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Ok , some one posted this link somewhere. http://www.oldride.com/community/galleries/391833729.html I found a LOT of inspiration for the junkyard there--among other things a lot of "run out" cars just left to rust -- many almost completely covered in it with only splotches of paint left...

Let me know how this looks to some of you. It's an experiment in producing a partially rusted out panel on a 1/64th car like in my junk yard. This is a hot wheels Duece roadster. The inner fender panel was taken out with a dremel & replaced with one made of a disposable aluminum baking tin. The...

This is not train related , but I thought it was funny. Hope you all do too! WAIT --- IT DOES MENTION R/R TRACKS!!! stooges8 Subject: FW: Australian Travel Rules These were posted on an Australian Tourism Website and the answers are the actual responses by the website...

I finally decided "good enuf" for the Hudson truck. Here is one of the Beginning & several of it finished.

Here are a few pics of the progress of turning the "custom 40 ford truck into a hudson truck , which is what it looked like anyway Here is the truck stock , a Hudson truck & the wreck progress. This is the interior , hope the tattered seat comes off OK. OOPS wrong truck in the first...

Rats!! E Bay sure has fixed sellers with their changes. Sellers have NO options but to do whatever E bay & paypal decides you must. I sold a MDC kit for a Battle Mountain Galloping Goose , for those not familiar with it , I'll describe it : it was a non powered beast made from a box cab...

When I was searching for my floquil yesterday I ran across my first ( adult) scratch built railroad model. I built a couple things for my Marx set when I was about 7 or 8., but then moved into aiplanes & cars. I built this to prove a point , I was in a hobby shop one day in the early 70s &...

Yesterday while I was trying to find some of my hobby items I have in storage --- did not have a lot of luck --never found any of my Floquil paint -- got about 75 bottles somewhere, some of it MIGHT still be good , I hope . At 4 bucks or so a 1/2 oz bottle for polyscale or whatever they sell now...

I don't remember if I'v shown my wrecked cars here before or not. These are 1/64 cars (S scale) I'm building to do a junk yard. I just bought a BUNCH more & will show one in progress. The finished ones were done about 20 years ago & now I'm going to do enough to build a diorama of the kind of...

Here is a little HO project I did a while back . It was made from a few scraps of a Plasticville suburban house , odds & ends & a bit of brass. The gas pumps & all the accessories , except the Pepsi cooler are scratched, the tires are O rings with tread added to them.I made trhe corrugated...

I read the excellent chain link Fence building thread that Doug ? posted a while back. Today I went looking for some -- finally got it & learned in the process that you best ask for TOOL in a fabric shop or you get a blank stare . hamr

Have any of you ever taken an Early Mantua Steam Loco apart? They ARE BUILT! I bought one on E bay a while ago , a Mikado, I knew it was somewhat old, still not sure how old. The Hanger for the crosshead guide was broken off on one side, so I got it for a comparative song. I...

A while back a friend loaned me a book on trucks thru the years, in browsing in it I ran across a picture of an auto transport truck of the 40's. I was captivated by it , it was an enclosed trailer, I decided I needed one. here is the progress on it, the cab is a modified Athearn Kenworth ( at...

As I'm getting out railroad stuff long in storage I'm coming across a few I built over the years. This is a Tank engine I built on a modified Mantua 0-6-0 chassis. I had been given the engine needing a motor, & the clear view tender had a crack. I remembered a plan in Locomotive...

I have had an idea floating around in my head for some time now about how to add "movement' to a waterfall. NO!---- it does NOT involve real water-- :cry: because we all know ( or should) that real water never looks right in a model. I'm thinking along the lines of this: We have probably...

Does anybody here remember Mel Thornburgh? In the 40 & 50s he was featured in MR often. Always with a series of articles about scratch building Brass Locos. Mel was an amazing man , his work was impeccable, he made pretty much EVERY part of the loco , except the wheels, gears & motors. He...

I just got a great addition to my Unimat lathe! :thumb: Some outfit on E bay is drilling out 3/8 X24 thread 3/8 in capacity drill chucks to 12 MM X 1 MM threads. Got this one ( brand new chuck too) for 17 $ -- sure beats paying over 30$ for a large drill bit with a 1/4 in. shank. 3/8 shank...

In another thread about a scratch built B&O tender I mentioned a 4 truck flat car I built to carry a shay on trips around the country to demonstrate it. Seemed like a logical thing for Lima to do, considering how slow they were. I got the idea when MDC came out with the set of 3 ( I think) Shay...

Just noticed that some guy has both a 2 & a 3 truck Galloping Goose kit on E Bay. These are---- number one -- NOT MINE Number two ---- They are the etched brass body kits only --- these were made a number of years back by an individual & are pretty nice. I already have a set ...

I can't believe this!! Some body just paid over 96.00$ for 4 ( yes FOUR) Precision Scale Beartrap Smoke Stacks on E Bay Brass HOn3 Loco beartrap spark arrestors 4 total Item number: 290252906183 Take a look if you don't believe me, don't blame you if you didn't...