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I just received the first package of styrene for use in building the EBT's coal bunker in Rockhill Furnace, PA. 3 sheets of .020" plain white styrene sheet will make up the vast majority of the scratchbuild.
I'll post a few pics of the coal bunker later on.
Construction will start tomorrow.
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Sounds like a good plan
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Bring it! Bring it!
Ralph
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Progress?
Galen
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Have fun! Subscribing for the progress
Tom
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I have the front of the structure built. I also have the hatches where the coal comes out at cut out, as well as the area near the bottom for tools and such.
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You may want to brace that 0.020" sheet with something ... twenty-thou is fairly flimsy!
biL
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a few of us are planning a trip to the EBT in august, your welcome to join us. send me a pm if your interested.
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It's actually just going to be like a faceplate. It'll get set up against some blue foam later on. I'm trying to get these parts together now while it's still easy to cut them out.
I would be interested in an EBT trip in August. However, I think it would be a lot better to have it during their Fall Spectacular, which is in October or November. Trains stop operating either at the end of July or the start of August.