| 18-10 17:53:18 | stonysmith |
but since nobody is ever going to see any of that... I deleted all of it  |
| 18-10 17:52:57 | stonysmith | what's interesting to me is that there is a fairly significant amount of piping... INSIDE the tank. |
| 18-10 17:51:33 | rvn2001 | It looks like they have a pretty good rail system. |
| 18-10 17:51:30 | stonysmith | and I think they were also talking about some of the oil going north to Jordan |
| 18-10 17:50:35 | stonysmith | They are talking about building that purple rail... |
| 18-10 17:50:14 | stonysmith | «link» |
| 18-10 17:47:54 | stonysmith | Alaska pipeline took ~4 years to build, and that was with tens of thousands of workers on it |
| 18-10 17:45:56 | rvn2001 | I guess you're right...that's why I asked. |
| 18-10 17:43:55 | stonysmith | pipelines take a good long time to build |
| 18-10 17:43:39 | stonysmith | i believe that a railroad is cheaper... or at best, it's definately quicker to get oil moving |
| 18-10 17:41:25 | rvn2001 | So...which is more expensive...a railroad or a pipeline? |
| 18-10 17:40:28 | stonysmith | there may not be a lot of rail lines accross the Saudi Penninsula |
| 18-10 17:37:17 | rvn2001 | I've been wondering why nobody had already done something like that. |
| 18-10 17:36:42 | stonysmith | the plan to start is to go by rail while they build a pipeline |
| 18-10 17:36:27 | stonysmith | no... I THINK.. you heard on the news that the Saudi's are trying to circumvent the oil shipments thru Straight of Hormuz |
| 18-10 17:36:22 | rvn2001 | I guess that's why they make big cargo ships. |
| 18-10 17:35:42 | stonysmith | weird to think about how they'll ship those over there |
| 18-10 17:35:24 | rvn2001 | His own private oil storage??? |
| 18-10 17:35:05 | rvn2001 | I guess they need to see if they'll sell before making more. |
| 18-10 17:34:46 | stonysmith |
so some Saudi Prince is buying 1000 of them |
| 18-10 17:34:33 | stonysmith | The tank car(s) I mentioned..... is going to Saudi Arabia |
| 18-10 17:34:02 | rvn2001 | I would have trouble with it....but could manage. |
| 18-10 17:33:51 | stonysmith |
Most of the cars I've done for him have a whopping ONE real-world car built so far |
| 18-10 17:33:11 | stonysmith |
it's so cool to be on the cutting edge but at the same time it's annoying to not be able to go to a wider audience |
| 18-10 17:32:21 | rvn2001 | Ahh...the fun of doing prototypes and new vehicles. |
| 18-10 17:32:16 | stonysmith | and... by the time you shrink it to Z, you'd lose 75% of the detail... like all the pipes would have to go |
| 18-10 17:31:26 | stonysmith | I'm quite happy with the Husky Stack cars I designed for him in G and HO... I'd love to do them in Z scale, but I'm not allowed (at least yet) to show the models in public.. it's a new car design |
| 18-10 17:26:48 | rvn2001 | I wouldn't think so. |
| 18-10 17:26:20 | stonysmith | i can't find where the quote is for that car. it was NOT cheap to get it printed |
| 18-10 17:26:02 | rvn2001 | I guess the liked it... |
| 18-10 17:21:56 | rvn2001 |
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| 18-10 17:21:54 | stonysmith |
a bit odd to "draw and quarter" a railcar |
| 18-10 17:20:58 | stonysmith | Third link «link» ... we were worried about the dimensions and some of the detail, so I printed 1/4 of the beastie on my home printer |
| 18-10 17:20:46 | rvn2001 | I saw that. |
| 18-10 17:20:22 | stonysmith | First link is his finished work. Second link is the raw printed item. |
| 18-10 17:19:46 | rvn2001 | That's purty... |
| 18-10 17:19:12 | stonysmith | «link» |
| 18-10 17:18:47 | stonysmith | «link» |
| 18-10 17:18:44 | rvn2001 | I haven't been doing anything train-related. |
| 18-10 17:16:32 | rvn2001 | I would suspect that he is or they wouldn't let him do it. |
| 18-10 17:16:03 | rvn2001 | That's an advantage. |
| 18-10 17:15:51 | stonysmith | I'd say that he's a superb painter |
| 18-10 17:15:34 | stonysmith |
the nice thing is that they're bolted down to a wood stand.. so they'll never see the underbelly. I don't have to be NEAR as accurate under there, and... I can put BIG drain holes on the bottom |
| 18-10 17:14:23 | rvn2001 | Let's hope his painting does your design work well. |
| 18-10 17:13:43 | stonysmith | Guy 30 miles from me paints them for both companies to hand out to Execs of the companies... for their desks |
| 18-10 17:13:23 | rvn2001 | Should have guessed that....Trinity tank car... |
| 18-10 17:12:53 | stonysmith | same idea... |
| 18-10 17:12:45 | stonysmith | Trinity Industries this time. |
| 18-10 17:12:31 | rvn2001 | For Greenbriar? |
| 18-10 17:12:09 | stonysmith | Other than that, I'm deep in drawing a Trinity Tank car from the source 3d file... interesting stuff there. |
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