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We have a local model show coming up soon and I didn't want to go empty-handed so I'm hoping to build two or three large transformers to take with me. This is my first effort (a bit of a test run really) and it is about 75% complete. It's based on a 239 ton Siemens 560 MVA generator transfomer and will be painted blue-grey. I also hope to build a very large Alstom transformer (400 tons) and another Siemens unit. 
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Looks good they are fun to make
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Where are you getting your info from for these? I've looked and looked and haven't found anything.
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Thanks Jason.
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Ok, no worries.
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Starting to add bolt detail and some other bracing - I'll hopefully be able to start painting it tomorrow as I really want to get started on the next one! 
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Indeed it looks much more realistic with the bolt panels. How did you made these? Are they available from Plastruct?
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Small styrene rod cut into little pieces and carefully (tediously) applied gives the appearance of bolt heads.
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Well done - very nice work! 
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Looks brilliant. I was also going to ask about the bolt detail too. Fair play if you're cutting them out one by one!
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Looks fantastic You'll be needing a 1750 to lift it
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Nice work... bolts make it stand out but real time consuming to cut and glue boltheads !  An old trick is to use drops of glue like Testors cement. They used to have clear glue adaptors with needle point holes. Just a matter of squeezing the glue out for a rivet appearance or filing a flathead across all for bolts. If make a mistake just x-acto knife off and start again.Much easier to do. Chet
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Sure thing Davie your welcome.
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Brilliant. Yet again, patience is rewarded with a great finished model. Going above and beyond, and adding that little extra detail makes all the difference
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Love your work Dave, I will have to start copying some of these tips or get someone to start a thread about Styrene (I couldn't find one) as I have to start doing details for my stuff…. Or ask someone nicely if they would be interested in making cabs and stuff in 1:40  Happy old fart....Mark
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I like the idea of the glue drops as suggested by Chet for rivets, but the styrene rods adds another different kind of details which makes it look even more real, although they must take much longer to make. I also like to add weights to my loads. I am planning to build O scale brass diesel locomotives next winter (EMD engines: one GP7 and one GP35, for those who wonder), and I will likely add weight over trucks too for better traction. It would be interesting to add some pictures of the 1:1 transformer if you can.  Good idea anyways. Those from WSI are still cheap, but there's nothing like doing your owns...  Stephane
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I got one of the WSI Elin transformers, and frankly I'm a little disappointed in the size of it. I want to set up a beam set and a transformer load, but I got no time to build such pieces.
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Thanks again for all the kind words guys. Yes cutting styrene rod for bolt detail is very time-consuming (and even more frustrating putting all these little specs in place with needle tweezers) but it really does take a model to the next level. I think I'll post a build log for the next transformer so you can see the process which is technically known as "flying by the seat of one's pants".  I saw the Elin transformer by WSI and I like the look of it (and it's pretty cheap), but how big is it - anything like the one I made? Stef, here are a couple of pics of the Siemens unit that my model is based on:  
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This is the elin transformer. 
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