DaveInTheHat Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Earlier this month I had a stroke. I wanted to get back to my workbench as soon as I could. I had some trouble with getting my hands to do what my brain wanted them to do. I picked a couple of simple kits that I could finish fairly quickly to try and work to get back to my 'normal'. The doctors told me it would be a few months. The box car was pretty much out of the box. Nice little kit that takes a lot of detail painting. For the Southern Oil I replaced a lot of the plastic parts with wood and made my own base. I probably wont use these as part of "Davetown". I don't even really want them for anything. Maybe then next think I do will be a new section of my town. Here's the kits that I started with. Here's how they turned out. Here's a link to the pictures I took while I was building. http://public.fotki.com/DaveInTheHat/davet...orage--box-car/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8valve Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Great work there, Dave. And best of luck with the recovery too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Good to see you're on the way back, Dave! These put the box art of what you started with to shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eshaver Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 Dave, I like the way you did the oil tanker . Ed Shaver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george 53 Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 WoW Dave, you sure didn't let it get you down! These look GREAT! HO scale? I din't know 1/87th WAS HO! Good luck on your recovery my freind, looks like you picked an EXCELLENT therapy program. Best of luck on gettin back into the swing of things!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James W Posted May 21, 2009 Share Posted May 21, 2009 These look great though I understand you frustration. You have a great hobby as therapy. Keep going and you will be on top of it again soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nascarfan Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Earlier this month I had a stroke. I wanted to get back to my workbench as soon as I could. I had some trouble with getting my hands to do what my brain wanted them to do. I picked a couple of simple kits that I could finish fairly quickly to try and work to get back to my 'normal'. The doctors told me it would be a few months. The box car was pretty much out of the box. Nice little kit that takes a lot of detail painting. For the Southern Oil I replaced a lot of the plastic parts with wood and made my own base. I probably wont use these as part of "Davetown". I don't even really want them for anything. Maybe then next think I do will be a new section of my town. Here's the kits that I started with. Here's how they turned out. Here's a link to the pictures I took while I was building. http://public.fotki.com/DaveInTheHat/davet...orage--box-car/ Well Dave if this is your "getting back in the swing of things" kind of build we really have a treat in store once you make a full recovery!! Take care!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 Phew Dave a stroke that's bad and I thought I was going trough a rough time when I had my mild heart attack. Man you ahve done a great job on both these kits and in 1/87th scale, you're a real wiz my friend and I hope you have a speedy recovery as well. Dingo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismooney Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Dave glad your better. Did LVH or ST Lukes take good care of you.... they must have because your builds are looking better than ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarDude.com Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I enjoy your work and wish you the very best as you recover from the stroke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disabled modeler Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Hi Dave.......God speed for your recovery, Looking at your work on theses I have only a few things to say to you....Great job! I wish I built that good.........keep up the awesome work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveInTheHat Posted March 17, 2010 Author Share Posted March 17, 2010 Thanks. I'm doing pretty good. Only a few minor problems to deal with. Chris, I was in Lehigh Valley. Nice hospital, hope to stay out of it now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob29579 Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 NIe Nice Dave. Looks like you still got it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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