Worked on my new train shed yesterday. This is how far I got till I ran out of 1/2" sq. tube for the columns.
C.SAM got me thinking......if I could only kep one loco.....it'd be my Weaver scale PRR T-1 loco!!! Allow me to tell a little story why.
Back in the dark ages.....really early 1970's.....I went over to a buddies house to work on model cars. I was a model railroader but model race cars were dominate at the time. My buddies Dad and my future father-in-law was a model railroader too. He didn't have a layout but collected and built Walthers O scale car kits. My model railroading was all West coast based as I had lived there 1960-70. He kept trying to give me these Pennsy Power books to read. I had no interest in that old time broke down railroad. I modeled current Western roads. (in HO BTW) When I started dating my now wife and my buddies sister.....I took his offer of a Pennsy book as a way to stay on his good side.
WOW! This old time broke RR had some wild ideas....and really was the 'Standard of the world'! Electrics, turbines and huge Art Deco Lowey locomotives (I knew Lowey from Studebaker) I found the T-1 and read all I could. At the time most printed material was about how much a flop it was. But I loved it and it became my favorite. I bought a Bowser metal HO kit of the loco. Building it and showing it to my girlfriends Dad made me much more acceptable! Long story short 35 years later I still have that Bowser PRR T-1 and my Fatrher-in-law, even at 80+, will still talk trains!
Why my Weaver T-1 means more than just a neat model train......
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Why my Weaver T-1 means more than just a neat model train.....
Beautiful engine, wonderful story.... Thank you for sharing and keeping the hobby in a great context...
AMCDave
Now THAT is a story.
Cool.
Rick.
drodder
I love it. Is there more info on the forum somewhere? If so, I have missed it!
Rick.
drodder:
Your new sheds look terrific.
I just started putting it together this weekend. I will post more pictures on my build thread when I get more done.
I just finished this Bar Mills kit, "HINKLE'S PACKAGE STORE". It is a very small O-scale kit , but the detailing took me longer than I had anticipated. I work too slowly.
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Bruce,
Nice work! Fantastic!
Sunrise
George,
Your photos are always inspiring; You're a true artist.
Bruce
Originally Posted by SIRT:
GOOD GULF...
Rusty, you're doing a nice job on that kit. I like it!
Originally Posted by Rustykamel:
I am close to finishing a Thomas Yorke kit. This has been a fun project.
The faces of the once hopes for steam.
Nice Pictures everyone. Thanks for sharing.
Originally Posted by PRRronbh:
The faces of the once hopes for steam.
I own one of those two......wish we had a Jawn that was as affordable as the Chessie is.......NICE photo....thanks...I'll run Jawn Vicariously!!!
BAR MILLS "HINKLE'S PACKAGE STORE"
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Originally Posted by Bruce E. Vincelette:
I just finished this Bar Mills kit, "HINKLE'S PACKAGE STORE". It is a very small O-scale kit , but the detailing took me longer than I had anticipated. I work too slowly.
Very nice job! Are the garbage cans part of the kit??
- Mike
Mike,
Yes they were part of the kit, but the detail parts can vary according to Bar Mills.
Originally Posted by mike.caruso:
Originally Posted by Bruce E. Vincelette:
I just finished this Bar Mills kit, "HINKLE'S PACKAGE STORE". It is a very small O-scale kit , but the detailing took me longer than I had anticipated. I work too slowly.
Very nice job! Are the garbage cans part of the kit??
- Mike
Originally Posted by scott.smith:
Guess who caught because he took pictures of a train my wife didn't know about?
Scott Smith
Well, you can take them, you just can't show them!
Guess who caught because he took pictures of a train my wife didn't know about?
Isn't there a word "GOT" that is missing from the above sentence?
Isn't there a word "GOT" that is missing from the above sentence?
Yes it is so I guess you GOT me
Scott Smith
