The Magic Lime Kiln

Looks like the lime kiln just appeared out of nowhere, huh?  Actually, a cardboard tube spray painted grey.  Used one of the Walthers Sawmill Outbuildings building for one end of lime kiln with hole cut with Dremel tool:

Used more of the 1/4" door insulation to wrap lime kiln for big gear plus a couple of zip ties for bearings.

A couple of "trees" from 3-D printing looked to match a photo of "the real thing"!  [Later, or earlier in the blog, the trees were enclosed with corrugated metal building!]  Scrap wood for supports.

Tried to add a little flat rust paint but probably should have done more dry brushing.  Used more Clever Bros cardstock prints for cinder block supports.

Gratings on top of cinder blocks along with stairs and railings from Tichy Trains.

Now we can move on (or back) to installing the shed at the high end of the kiln.

Another Shack for the Lime Kiln

Although several photos of pulp mill lime kilns had a rather open structure for the higher end, without really knowing what to put in the open frame, the idea to enclose the high end arose -- before and after:

     

The rusted metal sheets came from a Clever Bros "kit":  

The top in this case is a gabled roof and only three sides were enclosed.  I did use colored pencils to darken the insides a bit, but maybe will still try to find what goes inside.  

So might still use an open frame structure but only if the "innards" can be understood.  In the meantime, I like the more "finished" look.

Alternative to Ground Goop + Start of Watson Bayou

 

Working backwards and with help from granddaughter, custom mixed acrylic paint for "water" in Watson Bayou

and "earth" applied before a little ground turf and bushes.  Mostly counting on wet paint and some hairspray to hold turf in place.

Sanded grout in two shades added to tan paint, again hoping wet paint would hold grout.  Afterwards applied a water/alcohol spray.

Start of project:  mostly pink foam insulation!

Water in the Pond

Here's a 1/4" weather seal painted a "concrete" gray for the main wall and double layer of aluminum foil for the inside of the wall!  The aluminum was shaped over several 1/16" or smaller square plastic rods to give it some detail, so to speak.

Apparently we were successful in sealing the waste water treatment pond.  We added a walkway and pipe from Tichy Train open grate platform, Walthers piping kit, and Walthers modern conveyor kit.  A couple of layers of Woodland Scenics Realistic Water and we'll call it success -- no leaks!

Realistic Water is really slow to solidify and just when I thought it was going to always have a sticky surface, it harden a bit more!

Next Step on Wastewater (?) Pond

 A granddaughter helped with a little scenicking around a circular waste pond (or maybe we'll call it a water treatment pond).  Now maybe it's time to move a little further toward getting "water" in the pond.

So, used the Kwik Seal caulk around the bottom edge in hopes of sealing between the pink foam and plywood base.  Then added/painted some Titebond wood glue on top of sealant, plywood, and foam edges. 

After a couple of days of dry time, it looks like both materials have dried pretty hard.  Maybe time to add a little Woodland Scenics "water" but will probably wait to figure how to install a wall that looks halfway industrial. . . .

Exhausting Paper Mill

 I'll have to check with some of my Pulp and Paper Technology Classmates to find out for sure, but I'm assuming the "exhaust stacks" on the Panama City mill might be from the steam heated paper drier cans.  Doesn't matter too much, they are on every photo from this side:

So, I used a length of small PVC tubing cut to approximate length, heated, and bent to make a selectively compressed section similar to photos.  I'm supposing these vents are between the Fourdrinier paper machine, itself, and the cutting and re-rolling sections of the paper mill -- that is, put them "in between" like this, with attempted right angle and uniform positioning!

Turning upside down while gluing ensured all stacks were the same height.  Looks OK on the layout.

Ignore the windup steam loco, of course.

Oh, and the orange peel grapple might look good when the woodyard is completed.  May need to "selectively compress" the debarking drum (it's out of the picture frame!?!).

Orange Peel Pulpwood Grapple

I recall from youth seeing something that might be called an excavator with orange peel grapple moving pulpwood from the woodpile to the conveyor.  When I passed by a display of construction equipment at Tractor Supply, I thought I saw something similar AND it was 1/87 scale!  The similar items at HO scale supply shops seemed to be a lot more expensive, so I picked up the Tractor Supply excavator.

OK, so maybe a little too "new" but it says "Cat" and most of the others I saw were some other make.

A friend had pointed out to me that Model Tech Studios had what looked like a grapple, so I went online and ordered one.  A bit of Dremel tool work to cut off the bucket and grind down the arm, a few logs glued in the grapple, and the grapple was installed!

Model Tech had an N/HO grapple and an HO/S grapple.  I might should have gone with the HO/S, but at least it's "representative"!!

Besides, by the time I had paid for the Tractor Supply excavator, the Model Tech grapple, and shipping for the latter, I had gone well over the price of a ready made grapple crane.  BUT, I would have missed the fun of adapting the excavator AND it would not have had the CAT nameplate.

I'm satisfied.