made a deal on some lead , posted in the lead section ....
with that , the gentleman that I was talking to about the lead was standing in the front door to his shop and I had a hard time concentrating as I was looking over his shoulder into his shop ... at a "train" !! ...
What the ..??? , Miniature train ..? Looked closer and I could not believe my eyes .. a working model , fully functional
model of the "G" class locomotive ? ..
the type that people ride on in fair grounds or what not , but this was different down to the smallest detail .
I was simply astounded , the man was a master of wax mold process and casting and machining with the lathes and presses he had in his shop .
Old school , self taught from what I understand , definitely not a "push button machinist" in his work.
every detail on the locomotive he created to scale himself , right down to the little frame for the bell and he created the mold for the bell itself and had another outfit pour the brass !!
he told me so much information about it , I could not take it all in as I was just standing there in awe..
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