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Some really old illustrations from a series I did about a decade ago. #illustration #penandink

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

I love scratch builds based on obscure rail cars. Pine Creek Lumber posted this Library car that's based loosely on a prototypical example from a mining company in Montana. This is why this hobby rules. The detail, the storytelling, the absolute joy of such a simple idea. Beautiful. #modeltrains

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The orange business genius has announced he's lowering the tariff on China to 80%. China never came to the table to negotiate. He never made any "deal". The "tariffs are just being used for bargaining" lie falls on its face.

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My next kit is out on the shop! The Unusual 4ft gauge Padarn Railway Hunslet loco. Three of these locos were built, but only a few parts still exist from one of the locos, Velinheli. Now their old line is gone, but the Llanberis Lake Railway follows their old route along the shore of Llyn Pararn!

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Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns

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HO scale model of the Rough and Ready 2-2-0, the No. 1 of the Cheshire RR. Built in the 1830s, and rebuilt in 1863, the model depicts the 1863 appearance. Available on my shop: 3dptrain.com/pages/seller...

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Fitch's steam "locomotive". This odd miniature steam engine still exists and has a somewhat controversial history. It has often been said to be proof of concept for a steam propelled rail vehicle, and thus arguably the first locomotive. But Fitch left behind no record of its intended purpose.

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Honestly would watch a Tim Burton adaptation of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

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If you see this, post your getaway vehicle

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When Lima decided to make a U.S. outline steam loco, they had to find something for their existing 2-6-4 chassis. Which was pretty tricky. The modeled a P&R Q1A, but labelled it a Q1B. The Q1B had outside valve gear, but the domes and other details were different, so who knows.

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Two vintage Arnold 0-6-0 locos. One has been fitted with a 2-6-0 + pilot conversion kit that was relatively popular back in the day. They're both excellent runners. 157 particularly can maintain about 4 scale mph.

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As expected, lots of unhinged arm chair experts in the comments speaking about how cheap and easy it is to manufacture precision models in the U.S. My fave is the boomer saying that prices went up when model companies went overseas (because he doesn't know what inflation is, unless Biden causes it)

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Buchanan's replica DeWitt Clinton as it appeared in 1893 at Chicago's Columbia Exposition (note the original 1831 wheel propped against the front of the loco) and as it appears today on display at The Henry Ford museum.

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A rather interesting photo from my collection. I haven't been able to find any info about it. The locomotive looks like Licaon, now preserved, or one of her sisters, of which 9 were still in use into the 1920s.

submitted 75 days ago • 2 comments

Having a new alternator installed by Honda: $1,900 Installing a rebuilt alternator at home: $240 Replacing the voltage regulator at home $25 (and lots of swearing)

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Ophanim type Power suit repost _ eyes embed the outer rims of of its rings. scanning for threats as the suit hovers with both jets and antigrav weight altering tech. a Literal Eyes on the sky type unit __ #ZeFBudArt #artist #Digitalart #SciFi #OC #originalCharacter

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Seeing more people correctly point out that we shouldn't let AI touch history. youtu.be/HG1324unhcA?...

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Of all the places I've been, London felt the closest to U.S. cities. Munich felt much more different. Tokyo was in some way kind of in between, but in other ways even further removed from "typical" American experience.

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I've been teaching myself animation. I started practicing some storyboarding, and of course wouldn't a set piece with an 1830's era railroad be fun? The story is loosely adapted from Meyerbeer's Robert le diable, but set in Meyerbeer's own era rather than the middle ages.

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Since I've been an antique lamp kick recently, here's an old Dietz Monarch hot-blast lantern I use for camping. Shown here on a windy night, they are actually pretty difficult to blow out. Probably more like to be tipped over by the wind than to be blown out by it.

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Eureka, C.A. Thayer, Wapama, Alma, 1961 Before they all moved to the Hyde Street Pier, these historic ships were tied up in the Oakland Estuary where my uncle found them. (Now they've all moved to Vallejo... except for the Wapama which was dismantled in Richmond in the early 2000's) #sfhistory

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The clock I found to put in my study. Japanese clocks from the pre-WWII era are surprisingly common in the U.S. This one was probably made in the early 1920s. The style of, and finish of the case are unusual.

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I'm not the only one that sees it, surely?

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

I love my pre-96 car.

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