Loads for wagons

[Granitechops]

Re:Loads for wagons plus shed

Just realised that I got the levels wrong here, the levels of handle holes, diamonds, should all be level with the outside frame, to avoid trip hazards

 

[Granitechops]

Re:Loads for wagons plus shed

Right, chopped it up, shimmed the grid in the centre, dropped the grab handle recesses, & reassembled & first 2 coats of paint

looks better, but need a bit more attention to paint yet

 

[Granitechops]

Re:Loads for wagons plus shed

Manhole cover given final paint & set in wet 'concrete'

 

[adeshers]

Re:Loads for wagons plus shed

Right, chopped it up, shimmed the grid in the centre, dropped the grab handle recesses, & reassembled & first 2 coats of paint
looks better, but need a bit more attention to paint yet

Looked good before - but now it looks excellent

 

[Granitechops]

Re:Loads for wagons plus shed

Bought a pot of this from Lidls a while ago suposed to be FINE filler, but for my intended use not what I thought, as the grains in it were as large as sand grains, so mixed some with grey acrylic & used it to simulate a concrete finish on the slab, but still too coarse

 

[Granitechops]

Re:Loads for wagons plus shed

So sand it back a bit

 

[Granitechops]

Re:Loads for wagons plus shed

Mix up some dove grey & black acrylic as per pic undiluted

 

[Granitechops]

Re:Loads for wagons plus shed

thick paint has made it look better, still a bit rough though.

 

[Granitechops]

Re:Loads for wagons plus shed

Also been doodling with a bit of net that came with a model fishing boat that I had discarded

 

[Granitechops]

Been playing with drain covers & grids as loads for wagons for maintenance team

 

[dragon]

Been playing with drain covers & grids as loads for wagons for maintenance team

Excellent idea and workmanship. Inspiring.

 

[Granitechops]

Thanks Fred,
first one is a modern pressed steel type, with me using basically the same method as the maker by pressing the raised dimples ( not diamonds) in from the other side into the styrene
The Model

The one in my back garden about 27 yrs old

 

[Granitechops]

Diamond pattern inspection cover, small one, no handle lifts, just use screwdriver
I have used recessed diamond pattern

a real one, again in my back garden, about 100 years old, used raised diamonds as a non slip device.

suppose I could use some thin styrene, cut into diamonds, stuck on top, to replicate that style

interestingly although this originally had had lifts across those recesses they have rusted away a long time ago, they were steel bars inserted into the casting, but the cast iron rusts very much slower,
So this also now a screwdriver job!!

 

[Granitechops]

Street drain, as seen outside in the road, minus founders name cast in, that would be a bit small even in this scale, the cross bars are that shape to cope with 44 ton lorries!!

flush with frame

 

[Granitechops]

Lean-to getting towards completion

 

[yb281]

Lean-to getting towards completion

That looks absolutely superb Don.

 

[trammayo]

Street drain, as seen outside in the road, minus founders name cast in, that would be a bit small even in this scale, the cross bars are that shape to cope with 44 ton lorries!!

Very authentic Don!
I can remember a time when the cast iron grates were highly prized by a certain peripatetic section of the community - they were disposable and brought them some income!

Mick

 

[owlpool]

Impressive detail, Don