Blue pipes, red pipes (Studio Pickett (Soph)) by gmpicket

The blue pipes are now glued and painted. They need a little touch-up paint, and they will be done. I used the contact cement to glue the flanges in place. The big advantage of using the contact cement is that it makes a stretchy bond, which allowed me to position the flanges, then tweak them a few minutes later, which is not possible when gluing with the carpenter's wood glue or the Liquitex matte medium. It is hard to mark where things go when using brass rods, so this way I could get the flange to stay put, position the pipes into place and see how much to tweak the flanges to get them to line up. I used the Liquitex matte medium to glue where the glue would show because it dries to nearly invisible - so I used it to glue the ends of the pipes to the deck, and to strengthen the top joint. The top joint has contact cement inside it. I had to use a super skinny brass rod to get the glue inside the joint. It's quite an achievement, I suppose, when the wooden glue sticks that seem quite small, are too big for the gluing task! [...] Posted in: cement silo car , glue , metal , paint , pipes , styrene , uce 8014 , zementsilowagen

Beginning the pipes (Studio Pickett (Soph)) by gmpicket

Whew! What a morning! All morning spent fiddling with styrene rods, brass rods, wire cutters, pliers, and the hand drill - and voila! - I've cobbled together one set of the pipes. These are the pipes to be painted blue. There is another set, which will be painted red/orange. I'm making the pipes a smidge simple, but not too much. The gold-colored metal is the brass rod, and the white parts are the styrene rods. I drilled out the core of some styrene rod to make the flanges for the joints. The flanges are not quite correctly located yet, and the ends of the brass rod need to be trimmed. [...] Posted in: cement silo car , metal , styrene , uce 8014 , zementsilowagen

Little railings (Studio Pickett (Soph)) by gmpicket

In contrast to yesterday's really cool photo, tonight's photo is crappy. Tough. I added the two little railings that go on the front deck. I failed at making these on the previous cement silo car [Zementsilowagen]. The glue is drying and I will paint them tomorrow. I'm a little concerned that they are too fragile. Not much holding them together or in place, and I used that Liquitex matte medium stuff as the glue. I like it as glue because it really does dry invisibly - at least not shiny visible. And I'm still amazed that the stuff can be used as glue, and it's amazing as glue, but gluing odd bits of painted brass with it is probably not making strong joints. The joints aren't in tension, so as long as nothing bumps them, they should hold. [...] Posted in: cement silo car , metal , styrene , uce 8014 , zementsilowagen

Wheel journals - take 2 (Studio Pickett (Soph)) by gmpicket

I started over making the wheel journals. The top row is the two layers of Bristol board glued together, complete with the top layer having parts cut-out. The solid bottom layer gives structural support to the top layer. The areas painted black are where the journal is not really solid. [...] Posted in: bristol board , cement silo car , styrene , uce 8014 , wood , zementsilowagen