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Post by daveh on Sept 9, 2012 14:26:52 GMT -5
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Post by John Farrell on Sept 9, 2012 14:45:23 GMT -5
Here's a smaller one.
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Post by daveh on Sept 9, 2012 14:53:38 GMT -5
John, good stuff. It's amazing how much power even that small gauge generates.
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Post by nikonbob on Sept 9, 2012 16:41:07 GMT -5
Even if these are built from kits, it must take a tremendous amount of dedication to build one much less maintain and display them. Just great amounts of detail too.
Bob
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Post by daveh on Sept 10, 2012 4:39:18 GMT -5
Bob, most will have been made from lumps of metal. Just about the only thing some haven't made themselves are the tyres.
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Post by pompiere on Sept 10, 2012 7:25:32 GMT -5
Those are amazing. In the US, there are still a fair number of full sized steam tractors around, but you rarely see scale models. It is more common to see later gas powered tractors built with small lawn equipment engines. I once saw a John Deere D built with John Deere parts that were repurposed from other equipment. The engine was from a John Deere baler, but turned on it's side to replicate the D configuration. The National Threshers Association Annual Reunion is about an hour from my home. They typically have about 50 steam tractors and hundreds of gas tractors. www.nationalthreshers.com/default.htm
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Post by Stephen on Sept 10, 2012 10:04:53 GMT -5
Bob, most will have been made from lumps of metal. Just about the only thing some haven't made themselves are the tyres. Even the tyres, cast in Devcon liquid rubber, or the steel rimmed ones cut from thicker rubber stock. You start with a set of drawings, some major castings and a pile of stock engineering metals, then spend several years building the model. Stephen.
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Post by daveh on Sept 11, 2012 16:20:27 GMT -5
Stephen, I think I was looking at the "Dishley" when I said about the tyres. In terms of doing things "off the plans", I know someone who models ships. He had original plans of HMS Hood, but, by the time she went to sea, there were differences from the original plans. It is quite remarkable what some people can and do build.
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