Building Gusano Loco by FOS Pt.2

 I made a little step towards completion of the diorama after Gusano Loco was featured in one of the "On the workbench today" posts and then it got shelved. This time it was self inflicted. I wanted a grill on the diorama. Perhaps I could have bought a casting somewhere, but I decided to scratch build one. The idea turned into prolonged procrastination and then I completely lost the interest. Earlier this year I reviewed the shelved projects making the list of the ones that could be completed in the shortest amount of time. You know, quickly finish one two projects, get juices flowing, motivation going. Gusano ended up on that list and that in combination with someone's interest in it made things happen.

 

Little Lou's by FOS

I've had Little Lou's in progress for so long that I thought I must have had a blog post. It turns out I had not.
I have had at least a couple of restarts. My first attempt got me all the way to the roofing. The roof needed to be covered with V shaped shingles. The pilot model had them as asphalt or maybe slate(?). I painted them as rusted metal sheets. Then I went to install them and ran into a couple of problems. The shingles had the adhesive backing. The way they had to be installed provided very little contact between them and the roof. As a result the roofing just didn't want to stay on. The second issue was not enough material included. The project got shelved. Eventually, I drew up the shingles in a CAD program and used Circuit Maker to cut them. I ended up using glue to get them to stay attached to the roof. Then something small like being one corrugated metal panel short derailed the project again. Finally, the stars aligned. I was contemplating yet another re-start and someone was interested in the diorama. The rest, as they say, is the history.