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Iron Genesis Models

@irongenesis.bsky.social

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This account is focused on early railways, and modeling them. Author of The Locomotives of the West Point Foundry. Check out my models on 3DPTrain here: https://3dptrain.com/pages/seller-profile/iron-genesis-model-works

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Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 8h

I don't think it's an exaggeration that in the future literally every post-2023 source on anything will be immediately suspect. AI is our era's 9 mile wide asteroid.

Reposted by Iron Genesis Models

James L. Agneta @jlagneta.bsky.social · 5d

Have a vintage model railroad weathering video from the 1980s, hosted by Allen Keller and featuring the late, great Malcolm Furlow:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpb4...

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(lol'ing at the thumbnail for this video)

[VHS] Weathering Railroad Models with Malcolm Furlow

YouTube video by Conventional Railroader

www.youtube.com

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Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 5d

Honestly, if you don't want people to reply to your post, you shouldn't be on this site in the first place. You should leave.

Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 5d

Let's put it like this: seeing a post on your feed, from somebody you don't like, about something you don't like, is a lot like a stranger breaking down your front door and dumping a wheelbarrow of shit in your living room. Them blocking your reply is like them shooting you for telling them to GTFO.

Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 5d

And it's going to be a lot more frustrating if people have to see posts they don't want to see, from people they don't want to see, and then on top of that, not even be allowed to reply. That is going to PISS PEOPLE OFF. Absolutely the worst approach.

Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 5d

If they show up because my friends reposted them, sure. I'm fine with building organic relationships. If the company is showing them to me, because the company wants me to see them, no. That's the source of almost all online strife.

Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 5d

Easier fix is just don't show people posts from people they don't follow. Easy. Problem solved. Showing people posts from people they don't follow + can't reply to is going blow things up and escalate tensions.

Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 5d

Block and move on folks, obvious troll is obvious.

Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 5d

you're mad that they're soliciting advice?

Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 5d

It's amazing how everybody loved the site in 2023, then they handed trust and safety over to a weirdo in 2024, the site goes to hell, and the staff acts like it's a mystery what happened.

Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 5d

No posts from bluechecks (they are without exception insufferable). No posts from people you don't follow. No trending tab. In other words, just bluesky before it all went downhill in 2024. There are reasons why everybody was happier with the site then.

alex benzer @internet.bsky.social · 6d

if @bsky.app introduced a "Zen Mode" — what do you think it would be? what problem would you want it to solve?

Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 6d

comics should be in black and white

Liam McGuire @liammcguire.bsky.social · 9d

Anyone have a particularly hot comic take?

Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 6d

Personally not a fan, but he and his work occupy a particularly interesting/important moment in comics history, and that has pretty much ensured lasting interest. It also helps that unlike many of his contemporaries, he has a good handle on the craft aspect of the art.

Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 6d

Honestly the lack of small steamers is mind boggling, given people are far more likely to model a layout that requires switching, than they are an expanse of mainline.

Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 6d

We really need a Ralph Nader type figure for the 21st century, somebody who makes "here's how companies are screwing you" into a cohesive, accessible subject for consumers.

Tech companies being generally anti-consumer has got people used to being powerless/unheard.

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Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 6d

on display in Clovis, New Mexico, this 0-6-0 from 1906. Would make a pretty good model if any manufacturer were interested in making a switcher. A bit outside my era tho.

photograph of an 0-6-0 steam engine and tender on a short length of track in Clovis, New Mexico.

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Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 11d

love seeing all the footage of the Locomotion replica in action

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Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 20d

Or if you're a loser, put them on a list.

Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 20d

The primary function of the leading truck was to equalize the weight across all axles of the locomotive, each axle carrying 1/3 of the weight of the locomotive. The locomotive operated portion of the M&H was almost perfectly straight, the only small radius curves being those at the turn outs.

Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 20d

The general arrangement drawing of Experiment and the model. Some details of the model were filled in using drawings of the Experiment as it was later rebuilt (with a wood burning firebox), as the Brother Jonathan.

side elevation drawing of the Experiment of 1832, designed by John B Jervis and built by the West Point Foundry for the Mohawk & Hudson.

photo of 3D printed HO scale model of the Experiment.

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Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 21d

1899 steam tram returned to running condition. What a wonderful machine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL_m...

Dampflok Rur fährt wieder! | Die erste Fahrten nach über 50 Jahren (4K)

YouTube video by leeseisenbahnen

www.youtube.com

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Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 21d

This was a fun mini project. Resuscitating a 1950s Varney Docksider. No super detailing on this one, just the basic kit.
Maybe someday I'll do a proper re-motoring and add lettering.

photo of HO scale "Docksider" steam locomotive, made by Varney in the 1950s. Pre-restoration, showing chipping paint and scratches.

After painting. The original paint was saived, chipped areas were carefully touched up, and the cab got painted green for a little color.

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Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 22d

This is one I've been planning to model for a while now.

Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 22d

Funny how I started by stating the incredibly obvious, and the immediate sidetracking was "i never wröt that". Hope you feel smart, buddy.

Iron Genesis Models @irongenesis.bsky.social · 22d

Sucks to be uninformed *and* cocky about it. Read a little more. www.eia.gov/todayinenerg...

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