Poll- have you scratchbuilt anything?

[N Gauger]

While I enjoy building kits, I particularly like to kit-bash, and especially like scratch-building in N scale. My present life-style of full-time RV-ing around the country has slowed my building down quite a bit, but up to the recent past it seemed I always had something in the works, whether it was a freight car or building I had seen. I like working with card stock and wood but, have developed a strong liking for styrene. Here are a few of my projects:

http://www.railimages.com/albums/dickgorman/aac.jpg
http://www.railimages.com/albums/dickgorman/aad.jpg
http://www.railimages.com/albums/dickgorman/acq.jpg
http://www.railimages.com/albums/dickgorman/afj.jpg

Dick

Yeah.... and it's Really Difficult to drive with glue on your fingers!!!

 

[shaygetz]

Here are a few of my projects...
Dick

That RV gets too cramped with them Schnabel cars, I'll give 'em trackage rights on my layout...nice work...one of my "Round Tuit" projects:thumb:

 

[MilesWestern]

A simple "no" would have sufficed.
And the "duh" was really unnecessary.
I don't know about the rest of your post. I quit reading at that point.

Sorry, Cannonball. I didn't mean to be unpleasant or rude. I have no intention of offending anyone, including you, an it's been edited. (I removed the "duh" but it wasn't directed at you in particular.)

 

[Cannonball]

Sorry, Cannonball. I didn't mean to be unpleasant or rude. I have no intention of offending anyone, including you, an it's been edited. (I removed the "duh" but it wasn't directed at you in particular.)

Fair enough. I won't get too uspet about it since there seems to be a fair rash of hard feelings over the last couple of days as it is. No reason to add fuel to the fire.

 

[MilesWestern]

Thanks Cannonball! I have to agree about this explosion of harsh feelings, and it's not just here. On another forum I read about some guy who was ready to give up on his friend because he was not treating his own trains well! SIGH!

 

[Cannonball]

Thanks Cannonball! I have to agree about this explosion of harsh feelings, and it's not just here. On another forum I read about some guy who was ready to give up on his friend because he was not treating his own trains well! SIGH!

People are crazy.
It's a sad thing when someone else's posessions become more important than their friendship.

 

[MadHatter]

Yes, yes, I know its got nothing to do with trains- unless you want to imagine its in S scale or something.

I've just finished building a castle for my friend whose birthday was on Valentines day- we are going to use it in our wargames- NOW TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE TRAINS!!!

I'm actually scared to do any finiky work, since my hand has the shakes.

 

[ocalicreek]

Probably the most interesting thing I've scratchbuilt was a little miner's cabin based on one in a book on Appalachian coal mining, in a VGN company town. Dimensions were guestimated and the four walls cut from a single piece of cardstock. Board n batten siding look was created with strips of scale lumber. After I finished it I realized I had gotten the pitch of the roof wrong, but no worries, it still looks just fine IMO. I 'finished' it 7 or 8 years ago, I guess, and had it boxed away until recently. Now it's going to find a new home on my timesaver switching layout as a section house for the track gang. Needs a few legs to raise it off the ground and perhaps a few additional touches. It's too late now but I'll try to get a picture up this weekend.