They make great flat car loads. "S"tring Bob ______________________________________________
--- In [email protected], Ed Kozlowsky <soldado7264@...> wrote: > > Never could understand why anyone would want one of those 2 cylinder green > things. >  > Ed Kozlowsky > Sanford, Maine > sscale.org > > > >________________________________ > > From: Thomas Baker <bakert@...> > >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > >Sent: Thursday, October 4, 2012 8:03 AM > >Subject: RE: {S-Scale List} Farmall Flat Finished > > > > > > > > > > > >What was the saying about Farmall? "If it ain't red, keep it in the > >shed!" Fairly unambiguous, don't you think? > > > >Tom > > > > > >________________________________ > > > >From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Roy > >Meissner [rmeissner@...] > >Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2012 12:35 AM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Farmall Flat Finished > > > > > > > > > > > >Farmall is the only tractor. > > > >Roy J Meissner > >----- Original Message ----- > >>From: Bob Werre > >>To: [email protected] > >>Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 2:55 PM > >>Subject: Re: {S-Scale List} Farmall Flat Finished > >> > >>  > >>boB and all, > >> > >>I was afraid to try and drill out the stake pockets on the metal car--seems > >>like it would be difficult to start the hole with the pocket area being > >>sloped like it is. However, I can still do it assuming there's an easy > >>way. I'm running a load of John Deere's--my > wife would have preferred IH/Farmall, as her dad was a dealer for awhile. > Of course, iff'in your a real Canadian you have to being shipping the famous > Cockshutt tractor (great for jokes in my teen years). > >> > >>I arranged my load in two different ways, seems like every time I saw a > >>'factory' load they were different. I also have a oversize load of a > >>earth scraper--Norscott (sp) that is really neat, but I found them being > >>shipped less those big tires. I tried that > but that just didn't look right, so I've put them back on--besides how would > one off-load them anyhow? > >> > >>And speaking of die-cast toys. I have several Cats around the layout. > >>Over the years the rubber treads have given up. Has anybody found any > >>replacements? Obviously they need not be flexible rubber--and I haven't > >>found a way to putting them on assuming I > could find any! Probably requires a complete dis-assembly of the entire > unit. > >> > >>During the Altoona convention, on the loop--back when?--Billy & Danny Click > >>and myself photographed a couple of trains that had dozen of long flats of > >>harvesters from John Deere. One could only imagine who would have ordered > >>that many of them--I assumed they > were for export. > >> > >>Bob Werre > >> > >> > >>On 10/3/12 1:52 PM, shabbona_rr wrote: > >> > >>>I converted some AF flat cars a while ago. I went the opposite direction > >>>and extended the decks over the stake pockets, and drilled holes in the > >>>stake pockets. This past week, I loaded two of them with John Deere > >>>tractors. I'll post a couple of photos later. In the meantime, I believe I > >>>did post photos of the finished flat cars. > >>> > >>>boB Nicholson __________________________________________________ > >>> > >>>--- In mailto:S-Scale%40yahoogroups.com, "scale S only" mailto:scalesonly@ > >>>wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi Trevor -- > >>>> > >>>> As always, nice work, but what I like best about your blog is the mix of > >>>> real and model photos (these are especially well executed). I also have > >>>> to marvel at how fast you got where you are on the layout... If you > >>>> havenââ¬â¢t done a bit about the turntable on > the blog, you ought to. > >>>> > >>>> I have a pair of SHS bulkhead flats with the same kind of plastic deck. > >>>> I did narrow the deck a bit and cut the edges to better indicate > >>>> individual boards, but I used Tester acrylic burnt umber to paint the > >>>> deck, thinning it just a bit with water in the brush > so that the more I brushed the streakier it got without leaving the plastic > showing. I have used real wood for decks, and it is just as hard to make it > look right though easier to make it look used. > >>>> > >>>> Have fun! > >>>> Bill Winans > >>>> ------------------------------ > >>>> > >>>> Hi everyone: > >>>> > >>>> This week's progress includes loading a 53' flat car with Farmall > >>>> tractors. I'm really pleased with how this project turned out. You can > >>>> read about it on my blog, here: > >>>> > >>>> http://themodelrailwayshow.com/cn1950s/?p=1546 > >>>> > >>>> Enjoy if you visit... > >>>> > >>>> - Trevor > >>>> > >>>> --- > >>>> > >>>> Trevor Marshall > >>>> > >>>> Port Rowan in 1:64 > >>>> I model a steam-era Canadian National branch line terminal in S scale, > >>>> and blog about it here: > >>>> http://themodelrailwayshow.com/cn1950s > >>>> > >>>> The Model Railway Show > >>>> Listen in as two S scalers (and recovering radio newscasters) host a > >>>> podcast about the hobby: > >>>> http://www.themodelrailwayshow.com/ > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ 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! 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