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Re: Ngauger's 2013 Duff Challenge - ngauger - 02-03-2013
ezdays Wrote:I remember having one of those when I was a kid. It had a long handle in front to help steer it though and it was painted red.Too Funny!!!!!
Re: Ngauger's 2013 Duff Challenge - Steamtrains - 02-03-2013
ezdays Wrote:I remember having one of those when I was a kid. It had a long handle in front to help steer it though and it was painted red.
They already had wheels back then..??
Re: Ngauger's 2013 Duff Challenge - ezdays - 02-04-2013
Steamtrains Wrote:ezdays Wrote:I remember having one of those when I was a kid. It had a long handle in front to help steer it though and it was painted red.
They already had wheels back then..??
Sure did, we had to carve them out of stone though. We had to walk, not ride, to our local Home Depot to get the tools we needed, then pick up a log or two at Woodworker's Supply on the way back home. Yup, it was really tough work back in those days.....
Re: Ngauger's 2013 Duff Challenge - Puddlejumper - 02-04-2013
ezdays Wrote:Sure did, we had to carve them out of stone though. We had to walk, not ride, to our local Home Depot to get the tools we needed, then pick up a log or two at Woodworker's Supply on the way back home. Yup, it was really tough work back in those days.....
Uphill both ways.
Re: Ngauger's 2013 Duff Challenge - Tyson Rayles - 02-04-2013
Thru 12 feet of snow in July !
Re: Ngauger's 2013 Duff Challenge - ngauger - 02-04-2013
Hiding from wild animals all along the way....
Re: Ngauger's 2013 Duff Challenge - ezdays - 02-04-2013
and carrying a spear in one hand and a big rock in the other.
Re: Ngauger's 2013 Duff Challenge - Sumpter250 - 02-04-2013
Stone age ! Cave dwellers !
I have a trained Dinosolus Rex to do all my carrying, and provide personal transportation !
And, when it absolutely positively had to be there next day, I had a coop of *homing Pterosaurs*
Re: Ngauger's 2013 Duff Challenge - Tyson Rayles - 02-04-2013
Sumpter250 Wrote:Stone age ! Cave dwellers !
I have a trained Dinosolus Rex to do all my carrying, and provide personal transportation !
And, when it absolutely positively had to be there next day, I had a coop of *homing Pterosaurs*
Show off !
Re: Ngauger's 2013 Duff Challenge - Sumpter250 - 02-05-2013
Mike, I'd be a "show off" if I'd said that I remembered the day Methuselah was born ! :oops: :oops: Wait a minute, I do remember that....
Re: Ngauger's 2013 Duff Challenge - ngauger - 02-09-2013
Well - just did a bit more... I started placing the floor boards and I actually found a plastic tube (not shown) that I can use for the wiring to have a light and the speaker for the chug chug sound
Looking downward. The first 3 1" wide floor boards are being glued.
Side view with the carriage resting on the wheels and frame.
Re: Ngauger's 2013 Duff Challenge - Tyson Rayles - 02-09-2013
Re: Ngauger's 2013 Duff Challenge - BR60103 - 02-09-2013
Mikey:
Could you slip a ruler into one of the photos sometime?
Re: Ngauger's 2013 Duff Challenge - ngauger - 02-10-2013
BR60103 Wrote:Mikey:Yeah, if i remember
Could you slip a ruler into one of the photos sometime?
next time....For reference - it's about 14" long and each of the "floor boards" are 1" wide X 3.5" long..
Re: Ngauger's 2013 Duff Challenge - ngauger - 02-14-2013
Well - as I passed by the work room on my way out, I finished gluing the floorboards in place......
Then after I got home, I took this for David & Tyson
12" ruler with the "12" to the left on the rear edge of the flooring.....
Tyson - This shows the "Skirt" effect I was hoping for, hiding the undercarriage and most of the driver wheels.
And one showing that the cab will be 4.25 inches side to side (for David)
and finally - the wiring for the light (2 red) and the chug-chug sound (red & black) are threaded through the floorboards