SteamCycle Dio Base & Accessories
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Re: SteamCycle Dio Base & Accessories
Either looks great. The direct sun looks preferable doe photos, but the cool bluish cast is typical of an evening view.
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The tiny details you want to add will really make it Kats.
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That's an awesome looking base and the cycle will look great on it. You really put an awful lot of work and thought into your modelling mate.
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Thanks for the positivity, fellows
I renamed this thread to include the accessories since it's all part of the same diorama.
During the final assembly of the steamcycle I hit stages where I needed to step away, either to allow glue to set up or for me to recover and regain the ability to not shake, lol. The accessories I chose to work on first are the hand tools, a simpler set of stuff and it allows me to get the building mojo back (after a year of painting the hands have learned a whole different set of muscle memories).
Pliers - there will be two of this style, one slightly larger. The real pliers are about 7 inches long and you can see the outline sketch of the scale version on the piece of styrene to the right. I also included the first accessory bit - the flint striker made a few years ago during a stall in the overall build process.
Skipped a few steps but here are the halves ready to be affixed together.
These will be the small pliers, methinks.
And a scale comparison.
I'm hoping this next portion of the overall project will proceed without to many stalls. Planned tools are screwdrivers, wrenches, ratcheting pliers, an oil can, a lighter rod, stuff like that.
The dio base still needs to be framed but I kind of like how dark it turned out so I might not do much more detailing or lightening, more pics of that to come.
I renamed this thread to include the accessories since it's all part of the same diorama.
During the final assembly of the steamcycle I hit stages where I needed to step away, either to allow glue to set up or for me to recover and regain the ability to not shake, lol. The accessories I chose to work on first are the hand tools, a simpler set of stuff and it allows me to get the building mojo back (after a year of painting the hands have learned a whole different set of muscle memories).
Pliers - there will be two of this style, one slightly larger. The real pliers are about 7 inches long and you can see the outline sketch of the scale version on the piece of styrene to the right. I also included the first accessory bit - the flint striker made a few years ago during a stall in the overall build process.
Skipped a few steps but here are the halves ready to be affixed together.
These will be the small pliers, methinks.
And a scale comparison.
I'm hoping this next portion of the overall project will proceed without to many stalls. Planned tools are screwdrivers, wrenches, ratcheting pliers, an oil can, a lighter rod, stuff like that.
The dio base still needs to be framed but I kind of like how dark it turned out so I might not do much more detailing or lightening, more pics of that to come.
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That's fantastic work. Looks real enough to strike a spark off!
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Great stuff Kats.
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I have no clue how I missed this but that is pretty cool...
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Great work, Katz.
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Thanks all for the positivity and motivation
So having not documented the steps making the first set of pliers I am making up for that. First I outline the shape of the piece on sheet styrene and cut it out. This next set is going to be slightly larger than the first.
For this style of pliers the two pieces are clones so I use double sided (ATG) tape to affix the first piece to sheet styrene then cut out the second piece.
Initial shaping and matching is done while the pieces are stuck together which makes it a lot easier. Once satisfied with the initial shaping the pieces are carefully separated and the adhesive removed.
The next step is fiddly shaping with the pieces in proper pliers alignment. It's surprising how much adjustment needs to be made for a realistic looking fit.
Once the pieces have been shaped to near where they should be the thickening of portions happens. Heres the extra layer of sheet styrene being added to the proper areas.
Remove excess and shape, check fit, shape some more and so on. Once satisfied drill a hinge hole in approximately the correct location for pliers. Continue shaping and fine tuning with the hinge in place.
Next comes the 'slip hole' for the expandable aspect of the pliers. Note that these aren't functional so everything is being made to give the appearance of functionality only.
Affix the pieces. For working on the pieces the brass wire hinge was perfect but I chose to use styrene rod for the glueing. At this point shape the hinge bolt parts, rounded bolt head on one side and the nut/bolt portion for the other.
Glue the hinge bolt parts in place, making sure they are aligned on either side. The two basic pliers are ready for painting.
Next for the toolkit are the screwdrivers and those need handles. These are the large handles, 2 of them, being formed from 3.2 mm styrene square rod and beefed up with strips of 0.75 mm thick sheet. Step one is lay on two sides.
Sand down the one little bit of sheet sticking out on the one side then lay on the other two bits of sheet.
