Ringo. Yes I turned the locomotive round after I 'rusted' it up a little. It looks better the new way. IMO
David
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I cannot afford the luxury of a negative thought
Thanks to everyone I didn't mention for your contributions this week. This forum continues to inspire me to keep trying to get better at the hobby. Plus, it's lots of fun to see what others are doing.
I'm in a part of the country with few people, so I don't have friends who are in the hobby. You guys are it. Thanks!
York1 John
Mike, I should know better. We used smaller versions of your crane to lift our boats out of the water and put them into storage. The major problems we encountered were the point loads imposed by only 4 (in our case) points of contact. Eventually, the CG just build new boat houses or improved the slabs in the old ones where it could.
Agan, good job on the crane.
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Allan
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This has been an excellent week for Weekend Photo Fun. A huge THANK YOU to eveyone that made it that way.
Ed: Great eBay story on the PENNSYLVANIA FF1. It is gorgeous. Yes, I do have Dean Freytag's book on the steel industry. It is 10 times better than the other book. I see them sell for around $100.00 some times. I found mine at a used bookstore in Saint Petersburg for about $20.00 if I am remembering everything correctly.
Mike: Beautiful crane model. I have always questioned the diesel power unit being located wirectly under the operator's cab on these. I know of several real cranes that are built like that. I guess as long as the aftertreatment system is intact the operator will be fine, but still, you are right in the "line of fire" for the exhaust.
Peter: Great looking lumber loads. As always, an absolutely perfect photograph.
Pike 62: Welcome, and thank you for sharing those unique tank cars. I have saved a couple of the images into my "idea" folder for a future project.
Bear: Your work on that depressed center well car is looking interesting. Please keep us updated.
Allan: The lighted scene with the passenger station looks good. Your efforts have been worth it. I hope you find exterior lights you like.
David: Thank you for sharing your WWI era freight train. The unique freight cars are wonderful.
Ringo: That snow plow is a great model. I don't remember ever seeing an SS El Camino in HO scale. Nice score with that deal.
Sorry if I missed anyone.
I will see you all next week!
Be safe.
-Kevin
Living the dream.