There is a very detailed thread on building your own steam shovel at a railroad site:
http://www.finescalerr.com/smf/index.php?topic=693.0
Lots of interesting use of materials, crafty rivet techniques and a lot of other useful information model railroad guys are so good at. Well worth spending an hour or so poring over in my opinion!
Steam (punk?) Shovel scratchbuild in 1/20
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That is a pretty awesome model. I think we should a sticky of links to projects like this no matter what the subject. Tons can be learned from reading that thread.
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"This is how Adirmal Okita fights."