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!