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Recent content by Blondihacks

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    Railfanning

    It would be a super cool model. Scale model diesels are apparently very difficult. I was reading recently somewhere (was it here?) of someone trying to do it and finding that the injection pump at scale size is very very hard. They are built to incredibly close tolerances in the prototype and...
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    Railfanning

    Trainspotting is the British term for the same activity, yah. Just general enjoyment of photography using trains as the subject matter. The railroad employees use the term Foamer, but, well, you know. Ahem
  3. Blondihacks

    Railfanning

    I didn't see a railfan thread in here anywhere, so here's one, I guess. These old girls have been sitting on this siding for a few days and just wanted to share them with someone. You don't see 1970s era SD40-2s around much anymore and these two have seen some things. This is 6069 and 5766, for...
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    Hello!

    Welcome back, to be clear. :D Born and raised Canadian and more proud of it than ever these days. ;)
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    Pennsylvania A3 Switcher Errata

    Thank you very much! I'll update my page. That thread you shared is enormous. Looks like a ton of great info. When I have time, I'd like to go through it and pull out all the relevant bits into one place.
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    CA-ON Small Fasteners

    I agree that finishing the ends of the studs adds a lot, as does getting the stud lengths all the same (which I’m bad at :p)
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    CA-ON Small Fasteners

    Here's a stud-and-nut arrangement with 3-48 threads and nuts made from 3/16" hex bar. I like the look, but now I am curious what .156 would look like since that seems to be the accepted standard. Apologies for the slotted screws still present and the alarming amount of cat hair that was not...
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    CA-ON Small Fasteners

    That would explain their popularity in model engineering. Interesting! The imperial stuff seems to have a floor on across-flats size, possibly to keep it at 1/4 wrench size or something. Below some size, the AF distance stays the same but the threads keep getting smaller so the aspect ratio...
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    CA-ON Small Fasteners

    I just checked, and the brass hex bolts I have are .183 across the flats (probably 3/16" nominal). They look great to my eye, but I'm not a real model engineer. I only play one on YouTube. Of course, the truth is I think most things should be stud-and-nut anyway so if I'm going for best...
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    CA-ON Small Fasteners

    This is very often true, but not always. For example, I find the brass hex head bolts at small sizes (3-48 ballpark) look great. However nuts don't scale down well at all. The manufacturers alter the aspect ratio on them dramatically below 1/4" so they look totally wrong. So for stud-and-nut...
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    Hello!

    The cheap stuff because you need a lot of it.
  12. Blondihacks

    Hello!

    One of the best things about being home is being able to get Caesars again. American bartenders don’t know what they are and when they look it up, they don’t have Clamato so they can’t even make it. The clam juice is a key ingredient! Definitely not just tomato juice.
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    Pennsylvania A3 Switcher Errata

    A 1.5” scale Challenger! My god what a machine that must be. I would absolutely love to see it, but I’m deep in the interior so it would be an expedition. Maybe someday!
  14. Blondihacks

    Hello!

    I prefer to think of them as Jazz Hands. :p
  15. Blondihacks

    Hello!

    Anything peaty and Irish or smokey and Scotch, really. Connemara is a favourite, as is Laphroaig. One thing I miss from the States is Pappy Van Winkle. Unobtainium up here, sadly.
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