Post pictures of something you have made!

[11Charlie]

That's just about three time bigger than my $300K house here in yUK.

tac, too poor to afford to be poverty-stricken

It would be nice if I was rich then I could afford to have someone else build it for me On the flip side its nice to enjoy something that you built yourself.

 

[tac]

Well, a bit of an anti-climax after seeing some the really professional handwork carried out by members on this site - furniture good enough for exhibitions, national award winning cars, carvings good enough for museum pieces.

All I do is build cars for my 1/20.3 steam trains - Colorado style - but I'm also partial to the teeny trains of the NE, in particular, the Maine 2-footers.

This is my progress on #104, the drovers' caboose - made with Costa's coffee stirrers for that real planked look...



Lots to do yet..slow but sure.

tac

 

[BillGabby1]

Would it be a mountain kur? with the black nose?
We have a couple in town here and asked the owners if they were vislas

I would have to guess it is some sort of cross with a Lab. or some such, but barring some more photos it would only be a WAG on my part

 

[BillGabby1]

Cool thread idea. There's a lot of talent here!

Here's something I built all by my lonesome:

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This is the rough sketch of the wheelhouse I built... Really rough sketch. No drafting boards or tables were harmed in the making of this drawing....

Looks a lot like a fire lookout tower the FS uses.

 

[BillGabby1]

I occasionally build custom slingshots, here are two I've made in the last year - one for a guy back east another for a guy in Germany. Each one is made from different woods as well as homemade micarta for the scales on the "Liberty" and for the core of "Die Urutu". I haven't sold any yet, each of the builds are for gifts or for trades of builds by others around the world. It's fun hobby, but one I don't spend a lot of time on.

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Do you cut them out with a scroll saw?

 

[etrain16]

Do you cut them out with a scroll saw?

Nope, I don't have a scroll saw. Most of them were cut with a combination of a compact band saw and a coping saw. Some take more work than others - the hardwoods are obviously more work. That said, a scroll saw would be a very nice addition some day, though I haven't built one of these in over a year now.

 

[Diamondback]

Nice, @tac ! After I line up the arrangements for my 1938 20th Century Limited and 1941 Empire State Express in HO, I'm considering if I can ever find sufficient reference data trying to tackle the original versions from 1902 and 1893 ("first past 100mph") respectively in 1/48.

Then again, maybe I better stick to HO... even a turn-of-the-century Varnish Pullman was 70-80', which in O (1/48) still works out to around 2-5/8"x1'8". (Admittedly HO is still bad at a foot per car, but those early versions at 3 to 5 cars will be nowhere near the nightmare of a complete '38 Century at about fourteen and a half feet or a '48 at twenty. (Then there's the really odd one... February 1945 in one freak snowstorm from Hell, two E7 2000hp diesels, the first-of-her-kind experimental 4-8-4 #6000*, and the rotary snowplow all directly coupled onto #25's head-end for a total of ten thousand horsepower shoving to get that plow moving with almost 1200 tons of meat and metal piled on behind for extra inertia to keep it moving.)
*The NYC Niagaras were a strange case among the 4-8-4 steamer breed... the second smallest of the type in North America, and at the same time the second most powerful, built so close to the very limits of line track clearance that they only had room for seven inches of smokestack and a diesel-style airhorn rather than a traditional whistle.

 

[BillGabby1]

Nope, I don't have a scroll saw. Most of them were cut with a combination of a compact band saw and a coping saw. Some take more work than others - the hardwoods are obviously more work. That said, a scroll saw would be a very nice addition some day, though I haven't built one of these in over a year now.

I play on mine now and then , not as much as I used to when I first got started.
Check out Steve's site, a really nice guy who has great tutorials and the forum has lots of great people much like here in this forum, everyone is ready to help you if needed.
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Steve puts out several patterns every week now that he's retired, once you join his mailing list, and he has a whole catalog of free designs. All you have to do is download the PDF and it's yours. I have dozens that I'll probably never use. LOL They are like extra ammo you never know when you'll need it.
Gabby
PS the De Walt saw is one of the best.

 

[tac]

Nice, @tac ! After I line up the arrangements for my 1938 20th Century Limited and 1941 Empire State Express in HO, I'm considering if I can ever find sufficient reference data trying to tackle the original versions from 1902 and 1893 ("first past 100mph") respectively in 1/48.

