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Offline Unlucky General

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Building my Spanish Wind Pumps ... Now Finished
« on: July 21, 2021, 07:15:34 PM »
Comrades,
Until corrected, I'm calling these my wind water pumps. Please feel free to follow the link to my latest how-to blog post on this build - part 1 of 2. The whole thing has been an experiment for me and I hope you get something out of it. I'd never used texture rollers before, I am inexperienced with clay and I'd never built a wind pump or mill for that matter. I don't think I covered this in the blog but they are designed for 28mm wargames.
https://unluckygeneral.blogspot.com/2021/07/wind-pumping-my-take-on-buisaco-wind.html

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Re: Building my Spanish Wind Pumps
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2021, 02:54:14 AM »
Nice work with that GSW roller.

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Re: Building my Spanish Wind Pumps
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2021, 08:26:25 AM »
Your use of the roller was good but the sails are inspired. 
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Re: Building my Spanish Wind Pumps
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2021, 09:50:51 PM »
Thanks for the kind remarks. I can't take any credit for the roller - just glad my first use of it worked out so well. They are painting up nicely. Update on the way shortly.
« Last Edit: August 02, 2021, 05:49:53 PM by Unlucky General »

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Re: Building my Spanish Wind Pumps ... Now Finished
« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2021, 04:19:06 AM »
Okay, for those of you who read the first part and might be curious to see the results, I've now finished the wind pumps.

Please find Part 2 on my blog via the following link: https://unluckygeneral.blogspot.com/2021/07/wind-pumping-my-take-on-busaco-wind.html


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Re: Building my Spanish Wind Pumps ... Now Finished
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2021, 06:27:48 AM »
They look good  8)
cheers

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Re: Building my Spanish Wind Pumps ... Now Finished
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2021, 06:41:31 AM »
Nice work and very informative blog article.
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Re: Building my Spanish Wind Pumps ... Now Finished
« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2021, 09:39:31 AM »
These are great, loved the blog posts too  8) 8) 8)

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Re: Building my Spanish Wind Pumps ... Now Finished
« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2021, 09:19:46 PM »
Thanks for the encouragement. It's very kind of you.

 

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