That is exactly what I did. I used epoxy to glue the halves together, adn when it dried, i sanded and filed the epoxy that oozed out. I also used body putty...
The radiator hose clamps are the answer. there are many times you can use them modeling the mill complexes. I keep sizes all the way from 3/4 inch diameter up...
It is so small you can't see that it has gaps or out-of-round! Brendan ... From: Jonathan Fritz To: STEEL@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 7:03 AM ...
Greetings, I'm looking for info on a video that featured Erie Mining RR and LTV Steel in Cleveland. I don't know who produced the video or the title. Anyone...
I think the video you are looking for was called "Excellence In The Making" put out by LTV's public relations dept. in the early 90's. I have a copy some place...
So far as I know, there were at least two. Penetrex, and Plets Express. Both are good. I believe the Penetrex one went all the way to the steel mill. I...
Bruce E. Kettunen
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Jul 3, 2006 3:20 pm
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You won't be able to get the Walthers furnace shaft circular since that non-circular aspect is molded into the plastic, but you won't notice it when completed....
... Oh, I know. It's a pain. It's not the end of the world. ... The noncircular problem isn't as annoying on those, or wasn't in my kit, actually. Derrick...
I'm curious do the HO kits not have the built in male/female pegs for alignment on these parts by any chance?? The halves do not line up perfect per say on the...
I have built several of the HO scale kits, the first release did not have pegs and where very sloppy going together, I ended up using plastic putty and sanding...
... They do; The halves are just warped slightly and the pegs aren't on the conical section, which is where the real alignment difficulty is. Despite switching...
I would be interested in it as well. Michael ... From: Brendan Brosnan To: STEEL@yahoogroups.com Sent: 7/2/2006 3:55:30 PM Subject: Re: [STEEL] Erie Mining...
Guys: I offered to try and make one copy for the Historical Society. First I have to find the tape Second, I now have only one functioning recorder, so I am...
Nunzio I checked out the wav clips and they are great. Most of the clips are very short. The long clip is very good. I can loop the short clips and change them...
In a message dated 7/3/2006 12:49:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Dually noted, but for the $$$ I paid for this kit, I thought it was irritating as all hell....
To add to what has been said, the furnace itself is particularly difficult in the H0 kit because of warpage. The easiest approach seemed to be gluing a little...
Happy Fourth: If anyone is going to Philadelphia and will be doing the steel mill clinic's can you please pick up some of the handouts for me. I will do not...
On July 1 the Tod Engine Foundation officially took control of the property behind the museum. Over the past three days myself and two volunteers have been...
This article has a cool shot inside the old Ladle Shop at Bethlehem Steel - Lackawanna : http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060704/1027760.asp -B in B ...
In a message dated 7/4/2006 10:12:52 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Good point. Everyone, modelers, and non modelers that walk into my train room gape in awe of...
BTW. Mike Rabbitt is now producing templates for blast furnaces of different sizes. These are full size cutouts that you transfer either to cardstock or ...
While the blast furnace kit is expensive, it can be looked at in another way. The price of the kit includes of course tooling, materials, shipping, profit...
I'm constructing a FreeMo module of Kaiser's Fontana steel works as part of my Harriman Standard Lines layout. Although the module will be built to FreeMo...
The SP actually didn't use solid bottom gons to deliver ore to Fontana. They used GS type gons, which had drop bottoms. These came in both steel and wood...
SP also had a fleet of regular bottom dump ore cars at one time. These were similar to the UP ones, basically lengthened Minnesota style 70 ton ore cars with...
Bruce E. Kettunen
bek@...
Jul 5, 2006 4:48 pm
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Does anyone know if a rotary car dumper for iron ore, ever existed at Fontana? I have read that a rotary car dumper did exist for coal. Does anyone know when...
As was brought up in another group, there once was a beautiful rotary-dumper right along the Lake Michigan shore in Hammond Indiana. The cars were shoved up...
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