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Post by Tom on Sept 28, 2022 12:59:05 GMT -5
Wow, amazing job!
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Post by DeadCanDanceR on Sept 29, 2022 9:37:55 GMT -5
Awesome!
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Post by MG Rocks On on Sept 30, 2022 3:12:10 GMT -5
Great dio. In real life it must have been a hazard with sparking chimneys and all that sawdust lying around!
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Post by oldirish33 on Sept 30, 2022 16:34:53 GMT -5
Great dio. In real life it must have been a hazard with sparking chimneys and all that sawdust lying around! That and boilers that blew up. 😉 Thanks, glad you like it!
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Post by jager on Sept 30, 2022 20:53:53 GMT -5
Lovely attention to detail Jerry. The only thing missing is the one legged worker ... I think it was pretty customary back in the day for the occassional logger to loose an arm or a leg!
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Post by oldirish33 on Oct 4, 2022 12:19:51 GMT -5
Lovely attention to detail Jerry. The only thing missing is the one legged worker ... I think it was pretty customary back in the day for the occassional logger to loose an arm or a leg! Thanks! Limbs, fingers, getting crushed by logs. Still one of the most dangerous jobs there is.
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Post by oldirish33 on Oct 4, 2022 12:53:22 GMT -5
Timber Part 3 - While I am still looking for the right background to put in the case, The diorama of a steam logging operation in the late 1920's is done. I drew my inspiration from several period photos, as well as recounts of local logging operations, particularly those in the low mountain canyons on the West side of the Cascade Mountains that run from the Canadian border South into California. As a boy I spent a lot of time on a river in one of those canyons, in a cabin made from an old bunk house that housed men building the new paved highway that would eventually allow modern gas powered log trucks to replace the big engines driven by steam and the end of the steam logging era. Here are some of the images that inspired the diorama: For many years, teams of draft horses and mules where used to drag logs out of the forest a log landing similar to above. From there, they were carted down the mountain whether by steam, gas or diesel powered rigs to a mill, or loaded on a train. Even though logging was brutal, physical work, there is a romance about this era that has captured my interest. As a companion piece, I am already making plans for a horse logging diorama.
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Post by Tom on Oct 4, 2022 13:22:12 GMT -5
Your diorama has real atmosphere!
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Post by jager on Oct 5, 2022 6:42:15 GMT -5
Easy to see the inspiration Jerry. The last picture brought a smile to my face ... as if a plastic hard hat is going to save you from a falling 5 tonne log!
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Post by oldirish33 on Jan 13, 2023 13:44:57 GMT -5
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Post by Tom on Jan 13, 2023 15:34:11 GMT -5
That's really cool, even reusing the roof sign!
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Post by alex on Jan 13, 2023 23:47:05 GMT -5
Very sharp!
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Post by Alfaholic on Jan 14, 2023 22:34:21 GMT -5
Wonderful - I admire your dedication to the craft.
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Post by LM24HRS on Jan 16, 2023 2:43:33 GMT -5
I prefer your model to the real one Jerry. Watching with interest...
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Post by jager on Jan 20, 2023 21:27:46 GMT -5
Another great job Jerry. I'd seen the truck many times at cheap prices (CK Modelcars have it for just Euro 4.46!), but I'd never looked closely enough to realise it had the generators inside. Here's a picture of a Shell tanker with the Jaguars at Le Mans in 1964 that might interest you.
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