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S.S. Lorrie Ann
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Posted: Thursday, April 06, 2017 - 06:48 AM UTC
It may be surprising to maritime modelers that some of the grander ship models are made for the model railroad community. S.S. Lorrie Ann is a full sized ore hauler for an HO layout.

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Cyclone
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Posted: Sunday, April 09, 2017 - 07:54 AM UTC
Incredible work!
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Posted: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 - 09:10 AM UTC
That's an awesome build in large 1/87. One advantage of the scale is the abundance of crew figures available for it!
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Posted: Sunday, April 16, 2017 - 09:46 PM UTC
Yep, large scale commercial vessels ARE awesome. Kudos to our friends in the model RR community!

--Karl
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