Narrow or standard gauge, I'm always interested in early freight car construction. Marty McGuirk is reviving (updating) the Steam Era Freight Cars blog. Though standard gauge oriented, the construction techniques were/are the same.
Like this blog, he offers prototype modelers the opportunity to contribute with blog posts of their own. You can follow along here:
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| 1:64 Model by Doug Heitkamp |
Mmmm... yes. I have coveted this car for many years. Tell me you are just borrowing it.
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Off and on. That car has more miles on it than the prototype had. Lol!
ReplyDeleteAgreed! I saw it over on Trout Creek Pass several years ago. Ran over that district for a couple of years at least! Doug won an award with it, I believe. He is an awsome modeler!
DeleteD, maybe 7642 should make a trip to Leadville?
DeleteKeith Hayes
Leadville in Sn3
I made sure to snap lots of pictures of 7642 the last time I caught it passing through Dickey. Last I heard it was sitting with the #22 somewhere out east of Denver collecting sediment. Very sad as it could be generating revenue for the railroad.
DeleteThanks for the shout out. And yes, awesome model! - Marty
ReplyDeleteOh Man!! Another great blog to read! Just like I have enough time for what I do now!
DeleteDerrel wants-sa tank car. Derrell wants several tank cars. Derrell neeeeeeeeeeeeedz tank cars....tank cars good! Oooooooo!
(Has anybody figured out how to read blogs and build models at the same time?)
d
d, which tank cars?
DeleteCONX 5? CONX 8? I really want CONX 8. How do we get a couple built?
Keith Hayes
Leadville in Sn3
You're welcome Marty. Thanks for resuscitating the blog!
DeleteFirst you raise a lot of capital! Then you go to Korea and talk to the solder jockies who use toothpaste for solder. Then you draw plans and make several more trips to Korea. Then you pay some duty taxes, have a lot of headaches and spend even more money advertising your little gems (a.k.a. brass thunderclouds because they rain brass parts when you touch 'em....) Then you hope you sell enough of 'em so that you can keep your house!
DeleteStill interested?
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Well d, I don't know if my undies are ready for that adventure. With the new Archer rivets, the tank seems less a problem. What confounds me on CONX 8 is the steel frame and all those holes from when the standard gauge car was disassembled. Too bad there is not a way (yet) to get this 3D printed.
DeleteKeith Hayes
Leadville in Sn3
Speaking of Doug Heitkamp-what happened to his blog?
ReplyDeleteOnce Doug settles on what it is he is going to model, maybe he will return with a blog. For now, I know he is very busy with everything else in life.
DeleteI thought he was planning on Central City/BlackHawk?
ReplyDeleteWe've all planned on lots of things. I know I sure have. Lol!
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