For 6 screwdrivers I made 2 large handles as shown, one handle only thickened on 2 sides, 2 using the 3.2 mm unmodified square rod and a small one formed from 2 mm square rod thickened ever so slightly on two sides with 0.2 mm styrene sheet strips.
Start shaping. When looking through images of antique tool sets and stuff I found that the mismatched collections had the most character from my view so I going to try and vary the handle styles a bit while trying to clone styles across sizes, if that makes sense.
The work might be a bit fiddly but it is a lot of fun to make stuff that there are references for. So much easier than having to invent it, lol.
So having not documented the steps making the first set of pliers I am making up for that. First I outline the shape of the piece on sheet styrene and cut it out. This next set is going to be slightly larger than the first.
For this style of pliers the two pieces are clones so I use double sided (ATG) tape to affix the first piece to sheet styrene then cut out the second piece.
Initial shaping and matching is done while the pieces are stuck together which makes it a lot easier. Once satisfied with the initial shaping the pieces are carefully separated and the adhesive removed.
The next step is fiddly shaping with the pieces in proper pliers alignment. It's surprising how much adjustment needs to be made for a realistic looking fit.
Once the pieces have been shaped to near where they should be the thickening of portions happens. Heres the extra layer of sheet styrene being added to the proper areas.
Remove excess and shape, check fit, shape some more and so on. Once satisfied drill a hinge hole in approximately the correct location for pliers. Continue shaping and fine tuning with the hinge in place.
Next comes the 'slip hole' for the expandable aspect of the pliers. Note that these aren't functional so everything is being made to give the appearance of functionality only.
Affix the pieces. For working on the pieces the brass wire hinge was perfect but I chose to use styrene rod for the glueing. At this point shape the hinge bolt parts, rounded bolt head on one side and the nut/bolt portion for the other.
Glue the hinge bolt parts in place, making sure they are aligned on either side. The two basic pliers are ready for painting.
Next for the toolkit are the screwdrivers and those need handles. These are the large handles, 2 of them, being formed from 3.2 mm styrene square rod and beefed up with strips of 0.75 mm thick sheet. Step one is lay on two sides.
Sand down the one little bit of sheet sticking out on the one side then lay on the other two bits of sheet.
For 6 screwdrivers I made 2 large handles as shown, one handle only thickened on 2 sides, 2 using the 3.2 mm unmodified square rod and a small one formed from 2 mm square rod thickened ever so slightly on two sides with 0.2 mm styrene sheet strips.
Start shaping. When looking through images of antique tool sets and stuff I found that the mismatched collections had the most character from my view so I going to try and vary the handle styles a bit while trying to clone styles across sizes, if that makes sense.
The work might be a bit fiddly but it is a lot of fun to make stuff that there are references for. So much easier than having to invent it, lol.
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Coming along a treat Kats, details to bring the final display to life.
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Caught up.
I am mesmerized and enthralled as the WIPs of the bike itself !
Nice work, Kaz !
I am mesmerized and enthralled as the WIPs of the bike itself !
Nice work, Kaz !
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Thanks for the kind words, fellows
The next tools on the list were a pair of tongue and groove adjustable pliers. As these required two different pieces I chose to create templates from card stock paper first. Affix these to sheet styrene with double sided tape and cut out.
The intent was to make two different pliers here so after cutting out the first set they were affixed to sheet styrene to provide an outline. Then the outline was modified slightly before cutting out.
The result is two slightly different sets of pliers.
Cutting out the slot for the pliers - multiple drilling followed by careful cutting with the #11 X-Acto. The curved black lines are estimates for the grooves.
I neglected to document or mention the thickening of the pieces. The half with the grooves cut in is slightly thicker than the other side so I adjusted accordingly. This is after thickening and balancing and all that stuff.
A slightly mismatched screwdriver handle set.
The four 'square' handles get flat head shafts. From what I've been able to determine the screwdrivers from that era were almost all flat, differing heads like the Phillips (plus-sign) and Robertson (square) seem to have come later, though I might be off base here. In order of size the shafts were formed from 18 gauge copper, 20 gauge brass, 22 gauge brass and 24 gauge copper. All but the 24 gauge were annealed with a hand torch to make them easier to work. The tips was formed with flat jewelry pliers which were bent out of true so the tips no longer meet flush - inconvenient for precision work but great for making stuff like small screwdriver tips. These have also been blackened with Jax oxidizer to ad the colour as well as etch the surface so that paint will adhere better.
