“The Saw Mill” Diorama

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-The Saw Mill Diorama-

By: Vaughn H.  

Date: March 2008

About the builder:   I started collecting Matchbox cars and trucks in the 60’s back then they cost 50 cents that was half of my weekly allowance.  This piece is 1/64th – S-scale. 

My collection is mainly focused on farm and construction toys, the trucks i have are also farm and construction related.About six years ago I started making some small buildings to display my toys. This has grown into building larger dioramas. Most of my buildings are older style, rough lumber construction. After i started to make my own lumber I decided I needed a sawmill to tie into my other building projects.

 

“Building the Mill”

I started with an O scale kit, that I bought mainly for the machinery.

I used the base for the mill from the kit, after that every thing was scratch built. Base from kit.

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Expanded floor plan

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Starting to install machinery.

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The kit came with steam boiler power, I wanted something more modern, so I used a multi scale Cat power unit.

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I cut the end off of an electric motor for the clutch assembly.

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I built the back wall, attached it to the base,then added the rest of the framing.000_0243

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The siding is individual random with boards. the roof is HO scale metal roofing

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Here are some interior detail shots

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The finished building

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The first customer

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Awesome build Vaughn – Thanks for sharing this with us……

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