So, this is another one of my builds originally posted on another site. It too is built predominantly without plans. It was really my first go at toy building and I ended up with a model the great nephew still can’t touch.
Perhaps I over built it, and of course, there is a thing or two I might do differently now that I know a bit more.
One day I'd love to build your train. Beautifully done. It was a bitter pill to swallow when a parent told me that the toys I gave to children were "too nice" to be played with. I had to step back and re-think why I was building them the way I was. Since then I make them all good representations but just rustic enough that they are in no danger of becoming shelf queens. Never had a child complain yet.
Some of my most creative moments have been when I've had to cover up an error in my woodworking.
Great build Frenchie... but you gotta get rid of those road wheels... kids have to be taught to keep on track at an early age.
If I may suggest, a close up happy snap and/or maybe some further detail on that not so tendercoal stack could help other train builders... after all the kids want the train and not lumps of coal from Santa.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
@LBD. Yes, the wheels are one of the things I would change. However, at the time, I didn’t have the knowledge to figure it out. The wheels were supposed to de inside out, to show more spokes, but forgot to do it in the end.
