Members Starrshine Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 Bob, I am familiar with some of your other work, a piece stands proudly on my mantle. I have no connection with this, but some of our local railroad buffs run this in our riverfront park http://www.wenatcheewa.gov/Index.aspx?page=343 Oh yes, I play with the big stuff too~ Here I am running my friend's Dash 8 Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gitmo Posted April 12, 2012 Members Share Posted April 12, 2012 I do models as a hobby too. But totally different than the beautiful examples above. I gave been involved in live steam locomotives for many years. Both the ride on kind and garden railroad scale, 1:20.3. Many of my models are completely scratch built with doing all the machining and wood work myself. I was marketing this engine a few years back with pretty good success, just no profit Bob Bob, These are outstanding! What did you charge for the engine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Starrshine Posted April 13, 2012 Members Share Posted April 13, 2012 Lon, thanks for the compliments! I was selling them for $1500. I would still be making them today if I had not lost all my machining tools in the forest fires many years back. But, then, that is also what got me back into my music. Here is a closer picture of one of them. I have designed a new one with overhead beam engines and hope to build it some day. I am rebuilding my shop. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gitmo Posted April 14, 2012 Members Share Posted April 14, 2012 I would still be making them today if I had not lost all my machining tools in the forest fires many years back. I have designed a new one with overhead beam engines and hope to build it some day. I am rebuilding my shop. Bob I have an interest in Stirling engines so I'm slightly familiar with the overhead beam design. You a machinist? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OldGuitarPlayer Posted April 14, 2012 Members Share Posted April 14, 2012 My hobbies are shortwave radio listening, amateur radio (VA3TFC) and for many many years photography but now there is a camera built into almost every device so taking pictures is mundane. I was really into B&W film and had my own darkroom setup for years. I also used to collect vintage roll film cameras. I sold all my gear about 10 years ago. I haven't done the radio hobby in years because I really haven't had a permanent place to live and set up any VHF/UHF amateur radio equipment and the antenna that goes with it. I used to run a small handheld but that's really only good for local communications. Right now all I have is the guitar and the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samilyn Posted April 14, 2012 Members Share Posted April 14, 2012 My hobbies are shortwave radio listening, amateur radio (VA3TFC) and for many many years photography but now there is a camera built into almost every device so taking pictures is mundane. I was really into B&W film and had my own darkroom setup for years. I also used to collect vintage roll film cameras. I sold all my gear about 10 years ago. I haven't done the radio hobby in years because I really haven't had a permanent place to live and set up any VHF/UHF amateur radio equipment and the antenna that goes with it. I used to run a small handheld but that's really only good for local communications. Right now all I have is the guitar and the internet. Same goes for me. A high-stress, physically demanding job combined with a crummy shift (graveyard) leaves me little time to do much more than drink a beer or two and vegetate in my off hours. And git is slowly falling by the wayside, though I try to pick up one every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poppytater Posted April 14, 2012 Members Share Posted April 14, 2012 (voiceover as Poppytater walks down the runway) "Poppy says he enjoys collecting dust, potted meat cans and hopes for world peace." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poppytater Posted April 14, 2012 Members Share Posted April 14, 2012 I'm stickin' with the half-full thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gitmo Posted April 14, 2012 Members Share Posted April 14, 2012 The US paid big bucks to the region's inhabitants for the knowledge of Bin Laden's whereabouts. Those people knew but kept silent as long as the money held out. When he got "discovered" (stumbled upon just like Hussein) and the money ran out the inhabitants dropped the facade and wanted us out. Prior to that, they gave misinformation and allied themselves with the US "cause" as their own. This plan allowed them to get armed and trained by the US gratis. The US is sooooo stupid it's become a lucrative global hobby for all nations to play it like an arcade game. NATO is the key player in getting the US to take the bait, too.My hobby is watching it work to the antagonist's advantage - every single time. Do you seriously believe this? Didn't someone say it was actually "nuanced" in a complicated sort of way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benzem Posted April 14, 2012 Members Share Posted April 14, 2012 Just curious as to what other hobbies folks here are into besides music and guitars? Or maybe this isn't a hobby, but a vocation! Myself, motorcycles...I take at least one or two road trips a year. Always wanted to ride to Alaska and thinking about doing that in June. Firstly, I apologize for taking so long to respond......things have been crazy, I am sure you know all about it... Tennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members philo426 Posted April 14, 2012 Members Share Posted April 14, 2012 Finished it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guildfire Posted April 14, 2012 Members Share Posted April 14, 2012 Finished it up! I have that car without the hood scoops. Must be a 400. Mine's a 350. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members philo426 Posted April 15, 2012 Members Share Posted April 15, 2012 Yep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hoddy Posted April 20, 2012 Members Share Posted April 20, 2012 I just got this in the mail today. It's a Coleman CQ lamp made in the early 1920s. It uses regular lantern mantles and runs on Coleman fuel. They were made for folks who lived in rural areas without electricity. It fired right up...the old Coleman stuff is amazing quality. It's the first one I've seen in person...I was surprised at how big it is. Here it is next to a Coleman Air-O-Lantern, which is a big lantern in itself... Here it is fired up...puts out a nice amount of light. I believe they were rated at 300cp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Starrshine Posted April 20, 2012 Members Share Posted April 20, 2012 A fair price for that level of detail and your ability to distress them. That boxcar in the post above, in the perfect scene would be indistiguishable from a real, fullsize train car. I have an interest in Stirling engines so I'm slightly familiar with the overhead beam design. You a machinist? Lon, Sorry, didn't see this till today for some reason. I like to call myself a machinist I am pretty much self taught. I did a lot of special effects for a stop animation movie company that required me to learn. You can see the movies here: http://www.johnclarkmatthews.com/movies.php These are great and fun for kids to watch, most were shown on PBS Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Infi-del Posted April 21, 2012 Members Share Posted April 21, 2012 These! These! These! And These! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gitmo Posted April 21, 2012 Members Share Posted April 21, 2012 These! The Kukri was recommended highly to me so I bought one. I am trying to use it as much as possible around the yard and haven't really found the blade shape to be of any advantage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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