will look really detailed. Thanx for continued updates. Let's time travel back to that place and time!

Thanks for the ideas guys.

With the Whippet tank finished it's time to return to this one.

The Legend Productions cover looks so much better than the Tamiya offering BUT there ain't no way it fits first time. Spent at least two hours making it fit tonight. Some mods to the cover, others to the Tilly.

Looks good from these angles:





But not so good from the front. This is the best fit I can get:



One of the front 'straps' fell off while I was messing with it too.

Now need to think of what I can put up there to hide it!!  

From here it doesn't look like it would be too hard to make a new "strap" out of styrene. I'm assuming you still have to paint the tarp. Once painted I don't think the repair would be at all obvious.