I have always loved cabooses and transfer cabooses are something you don't see modeled every day...This is one I am working on now and one I built awhile back..They are both made mostly from B-man "train set" caboose...The cab on the one I'm working on is a cut down box car on a 50 foot base with caboose steps the other is a cut down caboose..handrails on both are B-man engine handrails..Up close they are alittle ruff but I use the "two foot rule" and my old fat fingers don't work as well as they us'ta....
Jerry
Jerry ...
You will soon learn (I hope) that there is no need to make excuses or to ingratiate yourself for being "old
er" or having "fat fingers" because we are not nit-picking rivet-counters here. We are a positive, encouraging group of guys who applaud your efforts and appreciate the fact that you have posted photos of your model work here! We have members on this forum who are probably skilled enough to work as profession model makers for a firm that build museum quality models. We also have members who are just starting out in the hobby and are proud to show us their very first kit-built box car from a "shake-the-box" kit. All are encouraged by the members of Big Blue at The-Gauge!
And Jerry, your cabooses are cool! Seeing those photos of your two neat little transfer hacks has reminded me that I have a thread here on
very small cabooses that has been laying dormant since the 2010 Summer Structure Challenge began, that I should go back and work on completing the builds on while I contemplate putting a decoder in a diesel!
So just have fun, there, Buddy! That's what this hobby is all about and that's what we do here at Big Blue!
So ... keep those photos coming!!!
[Besides, working in "N" scale, anybody's fingers would look fat!]
I agree with biL. Nice work so far!
I like those Jerry! Transfer cabooses caught my eye when I was a boy watching Penn Central trains in NY. I recall the first time I saw one go by and wondered "what was that?!" I've always thought they were interesting and had their own charm. I like it that they are creatively made from parts of other equipment. I've made two of my own along with some other cabooses from Tyco leftovers in this thread: <!-- l --><a class="postlink-local" href="http://www.the-gauge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=2305">viewtopic.php?f=48&t=2305</a><!-- l -->
Ralph
Cool transfer cabooses.
I remember Ralphs caboose thread what fun.
Welcome to Big Blue....
Always good to have another caboose freak in the group...
You'll find a great bunch of guys eager to help and encourage you along....
As to the "fat" fingers....A good number of us can boast of having 10 thumbs....
Steamtrains Wrote:....A good number of us can boast of having 10 thumbs....
10 !?.....let me count again....10, 9, 8, 7,
Six,.....and there's five on the left hand...that's Eleven!!!
hock:
You're among friends here. It's relatively safe to take modeling chances, and learn from them, and still get positive support.
Build, post, learn................and welcome to The-Gauge.
By the way, if the 1947 in your screen name is a hint to your age?,.......you are not the oldest one here.
I am tempted to make such a caboose(shoving platform
hock: ) for my C&HV by following your idea..
They do look good.