Matt Foster’s story about how he built his locomotive named Plum in the most recent GR issue is outstanding. Now I find myself looking at the canned meat in the supermarket quite often. What a great idea – positively brilliant!
Perhaps just a matter of time until someone inspired by his effort builds a loco named Spam.
Bill,
Matt posted a thread on Plum over in the scratch n bash section a couple of months ago.
http://cs.trains.com/trccs/forums/t/134256.aspx
-Brian
Thanks for posting the link Brian. And thanks for the kind comments. [:I]
I don’t post here that often as work keeps me fairly busy, though I do glance over the threads now and then.
On the subject of empty cans, I am currently saving food cans with corrugations and flattening them out for a future corrugated iron roof. I also have a corned beef can that is sitting on a shelf in the shed awaiting convertion into a hood (bonnet).
People in the UK often use larger cans as water towers. Perhaps one day I’ll have a go at a Japanese varient. Anyway,
All the best,
Matthew
I used a rusty tin can as a water tank on my outdoor line, it got recycled to the portable layout, hence the name “Tincan Junction”