Planes, trains & autombiles, I llike models

[SteelWheels]

Monday, Woodstock GA locatation front yard. Snowcat low on fuel calls the front yard border patrol for help.


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[SteelWheels]

7-2024
Before this

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There was this:
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[j.a.f.e.]

Pretty cool. I really like the snowcat.

[goodfellow]

That's so damn cool! Loved the old fashioned Tonka type trucks and the RC technology has made modern equivalents so very fun to play with.

[Uncle Buck]

I love old toys. I have a whole lot of Lionel O & O27 trains, track & accessories, plus a bit of American Flyer sets and track too. I really want to get that stuff set-up one of these days. The bad part of my stuff is it takes a lot of room to setup  decent.

[SteelWheels]

Built the truck waiting for a Mustang I had ordered 2020. Played around with it, and got bored. It was a car that was only fun to track, and track days wasted a lot of time waiting, and opening & the rainouts just got to be too much trouble. I sold the car in July 2024, 6k miles was track-ready to a new owner. The Mustang on the street was just another, Mustang on the street..

Still have the HotRods 34 coupe & 32 truck and are still fun.

Needing a new hobby to keep me busy, and having the room that the old layout was in. Call a contractor in to finish the ceiling & repaint the room a new build thread has begun.

This is the same wall as above
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The current view of the room
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I forgot my old username so went with SteelWheels, seemed fitting for the new project

Pep

[SteelWheels]

Hello

Test flight

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Pep

[Der Bugmeister]

You need some props and suspend it from a oval track to orbit the room!

[jabberwoki]

Paint the support rod the same blue as the backdrop.

[SteelWheels]

Great minds think alike, The ideas are on the punch list already. I am checking the turn & approach angles. left turn 8.12* down 7.25*

The plane is headed to the other wall, where the airport is. Pass to the right of the runway, go right & land behind the Piper Cub when cleared.
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Speaking of props, how about spinning (rare) ?

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[goodfellow]

Fantastic idea!!! Love it Pep -- what a wonderful addition to a layout. Thanks for sharing

[SteelWheels]

 Hello

Plane is almost ready to fly, is now painted. Just needs the landing gear to be hung & the deicing boots painted. Probably will brush paint those

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As with all paint work, the prep takes the time. I spent 4 hours per side, bottom & top.  Using an airbrush spray out 20 mins each top & underside.

Pep

[j.a.f.e.]

That looks amazing. Would love to see the rest of it.

[Muddy]

Looks great!

[SteelWheels]

hello
From the workbench to the sky, DC3 fly over

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Had to get him in the air, back to laying the track & building the RR.
Pep