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That's what I love about this forum. People can post pictures of their "artwork in progress" and we can see it happening!

I get so impressed and overwhelmed when I see the scratchbuilding that you all do. What you did here it great. It takes a great deal of imagination to take a picture and replicate a 3-D structure from it.

Hoping someday I can muster the courage to do the same.

Can't wait to see the finished product.
 
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Thanks guys for your kind comments. Judy, once you start scratchbuilding you will find it easy to do as long as you do it in a step by step mode.
Ralph, I don't use a template but lay each section out on a piece of cardboard and assemble it then place it on the model
You can sort of see my method here where I am making a distribution point that will be on the end of a conveyor.
The first photo shows the shape I have drawn on cardboard and some of the pieces cut out
 

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There are three metal chimneys to make. They have raised joints and I was wondering how to do it and finally used button thread.
Hope it will turn out OK. Anyone with other ideas?
 

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Robin. The thread idea seems ok. Is it posssible to use small rubber bands. That woud take a extra trip to the stationary store. Or maybe Michaels, or depending how small the pipe is maybe cut straws.
 
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Thanks for the suggestions Dick. I kept on working with the button thread as well as working on the three conveyors.
The metal chimneys worked out ok and here I am just fitting the conveyors and cutting them to size.
 

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Robin, this is simply fantastic! :cool: :cool: :cool:

What you call 'some added stuff' - it's those little details that are making a masterpiece out of an already great model.

Ron
 
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Ron's right. The details on your model are what sets it apart from the ordinary. Everytime someone looks at a structure that is finely done with great detail, they will always see something new that they never saw before, no matter how many times they have viewed it previously.

I said before in a previous post that you had alot of imagination, but I should have said great skill and patience.
 
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