John H. Murray & Son Coal Dealership

[jerryrbeach]

Rick,
I have tried several times to reply to your PM and keep getting the message that your inbox is full.
Briefly, I live about 20 miles north of Binghamton and have been checking out the Sayre Hobby Shop Facebook page.

[Blazeman]

Jerry: I'm sure the Florida boys here would like to know if you have any kin who go by "Sonny?"

[jerryrbeach]

Jerry: I'm sure the Florida boys here would like to know if you have any kin who go by "Sonny?"

Not that I am aware of, lol.

[bob the builder]

Looks like fish bones to me!
Fragile as fish bones if I didn't have it on foam I would have wiped the whole thing out more than once. This is 10 inches of the 40 inch walkways. I am not a bean counter until my wife asked " Just how many boards and nails are there in it?" Finished walkways 500 - 2x6x10 with 4000 nail heads!

[jerryrbeach]

Rick,

I sure hope you bought those nails a keg at a time and not by the pound! 

[bob the builder]

Rick,

I sure hope you bought those nails a keg at a time and not by the pound!

Train load!

[bob the builder]

Just found a wonderful tool a Marvy Uchida Double Ended Jewel Picker. The lady that owns local quilting shop (that is a car modeler) got these in and thought they might be of interest to me. The small end is fantastic for Grandt Line HO 5155 Rail Clips, Dummy the sprue is 1/2 inch long and there are 11 clips on it. That makes them about the size of a fat flea! There are about 400 of them connecting the rails of the coal trestle I beams. I ordered 500 figuring a ping factor (when they go PING out of the tweezers never to be seen again) of 100. I have installed 200 so far and lost a whopping 3 and that was cutting them from the sprue!  Just thought it might help someone else out.

[tct855]

BTB,

        Wow, what a cool tool!  I never thought...  Neat resource and Idea.  I'm learnin' things here.  Thanks Bob.  Thanx Thom...

[donatode]

Just found a wonderful tool a Marvy Uchida Double Ended Jewel Picker. The lady that owns local quilting shop (that is a car modeler) got these in and thought they might be of interest to me. The small end is fantastic for Grandt Line HO 5155 Rail Clips, Dummy the sprue is 1/2 inch long and there are 11 clips on it. That makes them about the size of a fat flea! There are about 400 of them connecting the rails of the coal trestle I beams. I ordered 500 figuring a ping factor (when they go PING out of the tweezers never to be seen again) of 100. I have installed 200 so far and lost a whopping 3 and that was cutting them from the sprue!  Just thought it might help someone else out.

https://www.createforless.com/Uchida-Tools-Jewel-Picker-Double-Ended/pid249041.aspx?CAWELAID=530001980000045164&CAGPSPN=pla&CAAGID=11319326534&CATCI=pla-60513521332&catargetid=530001980000044430&cadevice=c&gclid=Cj0KCQiAw9nUBRCTARIsAG11eidzUWym-CqTj8I7v76tjqzLnV_DXGozAdBYZKvk5FEeTknYICCXQD4aApG_EALw_wcB

[bob the builder]

The decking is done, 3 or 4 weeks it is a kit in itself. There are a few hundred individual boards about 400 fleas (rail clips) a few fishplates and thousands of nail detail! I only lost about 15 rail clips instead of a couple hundred I had figured. That Jewel Picker paid for itself!

[ReadingBob]

THAT is impressive!  WOW!   

[PRR Modeler]

Beautiful modeling.

[GPdemayo]

Amazing.....

[tct855]

BTB,

      I agree!, What Greg said works for me!
                                       
                                                              Thanx Thom...

[Lynnb]

Looks great, I have a real soft spot for bridges.