Big Steel! Update Feb 15/09

[Spitfire]

Very nice so how long is the waiting period?

awsome val, congrats! i ordered the blast furnace and rolling mill in december. did they give you a time frame when they should be arriving? keep us posted on ur progress and send pics too.
todd

Well, the blast furnace is due Feb 17 according to Walthers and the blower engine house comes out in June.

Val that is too cool!! You are very lucky

I wish i could pre-order my steel mill buildings right now as well, only i need about $1500 for mine, yes im going all out and would like pretty much 2 of each of the new kits (blast furnaces, rolling mills, blast house w/piping, coke oven &quencher slag cars, hot metal bottle cars, coke cars, and at least one hullet unloader), plus coal cars, ore cars, coal mine, barges for both the coal mine area and near the blast furnace, coke retort, bridge crane, empire gas works and gas storage tanks lol, ohh and did i mention 2-3 ore docks? LOL

I dont know when i would have a place and chance to set up a steel mill layout with my plans for the M&ET but there something i would just like to own for future modeling plans in the steel industry. Im hoping that Walthers keeps these kits around for a while, at least a year or 2 so that i can have a chance to buy them all lol

Cant wait to see your steel mill come together, congrats on the pre-orders of the kits

Hey Trucklover, that sounds awesome, it's so cool to have realisticly sized buildings. I'd like to have 2 blast furnaces, and a row of 5 Huletts, but there's no way I have room for that, so I'll pretty much use background photos for the other blast furnace.

Oh wow Val, you are going to be one busy lady with all that. Yes please post progress pictures as you go. I have always loved your work.
Jim

And I, yours!

Wow keep pictures posted...Didn't one of the guys here named DoctorWayne work at Steelco? I'll bet he can give you some tips.

By the way, great web site. and your avatar is great. I took a photo almost identical to it in 1979 in Toronto. Are the cars still running?
Charlie

That's right. He actually took me on a tour of Stelco (exterior only) last year. I'll be bugging him for sure!!!

Sadly, those old PCCs are no longer running. We still have streetcars in Toronto, but all they're all CLRVs now. You should post that photo - I'd love to see it!!!

cheers
Val