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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by twofootrevival So as a tribute to all you scratch builders Casting your own truck frames $0.50 Turning your own wheels $0.33 Lumber for 2 box cars, 1 flat, & 1 passenger car $57.95 Brass for 1 engine $65.00 Building it yourself and learning a lost art 100+ well focused hours Knowing that you paid 10% of what those RTR fools did PRICELESS [/quote] TwoFootRevival, Do you have a machine shop, or access to one? I love the thought of scratchbuilding some diesel loco's in the future. It seems really difficult to find info on how to do this! I don't know if I should bother going down that road without a mill & a lathe (which I know how to use, but don't want to purchase).
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