Low power transformer shed and a large gas canister for Zona Alfa

 I don't know who makes the STL for this, I do know it was one of my first prints and it came with a seperate base, walls, roof and 2 doors. The doors did not print good enough to be painted so I ditched those, and 2 of the nubs on top for the roof broke off so I glued in 2 matchsticks for a proper fit. Hell, I ditched the entire thing in my The Box TM and forgot about it. A while ago I did the concrete and the cabinet on the side but then again it ended up in The Box TM.

Dug it out last week, made 2 doors with card. Really simple stuff. Used one of my craft punches to make the ventilation slits. Douse with superglue once done to make it rock solid and give some proper grip for the primer and weathering.

Dryfit check

 Painted them as far as I could before glueing them into place, final weathering I prefer to do in situ. 

I really should have spent some time sanding the thing....something I do nowadays as it makes such a difference in the end...

Of course, it needs some electrical stuff to be complete, so I scratchbuilt this out of a few parts from my bits box and painted it.

 As I was scratchbuilding anyway I recycled the fuel tank of a 1/72 Russian Fuel Truck and the steeringwheel for a large gas canister. Nothing earth shattering but a nice filler piece.

Industrial equipment scatter tests

 I'm trying out to see how quick I can churn out 20x20 based industrial equipment to populate certain buildings (os spaceships etc) using nothing but bits from my bits box. 20x20 bases from Renedra I have tons, so might as well use them. Also a good test for the coverage of the AK markers over a primer coat.

Will work for 28mm as well as 15mm. 

 

Going over once already covers 90% of the primer layer, but a second coat made that 100%. It dries really quick so you can keep up the painting evenings tempo too.

Some sponging, a wash and you are basically there.

 The blue device

The green device

 

The orange device

Blue is made from some airtanks from a 1/24 truck kit, Green from another tank from a 1/24 truck kit and a bit from a 1/72 fighter aircraft cockpit and Orange from bits from a really old Revell Poseidon submarine. All resting quietly in my bits box where I just dump in scrap kits. 

Sarissa Precision R044 Water Tower Brick Tower (28mm) finished

 And another piece sorted for Zona Alfa. Sarissa Precison R044 Brick Water Tower.

I fixed the water tank to the top and drilled a hole in the underside so I can fit in a battery operated tea light. Some scratch built additions like the lamp and cabling. Fun little thing. The siren is a seperate piece I made aeons ago and fits very well on any sort of flat roof building. Enjoy!

 

Finish it! - Zona Alfa Nissen huts

 Picked these up in May 2018, converted the 4 into 2 large ones and then into the Big Old Box they went. Fished them out last week, primed them and just finished them. Meant fro Zona Alfa but will be useful for Pulp etc .

I think these are from the Dust game, but not 100% sure.

A Monumental effort

 This STL was released on Jul 25th 2026 and I printed off maybe a few hours later. Cleaned it up a bit, removed the kettle/bowl from the middle and worked my magic on it. Finished it last night but decided to sleep on it if it was really finished (spoiler: it was).

The file is a Pay as you please and can be found on Cults3D >>  Elven Totem

Printed at 0.08 layer height with a 0.4 nozzle on my Bambu A1

I paid 0 euros as I have been stung before by files like these, but it came out great and now that the model is done and dusted I'll be pinging 5 euros in his direction. 

Tufts used this time are a very old yellow hay one that had no label, 12mm Grass Tufts Beige from Greenstuff World and Tall Shrubbery Yellow Green from Greenstuff World. 

I've added the marking for some good loot stashed here, most likely buried in the centre (as we like things to be very obvious).

But is it really safe......?