I’ve been moving this (unfinished) project around the shop forever (which probably explains why my radio reception is so bad!). Today… DONE!
Hey, that’s weird… The pics show up normal (right side up) in my “Freight Shed,” but no matter what I do, they come out sideways here. Oh well. I hope you don’t get a stiff neck or something. Maybe Bob can make this right.
-Kevin.
Alright- maybe these pics will make more sense. And… you won’t have to turn your monitor on it’s side.
We now return you to your regularly broadcast program.
-Kevin.
Both ways still look good… Nice work. What dose the Radio letters stand for if any. " or what town" ?
We made one radio tower up for our Ho layout and Letters are KCLT. Last three letters stands for City of Little Truckee. (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-cool.gif)
oh… Don’t forget the tower lights . Got to have a blinking red on top… lol.
That’s pretty cool but you need to tell us how you did it! How was that made?
I’m going to assume you didn’t buy 20 feet of square tube and T bar styrene and cut and glue every piece by hand, what a pain that would be…
Thanks guys!
Noel- The letters (K A S) stand for the first letter of my name, my wife’s name, and our last name. The blinking red light is “ON” in the first (sideways) picture.
Thomas- As much fun as it would be to cut and glue all of those little styrene parts, I must admit… I took the easy way out. A while back I purchased a box of miscellaneous parts and pieces. As fate would have it, there was an incomplete Aristocraft power transmission tower. Fortunately, it had 3 upright sides and I thought it would make a great radio tower. I really wanted the tower to resemble the old RKO Radio tower that is seen at the beginning of old movies. But, it doesn’t!!! Not even close!!! I purchased the blinking red light from a guy on ebay. The light slowly comes on (more like a beacon) and then shuts off, instead of blinking quickly like most normal blinkers. The electronics for the light are in the grey service box at the base of the tower. All other parts are from the junk box. It was supposed to be a quick and easy project, instead it bounced around the shop for months. So much for quick and easy!
dieseldude . said:
Thanks guys!
Noel- The letters (K A S) stand for the first letter of my name, my wife’s name, and our last name. The blinking red light is “ON” in the first (sideways) picture.
Great idea on the call letters… Ya. now I see the Red light now… I missed it. Neat.
Kevin, does WKAS have a weekly Polka show? I could probably line up sponsorship from (choose one) Wardynski, Shelly, or Xavier who were all family friends. They even came to our wedding reception (ka-ching!). Then there was Winiewicz Hardware, whose slogan I could recite for you in Polish. But if I wrote it here, youse guys’ computers would freeze up. (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)
Nice re-purposing Kevin
Joe Rusz said:
Kevin, does WKAS have a weekly Polka show? I could probably line up sponsorship from (choose one) Wardynski, Shelly, or Xavier who were all family friends. They even came to our wedding reception (ka-ching!). Then there was Winiewicz Hardware, whose slogan I could recite for you in Polish. But if I wrote it here, youse guys’ computers would freeze up. (http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)
Well Joe- I was gonna do a weekly Polka show, but Stan “Stash” Jasinski has left the building (as did Dan Lesniak). Now, if I was to do it, I’d need a sponsor like Lucky Urban (I know your singing the jingle in your head right now… Lucky Urban, Lucky Urban…)
-Kevin.
Thanks, Dave.
-Kevin.
Kevin, where are my manners? I should have written, “Great job, Kevin. You re-purposed the hell out of that high-tension tower and turned it into a fine looking radio antenna. BTW, is it AM or FM?”
But what’s the fun of simply paying compliments? Nah, let’s do some bxxx-busting. Yeah, Stan Jasinski, I forgot about him. Also, Father Justin’s Rosary Hour, broadcast live from Athol Springs. Sorry, but I don’t remember much about Lucky Urban. However, I do recall Urbanik, the transmission repair guy (Don’t panic, call Urbanik), because when my sainted mother’s Pontiac Le Mans with the air-conditioned unitbody suddenly stopped shifting gears, which is what happens when the hydraulic lines have rotted away, I took it to Urbanik, who convinced me the car needed a host of other things including a battery, which set us back several large. Hey, who can think clearly when it’s the dead of winter and he’s 2,500 miles from home?
Memo to Urbanik: If you still exist, I’m giving you a bad Yelp rating, dude!
Cool
Joe Rusz said:
Kevin, where are my manners? I should have written, “Great job, Kevin. You re-purposed the hell out of that high-tension tower and turned it into a fine looking radio antenna. BTW, is it AM or FM?”
Manners? This is a train site, Joe. We don’t need no stinking manners(http://www.largescalecentral.com/externals/tinymce/plugins/emoticons/img/smiley-laughing.gif)!!! Oh, and WKAS dropped all of it’s Urbanic ads just for you. We’ll see who’s panicking now.
-Kevin.
That looks great. I enjoyed turning my screen sideways 
