Members hobbies
Many Club Members in HOW have other hobbies besides
restoring and showing Cars and Trucks
Steve R. Hobby is restoring John Deer tractors. He and his brother have several
John Deer tractors they have restored. They show these tractors at
various tractor shows in the area.
Model "D" - 1934 Model 60 - 1955
Model 70 - 1955
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Louie F. Hobby is building replicas of Oliver tractors that were used in his family
He still has some of the family's original Oliver Tractors. He also restores Lawn
Mowers push/riding and built a 1904 Oldsmobile replica
Oliver Model 70 Row Crop, Oliver Model 77 Row Crop,
1936 - 3/4 Scale 1949 3/4 Scale
Oliver Model 1600,
1964 -1/2 scale
1904 Oldsmobile - Full Size
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Duane B. Hobby is wood carving. He started carving in 2006 with "The Good Time Carvers", at
Life Enrichment Center in Plymouth. Up to that time he had never carved or whittled anything.
He carves caricatures of people and animals, gnomes homes in cottonwood bark.
The Wood he uses to carve with is Bass Wood, Butternut, Cottonwood Bark and
yes, even Golf Balls
Bark Carvings
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Bill C. Hobby is miniature railroad trains with various layouts. Bill's railroad journey started
32 years ago when he quit smoking. He was bored with nothing to do except work so he
decided to become a railroad engineer by building a working miniature railroad
during his time off. Bill did not say if he wears a ENGINEER HAT when he's playing
Control Center
Overview of Layout
Farm Scene Cooks Oil Refinery
City - water tower - homes - downtown buildings Steel Mill
Lighted City Tunnel and Electric Power Station
View of Layout Service station
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Merl H. has several hobbies with some under construction. While in high school
Merl got interested in slot car racing. His favorite hobby is racing slot cars on a track which
is 43'x 2', plus 2 curves, making a total of 100 feet of 8 slot car tracks. Merl has controllers for each track and his grandkids
love playing with them. Most of the cars are from the 1960 & '70 era, and the cars are metal and heavy. He has a few
modern ones made of plastic and very light in weight. One of the curves is large and steep banked and the other curve is narrow and with very little bank. The track is based on the Nascar Track in Martinsville, VA.
Merl is also in the process of building a toy train setup by the race track. The train is 0 gauge tracks and he has a lot
of tank cars, box cars and engines, track,bridges, etc. He plans to have two trains on two outside tracks
going around the track which will be approximately 75' in length and various other tracks and towns, etc
He also likes playing pinball machines (3) and foosball game.
This end of track is the steep bank Control Center
Cars lined up ready to go
Old Number "7"
Looks a long way to the other end
TRAINS
Train platform under construction
Two of the Train Engines he plans to use
A few of the boxes with train cars, etc
OTHER FUN THINGS TO DO
Pin Ball Machine from the 60's Foosball
He has two more older pin balll machines
which need working on which he hopes
to get working in his spare time from farming
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Cary F. has been carving full time since 2006. He belongs to a local carving
group Called "The Good Time Carvers", located at the Life Enrichment Center
in Plymouth,
Keith Richards w/ Rollng Stones Band Camel
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Jolene C. decided she wanted to build a doll house in 2001 for her granddaughter.
This was her first attempt to build a doll house from a kit. The house took about
a year to build and Included being electrified with lights.
The house is furnished just like any home would be.
Jolene built 2 more houses for herself.
2001 Home - Victorian
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2011 Home - Victorian
Jolenes's 2nd attempt at building a doll house was a punch-out kit which had to be put together.
On this doll house she received a lot of help and advice from Jeanette S. who had built many doll houses.
Jeanette showed her how to build furniture and make various other pieces from items around the house.
This house was not electrified, but battery operated lights were used. The shingles for
the roof were all made by Jolene, as she wanted the looks of shake shingles. There are over 4000
handmade shingles placed on the roofs. The paint, for a stucco look on the outside for the siding,
is a light gray with sand mixed in give the textured look
Jolene handmade the toilet paper holder from
a tooth paste cap, wire and a ball, and the roll of toilet paper
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2012 - Victorian Farm House
After building 2 doll houses, Jolene decided she wanted to build a doll house just for herself,
with the furnishings and landscaping she wanted.
Jolene did an awsome job building these houses. The details are outstanding.
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Dennis M. works on and restores Farm Tractors, Garden Tractors and one cylinder
hit and miss engines
1966 Allis Chambers Model B-210 Garden Tractor 1966 JD Model 110 Garden Tractor
1962 Case Model 222 Garden Tractor 1937 Model "WC" Allis Chambers Farm Tractor
1955 JD Model 70 Farm Tractor
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Bill F. hobbies are restoring tractors and Large Cab Over Truck (Peter Built)
1954 Mcormick Farmall 200 Farm Tractor