I might have been thinking about nut drivers from the start but this felt more like a modification to an existing plan. 18 gauge copper and 20 gauge brass similar to the first two screwdrivers for the shafts. The heads are 2mm and 1.5 mm styrene rod. The finicky part was drilling the shaft holes first then cutting the bit off the rod then drilling the other hole for the nut. The nut holes are going to remain circles unless I can figure out a way to 'hex' them. This is a shot pre-blackening.
The next set of tools will be some static wrenches - I have some pics of old style ones which are fancy and weird so I might try to replicate them. Failing that the wrenches will be the generic ones seen hanging from pegboard posts in garages all over the planet.
The next tools on the list were a pair of tongue and groove adjustable pliers. As these required two different pieces I chose to create templates from card stock paper first. Affix these to sheet styrene with double sided tape and cut out.
The intent was to make two different pliers here so after cutting out the first set they were affixed to sheet styrene to provide an outline. Then the outline was modified slightly before cutting out.
The result is two slightly different sets of pliers.
Cutting out the slot for the pliers - multiple drilling followed by careful cutting with the #11 X-Acto. The curved black lines are estimates for the grooves.
I neglected to document or mention the thickening of the pieces. The half with the grooves cut in is slightly thicker than the other side so I adjusted accordingly. This is after thickening and balancing and all that stuff.
A slightly mismatched screwdriver handle set.
The four 'square' handles get flat head shafts. From what I've been able to determine the screwdrivers from that era were almost all flat, differing heads like the Phillips (plus-sign) and Robertson (square) seem to have come later, though I might be off base here. In order of size the shafts were formed from 18 gauge copper, 20 gauge brass, 22 gauge brass and 24 gauge copper. All but the 24 gauge were annealed with a hand torch to make them easier to work. The tips was formed with flat jewelry pliers which were bent out of true so the tips no longer meet flush - inconvenient for precision work but great for making stuff like small screwdriver tips. These have also been blackened with Jax oxidizer to ad the colour as well as etch the surface so that paint will adhere better.
I might have been thinking about nut drivers from the start but this felt more like a modification to an existing plan. 18 gauge copper and 20 gauge brass similar to the first two screwdrivers for the shafts. The heads are 2mm and 1.5 mm styrene rod. The finicky part was drilling the shaft holes first then cutting the bit off the rod then drilling the other hole for the nut. The nut holes are going to remain circles unless I can figure out a way to 'hex' them. This is a shot pre-blackening.
The next set of tools will be some static wrenches - I have some pics of old style ones which are fancy and weird so I might try to replicate them. Failing that the wrenches will be the generic ones seen hanging from pegboard posts in garages all over the planet.
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Fabulous work on the tools.
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Brilliant work Kats
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Kats man, I really hope you take this master piece to model shows. People would LOVE to see this, people need to see this.
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Plastic Freak wrote:Kats man, I really hope you take this master piece to model shows. People would LOVE to see this, people need to see this.
Totally agree Curt, in fact I think Kats should bring it to my house because I need to see it
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Many thanks, guys.
Curt - though I don't travel much I have always planned to put the Steamcycle & Dio into our local IPMS annual show - the Metro Vancouver chapter holds it's event in October's, I believe. I haven't joined yet simply because getting to meetings and such is problematic with my work schedule - hopefully that will change for the better in the not too distant future.
Gary - if I was able to travel about as I wished I'd certainly organize my circuit to include visits to the various members of Skid's Fellowship. All I need to do is win the Lottery, lol.
We start with the done for now tongue and groove pliers. You can see evidence of the re-do's and stuff in the form of Sharpie ink inclusion and some pencil lines here and there.
For the next experiment I wanted to replicate an odd looking vintage adjustable wrench. Copper wire of approx 2 mm thickness bent into the rough form and the nut with which threads would be cut into one of the posts.
After discovering that it wouldn't work the way I'd hoped with the copper wire the move to ever-dependable styrene took place. I chose to pass on the cool twisted handle look in favour of the straight wasp waist style because I value my sanity, lol. However, I did manage to thread one of the plastic rods with the aforementioned nut.
The basic form takes shape.
Details added. The adjustment ring was made by texturing the outside of round rod - heat up a file ever so slightly and roll the rod along the roughness. Drill out appropriate sized bore and then cut from the rod itself.
Done for now. As with the pliers I'm gong to be wrapping the handle portion with 'cord' eventually. For this it's just the wasp waist part which will be wrapped.
