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Sunday Photo Fun 8-31-14 Labor Day Edition

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Posted by stebbycentral on Monday, September 1, 2014 8:56 AM

JPG images of original models, downloaded off of the web.  I load them into Word documents and that allows me to shrink them to size.  Then they are glued onto a core of carved wood.  A process not dissimilar to the way they used to build scale model rolling stock back in the pre-plastic era.

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Posted by Northwoods Flyer on Monday, September 1, 2014 8:09 AM

Very impressive Stebby.  How are you making these miniatures?

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Posted by stebbycentral on Monday, September 1, 2014 7:31 AM

mini-mini-motive power

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Posted by daves92camaro on Sunday, August 31, 2014 10:40 PM

motive power

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Posted by stebbycentral on Sunday, August 31, 2014 6:55 PM

Getting started on my project for the annual "Festival of Trees" at Thanksgiving.  This year instead of doing something for the Gingerbread Village, I decided to enter a miniature instead.  The subject is going to be a shadowbox of a toy shop window with a Flyer layout display.  Decided to get started with the most difficult part; the train cars themselves.

Here are the miniatures next to the "prototypes".

These are the three cars I have done so far. 

The last two items for the train will be a Santa FE PA1, and a standard red caboose. 

 

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Posted by Dave632 on Sunday, August 31, 2014 4:49 PM
Old and new Santa Fe Loco's:
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Posted by Northwoods Flyer on Sunday, August 31, 2014 11:58 AM

Every auto dealership in town is having a Labor Day sale.

Enjoying the World's Greatest Hobby

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Posted by wallyworld on Sunday, August 31, 2014 9:27 AM

The last of summer...

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Sunday Photo Fun 8-31-14 Labor Day Edition
Posted by spankybird on Sunday, August 31, 2014 6:34 AM

I am a person with a very active inner child. This is why my wife loves me so. Willoughby, Ohio - the home of the CP & E RR. OTTS Founder www.spankybird.shutterfly.com 

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