Friday, June 5, 2015

Shipping Container (Update)

Okay posted sometime ago about Shipping containers made from a 36 inch 1x1 inch square wood dowels.



First I'll clean them up filing and sanding the edges removing any of the loose wood fibers.



Laying out at 1/8th inch  line pattern.



Then score the lines with a hobby knife, this cuts the wood fibers for the next step.



I then score the cut lines with a pointed object to press the wood inwards to create a panel effect into the wood.



Now I add strips of plastic stock for the frame work. The strips are 1/8th of an inch wide.



Now I layout little squares that will be the pick up points to the containers, and with a fairly small hole punch, punch holes in the center of the squares the cut the squares out and glue in place.



Next I added the doors.



A good coat of diluted wood glue again to insure nothing falls off!

Once they are all done, I will give them a good base of primer paint and then paint the containers to the colors that I want, then weathering effects will follow.




I know that they are not super detailed but, you get the idea that they are shipping containers.

This is a very cheap way to make such shipping containers and a lot of them, the only draw back is it take time to make them, If they get lost or just plain leave the table you haven't lost a lot. just make more.


8 comments:

  1. You are the man, Doug. Nice scratchbuilding.

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    1. Thank You for the good word, now let's hope my paint skills are on par as well.

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  2. You may want to add a couple of thin wires to the "doors". Take a look at any picture of a container and you'll see what I mean. Should be an easy addition that won't be fragile and add just a little touch of detail.

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    1. Yes your are right I have some very thin wire I was thinking of adding, I think that I will just to finish the look.

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  3. Greetings from Jays place,

    You've done a marvelous job of making these and your walk through is very informative. Also, I liked your previous post on dinosaurs. They are some of my favourite things.

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    1. Thank You, I'm glad you like the postings and find them interesting and informative, but over all just plain fun.

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