Gotta have some static wrenches. I re-confirmed the sizes of the various nuts and bolts on the Steamcycle and will be sizing the wrenches accordingly. These are the 1 1/4" and 1" wrenches (5mm and 4mm respectively).
The 1 1/4" wrench takes form. The offset head is basically copied from actual vintage wrenches - they came up with some really weird ideas back in the day.
The 1 1/4" and 1" wrenches develop, the 3/4" and 5/8" (3mm and 2.5mm respectively) wrenches in mid form.
And as all this is going on thoughts of tool rolls, oil cans and other such things circle ...
Curt - though I don't travel much I have always planned to put the Steamcycle & Dio into our local IPMS annual show - the Metro Vancouver chapter holds it's event in October's, I believe. I haven't joined yet simply because getting to meetings and such is problematic with my work schedule - hopefully that will change for the better in the not too distant future.
Gary - if I was able to travel about as I wished I'd certainly organize my circuit to include visits to the various members of Skid's Fellowship. All I need to do is win the Lottery, lol.
We start with the done for now tongue and groove pliers. You can see evidence of the re-do's and stuff in the form of Sharpie ink inclusion and some pencil lines here and there.
For the next experiment I wanted to replicate an odd looking vintage adjustable wrench. Copper wire of approx 2 mm thickness bent into the rough form and the nut with which threads would be cut into one of the posts.
After discovering that it wouldn't work the way I'd hoped with the copper wire the move to ever-dependable styrene took place. I chose to pass on the cool twisted handle look in favour of the straight wasp waist style because I value my sanity, lol. However, I did manage to thread one of the plastic rods with the aforementioned nut.
The basic form takes shape.
Details added. The adjustment ring was made by texturing the outside of round rod - heat up a file ever so slightly and roll the rod along the roughness. Drill out appropriate sized bore and then cut from the rod itself.
Done for now. As with the pliers I'm gong to be wrapping the handle portion with 'cord' eventually. For this it's just the wasp waist part which will be wrapped.
Gotta have some static wrenches. I re-confirmed the sizes of the various nuts and bolts on the Steamcycle and will be sizing the wrenches accordingly. These are the 1 1/4" and 1" wrenches (5mm and 4mm respectively).
The 1 1/4" wrench takes form. The offset head is basically copied from actual vintage wrenches - they came up with some really weird ideas back in the day.
The 1 1/4" and 1" wrenches develop, the 3/4" and 5/8" (3mm and 2.5mm respectively) wrenches in mid form.
And as all this is going on thoughts of tool rolls, oil cans and other such things circle ...
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No petrol/gas can required
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Super cool !
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Awesome tiny work.
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There is no end to your imagination and skill. Always a pleasure viewing your progress.
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Thanks for the props, fellows
Gary - no gas can in the traditional sense but I am mulling over thoughts of water and two types of boiler fuel and the oil can is a definite must given the 'Victorian' nature of the machine. And, just because my brain refuses to stop trying to make my life more difficult, I've been having thoughts about lunch kits ... what would be the best way to fashion a 1/6 scale Cornish Pastie ...
A rather busy week for me, working at a place known as a Tourist Destination (specifically Granville Island in Vancouver) during the Canada Day/U.S. Independence Day week definitely curtails the amount of free time and post-work energy thing. However, I did manage to do enough for one photo.
The previously shown four wrenches further along in development. All that was done was adding some thin styrene strips along the shaft/head interface to help with creating the curves to unify the increase in thickness. Putty and clean up work yet to come.
Still more, smaller, wrenches planned. As well, there will hopefully be a small hammer and other 'usual' things coming.
Gary - no gas can in the traditional sense but I am mulling over thoughts of water and two types of boiler fuel and the oil can is a definite must given the 'Victorian' nature of the machine. And, just because my brain refuses to stop trying to make my life more difficult, I've been having thoughts about lunch kits ... what would be the best way to fashion a 1/6 scale Cornish Pastie ...
A rather busy week for me, working at a place known as a Tourist Destination (specifically Granville Island in Vancouver) during the Canada Day/U.S. Independence Day week definitely curtails the amount of free time and post-work energy thing. However, I did manage to do enough for one photo.
The previously shown four wrenches further along in development. All that was done was adding some thin styrene strips along the shaft/head interface to help with creating the curves to unify the increase in thickness. Putty and clean up work yet to come.
Still more, smaller, wrenches planned. As well, there will hopefully be a small hammer and other 'usual' things coming.
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