Thank you. I expect based on its size it’s just supposed to be a functional model. I was contemplating adding a pulley to drive a flat belt and a governor ala James Watt.
It does look more Deere -like than I want. I’ll have to see what else I have for paint.
The Minnesotan in me says, “gopher a foristy green”. But of whatever colors it’s a nice-looking contraption you’ve drawn.
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I see it fifty foot tall driving some kind of crazy machine 
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In that case it’ll need an iron spiral staircase and railings around the top deck. It could run a pump for getting condensed milk out of one of those deep Wisconsin condensed milk wells. The lactifer is quite far below the surface in the Driftless Region.
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How about Case IH red?
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I settled on Pugin red and Brunswick green.
Also added a cast iron spiral staircase for scale. Still need to add spindles around the upper platform as well as the brass rails. Oh, and still a bunch of screws and adjust the timing.
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Now that is getting cool
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At that scale I’d call them bolts!
Love the directional arrow! Incredible stuff!
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Bolts are definitely more appropriate now.
Still need to deal with the rail along the deck but it occurs to me that I either need a bridge over the main shaft or another stair on the other side.
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The stair alone is amazing.
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Thank you sir.
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Wentpher a foristy green! …could pump a lot of milk with that.
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Another steam engine. About a third complete.
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Very lovely to see all these mechanical joints/ metalwork.
May I ask if you applied the hatch fill in Layout or with a help of an extension in SketchUp, please? I tried out CURIC LIGHT, but I didn’t manage to master as well as the fill itself was too faint when I printed it - although this probably was caused by the image quality of the fill… Not sure.
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Thank you.
The hatched section fills are done in SketchUp using TIG’s Section Cut Face and the native sketchy diagonal lines pattern texture.
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Still need a couple of rivets, some screws, nuts, and bolts.
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I decided to animate the engine. Click on picture.
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