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Jo has competition on the casting collection effort!
« on: April 27, 2013, 11:04:37 PM »
Just bought a set of castings from Don for this

http://www.martinmodel.com/MMPtools-subfiles/DieFiler/diefiler-02.jpg

Thanks Don!

I'll get to it....eventually.... ::)

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Re: Jo has competition on the casting collection effort!
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2013, 11:22:15 PM »
That will make up into a nice little filer - just the ticket, especially if you can rig an over-arm for it!
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Re: Jo has competition on the casting collection effort!
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2013, 11:36:48 PM »
Yup!   I suspect an overarm should be easy enough to rig.

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Re: Jo has competition on the casting collection effort!
« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2013, 11:53:21 PM »
The castings are beautiful!....Really nice iron!

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Re: Jo has competition on the casting collection effort!
« Reply #4 on: April 28, 2013, 08:05:47 AM »
Competition  :lolb: see how many of these you can name:

















A very nice man :embarassed: let me have these recently:



 :thinking: I do seem to making these engines a little faster than before maybe I am a little short of Castings  ;D But then I have started doing this:





So can you guess what these are going to be  :naughty:

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Re: Jo has competition on the casting collection effort!
« Reply #5 on: April 28, 2013, 08:27:27 AM »
Easy,

Engine 1
Engine 2
Engine 3
Engine 4
Engine 5
Engine 6
Engine 7
Engine 8
Engine 9
Engine 10
Engine 11

There; now that's cast, can I reel anybody in.

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Re: Jo has competition on the casting collection effort!
« Reply #6 on: April 28, 2013, 08:30:26 AM »
 :LittleDevil: I just realised I missed two casting sets off.

The 1/12th Stothert and Pitt which is going to be sold...... and



 ;D

Jo

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Re: Jo has competition on the casting collection effort!
« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2013, 08:32:33 AM »
I'll hold off answering as I know what they all are so a few others can have a guess.

Jo its the 1/12th you want to sell not the 1/6th :-\

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Re: Jo has competition on the casting collection effort!
« Reply #8 on: April 28, 2013, 08:39:10 AM »
 :facepalm: You are correct.  :ThumbsUp:

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Re: Jo has competition on the casting collection effort!
« Reply #9 on: April 28, 2013, 08:42:03 AM »
And don't you have a few bits of Corliss knocking about somewhere :thinking:

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Re: Jo has competition on the casting collection effort!
« Reply #10 on: April 28, 2013, 08:43:32 AM »
I could name about half of 'em (without cheating)

Are you casting your bread upon the waters for more Jo?
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Re: Jo has competition on the casting collection effort!
« Reply #11 on: April 28, 2013, 08:48:28 AM »


But I have started them  ;D

And there is another 5 set of castings for a strange type of models  :ShakeHead: I will admit to the 7 1/4" Locomotion which is a mobile beam engine ;)

Tel: you should know I never turn down an offer for castings  :whoohoo:

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Re: Jo has competition on the casting collection effort!
« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2013, 09:04:39 AM »
I Think Jo needs to change her user name to Old Mother Hubbard  :LittleDevil:

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Re: Jo has competition on the casting collection effort!
« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2013, 09:09:00 AM »
Well I can see the Armstrong engine castings in your collection which are on my wish list.
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Re: Jo has competition on the casting collection effort!
« Reply #14 on: April 28, 2013, 11:10:51 AM »
I can name About half of them Jo!...including the heritage ones...the feed pump, and the triple

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                                                                           I am so not worthy  Jo   Mistress of the castings!

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