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 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Gone Trucking - various North American Trucks

Perky50
 Post subject: Re: Gone Trucking - various North American Trucks Posted: February 12th, 2020, 10:41 pm 

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Double trailer combinations had become an accepted format on major routes across North America by the mid-60's. As weights and overall dimensions for trucks began to increase in the 1960's, many smaller regional carriers would look for ways to utilize their older equipment in a viable manner. With m...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Gone Trucking - various North American Trucks

Perky50
 Post subject: Re: Gone Trucking - various North American Trucks Posted: February 12th, 2020, 10:41 pm 

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 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Gone Trucking - various North American Trucks

Perky50
 Post subject: Gone Trucking - various North American Trucks Posted: February 12th, 2020, 8:57 pm 

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https://i.imgur.com/4Q84JHK.png Fruehauf Cattle liner semi-trailers Here are three examples of proto-typical straight floor cattle trailers built by Fruehauf in the 70's and 80's. This particular model was a reasonably common sight across the Canadian prairie provinces in that period, with some exa...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Gone Trucking - various North American Trucks

Perky50
 Post subject: Gone Trucking - various North American Trucks Posted: February 12th, 2020, 8:42 pm 

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Here’s a bit of trucking history for you all. Some is new, and some is old … and some is a blend of both due to ingenuity, desperation and the realities of a small-town general freight operation in Southern Manitoba. While some of these drawings will center on elements relating to smaller operations...

 Forum: Drawing Challenges  Topic: The Last Pre-dreadnought battleship Challenge

Perky50
 Post subject: Re: The Last Pre-dreadnought battleship Challenge Posted: January 31st, 2020, 11:20 pm 

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https://i.imgur.com/FwtRnmu.png Captain Class Battleships HMS Captain HMS Hero Displacement: 16,758 tons (normal) Installed Power: 2 triple expansion steam engines 2 screws Designed Speed: 24 knots (actual 22 -23 knots) Dimensions: Length (o/a): 473’ Beam: 75’ Draught: 27.5” Armament: 4 x 12“(2 x 2...

 Forum: Drawing Challenges  Topic: London treaty Gunboat Challenge

Perky50
 Post subject: Re: London treaty Gunboat Challenge Posted: December 19th, 2019, 9:54 pm 

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https://i.imgur.com/OsG9nC0.png Bird Class Brig Within the rules and protocols of the London Naval Treaty of 1930 were allowances for what would be generally known as gunboats. Every signatory nation would have their own idea of what would be preferred, and the various final results would be as div...

 Forum: Alternate Universe Designs  Topic: The Great War at Sea

Perky50
 Post subject: Re: The Great War at Sea Posted: November 11th, 2019, 11:20 am 

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Thank you kindly, it's a long way from perfect, and is not so much original drawing as it is using what is available to visually present a written concept ... and what is available here is truly amazing! There are writing styles whereby you can take a questionable fictional idea and turn it into som...

 Forum: Alternate Universe Designs  Topic: The Great War at Sea

Perky50
 Post subject: The Great War at Sea Posted: November 10th, 2019, 8:04 pm 

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A big thank you to Hood for the basis of this rendition, and a shout out to Garlicdesign for the coloration on the turret roofs. that has become a standard in my timeline. https://i.imgur.com/v78Tcu1.png This is taken from my 'Great War at Sea' timeline. I do a fair bit of AH writing, and one of the...

 Forum: Beginners Only  Topic: HMS Campania

Perky50
 Post subject: Re: HMS Campania Posted: November 7th, 2019, 5:12 am 

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 Forum: Beginners Only  Topic: HMS Campania

Perky50
 Post subject: Re: HMS Campania Posted: November 7th, 2019, 5:10 am 

Replies: 17
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... a bit more done ... apologies for my tardiness ...
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