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Take the Z train...

apologies to Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington

z scale cranes

Cranes and trains seem to go together. This crane was constructed from a paper kit

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Lifting a locomotive

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The paper kit.

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In use on the layout

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made from metal kit

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at work in town

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lumber mill crane

Streetcars

  • zgeezer
  • Jun 6, 2020
  • 1 min read

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Streetcars have always been an interest since I was a kid, riding on the IRC in 1950. I could never find a Z scale model from my childhood memories. First attempt to model a streetcar used a Marklin chassis with a modified N scale shell. This looked ok and ran well, but was a little oversized. When a 3d printed Z scale shell became available, two more streetcars modeling the IRC from Buffalo were built. One was powered with a tiny motor and one was unpowered. The 3d shell was later modified to accept readily available powered chassis and a few more IRC streetcars were constructed.

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First model using modified shell with Marklin chassis. Working headlight.

 
 
 

1 Comment


gdano55
Jul 06, 2024

What was the brand pen you used or a model #. Would very much like to attempt to build one. Thank you for your skills and know how.

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to be continued

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