Weirton Steel Open Hearth in O scale

I knew nothing about the steel industry. I’ve learned a bit reading your posts. That’s one Cool looking structure. Love the lighting effects. Congratulations on your award.

George

I am very happy for you. You have done great work and the Dean Freitag award is the icing on the cake. Congratulations.

Congrats George, that’s fantastic!

It's so great to see it in this form and congratulations on the award!! You earned it with a model of this scope. Great work!!

Congratulations George!

Congratulations George! Great Job!

Wow! Just Wow! Clearly that is a winner.

Wow, that is FABULOUS work, George!  You certainly didn't need the Freytag Award as validation, but it's nice to see that the meeting attendees recognized your great work.

Now the Steubenville bridge has competition for the focal point of your layout!

Awesome work on this George and well deserved recognition...Congratulations!

Dave

You all are very kind.  Thank you!

George

Congratulations George, you have done an outstanding build.

Very nice George!  Congratulations.

It's beautiful, and the attention to detail is amazing! Well deserved

Congrats George. That's a beautiful model.

Congratulations George, what a fantastic model.

russ

Congratulations George!  Your modelling efforts deserved to be rewarded.  I'm happy the Steel Mill Modelers Special Interest Group recognized it.

Awesome model George   Congrats on the award  Well deserved   BTW  Is that going on your layout or do you need a layout that will accept it and keep it in safe condition

Wow - just spectacular. Congratulations on winning the award.

Paul

@bluelinec4 posted:

Awesome model George   Congrats on the award  Well deserved   BTW  Is that going on your layout or do you need a layout that will accept it and keep it in safe condition

Ben,

Thank you!  Actually, there is a spot on the layout reserved for it.  Below is a photo of the mock-up in its position.  Left-to-right:  Blooming Mill, Main Street overpass, Open Hearth, Strip Steel, entrance to run-around (white building).

But I appreciate the concern for the building.  At some point in the (hopefully) very distant future, it's my desire to donate it to the Weirton Area Museum and Cultural Center.

George

Congrats, George......outstanding work!

Peter

Wow George, that looks great. I don't know how I missed this post, but wow.

Excellent!

Well done.  Are you working toward the MMR designation?

Great job George!

George

Congratulations That is a great job of modeling.

Marty

@Mallard4468 posted:

Well done.  Are you working toward the MMR designation?

Yes, actually I am.  I have achieved the Electrical and Author.  I'm working on Structures and Volunteer.  Long way to go.

George

@G3750 posted:

Yes, actually I am.  I have achieved the Electrical and Author.  I'm working on Structures and Volunteer.  Long way to go.

George

Based on what you've shown, you're well on the way.  I'm guessing that the biggest challenge will be documenting stuff that you've already done.

@Mallard4468 posted:

Based on what you've shown, you're well on the way.  I'm guessing that the biggest challenge will be documenting stuff that you've already done.

Thank you.

I don't find the documentation a big deal.  I tend to take a lot of photos and keep notes about what things worked (and didn't) during the builds.  Since I tend to jump around to different projects (several balls in the air at the same time), this helps me remember where I was.

George

@David Minarik posted:

Excellent!

Dave, it's your steel mills I want to see (in person).  The photos are enticing, so I'm sure the actual models are terrific.

George

Since my last report at the end of July, work on the Open Hearth has continued. The first step was to clean up the workshop and train room, which accurately resembled a bombed out building.  It took the 2-3 weeks just to get the area to a state where work could resume.  After some experimentation, I decided to use magnets and small sheets of tin to fasten the walls and roof sections to the framework.  Describing that effort took one short sentence;  actually turning that statement into reality took more than a month.  In the process, the model consumed a great many Evergreen 4530 metal siding sheets, Plastruct 91512 roof sections, and long Evergreen square and rectangular rods.

I am pleased to report that all of this effort resulted in the winning of a Structures Merit Award today. The model scored 112 out of a possible 125 points.

This photo is of the rear of the model with most of the roof removed.  Final part count was just over 2,500.

George

It looks fantastic, George!  Congratulations on the merit award!

Awesome George! It looks wonderful.

Dave

Nicely done George…..this looks fantastic and well deserving of the award.

Stunning Work! Absolutely Beautiful!! Congratulations!!!