Covid-19 projects on the bench
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Nice. Someday I have to get back to painting. Are those all-metal trucks?
My someday project is a ballast car, like the ones Mantua made. Hadn't thought of wood, but that might be a better medium than brass.
My someday project is a ballast car, like the ones Mantua made. Hadn't thought of wood, but that might be a better medium than brass.
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bob turner wrote:Nice. Someday I have to get back to painting. Are those all-metal trucks?
Thanks! No, just metal wheelsets, although I probably should put these two cars over all metal trucks for weight distribution.
My someday project is a ballast car, like the ones Mantua made. Hadn't thought of wood, but that might be a better medium than brass.
Don't know the Mantua car.
As for wood vs. metal, I just model an earlier era,
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On to the next car!
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A rivet counter in denial.
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OK. What kind of car will it be?
Or is this a Whatzit?
Or is this a Whatzit?
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rogruth wrote:OK. What kind of car will it be?
Maintenance of Way of some sort.....which by itself leaves actual use rather close to undefined -- some sort of work caboose // tool car, I think....maybe......but I'm not sure.........yet.
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Rufus T. Firefly wrote:rogruth wrote:OK. What kind of car will it be?
Maintenance of Way of some sort.....which by itself leaves actual use rather close to undefined -- some sort of work caboose // tool car, I think....maybe......but I'm not sure.........yet.
I think it's cool that you can make it up as you go along.
Sort of the way I built my layout.Had an idea about what I wanted but nothing on paper.
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rogruth wrote:Rufus T. Firefly wrote:rogruth wrote:OK. What kind of car will it be?
Maintenance of Way of some sort.....which by itself leaves actual use rather close to undefined -- some sort of work caboose // tool car, I think....maybe......but I'm not sure.........yet.
I think it's cool that you can make it up as you go along.
Sort of the way I built my layout.Had an idea about what I wanted but nothing on paper.
I call all that sort of stuff something that too many hobbyists have forgotten about -- "fun".
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Have FUN!
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rogruth wrote:Have FUN!
I am and will!
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I'm a little confused. Do those two go together to make an inside and outside?
I thought the other side would be a mirror image. ????
I thought the other side would be a mirror image. ????
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