My aunt makes dollhouses

cooldad

http://imgur.com/a/rsIZl?desktop=1

Chunkers1980

How did you stumble over that? Damn cool, in a bike kinda way.

alexthebear

Now that is some serious attention to detail!!!! Sad thing is I can only dream to have that much work space for my bikes

nicklouse

Sweet.

tlw1

Fantastic, though a bit g@y

pinno

Guess I am lucky. Just down the road lives Raymond McMahon model engineer. He made this Darjeeling Locomotive from scratch, fully working. It took 5 years. Sorry I cannot get a better picture, i'll ask him and see if he has pictures on-line of some of his work.
This guy wasn't happy with the quality and precision of Lathes and Bench Drills - so he built his own!



From this link:

http://www.blackgates.co.uk/body_3_5__gauge_locos.html

pinno

"Raymond McMahon is currently describing this 7 1/4 inch gauge locomotive, the prototype of which was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast. With its steam locomotive-like outline it is bound to be a popular design. This model earned Ray a Bronze Medal"

spongtastic

pinarello001 wrote:

"Raymond McMahon is currently describing this 7 1/4 inch gauge locomotive, the prototype of which was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast. With its steam locomotive-like outline it is bound to be a popular design. This model earned Ray a Bronze Medal"

Pfft. I used to work with a guy on a Home Office project who built his own model railway line, along with at least 4 locos and a set of various carriages and trucks in his rather 'extensive' back garden. He used to go home every day at about 3 to make sure he had time to do more work on them. He was a brilliant M&E engineer who got more done in 5 hours than most did in 8 so I had to indulge his little whims.

pinno

spongtastic wrote:

pinarello001 wrote:

"Raymond McMahon is currently describing this 7 1/4 inch gauge locomotive, the prototype of which was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast. With its steam locomotive-like outline it is bound to be a popular design. This model earned Ray a Bronze Medal"

Pfft. I used to work with a guy on a Home Office project who built his own model railway line, along with at least 4 locos and a set of various carriages and trucks in his rather 'extensive' back garden. He used to go home every day at about 3 to make sure he had time to do more work on them. He was a brilliant M&E engineer who got more done in 5 hours than most did in 8 so I had to indulge his little whims.

I'm not playing one-upmanship. I was just saying that I am lucky to be able to go see what he does. Have a look at his articles in the Model Engineer magazine.

FishFish

pinarello001 wrote:

He made this Darjeeling Locomotive from scratch, fully working.



From this link:

http://www.blackgates.co.uk/body_3_5__gauge_locos.html

I once made a cup of Darjeeling Tea - is that equally impressive?

Kowalski675

Depends how big the cup was.

BigAl

pinarello001 wrote:

"Raymond McMahon is currently describing this 7 1/4 inch gauge locomotive, the prototype of which was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast. With its steam locomotive-like outline it is bound to be a popular design. This model earned Ray a Bronze Medal"

So who got silver & gold?

tlw1

BigAl wrote:

pinarello001 wrote:

"Raymond McMahon is currently describing this 7 1/4 inch gauge locomotive, the prototype of which was built by Harland & Wolff in Belfast. With its steam locomotive-like outline it is bound to be a popular design. This model earned Ray a Bronze Medal"

So who got silver & gold?

people who died quickly afterwards, not saying the two things are linked but.....................

dxman

Wow! awesome amount of patience required i bet. Good hobby for when there is that much snow on the ground.

~j