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 Posted - December 07 2014 : 12:05:18 AM
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My AOTW is an unknown manufacturer non-powered diecast & wood deep mining train:
Sean
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Posted - December 07 2014 : 12:25:39 AM
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| These are as cool as it gets.
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Posted - December 07 2014 : 12:28:13 AM
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quote:These are as cool as it gets. Here is a self portrait that I did that is currently in the gallery at SIUE. It goes with the mining theme and is titled The Miner Alights.
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â December 07 2014Â :Â 12:25:39 AM
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Posted - December 07 2014 : 01:13:05 AM
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quote: quote:These are as cool as it gets. Here is a self portrait that I did that is currently in the gallery at SIUE. It goes with the mining theme and is titled The Miner Alights.
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â December 07 2014Â :Â 12:25:39 AM
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Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â December 07 2014Â :Â 12:28:13 AM
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Well done! You are very talented!
Sean
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Posted - December 07 2014 : 01:48:52 AM
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That is a pretty cool mining train, Mustangs. Anyway, my AOTW is yet another IHC mini things pack. Don't worry, there's only two more of these before I run out.  This time it's some railroad crossings.
-Steve
"A lot of modellers out there who go to these train shows see broken HO stuff and go, 'This is useless' when, in reality, they can still be used for modeling whether it's as a prop on your layout or a cool project to make something old new again."
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Posted - December 07 2014 : 01:50:29 AM
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Very cool artwork!
The mine cars, I think, are BTS. The loco, I don't know.
I think the BTS mine cars are HOn30; if those are them, that means you might be able to pull them with an AHM Minitrains loco. Which will only cost its weight in dollar bills on Ebay these days, sigh...oh those Minitrains prices...
kovacs: Man, those gates and lights are one of those legendary HO molds, cranked out for different manufacturers' cards since Hector was a pup.
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Posted - December 07 2014 : 10:57:22 AM
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quote:
kovacs: Man, those gates and lights are one of those legendary HO molds, cranked out for different manufacturers' cards since Hector was a pup.
Originally posted by Autobus Prime - December 07 2014 : 01:50:29 AM
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 Now that I've really looked at them, I have to agree. Bachmann made/makes some crossing gates and lights that look identical to those.
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Posted - December 07 2014 : 12:57:08 PM
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Nice mining train and portrait!
I received a pack of those little plastic crossings years ago. The gates I never really found a use for beyond my first layout, but the lights/crossing signs blend right in when painted up. Here are two of the survivors on my layout...
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Posted - December 07 2014 : 9:32:03 PM
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My AOTW is a tool rack and tools for cleaning out the ashes in the locomotive:
Here it is in its natural habitat:
There's no ash pit. Ashes are unceremoniously cleaned out onto the ground then shoveled up and wheeled to the elevator where they're occasionally loaded into a gon and hauled away.
The tools are made of copper telephone wire and some thin sheet copper I got cheap at a nearby surplus store. The shovel was shaped around the nose of some needle nose pliers then soldered to the wire handle. The tools were painted dark and rusty colors.
The rack is made of two posts (round tooth picks) and a square timber (match stick). The hooks are little pieces of wire drilled into the match stick.
Carpe Manana!
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Posted - December 07 2014 : 9:50:22 PM
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quote:These are as cool as it gets.
Originally posted by metalsmith1Â -Â December 07 2014Â :Â 12:25:39 AM
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Thanks Stephen! I thought so too!
Sean
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Posted - December 07 2014 : 9:52:51 PM
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quote:My AOTW is a tool rack and tools for cleaning out the ashes in the locomotive:
Here it is in its natural habitat:
There's no ash pit. Ashes are unceremoniously cleaned out onto the ground then shoveled up and wheeled to the elevator where they're occasionally loaded into a gon and hauled away.
The tools are made of copper telephone wire and some thin sheet copper I got cheap at a nearby surplus store. The shovel was shaped around the nose of some needle nose pliers then soldered to the wire handle. The tools were painted dark and rusty colors.
Awesome Shaggy! Looks like someone made off with a couple of them!
The rack is made of two posts (round tooth picks) and a square timber (match stick). The hooks are little pieces of wire drilled into the match stick.
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Sean
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Posted - December 07 2014 : 9:59:32 PM
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quote:Awesome Shaggy! Looks like someone made off with a couple of them!
Originally posted by Mustangs_n_Trains - December 07 2014 : 9:52:51 PM
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Thanks. I left a couple of hooks in case some other tools occur to me.
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Posted - December 07 2014 : 10:33:04 PM
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I love that mine train, Sean.
Steve, you're an amazing sketch artist.
Shaggy, that tool rack is awesome. I can't believe that shovel!
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Posted - December 07 2014 : 10:49:32 PM
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| That is some highly respectable metal work there Steven. Don, I'm diggin' that locomotive tool rack.
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Posted - December 07 2014 : 11:35:04 PM
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quite simple this time, I have not even opened it yet,,self evident as to what it is
2 mail boxes 2 trash cans 2 fire hydrants 2 benches and a phone booth [remember those ? ]
[URL=http://s1202.photobucket.com/user/jbsmith966/media/album2/011.jpg.html] /tyco/forum/uploaded/jbsmith966/011.jpg [/URL]
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Posted - December 08 2014 : 01:10:06 AM
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Great pieces by all of you! I like them all! I need to look for a pack of those railroad accessories with the phone booth and mail boxes...
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Posted - December 09 2014 : 12:11:51 AM
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Here's a replay of a... bridge. Did I mention how much I just loved those...
crossing gates (and what was behind them)? Notice Mt. Tub towering in the background.
Must learn to use that photo editing thingy.
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Posted - December 12 2014 : 2:55:57 PM
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Sorry to double dip, but I've been having too much fun with this. It was NOS
from Tin Plate Henry, and works great!
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Posted - December 27 2014 : 8:33:23 PM
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quote:Nice mining train and portrait!
I received a pack of those little plastic crossings years ago. The gates I never really found a use for beyond my first layout, but the lights/crossing signs blend right in when painted up. Here are two of the survivors on my layout...
Originally posted by DaCheez - December 07 2014 : 12:57:08 PM
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Late reply I know, but something about the perspective, color, and layout of that shot just makes that Tyco GG1 look strangely real despite all the odds...like a massive, speeding locomotive. I think it has a lot to do with the way the soft, earth-toned scenery contrasts with the stark silver equipment, and the intersecting lines of the roads and train. Something just works Right in this photo!
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Posted - December 29 2014 : 11:28:50 AM
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| Thanks! That's one of my favourite pics of that layout.
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