No Mark, you didn’t miss the humor; it was my bad… I misunderstood. I had wondered what these “H.O.” posts were doing here, but I was far too polite to be an ass and ask about them. Turns out I was too thick to get what you were doing. Now I get it: Recreations of old HO stuff but in G. Clever, and completely understandable.
I have actually done sorta’ the same thing myself, getting a couple of G versions of favourite old HO gear, but by purchasing them. I haven’t scratchbuilt or bashed to such an extent in G yet as I’ve been concentrating on tracklaying, on operations, on structures, and on public shows and promotion of the hobby, so no time for concentrating on detailed build projects.
Specialized and scratchbuilt cars etc may come later… down the line, as it were. When I was younger I used to do an awful lot of scratchbuilding in Sn3, but I’m strictly into G now. I do want to make a cable reel car at some point, but a wooden one, much older-looking than yours. That’s why I asked you for ideas. But it would take me a hundred years to collect 3-4 solder reels for it! The solder I’m using now must be thirty years old & I’ve got tons … :o
Nice work, by the way. I admire what you’ve done here. 
