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Will come in handy when you do the Stanley Steamer.(Sorry Zee..couldn't resist.)
Maybe I can get Ye-Old-Steam-Dude to put a Stanley body on the big one he is building, and convince Zee that is who he was talking to....
used the tip-model-on-its-nose trick again
One thing I have been experimenting with this week is just how to get this big beast of a model into my car (Maxda CX-5) for the trip up to Maine in October (they asked me to bring up the Lombard and the Marion to their two-day fall event, I'll be joining their crew running the real Lombard again! ). I could slide it in lengthwise from the back, but that means it rides up on the back of the seats, which don't fold down quite flat. I also have a big plywood platform with padding/vinyl on one side that we used as a seat for the dogs in a Subaru, turns out that fits nicely over the top of the back seat in the Mazda and lays flat and snug - still have to see if the Marion will slide in through the side door, think it will fit with the main boom swung over about 45 degrees. Either way, I need to make a tray for the model that will cradle the tracks, and have some tie-down straps for the frame and boom to keep it from slipping around.
Quote from: crueby on September 11, 2018, 09:46:41 PMused the tip-model-on-its-nose trick againPretty soon that trick isn't going to work anymore. Then you're either going to have to invest in either eye-bolts and chain hoists, or an electric car hoist.Don
Quote from: crueby on September 11, 2018, 09:37:07 PMOne thing I have been experimenting with this week is just how to get this big beast of a model into my car (Maxda CX-5) for the trip up to Maine in October (they asked me to bring up the Lombard and the Marion to their two-day fall event, I'll be joining their crew running the real Lombard again! ). I could slide it in lengthwise from the back, but that means it rides up on the back of the seats, which don't fold down quite flat. I also have a big plywood platform with padding/vinyl on one side that we used as a seat for the dogs in a Subaru, turns out that fits nicely over the top of the back seat in the Mazda and lays flat and snug - still have to see if the Marion will slide in through the side door, think it will fit with the main boom swung over about 45 degrees. Either way, I need to make a tray for the model that will cradle the tracks, and have some tie-down straps for the frame and boom to keep it from slipping around. You could make a practice run by bringing both to Clark's Trading Post this weekend Mike
Next step is to make the floor that the operator stands on.
Quote from: crueby on September 13, 2018, 12:49:36 AMNext step is to make the floor that the operator stands on.Operator. We know who you mean.
Quote from: zeeprogrammer on September 13, 2018, 01:43:51 AMQuote from: crueby on September 13, 2018, 12:49:36 AMNext step is to make the floor that the operator stands on.Operator. We know who you mean. Cool. Then you can explain it to me, you lost me on that one.
Hi Chris , there seem to be quite a few square nuts dotted about in the photo...more interesting work going on Willy
Quote from: steam guy willy on September 13, 2018, 03:20:29 AMHi Chris , there seem to be quite a few square nuts dotted about in the photo...more interesting work going on WillyThanks Willy! So far just hex nuts pn the model. There are square ones on the wood floor on the real one, but I am not sure if those are original or replacements, cannot tell if the wood is original or not, since the cab itself was changed from wood to steel at some point. All the nuts on the mechanisms are hex nuts. The cab probably dates to the 30s or 40s, but hard to be sure. The shovel was built in 1906, retired in 1949, a long career.