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Rufus!!

Postby 2railjon » Fri Apr 27, 2018 7:38 am

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Re: Rufus!!

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Fri Apr 27, 2018 8:25 am

2railjon wrote:This caboose is absolutely gorgeous!!!


Thank you :!:

Did you make kits of it for sale?


No..... Pretty much a 1-off item. Hmmmm.......I do have a friend with a laser cutter. Maybe we could put together some short run kits? I'll have to ask him.
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Re: Rufus!!

Postby 2railjon » Fri Apr 27, 2018 9:10 am

Rufus, I would be in for a kit for sure!! :D
Anyone else??
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Re: Rufus!!

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Fri Apr 27, 2018 9:52 am

2railjon wrote:Rufus, I would be in for a kit for sure!! :D
Anyone else??


Looks like I started with that ol' flat car kit of mine, :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Probably had it laying about, probably incomplete scavenged parts for whatever and decided that the best way to get rid of it was to build something. I probably have quite a few cars laying about that had similar origins of combined scavenging and salvaging. :wink: :wink:
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Re: Rufus!!

Postby 2railjon » Fri Apr 27, 2018 12:02 pm

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Re: Rufus!!

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Fri Apr 27, 2018 2:06 pm

2railjon wrote:“Looks like I started with that ol' flat car kit of mine, :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:”

Well alrighty then!
Let’s get started! :mrgreen:


Yup, I see a bundle of coffee stirrer sticks, :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Rufus!!

Postby 2railjon » Fri Apr 27, 2018 2:29 pm

Do you recall the stain that you used for your deck boards?
I like the rustic color!
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Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Fri Apr 27, 2018 2:41 pm

2railjon wrote:Do you recall the stain that you used for your deck boards?
I like the rustic color!


It's left over MinWax that I dump into a bottle and re-fill randomly - Walnut, Ebony, Ipswitch Pine, Pecan, etc. - and then top off with thinner. It's always changing as I use it.
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Re: Rufus!!

Postby 2railjon » Fri Apr 27, 2018 4:16 pm

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Re: Rufus!!

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Fri Apr 27, 2018 4:22 pm

2railjon wrote:Rolling along


I am envious of your freedom of time to get stuff done.
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Re: Rufus!!

Postby rex desilets » Fri Apr 27, 2018 7:55 pm

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:
2railjon wrote:Do you recall the stain that you used for your deck boards?
I like the rustic color!


It's left over MinWax that I dump into a bottle and re-fill randomly - Walnut, Ebony, Ipswitch Pine, Pecan, etc. - and then top off with thinner. It's always changing as I use it.
Brilliant! :)
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Re: Rufus!!

Postby 2railjon » Fri Apr 27, 2018 8:03 pm

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Re: Rufus!!

Postby Erik C Lindgren » Sat Apr 28, 2018 5:21 pm

As always I really enjoy your models Martin. Great job :!:

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Re: Rufus!!

Postby 2railjon » Thu May 03, 2018 10:00 pm

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