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tankcar

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« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2014, 01:25:08 PM »
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Philip, Ed, thank you both very much. MR went down hill many moons ago, that's for sure.

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« Reply #16 on: September 10, 2014, 01:47:50 PM »
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Well if RMC ever gets up and really running again, we'll lobby them heavily to have you do a monthly column on your work.
Philip H.
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Baton Rouge Southern RR - Mount Rainier Division.


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« Reply #17 on: September 10, 2014, 05:05:16 PM »
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Philip, please let this old man fade away in peace.

 Thanks, Bobby

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Re: AHM Flexi-Flo hopper bash-Painted
« Reply #18 on: September 11, 2014, 06:17:15 AM »
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So much to admire here Bobby.  The paint/decaling job look great, but I keep coming back to the upright hand grabs with the perfectly formed loops atop.  Thank you for sharing.


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« Reply #19 on: September 11, 2014, 07:07:40 AM »
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Thank you Gary. I can't take credit for the corner grabs, they're Plano that came with their #10930 upgrade kit.

Regards, Bobby

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Re: AHM Flexi-Flo hopper bash-weathered & DONE!
« Reply #20 on: March 13, 2015, 05:53:40 PM »
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/53243414@N00/?details=1

It's finally done. I went into dead period for about six months, but I'm back in the Grove in time for Savannah RPM. That's when I turn into a kid at Christmas time.

Thanks, Bobby

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Re: AHM Flexi-Flo hopper bash-weathered & DONE!
« Reply #21 on: March 13, 2015, 08:15:23 PM »
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Lookin' good!  You may have inspired me to upgrade my N scale version.   :)
Aaron Bearden

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« Reply #22 on: March 13, 2015, 08:35:17 PM »
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Lookin' good!  You may have inspired me to upgrade my N scale version.   :)

Thank you Aaron, I'm glad you like my effort. I hope you do your N scale, be sure you post photos.

Regards, Bobby

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Re: AHM Flexi-Flo hopper bash-weathered & DONE!
« Reply #23 on: March 14, 2015, 08:44:45 AM »
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Bobby,
Those are fabulous photos of a fabulous build.
Philip H.
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« Reply #24 on: March 14, 2015, 09:35:58 AM »
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Outstanding work. It would take a Herculean effort to get the 45-year-old N scale model to come close to looking that good.
Bryan Busséy
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« Reply #25 on: March 14, 2015, 12:14:52 PM »
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Philip, Bryan, thank you for your kind words. I admire N scale modelers, they need great vision!

Regards, Bobby

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Re: AHM Flexi-Flo hopper bash-weathered & DONE!
« Reply #26 on: March 15, 2015, 07:08:23 AM »
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I really have to do one of these in N at some point. The car looks fantastic!
There's a shyness found in reason
Apprehensive influence swallow away
You seem to feel abysmal take it
Then you're careful grace for sure
Kinda like the way you're breathing
Kinda like the way you keep looking away

tankcar

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« Reply #27 on: March 15, 2015, 08:17:58 AM »
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Thank you very much Daniel. I love N scale, it's come into it's own in the last few years. I have trouble tell it from HO in photographs.
I have a friend named William Bannon that super details engines and scratch builds slugs in N. He's also a MoPar man.

Regards, Bobby

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« Reply #28 on: March 15, 2015, 09:55:50 AM »
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The weathering on the trucks and wheels is very impressive too.  The rust on the wheels vs. that on the cast truck sideframes is dead-on. 

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« Reply #29 on: March 15, 2015, 01:42:03 PM »
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Jesse, I'm pleased you noticed the trucks, I spent a lot of time on them. Thank you.

Regards, Bobby