From Da' Train Guy

[chiloquinruss]

Latest project, first time trying to do real miniatures. The man door for the building is 1 1/2 inches tall.





3mm Sentra, Beckwith 1/16th tapered ball nose, model of Chama Oil House, Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad, Chama , New Mexico. Windows were not done on the bot, they are laser cuts. Russ

[gc3]

Very nicely done!!!

[Rick W]

Nice job Russ,

Was the whole thing made of sintra or some made of plywood,mdf??? Looks like you have a really big shop there Mr.

Rik

[David Iannone]

Awsome job Russ!

[chiloquinruss]

Yes its all sentra. The best part of sentra other than how great it machines is that you can use pvc cement to glue it together! Model plastic cement cost a lot and a big can of pvc pipe cement goes a loooooong way!

Thanks for the nice comments. You folks all do such terrific stuff, I just make big toys. The shop is the fullfillment of a life long dream. It is a 40x50 shop, located on the river, in rural southern Oregon, and I have a ShopBot, what's not to like! Russ

[myxpykalix]

Russ,
What i don't get is why you make such small models in such a big shop!
Another Russ-ter-piece!

[joe]

Good on ya Russ!

Love that shop too.

Joe Crumley
www.normansignco.com

[Brady Watson]

Nice shop, Russ! - and nice models!

Got any shots of a whole train layout that you did? I've still got my Lionel trains packed up from when I was a kid. They're from the 40s...One of these days I'll set them up to run around the Christmas tree - although a HUGE platform would be really fun if I had time for that!

-B

[Rick W]

Hello hello hello, pass me a Clamp clamp clamp. The shop is large enough to have an echo. Nice shop, how do you heat that?

Rik

[chiloquinruss]

"how do you heat that?" With a lot of propane! I'm having a wood stove built and installed so that should help a lot. I find I'm getting to be temperature tolerant! If I can't see my breath then its ok to work in the shop! LOL Seriously, if I'm working on a big project then the breath test works otherwise its chilly out der'!

I've seen lots of pix of your shops and I have visited quite a few, so I appreciate the comments coming from you folks, thank you very much.

Before retireing and having my dream shop I used to have a side business as a commercial layout builder. We used to build em' the ol' fashioned way with jig saws, skilsaws, old fashioned screwdrivers, etc,. The layout I'm helping build with a friend is nothing like the old days! It's about 75% done in Aspire and on da' bot! Russ



Please excuse the poor pix but it shows how the braces work for the second deck.