Building the 1/4-Scale Model of the 5 HP Red Wing

摘要

In the fall of 2002, I made it to my first tractor show. I expected to walk around for a few minutes and see some old tractors. If I was lucky, I might even see one or two that had been restored. There were a few old tractors as well as some beautiful restorations. What I didn't expect to see were steam tractors and a sawmill - and an assortment of things called "farm engines." Before that day, I had no idea what a farm engine was. I was fascinated. I stood next to several of these old, massive chunks of metal. All of my worries drifted away as I watched the flywheels spin, the pistons slide and crankshafts rotate. The sound of the engines with their "hit, miss, miss, miss, miss, hit" was almost hypnotic in its rhythm.