2011 PUMP UP SONGS

I finished the price box for my pump. These displayed the price per gallon on a card inside a metal frame with glass sides. At the bottom are the words “Plus 5 cents tax”. On the right is a listing of the price (tax included) for one thru 15 gallons to help the math challenged. I’m not sure how they handled fractions of gallons. Each time the price changed, a new card would be required, though I’m sure they wouldn’t have changed them 3-4 times a day like now.

I 3D printed the basic frame and then added facia strips from .003 Mylar drafting film so the edges around the glass would be thin. A styrene cap and Grandt Line NBW finished the box. The price card was copied from the internet and inkjet printed to scale. I faded and water stained it with Gwosh and Silverwood stain, using prototype photos as reference. I slipped it in behind a piece of .006 thick cover slide glass and installed a .005 styrene back plate to hold it in. I didn’t intend to break the glass, but as I installed the back plate I heard the familiar tink of tiny glass breaking. Oh well. The box was painted and chipped the same as the rest of the pump. I slid it over one of the tie rods and glued it a tad askew.

Final rusting continues on the rest of the pump.

Looking rather severe! It was just the wind was strong and making my eyes water. The notes list the essential crud I carried up the summit.