Moose's Workbench Activities 2

Moose2013 Mar 1, 2022

  1. Moose2013

    Moose2013 TrainBoard Member

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    Moose finish 360-ton coal tower kit today – finally!
    :)
    This was the hardest kit Moose has ever built.
    :confused:
    Moose had to guess how this tower kit was supposed to go together based on photos and blueprints of prototype towers.
    :cautious:
    The instructions were quite poor, seemingly printed with invisible ink on transparent paper. Every part had to be custom cut, sanded and/or trimmed. The kit didn’t even come in a box, so Moose no have decent image of what the kit was supposed to look like when it was completed.
    :mad:
    It was shear madness to build, but here it is, located on the layout approximately were it will eventually reside, the product of one very moose-hooved modeler’s efforts…
    :)
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  2. freddy_fo

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    It looks like a coaling tower (a very nice one at that) so you pulled it off.
     
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  3. hawkdriver

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    You did a great job!
    I have had a kit or two that required a mind reader to assemble, so I know the drill......not pleasant!
    I particularly like your rusted tin roofing.
    Really good work!
     
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  4. Moose2013

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  5. Bookbear1

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    Moose did well.:)
     
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  6. in2tech

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    Was this the Secret Project?
     
    Last edited: Mar 2, 2022
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  7. Moose2013

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    Aye sir, that it be!
    :)
     
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  8. Grey One

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    Beautiful!
     
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  9. in2tech

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    I Win, I Win, I picked out the Secret Project :) What do we have for him, Johnny? Oh...nothing, alright :) Well, I tried! BTW, instructions must have been by Walthers as their building are great, instructions, NOT, just a bunch of text that's makes no sense. And they always have some kind of error in the text. But I still like them.
     
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  10. badlandnp

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    Excellent! Especially with those hooves a clattering away! Just beautiful!!
     
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  11. Tad

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    You do good work, sir.
     
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  12. JMaurer1

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    I still can't get over the dexterity that Moose has with his hooves...let alone that he can read and write.
     
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  13. Keith

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    Very nice! Don’t think I could manage the same!
    Especially since I can’t draw a straight line, WITH a ruler!
    Cutting not much better either.
     
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  14. Moose2013

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    @Keith

    Thank you very much, good sir! :)
     
  15. Moose2013

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    Just a sneak peak of what's on the workbench at the mo':

    1. Coal tower dump shed:
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    2. Six local area brewery reefers:
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    3. Canyon for logging railroad trestle:
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  16. Moose2013

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    Painting the coal tower dump shed's foundation:
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    And while Moose watches paint dry, started building the sand tower house:
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  17. Moose2013

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    Managed to find some time to fabricate and rust the sand house roof:
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    Last edited: Mar 9, 2022
  18. Moose2013

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    Also had some time to dig out and temporarily install the Coal Tower and Shed foundations in Oban Yard. Yeah!
    :)

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    Last edited: Mar 9, 2022
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  19. Moose2013

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    And the shed has its roof and is installed on its foundation next to the coal tower. Yippee!
    :)

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  20. hawkdriver

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    You are the rusted tin roof master!
     
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