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SCRATCH BUILT STEAM CRANE BARGE

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  • Member since
    January 2005
  • From: Cave City, KY
Posted by Watchmann on Monday, February 18, 2013 12:17 PM

Thanks. The whole model looks great!

  • Member since
    February 2013
Posted by RI SCRATCH BUILDER on Monday, February 18, 2013 10:24 AM

The Testors decal came from an old sheet of car decals I had stashed away. The gears are left over from the steam engines. The steam engines and the hoists came from a little company in Pawtucket, R.I. called, Crow River Products. They sell cast pewter kits of very good quality.

I also built a shipyard diorama for my barge:

It's really sad when the only model tool you own is a box cutter.

  • Member since
    January 2005
  • From: Cave City, KY
Posted by Watchmann on Sunday, February 17, 2013 9:08 PM

Looks great!  Did you cut those gears yourself?

  • Member since
    July 2012
  • From: Douglas AZ
Posted by littletimmy on Sunday, February 17, 2013 8:44 PM

That is so cool! Is that a can of Testors cement on the shelf? If so.... How many cans did you go through to build it?                    

 Dont worry about the thumbprint, paint it Rust , and call it "Battle Damage"

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Sunday, February 17, 2013 6:37 PM

Oh wow, that is really nice work there!

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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    February 2015
Posted by Bick on Sunday, February 17, 2013 6:27 PM

RI SCRATCH BUILDER

Thank you for the kind words everyone. Greg, the scale is 1:48 I use this scale most of the time. I occasionally use 3/8"=1' , I have other scratch built models that I'll post soon.

Really nice work!!!  Detail is amazing! And please do post other pics.

  • Member since
    January 2003
  • From: Washington, DC
Posted by TomZ2 on Sunday, February 17, 2013 4:25 PM

*Insert happy dance!!!!* Toast

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  • Member since
    October 2005
  • From: Warwick, RI
Posted by Kolschey on Sunday, February 17, 2013 2:58 PM

Very crisp build there!

Krzysztof Mathews http://www.firstgearterritories.com

  • Member since
    February 2013
Posted by RI SCRATCH BUILDER on Sunday, February 17, 2013 1:43 PM

Thank you for the kind words everyone. Greg, the scale is 1:48 I use this scale most of the time. I occasionally use 3/8"=1' , I have other scratch built models that I'll post soon.

It's really sad when the only model tool you own is a box cutter.

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Towson MD
Posted by gregbale on Sunday, February 17, 2013 1:33 PM

Wonderful project and excellent workmanship. Any estimation on the scale?

Greg

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"Every time you correct me on my grammar I love you a little fewer."
 
  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Sunday, February 17, 2013 11:20 AM

Beautiful!

It is an inspiration.  I used to have some photos I took of a barge built and used by a local construction company in Upper Michigan. It used a small IC.  I took the pics to someday build a model of it and never got around to it.  Your build inspires me to have a go at it.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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    September 2011
Posted by Tim Kidwell on Sunday, February 17, 2013 9:01 AM

Very nice!

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  • Member since
    February 2013
SCRATCH BUILT STEAM CRANE BARGE
Posted by RI SCRATCH BUILDER on Saturday, February 16, 2013 7:31 AM

Hello all, This is my first post so I hope my photos will upload. This project took about 375 hours to complete. It is based on crane barges that plied harbor waters around the turn of the century.

It's really sad when the only model tool you own is a box cutter.

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