CCMR At The Bench #7: Finkl Steel Ladles and Trollies

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8 ай бұрын

The first video detailing my Finkl Steel mill scratchbuild project for Chicago Crossing. Here, we'll look at some approaches for painting and detailing some 3D-printed scrap ladles and their scratchbuilt trollies. These can be used for any steel mill project at any scale.

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@craiglowrey9550 8 ай бұрын

Great detailing along with an eye for color. Very true to the originals.

@ChicagoCrossingRR 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Craig - was kind of a fun process to do these.

@wilzdart 8 ай бұрын

my layout has a large Steel mill so this video is very useful. Thanks for sharing

@ChicagoCrossingRR 8 ай бұрын

That's awesome about having a big mill - I bet the operations are a lot of fun!

@wilzdart 8 ай бұрын

@@ChicagoCrossingRR yeah love that section of the layout it is 24" deep and about 3' wide. I have the blast furnace, rolling mill, and the coke works by Walthers scratch built the open hearth and the blower house. One guy can spend a session just operating the mill .

@ChicagoCrossingRR 8 ай бұрын

@@wilzdart awesome - I bet, what a cool facility to build and operate!

@randygates364 8 ай бұрын

Excellent instructional video! Great blending of colors.

@ChicagoCrossingRR 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Randy, hope it's useful!

@ScottTaipaleRail 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic build!

@ChicagoCrossingRR 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Scott!

@pacificcoastminiatures 8 ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial! Will refer back to it on my future projects.

@ChicagoCrossingRR 8 ай бұрын

Glad it looks to be helpful!

@jimbarrett1975 8 ай бұрын

Great video with loads of sound advice. I'm looking forward to trying some of these techniques.

@ChicagoCrossingRR 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Jim, hope it works well!

@kahunatiki6498 8 ай бұрын

Hi Eric, Exceptional representational modeling of those trolleys . Your tutorial on painting techniques and interpretation of colors from prototype pictures really provided very useful approaches for any distressed metal modeling. Thanks as always for a great video. Happy Thanksgiving! Scott

@ChicagoCrossingRR 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Scott - really appreciate it! Have a great Thanksgiving as well, hope you get some time to run the trains!

@kahunatiki6498 8 ай бұрын

@@ChicagoCrossingRR I hope so too. Work has been a pistol! It’s busy season for me.

@ChicagoCrossingRR 8 ай бұрын

@@kahunatiki6498 heh same here - fall is usually just a ton of travel.

@chrisbarr1359 8 ай бұрын

I'm amazed at your eye for color. You have some of the best detailing I've seen. An example is when you painted the grasses, weeds, etc. at the bakery with so many colors to replicate the real world. Most people install the greenery and walk away feeling it's complete. For you that's only the first step! Bravo Eric.

@ChicagoCrossingRR 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Chris. I'm reminded of a video from an armor modeler (Night Shift) where he put down a beautiful diorama of vegetation for an American tank and then said, "now we start painting the model." He promptly painted the entire thing umber and then picked out each of the plants with an airbrush. I was floored, it really informed a lot of what I try and do now.

@srigelhof 8 ай бұрын

Nice. Very convincing. I really like the water technique you used. I'll have to try that on some of my models.

@ChicagoCrossingRR 8 ай бұрын

Thanks Steve. I learned the approach watching Boomer Dioramas - it's pretty incredible how well this works for weathering and detailing most objects in a model scene. Paints are key, it'll work well with vallejo or similar high grade water-based stuff.

@donaldkormos5529 8 ай бұрын

Really nice detailing!!!

@ChicagoCrossingRR 8 ай бұрын

Much appreciated Donald, have a happy thanksgiving!

@donaldkormos5529 8 ай бұрын

Happy Thanksgiving to you and to all those you love ... @@ChicagoCrossingRR

@danielfantino1714 8 ай бұрын

Cool...when not burning hot 😅 😊

@ChicagoCrossingRR 8 ай бұрын

For sure!!

@vikingofengland 6 ай бұрын

This is exactly what I was looking for. I am building some scrap metal bucket trollies for my 009 steel mill layout. These are based on the wagons used at Standard Steel in PA (I am from the UK BTW). Anyway, a question. On the prototype, are these ladles secured to the trolley or is it just the weight of the bucket holding it in place? I couldn't see anything on the photos.

@ChicagoCrossingRR 6 ай бұрын

For the Finkl prototypes, it appears they are seated on a circular platform with their mass securing them to the trolley and little else. That railway is likely to only be moving at a few MPH so unlikely they would fall off. Likewise not obvious to me whether the clamshell doors at the bottom of the prototype ladles are flat or round. Contemporary ladle trolleys that I've seen have four steel 'fingers' that help to center the ladle in place on the trolley.

@vikingofengland 6 ай бұрын

@@ChicagoCrossingRR thanks for that, appreciate it. I have seen other examples that also look like they are not secured. Trust me, fitting scale sized chains would be a pain so I am glad 😭

@ChicagoCrossingRR 6 ай бұрын

@@vikingofengland fitting small chains to secure ladles sounds like just the sort of thing I'd take on...😅. Not saying it's a good idea.