Then again, maybe I better stick to HO... even a turn-of-the-century Varnish Pullman was 70-80', which in O (1/48) still works out to around 2-5/8"x1'8". (Admittedly HO is still bad at a foot per car, but those early versions at 3 to 5 cars will be nowhere near the nightmare of a complete '38 Century at about fourteen and a half feet or a '48 at twenty. (Then there's the really odd one... February 1945 in one freak snowstorm from Hell, two E7 2000hp diesels, the first-of-her-kind experimental 4-8-4 #6000*, and the rotary snowplow all directly coupled onto #25's head-end for a total of ten thousand horsepower shoving to get that plow moving with almost 1200 tons of meat and metal piled on behind for extra inertia to keep it moving.)
*The NYC Niagaras were a strange case among the 4-8-4 steamer breed... the second smallest of the type in North America, and at the same time the second most powerful, built so close to the very limits of line track clearance that they only had room for seven inches of smokestack and a diesel-style airhorn rather than a traditional whistle.

With deepest apoliments for thread drift, but as we ARE talking trains - this is MY best steam gal in all the world, the Lady of Portland - SP&S E1 #700.

I'm standing behind the guy taking this flaky movie with my own camera back in 2008, and taking a FAR superior shot in higher resolution. Ten minutes later my backpack, containing camera and a load of teethish sammidges for the trip were stolen off the cart.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Lucky I had my passport in and inside pocket, else I would have been in deep doo-doo.

tac

 

[CallsignMigs]

A few projects from the long New Year's weekend.

 

[Quartermaster]

Had the afternoon to myself so I made these two vests for my little puppy. One fuzzy red fleece, and one multicam vest to make her look tough on the trail and at the dog park. Also she can carry her own supplies now.

 

[HuckleberryFun]

Had the afternoon to myself so I made these two vests for my little puppy. One fuzzy red fleece, and one multicam vest to make her look tough on the trail and at the dog park. Also she can carry her own supplies now.

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OK everybody all together now:
One...two...three...AWWWW!

 

[BillGabby1]

If I can get them loaded a couple shots of the belt and holster for the Walker, just finished it last week. Also a shot of all the holsters and the scabbard, I also did all the finishing of the Walker Kit which came all in the white and ROUGH! Lots and lots of filing and sanding and sanding, then bunches of polishing with my Dremel polisher
and white and red rouge on those little wool felt buffing wheels.
The drop loop belt was made by my friend back in the '50's in high school shop, I just made the belt and the flap holster.
The close ups make it look more red than it actually is I guess it's because of the flash.
As you can see it laid out on the bed it is more brown. The bottle says mahogany, it took the whole bottle on new unfinished leather.
As you can see it is set up for cross draw.
Gabby

 

[bbbass]

My daughter. Well, not all by myself!!!

 

[BillGabby1]

My daughter. Well, not all by myself!!!
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Mommy and Daddy just plant the seed, God makes it grow!

 

[Howard1955]

Two things:

1. Hats off to all of you. You're crazy talented.

2. I think I'm getting sick. That's my excuse for the following:

 

[Portaledgepete]

A couple of cedar fences and a redwood deck.

 

[Hedrin]

Mahlon Blaine was an artist born in 1894 in Albany Oregon. At the height of his career he was published in the New Yorker Magazine, did two book covers for his friend John Steinbeck, and did private projects like two portfolios of erotic art (Nova Venus and Venus Sardonica) in addition to tons of other book and magazine illustrations. He was the toast of the town, on top of the world, then one day in the 30's disappeared for a decade, reemerged to do several commissions, then disappeared again. By the late 60's he was providing pornographic drawings to the likes of Sam Roth and John Willie's Bizarre. He died penniless in 1969 and the world mostly forgot about this artistic light. In the mid 80's, a group put together a thin volume of his work, much prized by fans of MB. I found this to be inadequate. Over the course of six years, I collected as many of the best books and magazines featuring his artwork that I cold get my hands on, and published the 456 page book The Outlandish Art of Mahlon Blaine.



This labor of love was very well received and I like to think has helped spark some interest in this mad genius of an artist. I have never felt prouder of anything I have accomplished than when I held the first copy of this completed book in my hands.

Since then two more books about Blaine have been published by Roland Trenary, one the gentlemen who produced the original book in the 80's.

Mahlon Blaine - One Eyed Visionary

and

Mahlon Blaine's Blooming Bally Bloody Book

 

[bbbass]

I built a new front yard fence. Also the deck but I don't have pics of that anymore.



I built this Pacific NW style home on Cape Ferrelo near Brookings. The home has passive solar features with few windows on the north side and lots of sun exposure on the south side.

 

[abrahamseven]

I did a frame off restoration in this 54 Chevrolet pickup, took 2 years, fun.