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Thanks again for the kind words. They are much appreciated. :D :D :D

Thanks for the kind words fellas. Matthyro: It's HO. Spitfire: The silos (two frozen orange juice containers) are laminated with basswood scale lumber. The silo bands are made from thin fishing line painted black. The trucks are both Jordan Products models.

Philney Coal & Coke is a scratchbuilt structure modeling a typical coal distributorship in the 1930 - 40s on the east coast.

Thanks Marc: I checked out the Masonary site. I also looked over your site: Terrapin.... incredible weathering and paint work. I've bookmarked it for future reference. :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:

Jon: Two questions. 1. Where are the soldiers going? 2. What are the women-folk waiting for? :D :D :D

I agree with Calflash- the solvent can quickly eat into the rivet detail. :( :(

I'm starting to detail an old model I had on the orphan shelf. I want to use a cinder block base for the small factory made of brick and clapboard. Question: Were (gray, flat-faced) cinder blocks commonly used in the United States as early as the 1920's?? :confused: :confused: :confused...

Fred: That's beautiful. Do you have horses? :thumb: :thumb:

Glen: The hammer was carved from a piece of basswood then painted silver. I used some pastel chalks for rust and dirt but the lighting for the pic was very bright so it washed out the weathering. G.Pfeifer: I never saw one that was made out of a flat car. It's real nice. Like it.

Thanks everyone for your comments. nscale modeler: It was a fun model to build. It looks much more difficult than it really is. GPeifer: Sumpter250 is right.The disconnect trucks, I believe, were used to transport the derrick. They could be removed or moved (under the chasis) any time it...

Like it alot Jim. Is Fred hard to please? :) :) :)

Matthyro: Your buildings are really unique. I can't believe they are made from cereal cardboard. Is there no end to what we can use to build models. Re: corn for the crib - do you have photo-imaging on your computer? If so you can print out a whole sheet if corn cobs by reducing size...

Thanks for the kind words everyone. Matthyro: It's HO. Glen: It may have been from plans in the MRC you mentioned. I don't really remember - I built it over twenty years ago. The boiler is made of a wood dowel and a plastic straw. Several odds and ends from my parts bin and two or three...

Ginko Bay RR Piledriver (fourth pic)

Ginko Bay RR Piledriver (third pic)

Ginko Bay RR Piledriver (second pic)

Here are a couple of shots of my piledriver. It is scratchbuilt except for the disconnect trucks (Kaydee). I don't know if the railroads mounted them on trucks but I've seen other modelers do it. It makes for a more dramatic picture.

Installing PE2 Ron: I'm no whiz with the computer but I've had no problems installing PE2 several times because of a few restore procedures over the past year. I've been using PE@ for about 1 1/2 years. I love it. You said nothing happens when you put the disc into the CD drive. Is...

Thanks everyone for the fine suggestions. I think I solved the problem. I noticed that the Jarmac discs are very thick and hard to bend. (heavy padding). When I bought them they were not flat- but distorted.( Is it possible that the distorted shape was due to the drying adhesive?). When the...

Thanks again guys: 3phase: You're right. I don't use the machine often enough. When I got the machine it came with a disc already installed. It lasted for about one year. Once I tried to replace it I had no luck. I think they gave me old packs of discs to start with. If anyone is interested...