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No, I didn't bother with pictures. After your tenth "Antique Engine XXX show", all of the stuff begins to look the same. Today was more of a "Bonding with Grampa" day. Nobody else in the entire family is interested in this mechanical stuff, but Bren shows promise. It was a good show, as far as that kind of thing goes. The granddaddy of all steam shows happens on the long weekend in August in Cookstown, about fifteen miles south of here.
Here's a link.https://www.steamshow.ca/events.htm
The owners of the campground posted a bunch of pictures from the submarine/boat run today, here is a album with copies of them for any who are interested:https://postimg.cc/gallery/1i7mhpcxw/
Quote from: steamboatmodel on June 05, 2019, 01:34:37 AMQuote from: cnr6400 on June 04, 2019, 02:11:09 AMI like the red! really pops! Great work Chris.When operating it in public eventually don't be surprised if firemen and dalmatian dogs want to hang around it though - You may need to physically restrain the firemen from compulsively polishing any copper or brass they see, to a mirror finish! (I descend from three generations of firemen and fire engineers - no dull brass is safe with those guys) I think that is one of the reasons Chris paints so many brass parts, If the Elves went on a polishing jag it would bankrupt Chris in Basso costs, They can't help it, it comes from all that toy making early in there lives.Gerald.PS Just watch out for the odd one who turns to weathering, I have had to ban mine from watching Adam Savage and any prop making videos.If they watched Adam Savage your bigger worry would be C4 and flamethrowers!!
Quote from: cnr6400 on June 04, 2019, 02:11:09 AMI like the red! really pops! Great work Chris.When operating it in public eventually don't be surprised if firemen and dalmatian dogs want to hang around it though - You may need to physically restrain the firemen from compulsively polishing any copper or brass they see, to a mirror finish! (I descend from three generations of firemen and fire engineers - no dull brass is safe with those guys) I think that is one of the reasons Chris paints so many brass parts, If the Elves went on a polishing jag it would bankrupt Chris in Basso costs, They can't help it, it comes from all that toy making early in there lives.Gerald.PS Just watch out for the odd one who turns to weathering, I have had to ban mine from watching Adam Savage and any prop making videos.
I like the red! really pops! Great work Chris.When operating it in public eventually don't be surprised if firemen and dalmatian dogs want to hang around it though - You may need to physically restrain the firemen from compulsively polishing any copper or brass they see, to a mirror finish! (I descend from three generations of firemen and fire engineers - no dull brass is safe with those guys)
Chris......polished brass or copper tubes to the engines & valving inside of the cabin may be on the plan set, but are you going to let the copper roof sheeting panels age naturally & discolor to that tarnished green tinge ?.....That aged patina would be very attractive ....& a liberal smear with Bakers Soldering Flux would speed up the processDerek
Hi Chris, Have the elves gone on strike? I’ve been away for 2 weeks and ONLY 7 pages to catch up on, what’s going on! Right back to reading the 7 pages to find out what’s been going on! Now we’re the ?Cheers Kerrin
Tell you a little known fact about copper roofing. The parliament buildings in Ottawa, Canada all have beautiful green copper roofs. When the copper roofing was first installed many years ago, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police were asked to save all of the horse piss from their stables. The horse piss was carried to the top of the roofs and poured over them to give the lovely green colour. When left to itself, copper takes a long, long time to reach that green colour on its own. Some chemical agent in horse pee makes it turn green almost immediately.