Hi Bob; If he turned the brake cylinder and air tank, he did a beautiful job!
The center sill and cross ties/cross braces/bolsters appear to be the original AM part, with a lot of the excess flat plastic cut away between. He appears to have left the AM's half an A/B valve as it stood. The longitudinal floor boards are a bit out of the ordinary. Most of us would use styrene for the floor and a Grandt Line brake set for the parts with weight on the top of the floor to get similar results. Pieter E. Roos --- On Tue, 11/29/11, Bob Werre <[email protected]> wrote: > Friends, > > I've added a couple of new photos to my album, > PhotoTraxx. One is of a > scene that even I don't see very often. It's the back > side of my main > yard which includes my Leigh Valley cement plant and > typically several > warehouse buildings. Many for the buildings were > removed for a little > track work, so I staged that scene. In the next night > or two all the > buildings will likely go back in position for a long > time--as I don't > like doing track work in that area. > > The second photo is of a scratchbilt floor that one of our > prior members > made up for himself. He passed over 10 years ago and > as I was going > through some things I came across it. It's really > just a substitute for > an American Models boxcar floor, but it you look at it > you'll see some > masterful work. Fred Little was primarily into O, but > liked our little > group (image that!). Fred had worked as a tool maker > for Hughes at one > time, drove a motorcycle way beyond his graying years and > loved to > harass a local hobby shop owner!! > > Anyway I think he either cast, filed, milled or turned all > the parts you > see including the steel floor. I'm not certain how it > will do with > magnetic ramps, but it certainly is a work of metal art. > > Bob Werre > PhotoTraxx ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
