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    ok, what do you guys think?????????

    Nice Snowplow!!
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    what actual size is a #79 drill bit?

    Good to know about carbide...it does break, and when I mean break, I mean shatter...I am glad I at least wear glasses, though I wish I wore more with these things...I use them mostly with my drill press, but I have been using them to drill out some metal posts on IMEX trucks...I have evnen...
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    My neighborhood in N scale

    Here is what I came up with: I naturally think in HO, so that would be a 36 inch radius going through, maybe a couple straigh sections in the middle. This would make this space about 3' by 3' up to 4' by 4 foot, if it was HO....if you kept it at this space, you would have a very well...
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    Copycat Mainline Coaling Tower in HO

    If I remember right, there is enough information in the planbes to build it all the way...only wimps need plans of all four sides! :D
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    Tank Car Placards

    Precisely. The Public, who know nothing of Hazmat labels in connection with Cornsyrup, would have no idea othe then that perhaps now cornsyrup, which the paint on the side of the cars reports, is now hauled under hazmat tags. At the same time, those that know anything would know that this...
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    Some folks never learn

    Horns are there to save your life!
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    Tank Car Placards

    It Could be Hazardous waste being transported in a Cornsyrup car...you know, general people cannot read the hazmat logos, and they move too fast to hold attention for long, so they p[ut the words "cornsyrup" on the side, and at worst, some hazmat official sees it and laughs at the joke of...
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    Ordered my first brass loco...

    Plastic is nice, but there is nothing like the "real" thing! hehehe...I am a mantua nut, Though I have to repower them...I like the weight, that is why I have them...plastic is simply light...There is really nothing quite like the weight of a Mantua Heavy Mikado... I have a Brass pacific that...
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    VERY excited! Found MY train ;)

    I will someday have a Bachmann Northern in Overland Paint...I Always wanted that set...not the cars, just the engien! I will probably be relettering that tender and engine for Southern Pacific overland express! I do have Overland Heavyweights from Athearn lettered for UP though! I have just...
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    Rs-11 Oops!

    Cut out the dynamics, and then put in a prepaitne panel. Prepaint this panel gray, silver, and light specks of rust; Certianly not every unit is fresh out of the shop or all in one piece? And painting everytime something gets dented?
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    Model Power Fire engines...or somebody...

    Check it out! I have found a close Prototype for the Model Power truck... This is almost as close as you get...except this is a ladder truck, and not a tender! But think how hard it would have been to produce a model in the 1950s if they made it a ladder truck, hence...the water tender...
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    Model Power Fire engines...or somebody...

    I have been working more on the Tractor tonight...I got the wheels half done, I still have to touch them up, and then contemplate dong the silve rims...that would be diffucult, though I think I could do it with a toothpick or shaped wood... There is still...
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    Model Power Fire engines...or somebody...

    I got a little more of that truck done...I need a better light, I cannot paint the spokes using the one I have right now...a magnifyer would be nice...or new glasses!
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    Model Power Fire engines...or somebody...

    I was Able to find a page to the prototype engine one line...the most notable feature is that step in the fender, something I have only seen before on Aerhens Pumpers...At first I though this engine was a complete fooney, but a little research looking for hook and ladders turned up ths gem of a...
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    Model Power Fire engines...or somebody...

    I got around to rebuilding a couple of fire engines...We all know them, but who knows who actually makes them! (Model Power, Tyoc, AHM...) I will end with one of each: Pumper, tanker, Ladder/hose truck, and finally, a hook and ladder. I got a lot of work done over the course of...
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    Fun With IMEX Trucks

    I will try digging up thiose trucks that were my boyhood trucks that I have now rebuilt (AGAIN!!!)
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    Dollar Store Truck Upgrades

    I actually have an entire box FILLED with the stuff I did back in High school with this type of stuff...never much, but it seems I have bene fixing these truck s sinks I was a kid playing with them. And By the way, they used to break just as easy back in 1984 as they do now. And yes, your...
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    Fun With IMEX Trucks

    OK, this is great...I made a schedule so i would get stuff done...and having done that, this is ALL that I got done this last week. This is an IMEX Truck(HO; 1:87) that was Originally a green fire engine that has been a little rebuilt. This truck was supposed to carry a water tank, but as...
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    RTR Freight Car(s)

    Face, every guy is more or less talented then the next guy, and some guys don't want to or feel the need to anymore when they are better at making income then spending time on building things when they could be building other things. I myself jsut discovere the Athean UP Overland...
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    It's Monday, What did we get done?

    Ray...you're from my home town...Small World!!! Incredible what has happened to that region! Anyhow...I got a lot of Tetris done...Nothing!!! I need to get myself interested in doing stuff again...
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