New product requests/ re-release pleadings...
  • MikeMMikeM June 2011
    Posts: 80
    Seems to me requests for new castings or new kits should have their own thread rather than being buried in a thread on website tweaks.

    For example, the reference to the Deer Creek Box Factory (http://www.sierrawestscalemodels.com/Mill/mill.shtml) sounds like a great idea though I'd rather see it concentrate on crates and barrels (Brett is probably sick of hearing about this idea) with a side facility for forging and installing barrel bands, etc.
    Mike M
    Heater Falls Lumber Co.
  • adminadmin June 2011
    Posts: 236
    thanks for this thread mike - perfect! i will simply ignore the box factory comment for now.... we will talk about that later... hah!
    Brett
    972-618-5563
    sierrawestscalemodels.com
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  • adminadmin June 2011
    Posts: 236
    HO Scale Sawmill Machinery Sets are available for a few weeks as requested...

    http://www.sierrawestscalemodels.com/ckits/ckits.shtml

    scroll to the bottom of the page.
    Brett
    972-618-5563
    sierrawestscalemodels.com
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  • railroaded June 2011
    Posts: 2
    I ordered mine! Thanks for offering the sawmill machinery sets again. I must have missed it first time.....
    ed
  • minionminion June 2011
    Posts: 40
    How about The Railroad Camp in O Scale ? Or even a shingle mill in O Scale ?

    Nick
  • Karl.AKarl.A June 2011
    Posts: 306
    Interesting ideas indeed Nick.......

    Karl.A
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  • MikeMMikeM June 2011
    Posts: 80
    You haven't seen this? http://www.sierrawestscalemodels.com/oscale/mill/osite2.shtml
    Mike M
    Heater Falls Lumber Co.
  • minionminion June 2011
    Posts: 40
    MikeM said:

    You haven't seen this? http://www.sierrawestscalemodels.com/oscale/mill/osite2.shtml



    Oh yes , silly me . I really must pay more attention in class .



  • Jerry June 2011
    Posts: 32
    minion said:

    How about The Railroad Camp in O Scale ? Or even a shingle mill in O Scale ?

    Nick



    Hey I asked for the "Shingle Mill" first!!!!

    Jerry

  • adminadmin June 2011
    Posts: 236
    Get in line....
    Brett
    972-618-5563
    sierrawestscalemodels.com
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  • MikeMMikeM June 2011
    Posts: 80
    And if you factor in possible interest in an HO version the line gets even longer.
    Mike M
    Heater Falls Lumber Co.
  • minionminion June 2011
    Posts: 40
    Jerry said:

    minion said:

    How about The Railroad Camp in O Scale ? Or even a shingle mill in O Scale ?

    Nick



    Hey I asked for the "Shingle Mill" first!!!!

    Jerry



    Well , Jerry , me Old Mucker , you can have the one before me . Only if you have finished all you other projects by then ,

    Nick

  • MikeMMikeM June 2011
    Posts: 80
    Given Brett's posting elsewhere saying he doesn't like their look modeled, I guess the challenge is to find a wigwam/teepee burner he would find so irresistable he'd try making his own model:

    http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&w=all&q=teepee+burner&m=text
    http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&w=all&q=wigwam+burner&m=text

    Just think of the the fun you'd have rusting one of these... They are still a somewhat common sight in certain parts of the country where logging is a major industry.
    Mike M
    Heater Falls Lumber Co.
  • adminadmin June 2011
    Posts: 236
    there is no question the real thing is very cool... but i have never liked the look in a model. the old evergreen brass kits looked pretty good but they were over $100 in the 70's and would be cost prohibitive today... i have though about laser cutting the superstructure but it would be too time consuming to work the laser files out properly... and then not all of my customers would be able to utilize them so i am not sure how many i could even sell.
    Brett
    972-618-5563
    sierrawestscalemodels.com
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  • Karl.AKarl.A June 2011
    Posts: 306
    MikeM said:

    Given Brett's posting elsewhere saying he doesn't like their look modeled, I guess the challenge is to find a wigwam/teepee burner he would find so irresistable he'd try making his own model:



    OK, I'm confused, how did a convo about shingle mills get an unrelated response pertaining to wigwam burners..... I must have missed a post somewhere, but I cant see the connection.

    Still a common sight in logging areas today maybe, although, unused since the mid to late fifties when they were closed down due to environmental legislation and federal law.

    This is why they are rusty now, 60-70 years after they went out of service.

    When in use, I'm sure they looked much different, so, rusting one of these would be great fun indeed, if, you were modelling the modern era.

    Back when they were 'new' and in use I suspect there would be little to no rust.

    Similar situation to corrugated roofs, yeah they look old and rusted out now on an 80 year old barn, but, back in the day, 10 years after it was built, I'm sure it was still in pretty good shape with minor rusting around the edges at most.

    They built things to last back then, not the "throw away" society we live in today.

    Karl.A

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  • MikeMMikeM June 2011
    Posts: 80
    This got put into this thread because it is titled "New product requests/ re-release pleadings..." and I figured that requesting Brett consider a burner kit to be a new product request...
    Mike M
    Heater Falls Lumber Co.
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