Hand pump company more progress

I have added the roof to the assembly building and added the storage building.  The remaining part to be done is the office building.

The storage building has a metal roof and a loading dock.

While there are details inside each of the buildings above the doors just look dark.

Now I will be constructing the office building which will be attached to the other end of the assembly building.

Hand pump company progress

The hand pump company has progressed.  I have added the assembly building which is the main structure.  It is not totally complete as the roof is not on it and some other details.

The assembly building is attached to the small foundry.  Still to be added are the storage building and the office.  I have added a number of details inside the assembly building since with the large door and the windows the inside will be visible to some extent.

Above is a view of the inside of the assembly building where you can see some of the interior details.   Those details are mostly rough examples of machinery, storage shelves and materials.  I may add more along with some weathering.

While searching for detail materials I came across some metal toothpaste tube sections I saved many years ago.  Toothpaste no longer is sold in metal tubes to the best of my knowledge.

The metal is very thin and flexible and I plan to use it for construction projects.

Hand pump company model start

My next model is a hand pump company.  Hand pumps were in extensive use in the early to mid 1900's.  When I was a young boy I used to spend summers at my grandmothers cottage on an island in northern New York which had no water at the cottages but instead relied on a water hand pump at one point on the island.

Above is an example of a hand pump.

My hand pump company will have multiple connected buildings.  The first one I have built is a small metal forge for creating the metal parts of the pumps.

Above is a view of the large open door where you can see some of the components inside.

And above is a view of the inside from above - the roof is yet to be added.  At the upper part is the metal melting cupola and on the right are shelves with small metal sheets for use in the cupola.

Above is the cupola before it was installed.  On the right is an air box to feed the furnace and half way up is the charging door.  On the left by the figure is the tap hole.  I have modeled the Whiting cupola.

And above is a example of the prototype Whiting cupola.

Next I will add the roof and then start on the next building.