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a jig for cutting brass C channel to size for making the stake pockets for the ore car The first one is test fitted, and looks about right Cut a bunch of these with a heavy duty grinding wheel on the dremil. these are tougher than the cut off...

shot it with some gray primer , will need to dust the bottom with gray after this dries, cause I missed a couple spots on the under frame.. got no idea where I"m going with paint. don't know if my On3 stuff will reprise my State Line RR, which I...

I forgot NBW castings on my list of commercial parts, will need lots of them!

We really need to see some pictures of this under construction; so we can learn stuff. The results are such that I'm pretty sure there is something to be learned.

fitting the supports for the sloped inside surfaces. this has been the trickiest part of building these cars with out any blueprints. just a tad bit more work, and this first car will be ready for some gray paint for the beginning of the paint. next I...

Your Tweetsie hopper was in lots of ways a dry run for this. I have let the 5 frames alone, and working on just the one car, and that speeds things up considerable. I have a budget so tight 6 On3 trucks are out of the question, unless I raid my Russian River kits. May just finish 2 or 3 now.

I was under the impression that O scale was 1/4 inch to the foot, and 1:50 was the correct ratio, and 1:48 was just close.

The first if the ore cars is shaping up from the underside, still need to build the sloped inside floor, and figure out how I'm going to mess up the truss rods. scratch building without plans is an adventure I'm doubting I'll finish all six right...

They both float nicely. the bireme is only about 20 inches long minus the bowsprit. I should have built it tice that size, and it would have been able to support the oar mechanism, radio and batteries. am working on milling out some of the...

I have two R?C projects that are on hold due to my lack of knowlege about R/C. My first was a Roman bireme. I built a working or mechanism. but the mechanism was too heavy, It took on water, and the radio got strange. My other project is...

most of my recent photos don't show, as they were too large, or had been taken by my phone.; so I'm posting a batch here. Biscuit rock in the the Gizzard, on the top level of my central peninsula. Directly below Biscuit Rock is The Harlow Union...

notched the end for s on3 KD coupler draft gear box. I have the notches marked on the other 5 frames, but am going to wait intill I have this car frame mocked up with bolsters, to be sure everything will be right before notching the other 5. have next...

Have the frames for six ore cars mostly done. they just need some cut out and chisel work doine for the KD draft gear boxes. since this is all scratchbuilt, without a plan, I'm going to hac=ve to set up one frame with trouks and coulers to be sure...

Cleaning up my RR room I found a bundle of my dad's stripwood. I thought I had given it all to Dr. Tom. So rather than continuing to get my HO layout ready to roll, I started scratchbuilding 6 On3 ore cars. based largely on this O gauge standard...

Looking for something else, I puound my pattern pieces for the Tweetsie ore car. these will come in handy determining the sizw of wood needed for the underframes of my Russian River kits

Joy! the universals on the drive shaft split, need parts. though the truck gears had split, but I might get lucky, and just get away with the drive shafts. one of the spit universals allowed too much slop in the truck gears, making m think the truck...

Love the T model!

the underside of a Bachman On30 Climax truck. the truck is properly scaled. Fun fact, when Climax filled an order of a 30 inch gauge locomotive, they didn't build a special truck; instead they took a 3 foot gauge truck, and pushed the wheels in...

I'm liking it!

At the lake. Got the Climax regained to On3. Putting couplers on it at the proper height will be tricky, I will need to mill out the top or middle link and pin pocket. Modify an On3 coupler, and pin it in the pocket. Have also been working on my Russian River Generic Box car’s frame. Was...